Sony ICF-C263 Manuel D’Utilisation

Plug in the unit.

“AM 12:00” flashes on the display.

Press CLOCK SET for a few seconds
until a beep sounds.

The hour starts to flash on the display.

Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – until the
correct hour appears.

To set the current time rapidly, hold down 

or 

.

Press CLOCK SET once.

The minute starts flashing.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 to set the minute.

Two short beeps sound, and the counting of the
seconds starts.

If you quit during the clock setting, after about 65
seconds the previous display will return.
To set the current time from zero seconds, press

with the time signal in step 5.

Press 

to select high, middle or low

for the display according to your preferences.

The AM channel step differs depending on area.
The channel step of this unit is factory-set to 9 kHz or
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

Press OFF•ALARM RESET to turn off
the power.

Press PRESET TUNING 1 and
SLEEP at the same time for more than 5
seconds.

Two short beeps will sound, and the AM channel
step will be changed. If you proceed to step 2, the
channel step will change 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 RADIO ON/BAND 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 RADIO ON/BAND to select the
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”).

Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – to tune
into the desired station.

Two short beeps sound when the minimum
frequency of each band is received during tuning.

Adjust volume using VOLUME.

Press 

or 

 lightly. The display

shows the band and frequency for a few seconds and
then returns to the previous display.

To turn off the radio, press 

.

: Extend the FM wire antenna fully to increase

reception sensitivity.

: Rotate the unit horizontally for optimum

reception. A ferrite bar is built into 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 1 to 4 in “Playing the Radio”
and manually tune into the station you wish
to preset.

Hold down the preset button you wish to
preset for more than 2 seconds.

: Display window when you set FM

90 MHz in the 

button for FM2.

The preset number “2” and “

” flash in the

display.
Two beeps sound, and “2” and “

” stop

flashing.

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 RADIO ON/BAND to turn on the
radio.

Press RADIO ON/BAND to select the
band.

Press the desired preset button.

Adjust the volume using VOLUME.

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

Holding down the desired 

button

for more than a few seconds in step 3 will replace the
previous station on the 

button

with the station you tuned into.

This clock radio is equipped with 2 alarm modes—
radio and buzzer. Before setting the alarm, make sure
to set the clock (see “Setting the Clock”).

Press ALARM SET A or B for a few
seconds.

After one beep, “RADIO” or “BUZZER” and the
hour will flash on the display.

Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – until the
desired hour appears.

To set the hour rapidly, hold down 

or 

.

Press ALARM SET A or B.

After one beep, the minutes will flash.

Repeat step 2 to set the minutes and press
ALARM SET A or B.

After one beep, the alarm mode is entered.

Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – until the
desired alarm indicator flashes.

You can choose one mode among “RADIO” and
“BUZZER.” Set the alarm mode as follows:
– RADIO: see “A Setting the Radio Alarm.”
– BUZZER: see “B Setting the Buzzer Alarm.”

A

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

Perform steps 1 to 5 in “To set the Alarm
Time”.

Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – to select
“RADIO” alarm mode.

Press ALARM SET A or B to select the
desired wake-up station.

After one beep, “WAKE UP” appears and the
preset number flashes on the display.

Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – to select
the desired wake-up station.

Preset number changes in the order as follows:

P-

AM P1 to 5

FM1 P1 to 5

FM2 P1 to 5

“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 ALARM SET A or B.

Two short beeps will confirm the setting.

B

Perform steps 1 to 5 in “To set the Alarm
Time”.

Press TUNE/TIME SET + or – to select
“BUZZER” alarm mode.

Press ALARM SET A or B.

Two short beeps will confirm the setting.

Before setting the alarm mode, be sure to set the alarm
time (See “Setting the Alarm”).
Press 

repeatedly until the desired

mode is selected.
Each press of 

changes the indication

on the display as follows:

No alarm
Indication

or

or

or

or

If the same alarm time is set for both radio and buzzer
alarm (ALARM A and B), the radio alarm (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:

10

20

30

40

50

60

The maximum length of the snooze time is 60
minutes.

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

after the current time

appears, the snooze time starts from 10 minutes again.
The alarm setting indicator keeps flashing the whole
time.

Press 

to turn off the alarm.

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

Press 

repeatedly so that “

”

or “

” and “

” or “

” go

off.

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

repeatedly until the desired minutes is

displayed.
Every press changes the display as follows:

      OFF

(current time)

10

20

90

120

60

30

Two short beeps sound when the display returns to
“10”.
The NAP indicator turns on, “

” and the NAP

time are 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 the NAP indicator and “

” on the

display flash.

Press 

or 

to turn off the

buzzer.

Press 

.  The NAP indicator and “

” go off.

You can enjoy falling asleep to the radio using the
built-in sleep timer that turns off the radio automati-
cally after a preset duration.

Press 

.

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

OFF

90

60

30

15

Two short beeps sound when the display returns to
“90”.
“

” will appear in the display when the duration

time is set.
The radio will play for the time you set, then shut off.

Press 

or 

.

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

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

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