Basic Operation

Please note all (Ref.) refer to the Controls and Functions in the above diagrams.

Starting Up Your Radio

Plug the power connector into the system via the “DC IN” port (Ref.15) to charge the radio. Please ensure that the radio is not exposed to water when it is being charged via mains power. Charge the radio for approximately 5-6 hours to fully charge the internal battery for approx. 15 hours of portable charge. Remove from mains power when using the radio portably and in the shower.

Ensure the handle (Ref.9) is extended above the unit as this will enable you to get the best signal possible before scanning. Once charged, remove the power cable from the unit and switch the radio on by pressing the Power button (Ref.2).

When switched on for the first time, the radio will display a “Welcome to Digital Radio” screen, followed by going to DAB/DAB+ mode to perform an automatic scan for available stations. The screen will show “Scanning…” as it searches for available stations and will play the first available station once the scan is complete.

To place the radio into standby mode, press the Power button (Ref.2).

Please note that the radio will reset to default volume when switched off/on.

DAB/DAB+ Radio

Press the Mode button (Ref.3) to switch to DAB/DAB+ radio mode. The radio should already have scanned for available stations during set up.

Ensure that the radio handle (Ref.9) is extended above the radio for the best signal to be received.

If the radio has not automatically scanned for available stations or you would like to rescan for available stations, press the Menu button (Ref.6) to open DAB settings and select the option for “Full Scan” with the Scroll/Select dial (Ref.5). This would be advisable if you are having trouble listening to particular stations or functionality issues.

Once you have chosen to scan, the radio will display “Scanning…” as it starts scanning for available stations with a good signal. Once the scan is complete, the first radio station with a good signal will begin to play.

To browse through all of the stations that have been stored in DAB/DAB+ mode, scroll through the station list by twisting the Scroll/Select dial (Ref.5). Once you have found your desired station, press down the Scroll/Select dial to confirm your choice. Your chosen station should then begin to play.

DAB/DAB+ Radio Settings

On DAB/DAB+ mode, press the Menu button (Ref.6) on the radio to open DAB radio settings. The following options will be available to scroll through:

Full Scan

Select this option to initiate a scan for available DAB/DAB+ stations. Once selected, the screen will display “Scanning…” as it scans for stations with good signal. Once the scan is complete, the first available station will begin to play.

Manual Tune

Select this option to manually tune the radio and scroll through stations by multiplex and frequency with the Scroll/Select dial. Once the chosen multiplex and frequency displays, select it to play by pressing down the Scroll/Select dial. Once a station is selected, the radio will then display the signal strength of that station selected – if the signal is poor, the station will not play.

Prune

The prune option allows you to remove all unavailable stations from the station list so that only available stations will display. Select the Prune option, and the screen will display “Prune?” followed by Yes or No. To select prune, use the Scroll/Select dial to highlight “<Yes>” and select it by pressing down the dial.

Station Info for DAB/DAB+ Radio

When listening to a DAB/DAB+ radio station with good signal, press the Info button (Ref.7) repeatedly to display different programme information provided by the broadcaster.

DLS (Dynamic Label Segment): Scrolling message that the broadcaster may include with their transmissions such as programme details.

Signal Strength: The display will show a bar to indicate the signal strength of the station.

Programme Type: Displays the style or genre of the programme being broadcast.

Multiplex Name: Displays the multiplex name that the station is being transmitted from.

Channel Number/Frequency: This displays the channel number/frequency of the present station.

Signal Error: Displays the stability and quality of signal reception.

Bit Rate: Shows the data rate at which the signal is being transmitted.

Battery Status: Displays the battery life percentage of the radio.

Time: Displays the time automatically

Date: Displays the date automatically

DAB/DAB+/FM Radio Presets

How to Preset a Chosen DAB/DAB+ Station

Up to 20 stations can be preset for easy navigation (10 on DAB and 10 on FM). To store a station as a preset, you must be listening to the station at the time and then perform the following:

Press and hold the Preset Recall/Store button (Ref.4) for 2-3 seconds until “Save to P *X*” displays on the screen. Release your finger from the Preset button.

Twist the Scroll/Select dial (Ref.5) to scroll through the 10 preset numbers available with the “P *X*” changing as you scroll through. Once on the chosen number you wish to save the station to, press down the Scroll/Select dial to select the preset number. The display will then show “Preset ‘X’ Stored” to signify the saved preset station.

Follow the same guidance to set up to 10 preset DAB stations. To delete a stored preset station, simply save another station in that preset number.

How to recall a preset radio station

To recall and listen to one of your preset stations, press and release the Preset Recall/Store button (Ref.4) and “Preset Recall” will display on the screen. Do not hold down the button as the Preset Store settings will open.

