Sharp DR-S460, Quick Start Manual

1

ENGLISH

Before using your product, read all safety instructions. For full instructions 
please refer to the user guide available to download from the website www.
sharpconsumer.eu. 

Panels & Controls

-1.

 Front Panel

1. MODE 

–

 Press to select the modes: DAB/DAB+, FM, Bluetooth, AUX IN.

2. STANDBY 

–

 Press this to turn on the unit or enter Standby mode.

3. INFO/MENU 

–

 Press to view the station information, or enter main 

menu setting screen.

4. ENTER 

–

 Press to confi rm a selection.

5. PREVIOUS 

◄ 

–

 Press to go back to the last selection, or decrease the 

frequency, or seek the last strongest station.

6. NEXT 

►

 –

 Press to go forward to the next selection, or increase the 

frequency, or seek the next

7. SCAN 

–

 Use to scan the radio stations, or to adjust the backlight level.

8. PRESET 

–

 Press to recall the preset stations.

9.  DISPLAY SCREEN –

 To show the information.

-2.

 Rear Panel

10.  /- knob –

 Turn to adjust the volume level.

11.  FM Antenna –

 To receive the FM signal.

12.  DC Power Input –

 DC 12V

13.  AUX IN jack –

 Connect the 3.5mm audio cable to this jack to enjoy the 

external audio music.

General Operating Instructions

Mains Adaptor (supplied with the package)

Connect the mains adaptor to the 

DC power socket

 on the rear panel of 

the radio.

Turn On the Radio

Press the

 STANDBY

 button to turn on the radio.

Switch to Standby Mode

When in use, long press the

 STANDBY

 button to enter Standby mode. 

Press it again to wake up the radio.

The fi rst time the radio is used

The fi rst time you turn the radio on it will automatically scan for stations. 

Snooze function

When the alarm is sounding in Standby mode, rotate the 

Volume Knob

 to 

activate the 

SNOOZE

 function.

Time Auto Update

The time and date can be updated automatically if the system detects the 
RDS signal. If the RDS signal is weak or cannot be detected, the time will 
not automatically update.

Main Menu Setting

Long press the 

INFO/MENU

 button to enter the main menu setup screen. 

Find and enter the 

<System>

 screen by pressing the 

ENTER

 button. 

Then use the 

◄

/

►

 button to cycle through the menu options: 

<Time 

setup>, <Alarms>, <Sleep>, <Language>, <Prune>, <Station Order>, 
<Backlight>, <Factory reset>, <SW version>

.

NOTE

: The <Prune> and < Station Order> are only available in DAB mode.

Select one of the options and then press the 

ENTER

 button to access that 

menu.

Alarms

When the 

<Alarms>

 appears,

1. 

Press 

ENTER

 button to enter the alarm setting screen.

2. 

Choose 

<Alarm 1: off >

 or 

<Alarm 2: off >

, press the 

ENTER

 button to 

set the alarm 

On

.

3. 

Using the 

◄

/

►

 button to select the 

alarm time

, press 

ENTER

 to 

confi rm.

4. 

Select the 

alarm days

: Daily, Once, Weekdays, Weekends.

5. 

Set the 

alarm mode

: DAB, FM, Buzzer.

6. 

Set the 

alarm volume

: there is a slide bar adjusting the alarm volume, 

press 

◄

/

►

 button to increase or decrease the volume level, press 

ENTER

 button to confi rm.

7. 

After all the above settings, enter the 

Save

 screen, press 

ENTER

 button 

to save the alarm.

8. 

To cancel the alarms, enter the alarm setting screen, press 

ENTER

button to select 

Off 

 and then enter save screen to save the alarm off  

setting.

DAB/DAB+ Operations

Scan Stations

When turning on to DAB/DAB+ mode, the radio will automatically scan the 
stations it found in this area.
Press the 

◄

/

► 

button to select the previous or next stations, then press 

the 

ENTER

 button to activate to play the station.

Station Tuning

Long press the 

INFO/MENU

 button, when the 

<Station scan>

 appears, 

press the ENTER button, then use the 

◄

/

► 

button to cycle through the 

scanning options: 

<Full scan>

, 

<Manual tune>

.

1. 

Select the 

<Full scan>

, and then press 

ENTER

 button to enable full 

scanning.

2. 

Select the 

<Manual tune>

 and press 

ENTER

 button, use 

◄

/

► 

button 

to select stations from 

5A:174.928MHz

 to 

13F:239.200MHz

. Then 

press 

ENTER

 button to activate the selected station.

FM Operations

Switch to 

FM mode

 by pressing the 

MODE 

button.

Select Stations

To search for an FM station from 

87.5

 to 

108.00MHz

.

1. 

Press the 

◄ 

or 

►

 button to skip to go back or go forward the 

frequency by the step of 

0.05MHz

.

2. 

Long press the 

◄ 

or 

►

 button to skip to the previous or next station 

of the strongest reception. Once a station has been found, it stops 
scanning automatically. If no station is found, it will stop after it has 
cycled through the entire frequency.

Tuning Stations

1. 

Long press the 

SCAN

 button to scan the stations. During scanning, the 

screen will display a slide bar that indicate the progress of the scan and 
the amount of radio stations that have been found so far. Once the scan 
has fi nished, the radio will play the fi rst station it found.

Store Stations

It is possible to store up to 

10

 of your favourite FM/DAB stations. This will 

enable you to access your favourite stations quickly & easily.

1. 

To store a preset, you must fi rst be listening to the station you would 
like to save.

2. 

Press the 

PRESET

 button.

3. 

Use the 

◄

/

► 

button to select desired preset number 

1-10

.

4. 

Press and hold the 

ENTER

 button to confi rm.