GB
Contents Controls ................................................................................. 2-4 Bass control ........................................................................... 29 Mains operation ....................................................................... 5 Mute function ......................................................................... 30 Operating your radio ............................................................... 6 Display backlight dimmer ..................
Controls (front) GB 1. Loudspeaker 2. Light button 3. Band button 4. Auto tune button 5. Alarm button 6. LCD display 7. Advanced / INFO button 8. Infra-red sensor 9. Volume knob 10. On / StandBy button 11. Tuning control / Select knob 12.
Controls (rear) 13. Telescopic aerial for DAB+ / FM 14. USB socket for software upgrade 15. DC power in socket 3 16. Headphone socket 17. Line Out socket 18.
Controls (remote control) A. On / Standby button B. Mute button C. Preset button D. Select button E. Tuning Down button F. Advanced button G. Auto tune button H. Band / Auxiliary input Mode button I. Alarm button J. Info button K. EQ button L. Tuning Up button M. Sleep button N. Volume Up or Down buttons O. Dimmer button Note: For the sake of clarity, the instructions for the use of the controls throughout this instruction manual show the buttons on the remote control.
Mains operation 1. Place your clock radio on a flat surface. 2. Plug the mains lead into the Socket located on the rear of your clock radio ensuring that the plug is pushed fully into the socket. 3. Plug the other end of the mains lead into a wall socket and switch on the wall socket.
Operating your radio - DAB 1. Fully extend the telescopic aerial. Fully extend the telescopic aerial located on the rear of your clock radio. Place the telescopic antenna so that it is as vertical as possible extending either above or below the radio. 2. Insert the adaptor plug into the DC socket located on the rear of your clock radio. Plug the adaptor into a standard mains outlet. The display will show “Welcome to Digital Radio” for a few seconds and then the display will show “Time is not set”.
Selecting a station - DAB 1. The top line of the display shows the name of the station currently selected. 2. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to scroll through the list of available stations. Stop pressing the Tuning Up or Down buttons when you find the station that you wish to hear. 3. Press and release the Select button to select the station. The display may show “Now Tuning” while your clock radio finds the new station. 4. Adjust the Volume Up or Down buttons to the required settings.
Display modes – DAB Your clock radio has a range of display modes:1. Press and release the Info button to cycle through the various modes. a. Scrolling Text Displays scrolling text messages such as artist/track name, phone in number etc. b. Signal Strength Displays a graph showing the signal strength for the station being received. c. Program Type Displays the type of station being listened to e.g. Pop, Classic, News etc. d.
Finding new radio stations – DAB As time passes new stations may become available. To find new stations proceed as follows:1. With the radio switched on and in DAB mode, press and release the Auto Tune button. The display will show “Scanning...” and your clock radio will perform a scan of the Band III DAB channels. As new radio stations are found the station counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and the radio stations will be added to the list stored in the radio.
Manual Tuning – DAB Manual tuning allows you to tune your clock radio to a particular DAB frequency. Any new stations found will be added to the station list. Note that DAB stations are located in the range of 5A-13F. 1. With the radio switched on and in DAB mode, press and release the Advanced button, the display shows “Manual tune“. 2. Press and release the Select button to enter manual tuning mode. 3. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to select the desired DAB channel. 4.
Dynamic Range Control (DRC) - DAB The DRC facility can make quieter sound easier to hear when your radio is used in a noisy environment. There are three levels of DRC compression, DRC off: DRC is switched off, broadcast DRC will be ignored. DRC high: DRC is set as sent by broadcaster. DRC low: DRC level is set to 1/2 that sent by broadcaster. With the radio switched on and in DAB mode, 1. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press and release the Advanced button.
Operating your radio – FM auto-tune Manual tuning – FM 1. Fully extend the aerial located on the rear of your clock radio. Place the antenna so that it is an straight as possible, extending either above the radio. 1. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on your clock radio. 3. Press and release the Band button to select the FM band. 4.
Display modes – FM In FM mode the bottom line of the display can be set to any of the following display options:1. Press and release the Info button to cycle through each of the options. a. Time Displays the current time. b. Date Displays the current date. c. Radio text (Scrolling text) Displays scrolling text messages such as artist / track name, phone in number, etc. d. Program type Displays type of station being listened to e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc. e.
