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DR 403 USB Receiver for DAB, DMB,

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Preliminary User Manual

1 Introduction

1.1 About This Document

1.1.1. Foreword

Thank you for buying Albrecht DR 403. The manual will introduce Albrecht DR 403 installation and operations. It contains the software framework, the relevant information, and quickly guides system's basic function.

The present software description is issued for the preliminary working title

KOGAN

, produced by

DabMate

. The description is valid for the

Albrecht DR 403

accordingly, until the software issue will be modified to show Albrecht DR 403 instead of Kogan.

1.1.2. Topics

Following is a general introduction to the chapters.

Chapter 1: Introduction -

Provide chapters outline and the content of the software provided on Albrecht DR 403.

Chapter 2: Getting started -

Guiding how to install, uninstall and utilize DR 403.

Chapter 3: Albrecht DR 403 basics -

Basic operations for listening to DAB/Internet

Radio and relevant system information.

Chapter 4: DAB guide -

Introduce DAB functions and operational steps on KOGAN.

Chapter 5: Internet Radio guide -

Introduce Internet Radio functions and operational steps on KOGAN.

Chapter 6: More functions -

Introduce other advanced functions, including “Screen

Mode”, “Favorites”, “My Multimedia Files”, and “Recall Last Program”

Functions.

1.1.3. Reference

N/A.

1.2. Preface

Albrecht DR 403

, a multimedia digital platform which follows the DAB specification of

Eureka-147, supports digital broadcasting DAB, DMB and DAB + as well as Internet

Radio services to enrich your digital multimedia entertainment experience.

1.2.1. Accessories

The package provides the following accessories:

1. USB Digital Receiver (DR 403)

2. Installation CD (user manual is included)

3. External magnetic telescopic antenna for Band III and L Band

4. User’s quick guide

1.2.2. Functions

This section provides a summary of KOGAN. The operation of follow-up steps will be introduced in the following chapters.

1. Supports playback for audio, video, and slide show programs.

2. Supports the following bands of frequencies which can be easily adjusted on screen and no need to re-install.

Eureka147 Band III

Eureka 147 China Band III

Eureka 147 Korea Band III

Eureka 147 L Band

Eureka 147 Canada L Band

3. Contains over 5,000

Internet Radio

stations.

4. Supports full channel scan/single channel scan in

DAB

Mode.

5. Supports my favorite station management.

6. Simultaneously records an audio or video program in

DAB

mode.

7. Easily adjusts the screen size, compact mode or full-screen playing.

8. On screen volume control.

9. Previous/Next tuning buttons to quickly switch stations.

10. Easily switches languages on screen, no need to re-install.

11. Automatically or manually checks the most up-to-update version and free download.

1.2.3.

Supported Bands for Each Country

Country

Australia

Canada

China

China-Beijing

Band

Band III

Canada L Band

China Band III + L Band

China Band III

Denmark

France

German

Korea

New Zealand

Singapore

Taiwan

UK

Band III

Band III + L Band

Band III + L Band

Korea Band III

Band III

Band III

Band III

Band III

Before installing

KOGAN software

, please make sure your computer fits the system requirements of the software and hardware.

1.3.1. Hardware Requirements

CPU : Intel Pentium IV 750MHz or above

Intel Celeron 750MHz or above

AMD Sempron K8 or above

Memory : 256MB or above

H.D.D. : 32MB free disk space

USB : USB 1.1 or above

1.3.2. Software Requirements

OS: Windows® XP ( recommended )

Windows 2000

Under

http://www.dabmate.com

You will find much interesting technical background information to DAB radio, while You will find Albrecht Related technical information on our technical website

http://service.alan-germany.de

.

1.5. Version

The manual is applicable to any version released after dabMate KOGAN V1.0.

2. Getting Started

2.1 Introduction

This chapter will guide you how to install, uninstall and utilize dabMate-KOGAN functions.

2.2 Installation

To Install

KOGAN

:

1. Please insert the installation CD to the CD ROM drive.

2. Installer Language

Please select the language to be used during the installation process. The language of application will be selected at Step 7.

