Sony ICF-C273 Manual De Usuario

Plug in the clock radio.

The display will flash “AM 12:00”.

Press 

 for a few seconds.

You will hear a beep and the year will start to
flash in the display.

Press Jog lever v (up) or V (down) until
the correct year appears in the display.

Press 

.

Repeat steps 

 and 

 to set the month, day,

hour, and minute.

After setting the minute, press 

 to start the counting of the

seconds, and you will hear two short beeps.

• To set the current time rapidly, hold down Jog lever

v (up) or V (down).

• In step 

, when you press 

after the minute setting to activate the clock, the
seconds start counting from zero.

• When the alarm setting mode is entered, the clock

cannot be set.

Press 

 once for the

date, and within 2 seconds press it again for the year.
The display shows the date or year for a few seconds
and then changes back to the current time.

Press 

“

” is displayed and the time indication changes to

summer time.
To deactivate the summer time function, press

 again.

If you cannot see the display clearly, press and hold

 to set the desired brightness

(high, middle or low).

The AM channel step differs depending on area. The
channel step of this unit is factory-set to 10 kHz to
change the setting as shown below to be able to listen
to the radio.

North and South America

10 kHz

Other countries/regions

9 kHz

Plug in the clock radio.

Press 

 to turn off the

power.

While holding down 

, keep pressing 

 for

more than 5 seconds.

The AM channel step will be changed.
If you proceed to step 

 again, the channel step

changes again.

• When the AM channel step is changed, the preset

stations for AM will be initialized.

• When the AM channel step is changed, the FM

channel step also will be changed.

Press 

  to turn on the radio.

The display shows the band and frequency for a
few seconds and then changes back to the current
time.

Press 

 repeatedly to select the

desired band.

Each press changes the band as follows:

AM

FM1

FM2

When using FM1 or FM2 preset mode, you may
listen to the radio on either mode. (See “Presetting
Your Favourite Station”.)

Use 

 or 

 to tune into the

desired station.

The FM frequency advances or reverses in 0.1
MHz channel steps and the AM frequency in 10
kHz channel steps.
Two short beeps sound when the minimum
frequency of each band is received during tuning.

Adjust volume using 

.

• To turn off the radio, press 

.

• To check the station being received, press 

 or 

 or 

 lightly. The display shows the

band and frequency for a few seconds and then
changes back to the current time.

Extend the FM wire antenna fully to
increase reception sensitivity.

Rotate the unit horizontally for optimum
reception. A ferrite bar is built in to the
unit.

Do not operate the unit over a steel desk or metal
surface, as this may lead to interference of reception.

You can preset up to 10 stations in FM (5 stations in
FM1, 5 stations in FM2), and 5 stations in AM.

Follow steps 

 to 

 in “Playing the Radio”

and manually tune into the station you
wish to preset.

Hold down the desired

  button

until you hear two short beeps.

To preset AM 1 260 kHz onto preset

 button.

The display shows the frequency for a few
seconds and then changes back to the current
time.

To preset another station, repeat these steps.
To change the preset station, tune into the desired
station and hold down the 

to 

 button. The new station will replace the

previous station on the preset button.

Press 

  to turn on the radio.

Press 

where the desired station is stored.

Adjust volume using 

.

After a few seconds, the display will return to the
current time but the preset button number will
remain.

You can choose from two types of alarm, Radio or
Buzzer.
The alarm will come on at the same time everyday.
The factory setting alarm time for the radio and
buzzer is 12:00am.

• Set the current time before setting the alarm.
• Radio reception is interrupted while the alarm time

is being set.

Press and hold 

 or 

for a few seconds.

After one beep, the hour flashes in the alarm
display.

Press Jog lever v (up) or V (down) to
select the hour.

To set the hour rapidly, hold down Jog lever v
(up) or V (down).

Press 

.

After one beep, the minutes flash on the alarm
display.

Repeat steps 

 and 

 to set the minute.

A beep sounds to confirm the time setting.
“RADIO•SOUND” appears.
You can choose between “RADIO” and
“SOUND” modes.
Set the alarm mode as follows:
• RADIO: see “A Setting the Radio Alarm”
• SOUND: see “B Setting the Sound Alarm”

A

For the radio alarm, the station you specified as the
wake-up station is played.

Perform steps 

 to 

 in “To set the Alarm

Time.”

Press Jog lever v (up) or V (down) to
select “RADIO” alarm mode.

“WAKE UP STATION” appears in the display.

Press 

.

After one beep, the preset number flashes in the
display.

Press Jog lever v (up) or V (down) to select
the desired wake-up station.

Preset number changes in the order as follows:

“P-” is the last received station.
You can directly select the desired wake-up
station by pressing 

 or the

 button while the

indication “P-” is not displayed.

Press 

.

Two short beeps will confirm the setting, and the
ALARM A or B display will disappear.

B

For the sound alarm, the sound you specified as the
wake-up sound is played.

Perform steps 

 to 

 in “To set the Alarm

Time.”

Press Jog lever v (up) or V (down) to
select “SOUND” alarm mode.

“WAKE UP SOUND” appears in the display.

Press 

.

The displayed wake-up sound number will sound.

Press Jog lever v (up) or V (down) to
select the desired wake-up sound.

: Buzzer

: “Four seasons: Spring” Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

: “For Eliza” Ludwig van Beethoven

Press 

.

Two short beeps will confirm the setting, and the
ALARM A or B display will disappear.

Set both alarm times for ALARM A or
ALARM B. (see above).

Press 

 or 

.

The ALARM A or B display will be turned on.

If the same alarm time is set for both Alarm A and B,
Alarm A takes priority.

Press 

.

The radio or buzzer turns off but will automatically
come on again after about 10 minutes. Every time you
press 

, the snooze

time changes as follows:

The display shows the snooze time for a few seconds
and returns to show the current time. When you press

 after the current time

appeared, the snooze time starts from 10 minutes
again.

The maximum length of the snooze time is 60
minutes.

Press 

 to turn off the

alarm.

The alarm will come on again at the same time the
next day.

Press 

 or 

.

The ALARM A or B display turns off.

The NAP timer sounds the buzzer after a preset time
duration.
Press 

 repeatedly until the desired minutes are

displayed.
Every press changes the display as follows:

You will hear two beeps when the display turns from
“OFF” to “10”.
“

” appears and the NAP time is displayed for a

few seconds.
NAP timer starts counting down the NAP time.
When selected NAP time has passed, the beep sound
comes on, and “

” on the display flash.

The buzzer is turned off automatically after about 60
minutes.

Press 

 or 

 to turn off the

buzzer.

Press 

.

 “

” goes off in the display.

You can fall asleep to the radio using the built-in
sleep timer that turns off the radio automatically after
a preset duration.

Press 

.

The radio turns on. You can set the sleep timer to
durations of 90, 60, 30, or 15 minutes. Every push
changes the display as follows:

You will hear two beeps when the display turns from
“OFF” to “90”.
“SLEEP” will appear in the display when the duration
time is set.
The radio will play for the duration you set, then shut
off.

• To turn off the radio before the preset time, press

.

You can fall asleep to the radio and also be awakened
by the radio or buzzer alarm at a preset time.

Set the alarm. (See “Setting the Alarm”.)

Set the sleep timer. (See “Setting the Sleep
Timer”.)