Philips AJ3600 User Manual
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Helpful hints:
– When battery-powered, the display illumination is default low to help save ener-
gy. Any other use of the
BRIGHTNESS CONTROL
for a brighter display adjustment
will therefore be effectively limited.
SETTING THE CLOCK
The time is displayed using the 24-hour clock.
1. Check the radio is switched off.
2. Press SET TIME to enter the clock setting mode.
3. Hold down or press HOUR + or MINUTE + repeatedly to set and adjust the
hours and minutes respectively. Release HOUR + or MINUTE + when you
have reached the correct setting.
4. Press SET TIME to confirm.
RADIO
1 Press RADIO ON/OFF once to switch on the radio.
™ Display shows the radio frequency of the last selected waveband briefly
before returning to the clock time. Your preset station is also shown if you
are listening to a preset. (See 4)
2 Press BAND if you wish to change waveband.
3 Adjust the sound using VOLUME.
4 Press RADIO ON/OFF to switch off.
Helpful hints:
– In standby clock time, to view the current radio frequency,
• Press RADIO ON/OFF once or more;
• For preset stations, press the respective PRESET button (1-5) once or repeatedly.
TUNING TO RADIO STATONS
Automatic tuning
• Press TUNING +/- one second or more to tune to your station.
™The radio automatically tunes to a station of sufficient reception.
Manual tuning
• Press TUNING +/- briefly or repeatedly until you reach the desired frequency.
To improve reception:
For FM, extend and position the pigtail fully to obtain optimum reception.
For MW, the set is provided with a built-in aerial. Direct the aerial by adjusting the
position of your clock radio.
STORING AND USING PRESET STATIONS
You can store up to a total of 10 radio stations in the memory, 5 on each wave-
band.
1 Tune to your desired station (see TUNING TO RADIO STATIONS).
2 To store a preset, hold down briefly on a PRESET button 1-5 until you hear a double
beep.
™ Display shows the preset number of your station.
3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 to store your other stations.
• You can overwrite a preset station by storing another frequency in its place.
4 Press a.PRESET button 1-5 to listen to a preset station.
USING THE ALARM
GENERAL
Two different alarm times can be set. This can be useful when you need to be
woken up at a different time e.g. during the week and at the weekend:
• ALARM 1 - radio mode
• ALARM 2 - buzzer mode. The gentle wake buzzer alarm increases its beep tone fre-
quency within seconds.
SETTING THE ALARM TIME AND MODE (See 5)
1. Check the radio is switched off.
2. Press AL 1 or AL2 to on.
™ Display: ON appears under the respective
AL
or
AL
icon.
3. Press and hold SET ALARM 1 or SET ALARM 2 until alarm time digits flash.
4. Hold down or press HOUR + or MINUTE + repeatedly to set and adjust the
hours and minutes respectively. Release HOUR + or MINUTE + when you
have reached the correct setting.
5. After both the hours and minutes are set, press SET ALARM 1 or SET ALARM
2 to confirm the setting.
Helpful hints:
– If you have selected AL 1 (AL
), make sure you have properly tuned to a
station before turning off the set.
– If you set and activate the same time for both alarms, only the AL 2 (AL
) will
be activate at the set time.
– When both AL 1 (AL
) and AL 2 (AL
) are turned on, by default the display
shows the alarm time nearest to activation.
– To check the alarm time setting for AL 1 or AL 2, press AL 1 or AL 2 button.
– It is not possible to adjust the alarm time during an alarm call or the repeat alarm
mode.
SWITCHING OFF THE ALARM
There are three ways of switching off the alarm. Unless you cancel the alarm
completely, the 24-hour ALARM RESET will be automatically selected after 59
minutes from the time your alarm first goes off.
24 HOUR ALARM RESET
If you want the alarm mode to be stopped immediately but also wish to retain
the same alarm setting for the following day:
• Press ALARM RESET / SLEEP.
™ You will hear a beep tone confirming 24 hour reset activation.
REPEAT ALARM
This repeats your alarm call at 9 minute intervals.
• During the alarm call, press REPEAT ALARM /
BRIGHTNESS CONTROL
..
™ Display shows (
AL
) or (
AL
) flashing during a repeat alarm.
• Repeat if desired (up to a maximum of 6 times).
CANCELING THE ALARM COMPLETELY
• Press AL 1 or AL 2 button once or more until the OFF appears under the
respective (AL
) or (AL
) icon.
SLEEP (See 6)
About Sleep
This set has a built-in sleep timer, which enables the radio to be automatically
switched off after a set period of time. There are four sleep time options.
Setting and switching off SLEEP
1 Within 1 second, press ALARM RESET / SLEEP twice until the display shows
SLEEP and SL: 60.
™ The radio is automatically switched on and tunes to the last station.
2 To select other sleep time options, press ALARM RESET / SLEEP again within 1
second before the display returns to clock time.
™ The display shows in sequence: SL : 30, SL : 15 and OFF.
3 To cancel sleep, press either:
– RADIO ON/OFF
– REPEAT ALARM /
BRIGHTNESS CONTROL
.
– ALARM RESET / SLEEP once or more until SLEEP disappears from the
display.
USING THE PROJECTION
You may have the experience of looking for a clock in the darkness. With this
projection feature, you can conveniently project the clock time onto a surface
e.g. walls ceiling (furniture, glasses not recommended).
1 Press PROJECTION ON/OFF to switch on.
™ The Projection lens lights up red.
2 Turn the Projection lens wheel (maximum 180 degree left or right) and also the
set, if necessary, to find a suitable projection surface. (See 7)
3 To change the projected time upside down, press REVERSE PROJECTION.
4. To change the projection slightly to a different angle, turn the ROTATE PROJEC-
TION ball (maximum 60 degree left or right.).
5. Press PROJECTION ON/OFF to switch off.
™ The Projection lens goes out.
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