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8.1 Scanning for stations
The first time you select DAB radio mode, Or
if the station list is empty,
M4+
STEREO
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
>
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
.
8.2 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 20 presets (on the remote) to save the currently playing
station.
To select a preset, press
Preset
briefly, then select one of the listed
preset
stations.
When a preset station is playing, it shows
☆
1,2
,3
etc in the
bottom
middle of
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the
screen
.
8.3 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.
8.4 Settings
Dynamic range compression
Some DAB broadcasts offer dynamic range compression (DRC). This feature
allows radios to compress the dynamic range of the output audio stream, so
that the volume of quiet sounds is increased, and the volume of loud sounds is
reduced. This can be useful if you are listening to
music with a high dynamic
range in a noisy environment (for example,
classical music
while cooking).
To change
the
DRC
of
the
M4+
,
select
Menu
>
DRC
,
and
then
DRC
high
,
DRC
low
or
DRC
off
.
Note: The M4+
'
s DRC setting does have any effect if DRC data is not included
in the
broadcast.
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 BBC or South Wales local. Valid
lists valid stations first,
alphanumerically, then off-air stations.
To
change
station
order
,
select
Menu
>
Station
order
>
then
Alphanumeric,
Ensemble or Valid.
9.
FM radio mode
FM radio mode receives analogue radio from the FM band and displays RDS
(
Radio
Data
System
)
information
about the station and show
(
where
broadcast
).
To enter FM mode, either press
mode
to choose FM Radio or select
Menu
>
Main
menu
>
FM
.
