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Clock radio, quick start guide and safety/warranty leaflet.

Features

Controls

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 STEP 1 - Plug in & play DAB radio

What is in the Box?

•  Bluetooth audio streaming from smartphone, tablet or laptop

•  Wireless charging for use with a wireless charging enabled device

•  DAB / DAB+ / FM RDS wavebands

•  20 radio station presets (10 DAB and 10 FM)

•  Multi-level display dimmer

•  2 alarms with humane wake

•  Sleep and snooze timers

•  USB socket for device charging

•  Headphone socket for private listening

 

A - Connect to the mains

B - Switch on your clock radio

C - Select a DAB radio station

Please  read  the  safety  leaflet  provided  before 

connecting your clock radio to the mains.

1  Place your clock radio on a flat surface.

2  Fully extend the 

wire aerial

 located on the rear of 

the clock radio.

3  Plug the mains adaptor into a wall socket and switch 

on the socket.

4  A start up screen will show. The clock will set. 

 

Note:

 If no signals are found it may be necessary to relocate your clock radio to a position 

giving better reception and carry out a scan for new stations.

D - Scan for DAB stations

As time passes new stations may become 

available or you may have moved to a different 

part of the country.

1  Press the 

Menu

 button. Press the 

Tune 

Up 

or

 Down 

buttons to highlight 

‘SCAN’

.

2  Press the 

OK

 button. Your radio will perform 

a scan of the Band III DAB channels. As 

new stations are found, they will be added to the list stored in the radio.

1  Press and release the 

On/Standby

 button to switch 

on the clock radio. After each use the clock radio 

will remember the mode used and then switch on 

in that mode the next time it is used. To switch off 

your clock radio press the 

On/Standby

 button.

2  If this is the first time the radio is used a scan of 

the Band III DAB channels will be carried out.

1  If needed, press the 

DAB

 button to select the 

DAB mode.

2  Press the 

Tune Up

 or 

Down

 buttons to step 

through the list of available DAB stations.

3  Press the 

OK

 button to select the station.

4  Adjust the 

Volume

.

•  Press and release the 

OK

 button to cycle through 

the various DAB display options.

   The display options are station name, scrolling 

text, program type, signal strength (the minimum 

signal marker ( ) shows the minimum signal 

strength needed for good DAB reception), 

multiplex name, frequency, bit rate, time and 

date.

Search tuning - FM

1  Carefully, fully extend the 

wire aerial.

2  Press the 

FM

 button to select the FM mode.

Apply a long press

 on the 

Tune Up

 or 

Down

 

buttons. Your radio will scan upwards (low to 

high frequency) or downwards (high to low 

frequency) and will stop automatically when it 

finds a station of sufficient strength.

4  If the signal is strong enough and there is RDS 

data present the display will show the station 

name for a few seconds. Adjust the 

Volume

.

•  Press and release the 

OK

 button to cycle 

through the various FM display options.

  To manual tune, press and release the 

Tune 

Up

 or 

Down

 buttons to tune to a station. The 

frequency will change in steps of 50 kHz.

 STEP 2 - Play FM radio

 

1  

On/Standby / Sleep button

 

2  

Tune Down button

 

3  

Tune Up button

 

4  

Snooze / Ok / Info button

 

5  

Alarm button

 

6  

Menu / Back button

 

7  

Volume Up button

 

8  

Volume Down button

 

9  

Dimmer button

10  

Preset button

 

11  

Light sensor

 

12  

Bluetooth Pair button

13  

FM button

 

14  

DAB button

 

15  

Wireless charging pad

 

16  

LED display

17  

Loudspeaker

18  

USB socket (for service use only)

19  

DAB / FM wire aerial

20  

Headphone socket

 

21  

USB charging socket

 

22  

AC adaptor cable

DAB

There are 20 memory presets, 10 for DAB and 10 for FM. Presets are remembered by the 

clock radio in the event of a power failure.

To store a preset

1  Tune to the required radio station.

Apply a long press

 on the 

Preset

 button. 

3  Press the 

Tune Up

 or 

Down

 buttons to select the 

desired station number under which you wish to 

store the station. Press the 

OK 

 button. The display 

will show for example, 

‘P1 SAVED’

. Repeat this 

procedure for the remaining presets.

To recall a preset

1  Choose DAB or FM mode. 

2  Press and release the 

Preset

 button.

3  Use the 

Tune Up

 or 

Down

 buttons to select the 

desired preset. Press 

OK

. Your clock radio will 

tune to the station stored in the preset memory. 

 Note:

 The display will show 

‘EMPTY’

 if no station 

has been stored to that preset.

Preset radio stations

1 Ensure 

Bluetooth

  is  enabled  on  your  smart  device.  Ensure  your  clock  radio  is 

switched on.

2  Press and release the 

Bluetooth Pair 

button to 

select the Bluetooth mode. The Bluetooth icon 

will flash on the display and your clock radio will 

show that it is 

‘discoverable’

.

3  On your smart device select 

‘Ortus DAB Charge’

Once the connection is established the icon will 

remain steady. You may now play your music.

4  Adjust the volume on your Bluetooth device or 

on your clock radio. Press 

OK

 for information.

5  The audio player in your smart device may be 

able to respond to the 

Play/Pause

,

 Next 

or

 

Previous

  track  on  the  clock  radio.  Press  the 

Bluetooth Pair

 button to pause playback. Press 

the button again to resume playback. Press the 

Tune Up 

or

 Down

 buttons to skip to the next or 

previous track. 

Note:

 Not all player applications 

or devices may respond to all of these buttons.

6  To connect a different device 

apply a long press

 

on the 

Bluetooth Pair

 button. Your clock radio 

will become discoverable by other devices.

 STEP 3 - Bluetooth

Menu options

1  To access or exit your clock radio’s menu 

system press the 

Menu

 button.

2  Press the 

Tune Up 

or

 Down 

and

 OK 

buttons to select menu options.

3  To  exit  menu  options,  press  the 

Menu

 

button as needed.

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•  It is recommended that the DAB band be used wherever possible as better 

results in terms of quality and freedom from interference will usually be obtained 

than on the FM band.

Tune

Tune

Dim

Preset

Snooze

OK

DAB

FM

Vol

Vol

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12

2

3

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

4

1

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DAB

Snooze

OK

Tune

DAB

FM

Tune

Snooze

OK

FM

Preset

Tune

Snooze

OK

DAB

Tune

Snooze

OK

Snooze

OK

Tune

Snooze

OK

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