(Figure 2.1)

3. Auto-run windows will pop up. Follow the installation steps to install

KOGAN

or double click the <

KOGAN_Setup.exe

> file on the CD to execute the setup program. (Figure

2.1)

(Figure 2.2)

4.

KOGAN

License Agreement will pop up. After carefully reading the agreement, please click “

Yes, I Accept

check box to accept the terms within. Click

Next

to continue the installation. (Figure2.2)

(Figure 2.3)

5. Take the default folder

C: \programme\dabMate\KOGAN

, or select the destination folder by

Browse

button

.

Click

Next

to continue. Please note the available storage space. (Figure2.3)

(Figure2.4)

6. Follow the wizard to select the default shortcut and click

Next

to continue the installation. (Figure2.4

)

(Figure2.5)

7. Select the language used in the application and click

Next

to continue the installation.(Figure 2.5)

(Figure2.6)

8. Select the band frequency by region in band selection window for the application to receive the digital signal. Or select

“others”

to manually set up the band frequency.

(Figure 2.6) After this step, you need to plug-in DAB Receiver to configure the hardware.

(Figure 2.7)

9. Please plug-in the DAB receiver. If the correct DAB receiver is not properly plugged in, the installer will popup the following message to remind you. If the same problem occurs again after you plug in the correct DAB receiver, please go to the store where the receiver is purchased for help.

(Figure2.8)

10. The Device Driver Installation Wizard will show up to help you install the driver. Click

Next

to continue.

(Figure 2.9)

11. The wizard will search for the driver and install it. After finished, it will show the successfully installed message. Click Next to let installer continue the remaining tasks.

(Figure2.10)

12. Click

Close

to finish the installation of

KOGAN

.(Figure 2.7)

KOGAN

has been installed successfully and ready to launch from the start menu on the windows task bar:

[Start] → [Programme] → [dabMate] → [KOGAN] → KOGAN

(Figure2.11)

2.3 Uninstall

Please follow the steps to uninstall the software: (For complete uninstallation, please close the KOGAN application first.)

1. Click

→ [Programme] → [dabMate] → [KOGAN] → Uninstall

Uninstall wizard will guide you to uninstall this software.

2. Click to start uninstall.

3. The installation path of KOGAN will be brought out automatically. Click “

Uninstall”

to start.(Figure 2.8)

(Figure2.12)

2.4 Execution of KOGAN

Before executing

KOGAN

, make sure to:

1. Plug the Receiver into USB port when playing

DAB

services.

2. Connect to the internet successfully when listening to the

Internet Radio

services.

3. Click the program

[Start] → [Programme] → [dabMate] → [KOGAN] → KOGAN

to execute the program.

4. The details will be introduced in the following chapters.

(Figure2.13)

2.5 KOGAN Folder Structure

After installing

KOGAN

, the “

KOGAN

” folder will be automatically created in the destination folder specified during installation process. To keep system working, please do not move or delete any file.

The folder structure of

KOGAN

is as following:

1.

Program Home($Home) [C:/Programme/ dabMate/ KOGAN]

– including the execution files of

KOGAN

and its libraries

2.

Driver [$Home/driver]

including all the relevant drivers

3.

My Multimedia [$Home/My multimedia files]

accessing the list of recorded files

Please note:

in German language Windows ® systems the directory will show

“Programme”

as folder, while English language computers will show

“programs”

or

“program files”

accordingly.

3. KOGAN-Basics

3.1 Introduction

Noting basic operations for listening to DAB/Internet Radio and relevant system information.

3.2 On Screen Functions

3.2.1 The Information Panel

(Figure3.1)

1. Indicates the received signal strength in DAB mode.

2. Displays the channel ID in DAB mode.

3. Displays the ensemble name in DAB mode.

4. Displays the ensemble frequency in DAB mode.

5. Displays the channel bit rate in DAB mode.

6. Displays the current playing/recording status.

7. Displays the service name in DAB mode.

8. Recording: (for audio and video services in DAB mode only)

Click the

Record

button to start recording and click again to stop recording. After that, a file-saving dialog will pop up to request a file name and the folder for saving the recorded file. You can see the recorded file in the category of

My Multimedia File

.