Presetting stations - DAB and FM Recalling a preset station - DAB and FM There are 5 memory presets on the panel for each of the 2 wavebands. However, There are 10 memory presets on the remote control for each of the 2 wavebands. 1. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on the radio. 1. Press and release the On / StandBy button switch on the radio. 3. Momentarily press and release the required Preset button, your radio will tune to the station stored in preset memory. 2.
Scan sensitivity setting Your radio will normally scan for FM broadcasts which are strong enough to give good reception. However, you may wish the Scan function to also be able to find weaker signals, possible from more distant radio transmitters. Your radio includes a local / distant option for the Scan function in the FM band. 1. Switch on your radio and select FM band by pressing Band button. 2. Press and release the Advanced button. The display will show “FM scan zone”. 3.
Stereo / Mono setting – FM Your clock radio will play stereo broadcasts in stereo (via headphones) so long as the received signal is of adequate strength. However, as a stereo signal becomes weaker, the audio signal will become poorer. It may be preferable to force the radio to play the station in mono in order to reduce the level of audio noise. 1. Switch on your clock radio and tune to the required FM radio station by pressing the Band button. 2. Press and release the Advanced button.
Clock display 1. When your clock radio is in Standby mode, the display normally show the current time, date, month and year. 2. During StandBy mode the clock will receive updates from the last station tuned to before entering StandBy mode. When in StandBy mode your radios clock will automatically track Summer / Winter time changes.
Setting the time and the date manually The DDR-31 Plus will automatically set its clock when tuned to a DAB radio station or to an FM station which is broadcasting the time via RDS. If the clock cannot be set using DAB or FM radio then you will need to set the time and the date manually before the alarm function can be used. The time and the date may be set while the unit is in StandBy mode or while playing. If it becomes necessary to set the time and the date manually, please follow these steps: 1.
11. The hour digits on the display will flash. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to change the hour digits as needed. 12. Press and release the Select button to confirm the hour setting. 13. The minute digits on the display will flash. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to change the minute digits as needed. 14. Press and release the Select button to confirm the minutes setting. 15. The day digits on the display will flash. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the desired day is set. 16.
20. Press and release the Select button to confirm the year and to complete the clock and date setting. The Time/Date setting is stored in the radio. 21. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to switch “Auto update”. 22. Press and release the Select button to enter the “Auto update“ menu. 23. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to switch the “Auto update“ mode. There are four “Auto update “ modes as Update from Any, Update from DAB, Update from FM and No update. 24.
25. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to switch “Set date format”. 26. Press and release the Select button to enter the “Set date format“ menu. 27. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons to switch the “Set date format “ mode. There are two “Set date format“ modes as DD-MM-YYYY and MM-DD-YYYY. 28. Press and release the Select button to confirm your selection. The Auto update setting is stored in the radio. 29. The display will revert to the display for the previous operating mode.
Setting the alarm times Your clock radio has two alarms which can be set to wake you either radio or buzzer alarm. Each alarm can be set to sound once, daily, on weekdays or at weekends. Note: If no buttons are pressed for 10 seconds, your clock radio will exit the alarm set up. 1. The alarm can be set either the radio is on or standby. 2. Press and release the Alarm button to switch the “Alarm 1 Setup” or the “Alarm 2 Setup” meau. 3.
9. Press and release the Select button to confirm your selection. The alarm duration setting is stored in the radio. 10. The source digits on the display will flash. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the desired source is set. There are three “Source“ options as FM, Buzzer and DAB. 11. If the alarm source buzzer is chosen, press and release the Select button to confirm your selection. The alarm source setting is stored in the radio. 12. The day digits on the display will flash.
17. The alarm day digits on the display will flash. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the desired the alarm day is set. There are four “Alarm day“ options as Once, Weekends, Weekdays, and Daily. 18. Press and release the Select button to confirm your selection. The alarm day setting is stored in the radio. 19. The lower line of the display will show a bar-graph indicating sound level of the alarm. Press the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the desired volume is set.