Twist the Scroll/Select dial (Ref.5) to scroll through the preset stations available. Once on the chosen preset number you wish to play, press down the dial to select your choice and the station will begin to play.

FM Radio

Press the Mode button (Ref.3) to switch to FM radio mode. The first time that FM mode is selected, the FM frequency “87.50MHz” will be displayed on the screen.

Ensure that the radio handle (Ref.9) is extended above the radio for the best signal to be received.

To begin searching for available FM stations, an auto-scan will need to be initiated. To begin scanning for available stations, press down the Scroll/Select/Scan dial (Ref.5) and the radio will display “Scanning….” as it scans quickly up the bandwidth for available stations.

To scan quickly down the bandwidth, twist the Scroll/Select/Scan dial anti-clockwise and press down the dial. To scan quickly up the bandwidth, twist the Scroll/Select/Scan dial clockwise and press down the dial. Once a station with a good signal has been found, the scanning will stop automatically.

How to Tune a Specific Frequency Manually

To tune the radio to a specific frequency slowly, scroll up the frequency bandwidth by turning the Scroll/Select/Scan dial clockwise. To tune the radio slowly down the frequency bandwidth, turn the Scroll/Select/Scan dial anti-clockwise.

FM Radio Settings

When on FM mode, press the Menu button (Ref.6) on the radio to open FM radio settings. Once pressed, the following options will be available to scroll through with the Scroll/Select dial (Ref.5): Scan Setting, Audio Setting and System. One of these options can then be selected to open further setting options.

Scan Setting

Select this option to decide whether the autoscan option will scan for all available stations or for strong stations only. Use the Scroll/Select dial to scroll between two options: “Strong stations only” or “All stations”. Select your chosen option by pressing down the Scroll/Select dial.

Audio Setting

The radio will automatically switch between stereo and mono mode, but you can switch this function manually which is useful when receiving poor signal reception.
Once “Audio setting” is selected, the radio will display “Stereo allowed” or “Forced mono”. Select your chosen setting by pressing down the Scroll/Select dial.

Station Info for FM Radio

When listening to an FM radio station with a good signal, press the Info button (Ref.7) repeatedly to display different programme information provided by the broadcaster.

Programme Type: Displays the style or genre of the programme being broadcast.

Frequency: Displays the station transmission frequency.

Audio Type: Displays the audio type of the station you are listening to. This will either be Stereo or Mono.

Battery Status: Displays the battery life percentage of the radio.

Time: Displays the time automatically

Date: Displays the date automatically

Bluetooth

Press the Mode button (Ref.3) to switch to Bluetooth mode.

On the Bluetooth device that you wish to connect to the radio, go to Bluetooth settings. The radio should display as ‘Majority Eversden’ at this stage. Select the radio to connect via Bluetooth. Once connected successfully, “Bluetooth Connected” will display on the display screen of the radio.

Begin playing your chosen media from your Bluetooth device and it will begin to play through the radio. You can control the Bluetooth media via the radio by using the Scroll/Select dial (Ref.5). Twist the dial clockwise and anti-clockwise to scroll through songs and press down the dial to Play/Pause.

Clock & Date

Once the radio has been put into DAB mode, the time and date should automatically set. If this does not happen or you wish to alter the time and date, press the Menu button (Ref.6) to open menu settings.

Once menu settings open, scroll to the “System” option with the Scroll/Select dial (Ref.5) and select it by pressing down the dial. Once on “System” options, select the option for ‘Time/Date’ to open the following options:

Set Time/Date

Once this option is selected, “Set Time” will display and the hour digit will flash on the display screen. You can now alter the time hour by using the Scroll/Select dial to increase or decrease the hour. Once on the chosen time hour, select it by pressing down the Scroll/Select dial. The time minutes digit will now begin flashing and should be set with the same process.

Once the time is set, the “Set Date” settings will now open and the date day unit will begin flashing. You can alter the date day unit by using the Scroll/Select dial to increase or decrease the unit and select the unit by pressing down the Scroll/Select dial to confirm. The date month will then display and should be followed with the same process, and the same for the date year. Once finished, the screen will display “Time Saved”.

Auto Update

Select for the radio time and date to be updated automatically from one of the following: “Update from DAB”, “Update from FM”, “No Update”, or “Update from Any”.

Set 12/24 Hour

Select this option to choose between the clock display showing a 12 or 24-hour clock. Once this option is selected, scroll between “Set 12 hour” or “Set 24 hour” with the Scroll/Select dial and select an option by pressing down the dial.

Set Date Format

Select this option to choose the preferred date format you wish to be displayed on the radio. Choose between “DD-MM-YYY” or “MM-DD-YYYY” by scrolling between them with the Scroll/Select dial and select an option by pressing down the dial.