9. Stop:

Click the

Stop

button to stop playing.

10. Play:

Highlight the service name and click the

Play

button to start playing.

11. Previous Station:

Click to switch to the previous service on the service list.

12. Next Station:

Click to switch to the next service on the service list.

13. Snapshot: (for Slide Show programs in DAB mode only)

Click the button to capture the current playing slide. A file-saving dialog will pop up to request a file name and the folder for saving the picture. You can see the snapshot in the category of

My Multimedia File

.

14. Mute:

Click once to turn off the sound and click again to turn the sound back on.

15. Volume Bar:

Indicate the volume status. Adjust the volume by mouse dragging

16. DLS

DLS, means “Dynamic Labeling Service”, the public message will be shown on the screen simultaneously. When you move cursor to the DLS area, the running message will be frozen for reading until cursor moves away.

(Figure 3.2)

17. Indicates the received signal strength in Internet Radio mode.

18. Displays the channel name in Internet Radio mode.

19. Displays the channel bit rate and playing status in Internet Radio mode.

3.2.2 Tool Bar

(Figure 3.3)

20. Open:

Click the

Open

button to open a recorded file, and click the file name to start playing.

21. Full Scan:

Click the

Scan

button to start full scanning.

22. Delete Item:

After selecting a channel or service, click to delete the item. If the service is in use, the window will pop up to ask whether you want to delete the item and stop playing the service at the same time.

23. Compact Mode:

Click , it shows only the information pane. Other parts will disappear.

24. Full-Screen Mode:

To show video into full screen. (Only used in playing video)

25. Display Window:

In

Audio DAB

or

Internet Radio

mode, click the KOGAN logo.

In

Video

or

Slide Show DAB

mode, click present video or picture.

to toggle switch displaying or hiding

to toggle switch displaying or hiding the

3.2.3 Display Window

(Figure 3.4)

26. Original window size, depending on the received video size.

27. Window size 1.5 times:

You may click on menu [View] [Window Size] [150%] for this viewing effect.

28. Window size 2 times:

You may click on menu [View] [Window Size] [200%] for this viewing effect.

29. Always on top (only for video mode)

You may click on menu [View] [Always On Top] for this effect.

30. Next Slide:

When playing slide show, click on to go to the next slide.

31. Previous Slide:

When playing slide show, click on back to the previous slide.

3.2.4 Tuner

(Figure 3.5)

32. All Programs:

Displays all DAB audio, video, slide show services and Internet Radio channels.

33. Audio:

Displays all available digital broadcasting audio services.

34. Video:

Displays all available digital broadcasting video services.

35. Slide Show:

Displays all available digital broadcasting slide show services.

36. Internet Radio:

Displays all the Internet Radio stations categorized by region or genre.

37. Ensemble:

Displays available DAB service list categorized by ensemble.

38. Favorites:

You may bookmark services/stations to

Favorites

page to easily tune to the channels you like.

39. My Multimedia Files:

Displays all files that you recorded from KOGAN.

40. Frequency Table:

Displays the channel frequency and channel ID of DAB service.

41. Adjust Displaying Types:

You may adjust the displaying items on screen to easily access to your frequently used stations.

(Figure 3.6)

42. Full Scan / Single Channel Scan:

Full Scan: Scan for all frequencies listed in the selected Band.

Single Channel Scan

Scan for the specified Channel ID only.

43. Switch to Boundary Mode:

Tuner window will be stuck on left boundary of screen, and disappear when cursor moves away. It will come back when you move cursor to left boundary of screen.

44. Switch to Stick Mode:

Tuner window and main window are tight closed.

3.3 Items Description

3.3.1 Digital Broadcasting

You may select a service type like

[All], [Audio], [Video]

or

[Slide Show]

in

Tuner to see the available services for playing.

(Figure3.7)

45. Digital Audio Broadcast

46. DAB Station name

47. Band of DAB (at present: Band III).

48. Bit Rate:

Indicates the data bit transmitting rate.

49. Channel ID used by this service

50. Channel Name

Indicates the name of the channel provider.

51. Frequency used by this service

52. Program Type:

The genre of this program, not always provided.

