Akai Retro Radio

[hardy49]

Have just bought one of these radios and simply cannot tune it in. I hade a thought this morning - do you gave to insert batteries even uf you are using it on mains ? Hope this does not sound too silly !!

[scorpiojo]

Did the link Chris gave you on your previous post help?

[237SJ]

I very much doubt it. I have a DAB radio in the kitchen with no batteries in - I just use it on the mains. Is it the first DAB you have had? Depending where you live, the signals can be rubbish. I bought my Mum one in a rural area with a few hills (even though the village is 500ft above sea level) and she could get no signals at all (well part from R2 in an upstairs front window)

[hardy49]

Not really. The trouble is when we turn the radio on the display light goes off immediately. After a lot of fiddling around we have had a scan but when we try to set the preset nothing hapoens

[Buenchico]

Once you've carried out a scan, pressing the 'Scroll Up' or 'Scroll Down' buttons should display the available station names. However (if your DAB radio works in the same way that most seem to) you won't hear a station simply because its name is displayed on the screen. You then need to press 'Select'. (That's how it's labelled on most DAB radios but it looks like its the 'Confirm and pause' button on your radio, which is marked with a single arrowhead and two vertical lines).

Once you can hear a station playing you can then use the 'Pre' button to store it into memory.

[hardy49]

I would just like to say that after a considerable time I have managed to tune in the radio. I must swy that the instruction manual was not very helpful !!
Thank you for your help