SANGEAN RCR-5 (03) PDF MANUAL

1. Read and understand all safety and operating instructions before the radio is operated.

2. Retain instruction: The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference.

3. Heed warnings. All warnings on the appliance and operating instructions should be followed.

4. Follow all operations and use instructions.

5. Water and moisture: The appliance should not be used near water. Do not use near a bathtub, washbowl, laundry tub, kitchen sink, wet basement, swimming pool, etc.

6. Unplug the radio from the AC power outlet before cleaning. Use only a damp cloth for cleaning the exterior of the radio.

7. Do not place the radio on an unstable cart, stand, bracket or table. The radio may fall, causing serious personal injury and damage to the radio.

8. Ventilation: This radio should be situated so that its location or position does not interfere with its proper ventilation. For example, the radio should not be used on a bed, sofa, rug or other soft surfaces that may block the ventilation openings. It should not be placed in a built-in situation like a cabinet that may reduce air flow through the ventilation openings.

9. Power sources: The radio should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home, consult your radio dealer or power company.

10. Power cords: The power cord should be positioned so it is not walked on, pinched, or items placed on top of it. Pay particular attention to cords at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the unit. Unplug the power cord by gripping the power plug, not the cord. Operate the radio using only the current type of power source indicated. If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home, consult your dealer or local power company.

11. Do not overload wall outlets or extension cords. This can result in a risk of fire or electrical shock. Never insert objects of any kind into the radio through opening. The objects may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts. This could cause a fire or electrical shock.

12. If the radio is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet. This will prevent damage caused by lightning or power line surges.

13. If the radio is left unattended and unused for a long period of time, remove the batteries. The batteries may leak and damage furniture of your radio.

14. Do not attempt to service the receiver yourself. Removing the cover may expose you to dangerous voltage, and will void the warranty. Refer all servicing to authorized service personnel.

15. Object and Liquid Entry: Never push objects of any kind into this radio through opening as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short-out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind of product.

16. The appliance should be serviced by qualified service personnel when:

A. The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged.

B. Objects have fallen or liquid had been spilled into the radio.

C. The radio has been exposed to rain or water.

D. The radio does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance.

E. The radio has been dropped, or the enclosure damaged.

1. Power on/off and Sleep Timer button

2. BAND button

3. NAP TIMER button

4. STATION PRESETS

5. TUNING Up/Down and Snooze

6. TIME SET/DISPLAY button

7. Alarm 2 button

8. Alarm 1 button

9. LCD Display

10. Volume Control knob

11. Headphones socket

12. AUX in

13. Display Backlight Adjustment button

14. Logo and specification mark

15. FM antenna

16. Power socket

Ⓐ Radio band and a.m./p.m. display

Ⓑ Hour and minute digits

© Second digits

Ⓓ Alarm indicators

Ⓔ Sleep timer

Ⓕ Nap timer

Ⓖ Week day

Ⓗ Clock set

Clock time has to be set before alarm setting.

1. Press and hold the TIME SET button for more than 2 seconds, the display will show CSET, and flash the year digits.

2. Press TUNING Up/Down button to set the year.

3. Press the TIME SET button, then use the same way to set the date. You can press and hold the TUNING Up/Down button for fast-forward or fast-backward.

4. Press the TIME SET button to set the hour with TUNING Up/Down button. In the same way (press TIME SET then TUNING Up/Down) set the minute. The day of the week is automatically set.

5. After the minute is set, then press the TIME SET button to complete the setting.

Note: While setting, the setting will be cancelled after 30 seconds without pressing any buttons. After the time is under setting, the setting won’t be cancelled even if you don’t press any button for more than 30 seconds. You need to press the TIME SET button to complete the setting, and the second digit will be set to 0 at the moment when you press the TIME SET button.

Turn on the radio with the POWER button.

Station selection

1. Press the TUNING up/down button, to tune into the frequency of your desired stations.

2. Scanning tuning: Press and hold the TUNING up/down button for more than 0.5 seconds and release, the radio will search for the next station.

Saving Station Presets

1. Tune into the stations that you would like to store.

2. Select a STATION PRESET button (1-5) and press it for more than 2 seconds until a beep sounds and the station is now stored.

Note: When you store a new station in a preset, the station previously stored will be automatically erased.

Recalling Station Memories

To recall the station memories, simply press the BAND button to select the required bands and press the required STATION PRESET (1-5).

Turn the VOLUME knob to adjust the volume.

Alarm setting can be done while the power is ON or OFF. The alarm clock is equipped with two alarm systems which can be operated independently of each other. There are 2 kinds of alarm sounding: buzzer and radio.

