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DigitRadio 250

DAB+/DAB FM Radio

Contents

Contents 2

Illustrations 4

Items in the Box 5

Using the Radio Safely 5

Setting Up the Radio 7

Using Batteries/Rechargeable Batteries 7

Disposal Instructions 10

Directives & Standards 11

Features of the Radio 12

Preparing the Radio for Use 13

Improving Aerial Reception 13

Using Headphones 14

Switching the Radio On/Off 14

Using the Radio for the First Time 15

Adjusting the Speaker Volume 15

Switching between DAB & FM 16

DAB Mode 16

What is DAB? 16

Automatic Scan 18

Manual Scan 19

Selecting a Radio Station 20

Saving a Station as Favourite 20

Opening a Favourite Station 20

Dynamic Range Compression (DRC) 21

Information about the Selected Station 22

FM Mode 23

Automatic Tuning 23

Manual Tuning 23

Saving a Station as Favourite 24

Opening a Favourite Station 24

Information about the Selected Station 24

Scan Settings 25

Audio Settings 25

Display Backlight 27

Factory Default Settings 28

Software Version 29

Technical Data 30

Illustrations

1 ON/OFF 9 Enter

2 Source 10 Tuning up/down

3 Scan 11 Menu

4 Info 12 Mute

5 Volume +/- 13 Headphone jack

6 Speaker 14 Telescopic aerial

7 LCD Display 15 DC jack

8 Preset 16 Battery compartment

Items in the Box

Please ensure that all the following accessories

are in the box:

• DAB+/DAB FM Radio with telescopic aerial

• Mains adapter, 5V, 1000 mA

• Instruction manual

Using the Radio Safely

Please read all the safety instructions carefully

and store them for future reference. Always follow

all the warnings and instructions in this instruction

manual and on the rear of the device.

Safety

• Only connect the radio to mains voltage

at 230 V~, 50 Hz using the mains wall

adapter. Never try to operate the radio

at a different voltage.

• Do not operate the radio if the radio's

wall adapter is defective or if the radio is

damaged in any other way.

• Do not handle the mains adapter with wet

hands, as there is a risk of electric shock!

• Never allow children to use the radio

unsupervised.

• Do not leave the radio in the rain or other

humid environments to avoid the risk of fire

and the risk of electric shock.

• Do not operate the radio near to bathtubs

etc. or where water may splash onto the

radio.

• If you take the radio from a cold to a warm

environment, condensation may collect

inside the radio. In this case, wait around

an hour before using the radio.

• If foreign objects or liquid get into the radio,

immediately unplug the mains adapter.

Have the radio checked by a qualified

technician before using its again. There is

a risk of electric shock.

• Never attempt to repair a defective radio

yourself.

• Do not open the casing. There is a risk

of electric shock.

• There must be no foreign objects inside

the radio.

• The radio is still connected to the mains

when in standby mode. Unplug the mains

adapter if you are not going to use the

radio for some time.

• Do not bring metallic objects into contact

with the connection points on the rear of

the radio. This may cause a short circuit.

• You can damage your hearing if you set

the volume too high, particularly when

using headphones.

Setting Up the Radio

• Place the radio on a firm, secure and

horizontal surface. Make sure the area

is well ventilated.

• Do not place the radio on soft surfaces

such as carpets and blankets or near

to curtains and wall hangings.

• Do not cover the radio with curtains,

blankets or newspapers.

• Do not place the radio near to sources

of heat, such as radiators. Avoid direct

sunlight and very dusty environments.

• Do not place heavy items on the radio.

• Do not place the radio near to devices

that generate a strong magnetic field.

Using Batteries/Rechargeable Batteries

• Keep batteries out of the reach of children.

Children may put batteries in their

mouths and choke on them, which can be

seriously harmful to health. Seek medical

advice immediately if this occurs!

• Do not charge, heat or throw normal

batteries into an open fire (risk of

explosion!).

• Replace batteries that are losing charge

before they are spent.

• Always replace all the batteries at the

same time and use batteries of the same

type.

• Leaking batteries may damage the radio.

If you are not going to use the radio for

a long time, remove the batteries from

the battery compartment.

Caution!

• Leaking or damaged batteries can irritate

the skin. Use suitable protective gloves.

Clean the battery compartment with a dry

cloth.

Important instructions for disposal:

• Batteries can contain toxic substances

that are hazardous to health and the

environment.

• You must therefore always comply with

applicable statutory provisions when you

dispose of batteries. Never dispose of

batteries in normal household waste.

• The following symbols are found on

batteries containing harmful substances:

Pb = battery contains lead

Cd = battery contains cadmium

Hg = battery contains mercury

Replacing Batteries

> Open the battery compartment (16)

by pressing gently on the arrows on the

battery compartment cover and sliding

the cover in the direction of the arrows

to remove the cover.

