Ah yes, forgot to mention that the Panasonic Digital Radio is one of only a couple I have that receive the Digital Radio signal with the aerial collapsed and folded on its rest, the other radios that do this come from Tivoli Audio.
> On 4 May 2015, at 11:22 am, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > I received my Panasonic Portable DAB+ radio about an hour ago and have had a > little play with the unit. > > I’ve a lot to learn but I do know how to find and select DAB+ stations. > > The radio looks as a Panasonic portable typically does, it has a large > speaker on the left hand front and on the right a large display with 4 > buttons on a row at the bottom, I’ve yet to find out what these buttons do > but I can say that the right of the four is a “Select” button. > > The metal grill extends over the front of the radio giving the set a nice > quality feel, the plastic shell reminds one of the older types of plastic, > feels nice and solid. > > On the right hand side of the radio are 2 dials, the top controls your volume > and the bottom is the scrolling dial, both click when turned which is a help. > > So how to select a station? You turn the scroll dial once, that brings up the > list and then turn in any direction up or down to scroll through the stations > and then press select to tune. > > Now here is where things get quite complex - well for someone who knows > absolutely nearly nothing about this radio at least -, on the top of the > radio are 12 extra buttons, what do they all do? You’re guess is as good as > mine when it comes to ten of those but I can tell you that there’s a large > button with a raised dot on it, that turns the power on and off, the other > large button - without the dot - is your FM/DAB+ band select button. > > The other 10 buttons are in pairs and are smaller. > > I’ll give you more details of my adventures with the radio when I’m able to > find out more about how to set preset memories and so on - there are ten of > those for each band which should be enough for most people -. > > The radio comes with a proper AC power cord or can run on 4 C Cell batteries. > > > ********** > Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the > halfwits in this world behind. > > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