Dual Alarm

Setting Alarm 1/Alarm 2

Please ensure that the radio is being mains-powered when setting the alarm.

Press the Menu button (Ref.6) to open menu settings. Once menu settings open, scroll to the “System” option with the Scroll/Select dial (Ref.5) and select it by pressing down the dial. Once on System options, select the option for ‘Alarm’ to begin setting the alarm(s):

1. Once the ‘Alarm’ option has been selected, “Alarm 1” will display on the screen. Use the Scroll/Select dial to scroll to the “Alarm 2” option. Select the alarm you wish to set by pressing down the Scroll/Select dial.
2. Once selected, “Alarm X Setup” will display on the screen. Press down the Scroll/Select dial to confirm set up.
3. “Alarm X Wizard On Time” will now display and the hour unit of the clock will begin flashing. Use the Scroll/Select dial to scroll up or down the alarm clock hour and select the alarm hour by pressing down the dial. Repeat the same process for the minutes.
4. The “Duration” will now display on the screen, which indicates the length of time that the alarm will sound before switching off automatically. Choose between 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 and 120 minutes and select by pressing down the Scroll/Select dial.
5. The “Source” will now display, which indicates the alarm tone that you would like to choose from. The options are Buzzer, DAB or FM radio.
6. Select your chosen alarm tone with the Scroll/Select dial. If DAB or FM radio is selected, you will then have to select whether you would like to choose the last station listened to or one of your preset stations as the alarm tone.
7. Now choose when you would like the alarm to sound. Using the Scroll/Select dial, scroll through the following options for the alarm frequency: Daily, Once, Weekdays, Weekends. Select an option by pressing down the dial.

Sleep Timer

A sleep timer enables you to programme the radio to switch off after a selected period of time from activation.

Press the Menu button (Ref.6) to open menu settings. Once menu settings open, scroll to the “System” option with the Scroll/Select dial (Ref.5) and select it by pressing down the dial. Once on System options, select the option for ‘Sleep’ to begin setting a sleep timer.

Once the Sleep settings are selected, the screen will display “Set sleep time: Sleep Off” to signify that the sleep timer is currently switched off.

To begin scrolling through the available sleep timer lengths, twist the Scroll/Select dial to scroll through the available options: Sleep Off, 10, 20, 30, 60, 70, 80 or 90 (minutes). Once the preferred sleep timer length displays, select it by pressing down the Scroll/Select dial.

Once the sleep timer has been set, the display will show “SX” with X representing the first unit of the sleep timer e.g 60 minutes will display “S6”.

To cancel the sleep timer, simply go back to ‘Sleep’ settings and scroll through to the option for “Sleep Off” and select the option with the Scroll/Select dial.

Additional Options

Press the Menu button (Ref.6) to open menu settings. Once menu settings open, scroll to the “System” option with the Scroll/Select dial (Ref.5) and select it by pressing down the dial. Once on System options, the remaining options will display.

Language

Scroll through to the option for ‘Language’ and select it with the Scroll/Select dial. Once selected, scroll through the available languages with the dial and select your chosen language by pressing down the dial.

Factory Reset

To reset your radio and erase all setting and preset options, perform a factory reset. This would also be advisable if you are having any functionality issues with your radio.

On the “System” settings option, scroll through to the option for ‘Factory Reset’ and select it with the Scroll/Select dial. Once selected, the screen will display “Factory Reset? No Yes”. Use the Scroll/Select dial to highlight “<Yes>” and select with the dial to initiate a reset.

SW Version

Select to view the software version of the radio.

On the “System” settings option, scroll through to the option for ‘SW Version’ and select it with the Scroll/Select dial. Once selected, the screen will display the software version.

Internal Rechargeable Battery

Charging

The unit will charge when it is switched off or in working mode if it is connected and powered by the mains. Please ensure that the radio is not exposed to water when it is being charged via mains power.

To charge the unit, lift the socket cover from the radio (Ref.13) and place the DC in the power cable into the radio DC in the socket (Ref.15)

From low charge, the radio will take approximately 5-6 hours for a full charge.

When the radio is charging, you can view the charging percentage when it is in working mode. In working mode, press the ‘Info’ button (Ref.7) repeatedly until the word “Charging” displays with the percentage of charge. When the unit is on 100%, it would be advisable to remove from power to save the internal battery.

Play Time

The Eversden has an internal rechargeable battery with a playtime of approximately 15 hours from a full charge. This will allow you to take the radio on the go and use it portably in the shower with its waterproof covering.

Save the internal battery life of the unit by switching the radio off entirely when it is not in use. Do this by pressing down the power button (Ref.2).