Ocean Digital DBA-01C8 User manual

User Manual

DAB+/DAB/FM Radio Adaptor

with Bluetooth

DBA-01C8

(Additional powered speaker / active speaker is required

to use this product)

Please read this user manual carefully before using receiver

Location of Controls

1. 2.8” TFT color display

2. Infrared remote control sensor

3. 3.5mm audio out socket: Connect external powered speakers with

3.5 mm plug or RCA adaptor with 3.5mm plug

4. 3.5mm antenna input socket: connect with wire antenna

5. DC IN socket

6. Power On/Off switch

‒ 1 –

Remote control

1. Power: Power on/off standby.

2. Mute: Silent on/off.

3. Numeric button 1-10:

Preset and recall the radio station by

pressing a speciﬁc number.

Press and hold the button to store the

station.

Press brieﬂy to recall the station.

4. Alarm1/2: Press to set the Alarm on

the radio.

5. ▲ / ▼: Up/Down button, press to

scroll up and down on the menu;

During playback of the radio channel:

DAB mode: press ▲ / ▼ return to the

station list.

FM mode: press ▲ / ▼ to ﬁne tune

the frequency; long pressing the

button to skip to the next /previous

available radio channel.

6. Select: Press it to conﬁrm the

operation.

7. Mode: Press the button to enter into

the mode menu. Press the button

repeatedly to switch between the

mode of DAB, FM and Bluetooth.

8. CLK Set: Press to set the clock.

9. Info: To view the detailed

information of the current playing

radio station; return to the playing

screen after operating in other menu.

10. Sleep: Set the sleep timer.

11. Scan: To initiate full scan of DAB and

auto scan the next available station

in FM.

12. Dimmer: 3 levels of brightness

control for the display.

13. Menu: Enter the main menu of the

radio mode it is playing.

14. Recall: To recall the list of preset

stations.

‒ 2 –

Getting started

1. Connect the AC adaptor supplied in the package to the DC jack at

the rear side of the radio.

2. To get the best reception, place the radio near a window.

3. Connect your external powered speaker to the Aux-out jack on the

radio.

4. Plug in the wire antenna supplied in the package to the ANT jack.

5. Extend the wire to the fullest to get the best reception.

6. Switch the radio on using the Power on/off switch. The radio will

power up and the display on the front will light up and display as follow.

The radio will start in DAB mode by default and followed by a full scan of

the radio stations.

7. If there is problem on reception, try moving the antenna around or

different direction to improve the reception.

8. When the scan is completed, the ﬁrst station (alphabetically) will

begin to play.

9. The date and time will update from DAB or FM data by default

depends on which mode is using.

10. Press the <Power> button and the radio will go into standby. It

displays the current date and time if time has been set.

‒ 3 –

Radio Mode

There are 3 radio modes available:

Ÿ Digital Radio (DAB)

Ÿ FM Radio

Ÿ Bluetooth

Press the <Mode> button repeatedly to

select the mode you desire.

DAB Radio Operation

1. Choose the DAB mode and press <Select> to conﬁrm.

2. If no DAB radio stations have been received before, press the

<Scan> button and it begins to full scan the DAB stations.

3. After scanning is completed, the radio of the stations will list in

alphanumeric order and begin playing the ﬁrst station.

4. The radio will play the last listened station when it is returned to

previous state of mode (DAB or FM).

DAB Slideshow

Our radio supports DAB slideshow. If there are images

transmitted by the broadcaster, you will see the image

appeared on the playing screen.

To start the slideshow, press the <Select> button. The image

will be enlarged with the radio text scrolling under the image.

Press the <Select> button again and it will be enlarged to the

full screen size. Exit the Slideshow by pressing the <Select>

button.

Digital Radio

‒ 4 –

Main Menu

There are other options available under DAB mode.

Press the <Menu> button, it will enter into the menu as follow.

Press <▲> and <▼> to select different option, you can press

<►> key or <Select> to enter the sub-menu when there is >

sign displayed.

Station List

Select it to see the full list of the received DAB

stations.

If you want to exit the station list, press the <Menu>

again.

Full scan

It will pick up the DAB stations available in your area.

Alternatively press the <Scan> button on the remote

control.

Manual tune

This function allows you to check whether a speciﬁc

frequency can be received in your area and the

corresponding signal strength.

When this option is selected, it will show a list of DAB

frequencies.