53. Service Type:

There are some types: Audio, Video, and Slide Show. At present: Audio.

54. Internet Radio

55. Classifies internet radio by region, genre

56. Slide Show

57. Video ( Digital Multimedia Broadcasting )

3.3.2 Internet Radio

(Figure 3.8)

58. Internet Radio Genre

59. Channel Name

60. Bit Rate:

Indicates the data bit transmission rate.

61. Country/State:

Indicates the country or state where the channel is located.

62. Last Update:

The last time which the Internet Radio record was updated.

63. Region:

Indicates the city where the channel is located.

3.3.3 Favorites

64. Root folder of Favorites.

65. Service list of Favorites.

3.3.4 My Multimedia Files

(Figure 3.9)

(Figure 3.10)

66. Recorded file name.

67. Recorded date.

68. File path where the recorded file is stored.

(Figure 3.11)

69. Selected Band

This band can be set from menu [tool] [Preference]

70. Channel ID:

These items show the channel ID’s in this band and list in alphabetical order.

3.3.6 Menu Functions: Tools, File, View and Help

3.3.6.1 Tools

(Figure 3.12)

71. Language switch

English, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese are supported.

72. Preference:

Band Selection

Select the country you are currently located. The corresponded bands will be automatically brought up for you. (Figure 3.13)

Or you may choose “Others” to select by your own. In this case, please make sure the bands are provided in the region. Only one band is allowed in the Band III group; so is L Band group.

(Figure 3.13)

Setting of default path for storing recorded files

(Figure 3.14)

3.3.6.2 File

(Figure 3.15)

73. Last services Recall

Recalls the last 4 services which were most recently played. You may click any of them to play.

3.3.6.3 View

(Figure 3.16)

74. Tuner and Display Window Settings

Tuner: Toggle switch the display of tuner

Display Window: Toggle switch the display of video window

75. Change Window Size

Full Screen: Make the video displayed on the full screen

Compact Mode: Display only the Information Pane

Window Size: Functions to let you adjust the video display size to 100%, 150% and

200%

Always On Top: Make KOGAN on the top of every application. Only work when a program is playing.

3.3.6.4 Help

(Figure 3.17)

76. User’s Manual:

On-line help, refer to this document.

77. Check for Update:

Checks for the latest updates automatically, then download the latest and renew system.

78. About:

Provides the basic information about this software.

(Figure 3.18

79. Closes this program.

80. Maximize:

Click on ”Maximize” to switch KOGAN into maximized size of screen.

81. Minimize:

Click on “Minimize” to switch KOGAN on Windows system tray. After minimized, click the right button of the mouse on the tray icon for further steps. Please refer to 3.3.7.

3.3.7 System Tray

(Figure 3.19)

82. Opens KOGAN on Windows System tray.

83. Connecting to dabMate web page. (http://www.dabmate.com)

84. Closes this program.

3.4 Signal Information

85.

No program available

This information indicates that the tuning channel is failed due to poor signal. Please make sure the antenna is plugged-in, the area is covered by local broadcaster, and the band is supported in the region. For the supported bands in the country, please refer to 1.2.3.

(Figure 3.20)

86.

Poor Signal

This information indicates that the signal is too unstable to receive good quality of sound. We suggest you to move the location of antenna.

(Figure 3.21)

87.

Scanning

This information indicates that the program is in scanning. The progress is also displayed in the pane.

(Figure 3.22)

88.

Connection Fail

This information indicates that the connection to the internet radio program is failed. The problem may be caused by the local network situation, the quality of internet traffic or the invalid hyperlink address of the station.

(Figure 3.23)

89.

No DAB Receiver

』:

This information indicates the DAB receiver is not plugged in. Please check if the DAB receiver is plugged into the USB port properly.

(Figure 3.24)

4. DAB Instruction Guide

4.1 Introduction

Note DAB functions and operational steps on KOGAN.

4.2 Scan

4.2.1 Full Scan

1. Click

Scan

button to start full scanning. The program will scan all

DAB

services of each channel frequency on the frequency table. The progress of scanning will show on the screen.

(Figure 4.1)

4.2.2 Stop Scanning

1. Click

Scanning

button to stop the process, the program will play the first found service automatically.