1. Select alarm system 1 or 2 by pressing the ALARM 1 or ALARM 2 button. The display will show the selected alarm system symbol.

2. Before the display goes back to the clock, press the TIME SET button for 2 seconds until you hear the beep. The display will blink the hour. Press the TUNING up/down button to set the hour.

3. Press the TIME SET button and the display will flash the minute digit. Press the TUNING up/down button to set the minute.

4. Press the TIME SET button and then press the TUNING up/down button to select if the alarm should work on daily, weekday (Monday to Friday), weekend (Saturday and Sunday), or only once. There are 4 options.

5. Press the TIME SET button and then press the TUNING up/down button to select the alarm sound. There are RADIO ALARM and BUZZER ALARM options.

a. If the BUZZER ALARM is selected – press the TIME SET button to complete the setting.

b. If the RADIO ALARM is selected – press the TIME SET button and then select the radio band and the frequency to choose the alarm radio station. Then press the TIME SET button to complete the setting.

c. The setting will automatically complete after 30 seconds without any button pressed. However, when the ALARM RADIO is being set, it will not complete automatically until the TIME SET or POWER button is pressed.

6. After the alarm is set, the alarm status will be shown for 6 seconds then will go back to the clock.

In buzzer alarm mode, the buzzer sound will increase in volume for 1 minute, then followed by 1 minute of silence, then repeat the cycle for 1 hour.

Press the ALARM 1 or ALARM 2 button for 2 seconds until you hear the beep. The alarm symbol will disappear, and the alarm will be deactivated. To reactivate the alarm, press the ALARM 1 or ALARM 2 button for 2 seconds until you hear the beep.

To stop the alarm sounding, press the POWER button.

To interrupt the sounding alarm (radio or beep tone), press the SNOOZE button. The alarm stops and begins again with an interval of 5 minutes. The alarm will continue for an hour whatever being interrupted.

With the NAP button, you can select the period for the short term alarm in 10-minute steps from 10-120 minutes.

The Nap timer starts when you release the key. NAP will appear on the display. The alarm signal sounds after the period of time which you have set.

If you wish to turn off the Nap timer before the time is up, simply adjust the number of minutes by pressing the NAP button to OFF and release. NAP will disappear from the display.

Continuously pressing the POWER button will activate the sleep function, the radio will switch off automatically in 15, 30, 60, 90, or 120 minutes.

The Sleep control begins when you release the POWER button and the display will appear the minutes. After the selected minutes, the radio turns itself off automatically.

If you wish to turn off the radio beforehand, press the POWER button. The SLEEP timer symbol will disappear.

Press the TIME SET/DISPLAY button to see the year, and press it again to see the date. The display will go back to the clock in 3 seconds.

1. Press and hold the BAND button for 6 seconds until you hear the beep, and the display will flash the current 24/12 hr format. Press the TUNING up/down button to select 24 hr (military hr) or 12 hr format.

After the 24/12 hour format setting, if you don’t wish to make any change on tuning frequency step, please press the BAND button for 2 times (you will hear the beep for each time), then the display will go back to the clock. If you wish to change the tuning frequency step, follow the next steps:

2. Press the BAND button again, and it will beep and flash the FM frequency tuning step. If you wish to change the FM frequency step, press the TUNING up/down button to select.

a. If this radio was bought in USA, the FM tuning step selections are 100KHz/step and 200KHz/step.

b. If this radio was bought in Europe, the FM tuning step selections are 50KHz/step and 100KHz/step.

If you don’t wish to make any change, don’t press the TUNING up/down button.

3. Press the BAND button again, and it will beep and flash the AM(MW) frequency tuning step. Press the TUNING up/down button to select 9KHz/step or 10KHz/step.

• 10kHz/step should be selected when you are in Europe.

• 9kHz/step should be selected when you are in USA.

4. Press the BAND button to complete the setting.

Plug in external audio devices such as a CD player to the AUX IN socket (on the side of the radio), then play your device and press the BAND button repeatedly until you see “AU” on the display. The radio will amplify and play out the signal from your device.

The radio provides a Headphones socket to connect the headphones set. When you plug in the headphones, the speaker is disconnected.

Turn the Display Backlight Adjustment button to adjust the backlight level.

There is a battery back up for 10 minutes which means: when the power is unplugged or during a black-out, the clock and all the storages will be lost in about 10 minutes.

Power supply:

120 Volt/60 Hz (USA version);

230 Volt/50 Hz (Europe version)/

ADAPTOR DC OUT 6V/0.5A

Frequency coverage:

FM 87.5 – 108.0 MHz

AM 520 – 1710 kHz (USA version);

AM 522 – 1629 kHz (Europe version)