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WARRANTY

Your Tesco appliance is covered by a warranty for 12 months 
from  the  date  of  purchase.  If  a  fault  develops  during  this 
period, please contact the TESCO electrical help line on 0845 
456 6767. Please have your original purchase receipt with 
you  when  you  call.  This  warranty  in  no  way  affects  your 
consumer rights.

UK: Waste electrical products /batteries should 
not  be  disposed  of  with  household  waste. 
Separate  disposal  facilities  exist,  for  your 
nearest facilities. See www.recycle-more.co.uk 
or in-store for details.
ROI: Produced after 13th August 2005. Waste 
electrical  products/batteries  should  not  be 
disposed  of  with  household  waste.  Please 
recycle where facilities exist. Check with your 
Local Authority or retailer for recycling advice.

SPECIFICATIONS

Supply Voltage : ...................230 - 240 V~, 50 Hz 
Power Consumption .............23 W
Tuning range ........................FM: 87.5-108 MHz
 

DAB: 174-240 MHz

Net Weight: ..........................2.4 kg

Class II construction double insulated. 
This product must not be connected to earth.

  

SPECIFICATIONS

AFTER USING YOUR SYSTEM

Set to Standby.

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Switch the unit off at the mains and unplug it if you are 

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leaving it unattended for a long period (holidays etc).

CARE AND CLEANING

All care and cleaning operations should be carried out with 
the unit unplugged from the mains power.
Occasionally wipe the cabinet with a lint free duster. Never 
clean the unit with liquids or solvents.
Loudspeaker  grilles  can  be  cleaned  carefully  with  a  soft 
brush.

  

CARE AND MAINTENANCE

  

TROUBLESHOOTING

No power

Check that the mains power switch (located underneath the 
unit) is turned on. 

Poor quality radio reception

The aerial signal may not be adequate. Try repositioning the 
aerial  while  watching  the  signal  strength.  Signal  strength 
can  be  displayed  by  setting  the  display  mode  to  display 
signal strength.

Timer not sounding

Check that you activated the timer. When the timer is on, the 
timer symbol will be displayed.

Timer sound not audible or too loud:

Change the timer volume setting. This setting is changed in 
the ‘timer setting’ sequence.

No sound/low volume from AUX source:

Check  that  the  volume  control  is  turned  up  on  the  AUX 
source.

Poor  quality  radio  reception  when  an  iPhone  is 
docked:

You  may  need  to  set  the  iPhone  to ‘airplane’  mode  when 
docked.

Summary of Contents for MC-121IDAB

Page 1: ...MC 121IDAB Owner s Handbook Vertical audio system ...

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Page 3: ...nication However this is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televisionreception whichcanbedeterminedbyturningthe equipmentoffandon theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrect the interference by one of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equi...

Page 4: ... 1492 MHz Germany uses both bands Your radio can tune Band III Countries in Europe that use Band III include Belgium Denmark Holland Italy Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Your radio will tune stations in all these countries Your radio cannot receive French or German stations broadcasting in the L Band though FM services are available all over Europe Being digital DAB transmissions can hav...

Page 5: ... ensure that the screw heads will not pull out of the slots 240 mm Use a spirit level to ensure that the screws will be level and check that the unit will be fixed at the height you require When you have mounted the screws mount the unit carefully onto the screw heads Check that the mounting is secure before use NOTE Most walls will require the use of wall plugs when mountingthefixingscrews Ifyoua...

Page 6: ...Pause Scan button CONTROLS CONNECTIONS FRONTVIEW g CD door open close button h Stop Menu Info button i ID3 Memory Clock adjust button 1 Skip Search up button 1 Next folder Cursor up button 1 Skip Search down button 1 Previous folder Cursor down button 1 Display 1 Select FM Stereo button 1 Volume up button 1 DAB FM Aux mode select button 1 Volume down button 1 CD iPod USB SD Card mode select button...

Page 7: ...rfirstuse pulloutthesafety strip to activate the battery REPLACINGTHE BATTERY Whenreplacingthebatteryintheremotecontrol refertothe diagram below 1 Slide out the battery holder 2 Remove the battery Replace the battery observing polarity as shown Use only the same CR2032 type specified 3 Slide the battery holder back into place BATTERY DISPOSAL Dispose of used batteries with regard to the recycling ...

Page 8: ...ess the or button to set the minutes digits Press the ID3 MEM C ADJ button The clock time will be set and the unit will return to Standby mode NOTE When a DAB station is tuned the clock will always be set automatically GETTING STARTED STANDBY CONTROL To turn the system on Press the STANDBY ON button The display will light and the system will set to play the last functionused To turn the system off...

Page 9: ... one frequency step at a time To auto tune to FM stations Pressand holdthe or buttontotunetothenextor previous station in the band Tuningwillstopautomaticallywhenthestationisreached STATION PRESETS TO SELECT ANOTHER STATION Press the or button to browse the list of stations on the display When you find the station name you want to listen to press the SELECT MONO ST button Theradiowillre tunetothes...