4.2.3 Single Channel Scanning

1. To manually scan one channel i.e.

5A,

please follow the steps:

[DAB] → [Frequency Table] → [Band III] → [5A] → Double click

2. You may also select a single channel on the table, then click

Scan

button scanning.

to start

(Figure4.2)

4.2.4 Scanning Result

1. When full scanning abandoned or finished, the scanning result will show on the DLS screen as follow: M ensemble(s), N service(s) found.

2. The scanning result will list in [All], [Audio], [Video] and [Slide Show] categories.

4.3 Listen to Digital Broadcasting Services

1. Listen to audio, Video, or Slide Show Services:

In [All], [Audio], [Video] or [Slide Show] service categories, double click on the service name or click the

Play

button after selecting the service, and the program will start playing.

2. Service Switch :

Repeat step 1, or use [Previous]/[Next] buttons to switch to another service.

3. Stop Playing :

Click

Stop

button to stop playing.

4. No program available :

When the signal quality is too poor, the program will show “

Poor Signal

” or “

No program available

” and stay in idle mode.

4.4 Previous/Next /

1. When listening to the service, you may click

Previous

or

Next

button to switch to the previous or next service in the same service list you are listening to.

4.5 Information

(Figure 4.4)

1. Signal Strength:

Please refer to 3.4 for signal strength information.

2. Channel ID:

Showing the channel ID that you are listening to.

3. Ensemble Name :

Showing the ensemble name that you are listening to.

4. Frequency

5. Service Name

When playing, it shows service name.

When scanning, “

Scanning...xx%

” will show on the screen. If the signal is poor, please make sure the area is covered by local broadcasters. Otherwise go to other area to try again.

When the scan completes, the screen will show the final result.

When the program is switching, the screen will show ”

Tuning

”.

6. Bit Rate

7. Current Status

8. Dynamic Label Service

:

DLS stands for Dynamic Label Service, which comes along with DAB service for public information.

When you move cursor to DLS, the screen will be frozen until cursor moves away.

The information on DLS will update along with the radio service switching.

(Figure 4.5)

9. Recording Timer:

This information presents the recording interval. While recording the

REC

icon starts blinking and the counter starts counting for the recording interval.

4.6 Favorites

(Figure 4.6)

1. Select the service first and click the right button to view the options on the pop up window.

(Figure 4.6)

2. Delete Item:

You may delete the available service by clicking on “

Delete Item

”, and it can be recovered by using scan function to search that service.

If the service you want to delete is currently playing, a warning message will be popped-up to confirm if you really want to delete. If yes, the item will be deleted and stop playing.

3. Add to Favorites

Repeat step 1, you can click on “

Add to Favorites

” to add to the Favorites list.

4.7 Recording (Not for Internet Radio Mode)

This function is only supported in DAB and DMB modes .

1. Click Record button

Starts recording while listening to the

DAB

service. The recording timer will start to count for the recording interval and the

REC

icon starts blinking. You can click

Stop Recording

button to stop recording. The file saving dialog will pop out to ask the destination folder and file name that you want to save the recorded file.

2. The default file name

This is the service name and time which the recording starts. The default file format is

“.mp2” for audio, and “.ts” for video.

3. Default destination path

This is the “My multimedia File” folder under the home directory of

KOGAN.

(Figure 4.7)

5. Internet Radio Instruction Guide

5.1 Introduction

Note Internet Radio functions and operational steps on KOGAN.

5.2 Listening to the Internet Radio

1. Listen to the Internet Radio:

Go to the program list table ([Internet Radio] → [Genre/Region], see also Section3.3), you may expand the categories of

Genre

and

Region

to select the

Internet Radio

station. And then double click on the program name to start playing or click the

Play

button to start playing after selecting a program.

2. Program Switching:

Directly double click on another program on the list to switch the channel. Or you may click

Previous

or

Next

button to switch to the previous or next service in the same service list you are listening to.

3. Stop Playing :

Click

Stop

button to stop listening.