22. Press and release the Select button to confirm the alarm setup setting. The alarm setup setting is stored in the radio. 23. The display will show “Alarm saved” and will appear alarm symbol indicating the alarm is set. 24. Pres the Tuning Up or Down buttons to select Off. The display will show “Alarm saved” but the display will not appear alarm symbol. Note: If the above alarm setting procedures are not completed, the display will show “Alarm Not saved“. You may have to start over above procedures again.
Stop the alarm When alarm is active, press the On / StandBy button to stop the alarm (radio and buzzer). Note: When alarm is active, press any button (except the On / StandBy button)to enter into “5 minutes Snooze Mode”. Canceling alarms 1. Following above alarm setting procedures to allocate alarm On or Off, select OFF by pressing the Tuning Up or Down buttons then press Select button to cancel the alarm setting. The alarm symbol will disappear from the display.
Sleep timer Your clock radio can be set to turn off after a preset time has elapsed. The sleep timer can be adjusted between 15 and 90 minutes in 15 minutes increments (except 75 minutes). Ensure your clock radio is switched on. 1. Press and hold down the Sleep button until desired sleep time appears on the display. Release the Sleep button. 2. The display will show an “ “ indicating sleep timer is set. 3. Press and release the Sleep button to monitor remaining sleep timer time. 4.
EQ function The sound on your sound system can be adjusted to suit your personal taste for the material that you are listening to. The DDR-31 plus has six preset equalizer modes. Alternatively, you may set the treble and bass levels to your own preferences. 1. Press and release repeatedly the EQ button to cycle through the various modes until desired equalizer mode appears on the display. Release the EQ button.
Treble control 1. Press the EQ button to cycle through the modes until “Treble” appears on the display. The current treble setting will be shown on the display. 2. To adjust the treble setting press and release the Tuning Up or Down buttons until the desired level is displayed. Bass control 1. Press the EQ button to cycle through the modes until “Bass” appears on the display. The current bass setting will be shown on the display. 2.
Mute function Press the Mute button on the remote control of your radio, it will mute the output from the loudspeaker. 1. Press the Mute button to mute the sound output. The display will show “Volume Muted“. 2. Press the Mute button again or one of the Volume Up or Down buttons to un-mute the sound output. Display backlight dimmer 1.
Factory reset If your clock radio fails to operate correctly or some digits on the display are missing or incomplete, carry out the following procedures. 1. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press and release the Advanced button. When the DDR-31 Plus is tuned to a DAB radio station, the display will show “Manual tune.” Note: Press and release the Advanced button. When the DDR-31 Plus is tuned to an FM station, the display will show “FM scan zone”. 3.
Software version The software display cannot be altered and is just for your reference. Ensure your radio is switched on and in DAB or FM mode. 1. Press and release the On / StandBy button to switch on your clock radio. 2. Press and release the Advanced button. When the DDR-31 Plus is tuned to a DAB radio station, the display will show “Manual tune.” Note: Press and release the Advanced button. When the DDR-31 Plus is tuned to an FM station, the display will show “FM scan zone”. 3.
USB socket for software upgrade Software updates for your clock radio may be availabe in the future. As software updates become available software and information on how to update your radio can be found at www.sangean.com.tw/index_tw.asp, www.sangean.nl/English, or www.sangean.com.au. For more information, please contact our Head Office by sending an email to info@sangean.com. Headphone socket A 3.
Line Out socket 1. A 3.5mm stereo Line Out socket is provided on the rear of your sound system to permit the audio signal to be fed to an external amplifier or other audio device. Cautions Do not allow this radio to be exposed to water, steam or sand. Do not leave your radio where excessive heat could cause damage such as in a parked car where the heat from the sun can build up even though the outside temperature may not seem too high.
Specifications Circuit Features Power Requirements Mains: AC 100 240 volts, 50 Hz-60 Hz DC 12V 1A only (switching adaptor) Loudspeaker: 3”, 8 ohm Output Power: 7 Watt Frequency Coverage FM 87.5 - 108MHz DAB 174.928 - 239.200MHz Headphone socket: 3.5mm dia Auxiliary Input socket: 3.5mm dia Line out socket: 3.5mm dia Aerial System: FM Telescopic aerial DAB+ Telescopic aerial The Company reserves the right to amend the specification without notice.
