WF900i- DAB+ Internet Radio with Docking for iPod/ iPhone
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6 DAB Mode
DAB radio mode receives DAB/DAB+ digital radio and displays
information about the station, stream and track playing.
To enter DAB mode, either press Mode until the display shows
DAB
Radio
or select Menu >
Main menu > DAB
.
6.1 Scanning for stations
The first time you select DAB radio mode, or if the station list is
empty, WF900i automatically performs a full scan to see what
stations are available. You may also need to start a scan
manually to update the list of stations for one of the following
reasons:
Available stations change from time to time.
If reception was not good for the original scan (for
example the antenna was not up), this may result in an empty or incomplete list of available stations.
If you have poor reception of some stations (burbling), you may wish to list only stations with good
signal strength.
To start a scan manually, select Menu >
Full scan
. To scan only stations with good signal strength, select Menu
>
Local scan
.
Once the scan is complete, the radio shows a list of available stations.
To remove stations that are listed but unavailable, select Menu >
Prune invalid
.
6.2 Selecting Stations
To listen to or change a station, turn the Select control to view a list of stations and press to select. Once selected,
the station plays and the screen shows information about the station, track or show as broadcast
Presets
To store a DAB preset, press and hold Preset until the display shows the
Save preset
screen. Select one of the
10 presets by turning the Tuning Knob and press the knob in order to save the currently playing station to the
preset list.
To select a preset, press Preset briefly, then select one of the listed preset stations. When a preset station is
playing, it shows P
n
(P1, P2 etc) in the bottom right of the screen.
6.3 Now playing information
While the stream is playing, the screen shows its name and DLS (
Dynamic Label Segment
) information
broadcast by the station giving real-time information such as programme name, track title and contact details.
Stereo broadcasts are indicated with an icon at the top of the screen. To view further information, press Info .
Each time you press Info , another set of information is displayed, cycling through DLS text, programme type,
ensemble name/frequency, signal strength/error rate, bit rate/codec/channels and today’s date.
6.4 Setting
Dynamic range compression (DRC)
If you are listening to music with a high dynamic range in a noisy environment (for example classical music while
cooking), you may wish to compress the audio dynamic range. This makes quiet sounds louder, and loud sounds
quieter. To change DRC, select Menu >
DRC >
then
DRC off
,
low
or
high
.
Station order
You can choose the order of the DAB station list to be either
Alphanumeric
,
Ensemble
or
Valid
.
Ensemble
lists
groups of stations that are broadcast together on the same ensemble, for example
ABC
or
SBS
.
Valid
lists valid
stations first, alphanumerically, then off-air stations.
To change station order, select Menu >
Station order >
then
Alphanumeric
,
Ensemble
or
Valid
.