Choose a frequency and it will display a bar of signal

strength. If the bar of strength is grayed out, it means

the frequency cannot be received in your area.

Prune Invalid

Some DAB services may stop broadcasting or you may

not be able to receive a station. Prune stations will

delete the DAB stations from your station list that are

no longer received.

DRC

Dynamic Range Control (also known as DRC) can

make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is

‒ 5 –

used in a noisy environment. This function is only

available for the DAB.

DRC Off – No compression

DRC High – Maximum compression

DRC Low – Medium compression

Setting the compression to maximum will “boost” the

quiet sounds, whilst keeping the loudest sounds at

their original level.

System Settings

There are 6 options for selection.

Ÿ Time/Date

Ÿ Backlight

Ÿ Language

Ÿ Factory Reset

Ÿ Software Update

Ÿ Software version

Time/Date

1. Set Time/Date: This allows the user to set

the current Time and Date manually.

2. Auto Update: This function will set the

radio’s time and date automatically with data

sent along with the broadcast of either the FM

or DAB radio station. You can choose “from

Any” or “No update” at your choice.

* Note that FM auto Time/Date update may

not work in your area, so the DAB auto update

option is recommended.

3. Set 12/4 Hour: This option will change the

format of your clock to either 12 hour or 24

hour format.

4. Set Date Format: Changes the date display

format between DD-MM-YYYY/MM-DD-YYYY.

Backlight

Your radio has 3 backlight settings:

1. Timeout: This option is used to set the

period of time that you wish your display’s

backlight to remain lit when your radio is in

STANDBY mode. The available options are

‒ 6 –

On/10 sec/20 sec/30 sec/45 sec/60 sec/90

sec/120 sec/180 sec.

Select “On” will force your radio’s backlight to

remain on constantly. If you select a speciﬁc

time delay, after the selected time period has

lapsed the display will dim down.

2. On level: This option will determine how

bright the display’s backlight is lit while the

radio is in ON mode. There are 3 options for

this setting: High, Medium & Low.

3. Dim level: This is to set the brightness of

the dim level in Standby if the time-out

session has been selected. Choose one of the

brightness levels - low/medium/high when a

speciﬁc time delay is selected, it will dim down

to the level you have selected at this option.

Language

There are 4 languages available to display the

menu: English, French, German, Italian.

Factory reset

The DAB Radio can be reset to the factory

default any time. Once a reset has been

performed, the DAB Radio will automatically

begin Full scan.

1. Select “Factory Reset”, the display will

shows:

2. Press “◄” or “►” key to choose <Yes>,

then press “Select” to perform the rest.

Important: Once the factory reset is done,

all the previous settings and presets will

be erased.

‒ 7 –

Software Update

This option can only be used with the advice

by the seller.

Software version

You can ﬁnd the software version of your

radio.

Radio Information

When listening to a DAB radio station, you can view the

information transmitted by the radio broadcaster if any. Cycling

through the information available by pressing the

<INFO>button repeatedly.

● Dynamic Label Segment (DLS)-

This is scrolling text information supplied by the broadcaster.

Information could be the name of an artist or music title, the

DJ’s name or the contact details for the radio station,

news..etc.

● Channel frequency – e.g.:174.928MHz.

● Signal error strength

● Time and Date – supplied by the broadcaster.

● Program Type(PTY)-displays the station program type, e.g.,

‘POP Music’, ”Talk”…etc

● Audio format – e.g. 64kbps/DAB+

‒ 8 –

FM Radio Mode Operation

To switch to FM mode, press the <Mode> button repeatedly to highlight

the FM mode.

Auto scan

Press <Scan> button, the radio will scan the next available

station.

Manual tune buttons

To ﬁne tune the frequency manually, use the ▲ or ▼ button.

The frequency will be tuned up or down by 0.05MHz.

Menu Button

There are some settings available under FM. Press <Menu>

button to select follow options:

Ÿ Scan setting

Ÿ Audio setting

Ÿ System setting

Ÿ Scan setting

There are two types of scan available. The scan is

done according to “Strong station only” or “All station”.

If ‘strong station only’ is selected, it will scan only the

channels with strong reception signal where the radio

is placed. If “All station” is selected, it will scan out

both the strong and weak channels.

Ÿ Audio setting

Use the ▲ or ▼ to choose “Stereo allowed” or “Forced

mono”.

Ÿ System setting

The following options are available under FM mode:

‒ 9 –

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