> Remove any batteries from the

compartment.

> Insert new Mignon (AA) batteries/

charged rechargeable batteries with the

correct polarity as shown on the battery

compartment.

> Place the battery compartment cover onto

the battery compartment and slide it in the

opposite direction to the arrows until it clicks

into place.

Disposal Instructions

Risk of suffocation!

Keep packaging and parts of packaging away

from children. There is a risk of suffocation from

the plastic and other packaging materials.

Disposing of packaging

The packaging material used for your radio

consists entirely of recyclable materials. Please

sort the packaging appropriately and dispose

of it as per local waste disposal regulations.

Please contact your dealer or local waste

disposal centre for current disposal instructions.

Disposing of the radio

Old radios are not worthless. Valuable raw

materials can be extracted from them so that

they can be disposed of in an eco-friendly way.

Contact your local recycling centre for information

about the correct way to dispose of your radio.

This radio is marked in accordance with the

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

(WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC. At the end of its

useful life, this radio must not be disposed of with

your normal household waste. It must be taken

to a recycling collection point for electrical and

electronic equipment. The symbol on the product,

the operating manual and the packaging is a

visual reminder. The materials can be recycled

in accordance with the labelling. By ensuring

that valuable raw materials in old equipment are

recycled, you can make a valuable contribution

towards protecting our environment.

Directives & Standards

This product complies with the following EU

Directives:

• Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EC)

• EMC Directive (2004/108/EC)

• CE Marking Directive

Your radio has the CE symbol and complies with

all necessary EU standards.

Features of the Radio

• This digital DAB+ Radio uses a new digital

format that delivers crystal-clear sound in

CD quality.

• The radio can receive the following

frequencies: FM 87.5-108 MHz

(analogue) and DAB 174.9-239.2 MHz

(digital).

• You can save 10 stations as favourites

in each different mode (DAB and FM).

• The display is backlit. The backlight can

be set at different levels of brightness

(see Display Backlight).

Preparing the Radio for Use

Use the supplied mains adapter to connect the

radio to the mains (230 V ~ / 50 Hz).

> To power on the radio, first connect the

mains adapter cable to the 5V DC jack

(page 5 #15) on the radio and then plug the

adapter into a 230 V ~ / 50 Hz wall socket.

> When you connect the radio for the first

time, "Welcome to Digital Radio" will

be displayed briefly.

Unplug the adapter from the wall socket when

you are not using the radio, going away for a long

time and during thunderstorms.

Improving Aerial Reception

The number and quality of broadcast stations

depends on the reception conditions at the

location of the radio. Excellent reception can be

achieved with the telescopic aerial. The aerial

must be extended to full length and positioned

for best reception.

Using Headphones

Hearing loss!

Do not listen to the radio at high volume with

headphones. Doing so can cause permanent

hearing damage. Turn down the radio volume

to the lowest volume before using headphones.

When you connect headphones (not included),

the radio speaker is muted.

> Only use headphones with a 3.5 mm stereo

jack plug.

> Insert the plug of your headphones into

the headphone jack (page 5 #13) on the

radio. Sound then only comes out of the

headphones.

> If you would like to use the speakers again,

unplug the headphones from the headphone

jack on the radio.

Switching the Radio On/Off

> Switch the radio on and off by pressing

On/Off (1).

Using the Radio for the First Time

When using the radio for the first time or after

restoring to factory default settings and switching

the radio on, the radio starts to scan for DAB

radio stations automatically.

While the scan is running, the display indicates

the progress and the number of radio stations

that have been found.

DAB

7 8

1. Tune to a DAB station.

2. Use / to navigate through available stations.

3. Press ENTER to choose a station.

Change DAB station

1. When playing a DAB station, or the current station is not available, press

SCAN.

Scan DAB radio stations

LISTEN TO DAB RADIO

1. Press SOURCE repeatedly to select DAB radio.

A bar graph indicates the progress of the search and the number of

stations found increase as the scan progresses.

Tune to DAB radio

When scan is completed, the stations are listed in numerical then alphabetic

order.

When you enter the DAB mode for the first time, the radio player automatically

scans DAB radio stations. Then station list is retained in memory so the next

time the radio player is switched on, the station scan does not take place.

Progress bar

Number of

Stations found

If there is no DAB coverage currently available

First available station is played.

“Station list” is displayed.

The radio player scans all available DAB radio stations and broadcasts

the current station.

Tip

• New stations and services will be added in the DAB broadcast. To make

new DAB stations and services available on your radio player, do scan on a

regular base.

You can program a maximum of 10 preset DAB radio stations.