Page 10: ...ill display a signal strength bargraph The longer the bargraph the stronger the signal Setting the display to show signal strength is useful when setting up the aerial for the strongest signal TIME AND DATE Time and date are updated by broadcasted information PROGRAMMETYPE This describes when available the style of the programme being broadcast FM DISPLAY MODES When playing an FM station you can c...

Page 11: ...e scanthebandatanytimeifyoumovetoadifferent area or just to refresh the stored list of available stations To start a scan Select the DAB band Press the PLAY PAUSE SCAN button to start the scan The unit will now display the legend SCANNING and a bargraphtoshowscanprogress The number of services found during the scan will be shown at therightsideofthedisplay Number of services found ...

Page 12: ...OPEN CLOSE button After a few seconds the disc will read and the disc data will be displayed Unloading a disc If the disc is playing press the STOP MENU INFO button and wait a few seconds for the disc to stop Press the CD Door CD OPEN CLOSE button Thedoorwillopen Grip the disc at the sides and lift it off the turntable and out of thedisccompartment Track playing Track elapsed time When a CD is pla...

Page 13: ...rder To set random mode Press the RANDOM button on the remote control repeatedly to switch Random mode on or off RANDOMwillbedisplayedandthetracksontheCDwillplayin arandomsequence INTRO You can play the intro first 10 seconds of each track to find a track that you like Pressthe INTRObuttonontheremotecontroltoplaythe intro of each track in the compilation INTROwillbedisplayed If you hear a track yo...

Page 14: ...o play a compilation from a docked USB drive Press the CD iPod USB CARD button repeatedly until USB is displayed To play a compilation from a docked SD Card Press the CD iPod USB CARD button repeatedly until CARD is displayed Oncethemodehasbeenselected thecompilationwillbereadand thecontentsofthedisc drive cardwillbedisplayed MP3 WMA PLAYBACK PAUSE Press the PLAY PAUSE SCAN button to start playing...

Page 15: ...willbedisplayed LISTENING TO MP3 WMA COMPILATIONS STORED ON CD ROM USB DRIVE OR SD CARD INTRO You can play the intro first 10 seconds of each track to search for a track that you like Pressthe INTRObuttonontheremotecontroltoplaythe intro of each track in the compilation INTROwillbedisplayed If you hear a track you want to play press the INTRO button again Intromodewillbecancelledandnormalplaywills...

Page 16: ...ttonontheremotecontrol to select this folder Youcannowselectthetrackyouwantwithinthisfolder Press the or button to select the track number within this folder for the track you want to program Folder number Program position Track number Press the or button to select the track number for the first track you want to program Pressthe ID3 MEM C ADJ buttontostorethistrackinto the program memory The trac...

Page 17: ... of your iPod refer to this web link http support apple com kb HT1353 You can then browse the iPod accessories page on the Apple website to find an adaptor for your iPod model that can be purchased on line iPod ADAPTORS Before docking your iPod you must first check if your iPod has a docking connector Early iPod models do not have one and cannot be docked to your unit The docking connector is loca...

Page 18: ...willslideopentorevealtheiPoddock Press the dock tilt lever Theleverwillpopout To tilt the dock forward You can now pull the lever to tilt the dock connector forward Withthedocktiltedforward itismucheasiertodockorremove aniPod To lock the dock in place Once you have docked your iPod press the lever to close the dock Pressthe iPodOPEN CLOSEbuttontoclosethedoorover the dock NOTE There is an interlock...

Page 19: ...orrandommodessetwillbedisplayedontheiPod DOCKING AN iPod DOCKINGYOUR iPod To dock your iPod Referring to the diagrams on the previous page Press the iPod OPEN CLOSE button ThedoorwillslideopentorevealtheiPoddock Press the dock tilt lever Theleverwillpopout Pull the lever to tilt the dock connector forward Check that the correct iPod adaptor is fitted to the docking bay Dock the iPod onto the docki...

Page 20: ...e expires To cancel Sleep mode Now press the SLEEP button repeatedly until the display shows SLEEP OFF TIMER SWITCH ON TIME TIMER SOURCE TIMER VOLUME TIMER SWITCH OFF TIME To change the digits or option displayed press the or button To save a setting and move on to the next setting press the TIMER button Activating the timer When timer setting is complete the timer can be switched on or off by pre...

Page 21: ...eset the radio NOTE If you reset the radio all preset station memories and timer settings will be lost To reset the system Set the system to Standby Press and hold the STOP MENU INFO button on the front panel After a short delay the unit will reset all settings WhennextusedthesystemwillscantheDABbandandstore all stations found EQUALISER You can change the equalisation of the sound to suit your tas...

Page 22: ...EM Set to Standby Switch the unit off at the mains and unplug it if you are leaving it unattended for a long period holidays etc CARE AND CLEANING All care and cleaning operations should be carried out with the unit unplugged from the mains power Occasionally wipe the cabinet with a lint free duster Never clean the unit with liquids or solvents Loudspeaker grilles can be cleaned carefully with a s...

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Page 24: ...Tesco Stores Ltd Delamare Road Cheshunt Herts EN8 9SL Technika Helpline 0845 456 6767 Calls cost up to 4p per minute from a BT landline other providers may vary MC121IDABV0 1 ...

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