1. Connecting status:

Connecting

” indicate that

KOGAN

is trying to link to the selected

Internet Radio Station.(Figure 5.1)

(Figure 5.1)

2. Service Name and Signal Strength:

Once

KOGAN

successfully connects to the

Internet Radio

station, the program/station name will show on the screen, where the signal strength shows full coverage.(Figure 5.2)

(Figure 5.2)

Once failed to link to the

internet Radio

station,

KOGAN

will show

Connection Failed

” on the screen and the signal strength mark “@” turns into gray. Please follow 5.2.1 to link again or check the internet connection status of your PC properly. (Figure 5.3) It is also possible the remote service provider has trouble in network transmission.

(Figure 5.3)

3. Recording:

Because of legal reasons Albrecht cannot support Record Functions in

Internet

Radio

mode. Please use

open source software tools

for recording internet radio stations.

5.4 Add a new Internet Radio Station

1. Click the right button of the mouse on an Internet Radio category first and select

“New Internet Radio Channel” (Figure 5.4), or directly select from menu

[Station] → [New Internet Radio Channel] (Figure 5.5).

(Figure 5.4)

(Figure 5.5)

2. Fill in the pop up window and click

“OK”

to add new channel completely.

(Figure5.6)

6. More Functions

6.1 Introduction

Note other advanced functions, including

“Screen Mode”, “Favorites”

, “

My Multimedia

Files

” and “

Recall Last Service

”.

6.2 Boundary Mode/ Stick Mode

1. Click “

Boundary Mode

” on the upper right corner of “

Tuner

”, the Tuner window will be reduced to left edge of the screen. When cursor left out Tuner over 3 seconds, the

Tuner will disappear automatically; when cursor move to the left edge, Tuner will slide off the window automatically. (Figure6.1)

2. When you want to switch Boundary Mode to Stick Mode, click to turn it back to stick mode. The Tuner will stick to the main window.

3. You can drag the program window edge to adjust the window size. This function is supported in any mode.

(Figure 6.1)

6.3 Add/ Delete Favorites Item

1. Select an Internet Radio or DAB service

First select between Internet Radio or DAB service and click the right button to view the options on the pop up window.

(Figure 6.2)

2. Add selected item:

You can click on “

Add to Favorites

” and choose the category, as shown in figure6.3. And then the selected item is added to the favorites list.

(Figure6.3)

3. Delete Selected Item:

Deleting the program/station in this category will only delete the item from

“Favorites” list. It will not delete the program/station from the

DAB

service list or

Internet Radio

program list.

(Figure6.4)

6.4 Organize Favorites

1. “Favorites” is the list of programs selected from

DAB

or

Internet Radio.

Please refer to 6.3 for the methods to add/delete items.

2. Click the right button on any item of “Favorites” list as shown in Figure 6.2, or click on menu [Favorites] directly.

3. Select “Organize Favorites” and the pop-up window shows as follow : (Figure6.4)

(Figure6.5)

New Folder :

Select a destination for the new folder. Click

New Folder

button and fill in the new folder name in the popup window to build a new folder under the selected node.

Move To :

Select the item you want to move. Click

Move To

button and select a destination in the popup window to move the item there

.

Delete :

Select the item you want to delete on the right column and click on “Delete” to delete it.

Rename:

Select the item you want to rename on the right column and click on “Rename”.

The window will pop up as below, you may rename the item.

(Figure6.6)

4. In “Favorites”, the playback functions like

Play, Stop, Previous

and

Next

are all supported. Please refer to CH4 or CH5.

6.5 My Multimedia File

1. All recorded files in DAB mode will be collected with a shortcut in the category of

“My Multimedia File”

, providing its file name, recorded time and file path for quick access.

2. You can operate the program in

“My Multimedia File”

list by directly clicking

Play

,

Stop

,

Previous

,

Next

buttons, etc., as described in the previous chapters.

3. You may delete the shortcut of a recorded file. KOGAN will confirm with you whether to remove the physical file as well.

4.

6.6 Recall Last Service

KOGAN can recall the last service. After launching KOGAN, you may click

Play

button without selecting any station first. The program you played last time before closing will start playing.

© Alan Electronics GmbH & dabMate Technology, 2007

Repair inquiries & spare parts: (+49) (0)6103 9481-22

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