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ADVANCED FEATURES
Dual Alarms and Timer Recording
Alarm and Timer Setting
JBL Soundgear offers a flexible dual alarm and
timer capability, which allows you to program
the system to either play or record two different
sources at two different times, for as long a
duration as you choose.
1. Make sure the current time displayed c is
correct by pressing the Clock button ™; see
the Setting the Clock section of this manual on
p. 10 to set the clock correctly. If you plan on
selecting the Tuner, make sure that the desired
station has been programmed as a preset (see
Programming Preset Stations section on p. 12).
2. Press the Alarm 1 £ or Alarm 2 ¢ button
to enter the timer setting mode. (If the timer
was previously set, press and hold the button
for more than 1.5 seconds.) The Alarm/Timer
clockface indicator will appear in the display
w and the available source selections –
TUNER, CD, TAPE – will flash in the display
in turn.
3. (a) If you want to select the Tuner, press
the Set/Station button ∞ while TUNER
appears in the display window c. “Play”
and “Rec” will flash in turn.
(b) Press the Set/Station button ∞ to
select either Play or Rec.
• Play: Tuner plays only
• Rec: Tuner plays and is recorded by
Deck B. Make sure that a blank cassette is
loaded in Deck B and rewound to its beginning
or desired starting point.
(c) Press the Preset Down or Up button
cg4 to select a desired radio station. If no
Preset stations have been programmed into
memory, JBL Soundgear will default to the last
tuned station.
(d) Press the Set/Station button ∞ to
enter the selected preset number.
4. If you wish to select a CD or Tape, press
the Set/Station button ∞ while CD or TAPE
appears in the display window c.
If you have selected CD, or Tape A, “PLAY” and
“REC” will flash alternately in the display c.
Press the Set/Station button ∞ to select
either PLAY or REC. If you choose to make a
recording, make sure that a blank cassette is
loaded in Deck B and rewound to its beginning
or desired starting point.
5. Set the hour by pressing the Preset Down or
Up buttons cg4.
6. Press the Set/Station button ∞ to enter the
hour the alarm will turn the selected source on.
The minutes will flash c.
7. Set the minutes by pressing the Preset
Down or Up buttons cg4.
8. Press the Set/Station button ∞ to enter the
minutes. “OFF” will flash in the display c,
and the menu will now guide you through set-
ting the time the system will turn off.
9. Program the time to turn off in the same way
as the time to turn on, by using the Preset
Down or Up buttons cg4 to select the hour
or minute, and the Set/Station button ∞ to
enter the setting.
10. Set the volume level by pressing the Preset
Down or Up buttons cg4.
11. Press the Set/Station button ∞ to enter
the selected volume level. The clockface and the
Alarm number (1 or 2) will remain lit in the dis-
play w, and the alarm will be set and armed.
12. When you turn the power off ¡1, JBL
Soundgear will automatically turn itself on at
the programmed time and play and/or record the
selected source for as long as it has been pro-
grammed to play.
To Cancel or
Check the Timer:
Each time the Alarm 1 £ or Alarm 2 ¢ but-
ton is pressed you can arm or disarm that alarm.
If the alarm was previously set, press the button
£¢ twice to display the alarm settings. Press
it once to disarm the alarm, but retain any set-
tings in memory. When the alarm is armed, the
clockface and alarm number (1 or 2) indicators
will light in the display w as will the REC indi-
cator x if applicable. When the alarm is dis-
armed, the indicators will go out.
Alarm and Timer Notes
1. The Alarm indicator w will flash when the
unit is playing in Alarm mode. Press the Alarm
button £¢ to defeat the alarm, which will not
shut the unit off.
2. When CD or Tape is selected for playback, if
no disc is in the disc drawer or no cassette tape
is in the cassette deck, the Tuner function will
turn on instead.
3. When CD is selected for playback, Repeat
All Disc will be selected automatically.
4. When TAPE is selected for playback, if both
cassette decks have cassette tapes; the cas-
sette tape in Deck B will play first.
5. If the unit is turned on manually, it will not
shut off automatically at the programmed turn-
off time.
6. If both Alarm 1 and Alarm 2 are set, and their
times do not overlap – that is, the earlier alarm
is programmed to turn off before the later alarm
will turn on – then both alarms will turn the unit
on and off as programmed.
7. If the settings of the timers overlap, then
JBL Soundgear will turn on at the earliest set
turn-on time and play continuously until the
later turn-off time. It will only play the source
that was selected for the earlier timer, and will
not play the source that was selected for the
later timer.
Setting the
Sleep Timer
(Available only using the remote control)
When the sleep timer is used, the power is
automatically turned off after the specified time
has elapsed.
1. To specify the time until the power is turned
off, press the Sleep button $. “SLEEP 90” will
appear in the display c for about 5 seconds.
This means that the unit will turn off automati-
cally after 90 minutes. Each time the Sleep but-
ton $ is pressed while the SLEEP display
appears, the time interval before the unit will
turn off is reduced by 10 minutes (
e.g., 80...70...).
Select the desired time interval before turn-off.
2. To check the remaining time until the power
is turned off, while the sleep function is active,
press the Sleep button $ briefly. The time
remaining until turn-off is displayed for about 5
seconds.
Note: If you press the Sleep button $ while
the sleep time is displayed, the SLEEP timer will
reduce the time until turn-off.
3. To cancel the sleep timer, press the Sleep
button $ repeatedly until “10” appears, and
then press the SLEEP button once again while
“10” is displayed.
ON TIME
(AM 6:00)
OFF TIME
(AM 7:00)
Alarm 1
ACTUAL TIME
JBL SOUNDGEAR PLAYS
ON TIME
(AM 7:10)
OFF TIME
(AM 8:00)
Alarm 2
ACTUAL TIME
JBL SOUNDGEAR PLAYS
ON TIME
(AM 6:00)
OFF TIME
(AM 7:10)
Alarm 1
ON TIME
(AM 7:00)
OFF TIME
(AM 8:00)
Alarm 2
ACTUAL TIME
JBL SOUNDGEAR PLAYS