Store DAB stations manually

1. Tune to your desired DAB station.

2. Press and hold PRESET for more than two seconds to activate programming.

3. Press / repeatedly to allocate a number from 1 to 10 to this station.

4. Press ENTER to confirm the setting.

5. Repeat the above four steps to store other stations.

1. Press SOURCE repeatedly to select DAB radio.

2. Press PRESET.

3. Press / repeatedly to select a preset FM radio station.

4. Press ENTER to confirm the setting.

Select a preset DAB radio station

The preset number of the stored station appears.

• To overwrite a preset station, store another station in its place.

Note

After the station scan has finished, the first

station in alphanumeric order is displayed and

plays automatically.

Note:

If no stations are found, the radio was unable to

detect a signal. Change the location of the radio

and/or reposition the telescopic aerial and repeat

the station scan.

Adjusting the Speaker Volume

> Press Volume +/- (5) to change the

speaker volume.

- + -> louder

- - -> quieter

Mute

> Press Mute (12) to mute the speaker.

Switching between DAB & FM

> Press the Source (2) button to switch

between DAB and FM radio.

The new source you have selected is displayed

each time you change mode.

DAB

Modus

DAB Mode

What is DAB?

DAB is a new digital format that delivers crystal-

clear sound in CD quality. DAB Broadcast

uses a high-speed datastream in the radio

channel. In contrast to traditional analogue radio

stations, DAB can be used to broadcast multiple

stations at the same frequency. These are

called ensembles or multiplexes. An ensemble

consists of the radio station and several service

components or data services that are broadcast

individually by the radio stations. Find out more

at www.digitalradio.de or www.digitalradio.ch,

for example.

Data compression

Digital Radio exploits aspects of human hearing

for data compression. The human ear does not

detect sounds that are below a certain minimum

volume. Data below the absolute threshold

of hearing can therefore be filtered out. This

is possible because the digital datastream

also saves the relative volume of each unit

of information to other units.

At a specific threshold, the quieter parts of a

sound signal are blocked out by the louder parts.

All the sound information below the threshold

of hearing in a piece of music can be filtered out

of the signal to be broadcast. This reduces the

size of the datastream to be broadcast without

a perceptible difference in sound for the listener

(MUSICAM procedure).

Audio Stream

Audio Streams in Digital Radio are continuous

datastreams that contain MPEG 1

Audio Layer 2 Frames and therefore represent

acoustic information. They are used to broadcast

normal radio programmes, which you can listen

to on the receiver side. Digital Radio uses the

MUSICAM format with two MPEG-compliant

PADs for additional information. These are also

known as PAD data services. Digital Radio not

only provides radio in excellent sound quality, but

additional information as well. The information

may be about the current programme (e.g. title

and artist) or something else (e.g. news, weather,

traffic and tips).

Automatic Scan

As already described under using the radio

for the first time, the radio automatically starts

scanning for DAB stations when it is started for

the first time. You can also start this automatic

scan manually without restoring to factory default

settings.

> To start a complete scan, press Scan (3).

Alternatively:

> Press Menu (11) to open the menu.

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you get

to Full Scan.

DAB

> Press Enter (9) to start scanning.

DAB

Once the scan has finished, the last radio

station you were listening to is played again

automatically.

Manual Scan

Use the manual scan to scan for a specific

channel/frequency for stations.

> Press Menu (11) to open the menu.

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you get

to Set manually.

DAB

> Press the Enter (9) button.

> Use Tuning up/down (10) to select the

channel/the frequency to be scanned.

DAB

Manuell einstell

<5A: 194.928MHz>

> Press Enter (9) to start scanning.

DAB

5A: 174.928MHz

Selecting a Radio Station

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until

the radio station you are looking for is

displayed.

> Press Enter (9) to switch to the selected

radio station.

Saving a Station as Favourite

> To save a station as a favourite, press

and hold Preset (8) until the following is

displayed.

DAB

Progr. speichern

<2: (Leer) >

> Press Tuning up/down (10) to select the

slot for your favourite station and confirm by

pressing Enter (9).

DAB

Programm 2

gesp.

Opening a Favourite Station

> Press Preset (8).

> Press Tuning up/down (10) to select the

favourite station you want to listen to and

start listening by pressing Enter (9).

Dynamic Range Compression (DRC)

The compression rate flattens dynamic variations

and the associated variations in volume.

> Open the menu by pressing the Menu (11)

button.

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you

have reached DRC.

> Press Enter (9).

> Select the DRC mode you would like

(off, low or high) by pressing Tuning

up/down (10).

• DRC high - high compression

• DRC low - low compression

• DRC off - no compression

> Confirm by pressing Enter (9).

Information about the Selected Station

> Press Info (4) repeatedly to access the

following information about the selected

station.

• Title of the track being played

• Artist of the track being played

• Presenter of the current programme

• Title of the current programme

• Type of programme

• Signal strength

• Style of music

• Ensemble the station belongs to

• Broadcast frequency of the station

• Signal errors

• Broadcast bitrate

• Current time

• Current date

• Running text broadcast by the radio station,

e.g. title/artist

FM Mode

Automatic Tuning

> Press the Scan (3) button to scan

automatically for the next station and play

the station.

Please see also the configuration under Scan

Settings. Depending on the configuration and

reception quality at your location, some stations

may be missed or may have poor quality sound.

If this is the case, reposition the telescopic aerial

and/or change the scan configuration.

Manual Tuning

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until

the frequency of the station you want is

displayed.

After a short while, the station will play and any

station/programme information broadcast by the

station will be shown on the display.

Saving a Station as Favourite

> To save a station as a favourite, press

and hold Preset (8) until the following

is displayed.

FM Stereo

Progr. speichern

<2: (Leer) >

> Press Tuning up/down (10) to select

the slot for your favourite station and

confirm by pressing Enter (9).

FM Stereo

Programm 2

gesp.

Opening a Favourite Station

> Press Preset (8).

> Press Tuning up/down (10) to select

the favourite station you want to listen to

and start listening by pressing Enter (9).

Information about the Selected Station

> Press Info (4) repeatedly to access the

following information about the selected

station.

• Running text broadcast by the radio station,

e.g. title/artist

• Type of programme

• Broadcast frequency of the station

• Type of broadcast (Mono/Stereo)

• Current time

• Current date

Scan Settings

> Press Menu (11) to open the menu.

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you

have reached Scan Settings.

> Press Enter (9).

> Press Tuning up/down (10) to choose

whether automatic tuning should stop

at every station (All Stations) or only

stations with a strong signal (Only Strong

Stations).

Please note that stations may be skipped or

may have poor quality sound, depending on

the configuration.

Audio Settings

> Open the menu by pressing the Menu (11)

button.

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you

have reached Audio Settings.

<Audio-Einstell >

> Press Enter (9).

Audio-Eins tell

> Press Tuning up/down (10) to choose

whether audio should only be Mono

(Mono only) or, if available, in stereo

as well (Stereo or Mono).

If there is background noise, selecting Mono

only can reduce the noise Language

> Open the menu by pressing the Menu (11)

button.

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you

have reached System.

> Press Enter (9).

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you

have reached Language.

System

> Press Enter (9).

Sprache

> Press Tuning up/down (10) to select

your preferred operating language (German,

English, Italian or French).

> Confirm by pressing Enter (9)

Display Backlight

> Open the menu by pressing the Menu (11)

button.

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you

have reached System.

> Press Enter (9).

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you

have reached Display Backlight.

System

> Press Enter (9).

Beleuchtung

> Press Enter(9) again to set timeout for

the display.

Beleuchtung

> Use Tuning up/down (10) to choose

whether the display should be constantly

illuminated (ON) or select a time from

10s to 180s after which the display will

automatically be dimmed.

> Exit by pressing Menu (11).

Factory Default Settings

> Open the menu by pressing the Menu (11)

button.

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until

you have reached System.

> Press Enter (9).

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until

you have reached Factory Default

Settings.

System

> Press Enter (9).

Werkseinstellung

<Nein> Ja

> Press Tuning up/down (10) to choose

whether to reset to factory default settings

(Yes) or cancel (No).

> Confirm by pressing Enter (9).

When reset to factory default settings, the radio

restarts and then automatically runs the setup

for the first time the radio is used.

Software Version

> Open the menu by pressing the Menu (11)

button.

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you

have reached System.

> Press Enter (9).

> Press Tuning up/down (10) until you

have reached Software Version.

System

<SW-Version >

> Press Enter (9).

SW-Version

dab-mmi-FS205-0

> Exit by pressing Menu (11).

Technical Data

Reception range: DAB/DAB+

174.928 – 239.200MHz

5A - 13F

FM (VHF)

87.5-108MHz

Audio power: 2x1Wrms

Mains adapter

- Input: 100-240 V AC, 50-60Hz

- Output: 5 V DC / 1000 mA

Batteries 4x1.5V

Dimensions: 220mm x 129mm x 58mm

Weight 0.43kg

Subject to change for amendments

and printing errors.

Version 05/14

Duplication and reproduction only with

the publisher's approval.

TechniSat and DigitRadio 250

are registered trademarks of

TechniSat Digital GmbH

PO Box 560

D-54541 Daun, Germany

www.technisat.de

This product is quality-tested

and has a statutory warranty of 24 months

from the date of purchase.

Please retain your receipt as proof of purchase.

Technical Hotline

Mon. - Fri. 8am - 8pm

03925/9220 1800

Caution!

If you encounter a problem with this equipment,

please contact our

Technical Hotline first.

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