Roberts Radio CRD 26 User Manual

CRD-26  
DAB digital clock radio  
Please read this manual before use  
Controls (Top)  
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1. Volume Up button  
2. Volume Down button  
3. On/off button  
5. Alarm button  
9. Display button  
10. Select button  
11. Tuning Down button  
12. Tuning Up button  
6. Snooze button  
7. Menu button  
8. Preset button  
4. Sleep button  
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Controls (Front)  
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13. Auto Dimmer  
14. LCD display  
Controls (Rear)  
15. DAB wire aerial  
16. Line out socket  
17. Headphone socket  
18. DC jack socket  
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Using the clock radio for the first time  
Your clock radio is supplied with a Mains Adaptor.  
1. Place your clock radio on a flat surface.  
2. Insert the adaptor plug into the DC socket located on the rear of your  
clock radio.  
3. Fully extend the wire aerial located on the rear of your clock radio. The  
wire should be fully extended and positioned for optimum reception.  
4. Plug the adaptor into a standard 13 amp mains socket outlet.  
5. Whenyourclockradioisrstswitchedonthedisplaywillshow"Setting  
Clock" and a station search will be performed automatically.  
6. When stations have been found, the clock information will appear  
on the display. When the unit is in standby mode you can press the  
display button to toggle between showing the time only or showing  
both the date and time.  
7. If no stations have been found "clock not set..." will be displayed. It  
may then be necessary to relocate your clock radio to a position giving  
better reception.You should then carry out an autoscan to find stations  
as described on page 8.  
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020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri)  
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Operating your clock radio  
1. Press the On/off button to switch on your clock radio. The display  
will show "Now tuning" for a few seconds.  
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2. If the clock radio has been used before, the last used station will be  
selected.  
3. The first station in the list of stations found will be played. The display  
will show the station name in the first line of the display and other  
information in the second line.  
4. If no signals are found "No stations available" will be displayed and  
it may be necessary to relocate your clock radio to a position giving  
better reception.You should then carry out an autoscan to find stations  
as described on page 8.  
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Selecting a station  
1. The top line of the display shows the name of the station currently  
selected.  
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2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to step through the list of  
available stations.  
3. Press and release the Select button to select the station. The display  
may show "Now tuning" while your radio finds the new station.  
4. Adjust the Volume control to the required setting.  
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Note: If after selecting a station the display shows "Not Available" it  
may be necessary to relocate your radio to a position giving better  
reception.  
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Secondary services  
1. Certainradiostationshaveoneormoresecondaryservicesassociated  
with them. If a station has a secondary service associated with it the  
display will show ">>" next to the station name on the station list. The  
secondary service will then appear immediately after the primary  
service as you move through the tuning list.  
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2. Press and release the Select button to select the station.  
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Display modes  
Your radio has seven display modes:-  
1. Press the Display button to cycle through the various modes.  
a
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a. Scrolling text  
Displays scrolling text messages such  
as artist/track name, phone in number,  
etc.  
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c
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b. Programme type  
c. Multiplex Name  
d. Time and date  
Displays type of station being listened to  
e.g. Pop, Classic, News, etc.  
Displays name of multiplex to which  
current station belongs.  
Displays current time and date.  
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e. Channel and frequency Displays channel number and frequency.  
f. Bit rate and audio type Displays the digital bit rate and audio  
mode.  
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g. Signal strength  
Displays the signal strength for station  
being listened to.  
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Finding new stations  
As time passes new stations may become available. To nd new stations  
proceed as follows:-  
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1. Press and release the Menu button and press the Tuning up or  
down buttons until "Autoscan UK" shows on the display.  
2. Press and release the Select button. Your radio will perform a scan  
of the UK DAB frequencies. As new stations are found the station  
counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and stations  
will be added to the list  
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3. To carry out a full scan of the entire DAB Band III frequencies press  
and release the Menu button and press the Tuning up or down  
buttons until the display shows "Autoscan full".  
4. Press and release the Select button. As new stations are found the  
station counter on the right-hand side of the display will increase and  
stations will be added to the list.  
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Manual Tuning  
Manual tuning allows you to tune and add the various DAB Band III  
channels to your station list. UK DAB stations located in the range 11B  
to 12D. This function can be used to assist the positioning of the an-  
tenna or your clock radio to obtain the optimum reception for a specific  
channel / frequency.  
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1. Press the Menu button the display will show "Alarm settings".  
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2. PresstheTuningupordownbuttonsuntilthedisplayshows"Manual  
tune".  
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3. Press and release the Select button.  
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the required DAB  
channel.  
5. Press and release the Select button the open bar in the middle shows  
you the minimum signal strength needed for good DAB reception. The  
signal strength bars will go up and down showing the changing signal  
strength as you adjust the wire aerial or your clock radio position.  
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6. Press the Select button to return to normal service.  
Signal strength display  
1. Press and release the Select button the display will show signal  
strength. Press the Select button to exit signal strength display.  
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2. Position your clock radio and fully extend the wire aerial for best  
reception using the signal strength display as a guide. Move your  
clock radio around and position so as to give maximum number of  
blackrectanglesonsignalstrengthdisplay.Theclearunfilledrectangle  
indicates minimum signal level required for satisfactory reception.  
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Presetting stations  
There are 10 memory presets available.  
1. Press the On/off button to switch on the clock radio.  
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2. Tune to the required station as previously described.  
3. Press the Preset button, the display will show "Empty preset 1" if  
there are no presets stored.  
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4. Use the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired preset  
number under which you wish to store the station.  
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5. Press and hold down the Preset button until the display shows e.g.  
"Preset 1 saved". The station will be stored under the chosen preset  
button. Repeat this procedure for the remaining presets.  
6. Stations stored in preset memories may be overwritten by following  
the above procedure.  
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Recalling a preset station  
1. Press the On/off button to switch on the radio.  
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2. Press the Preset button.  
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3. Use the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired preset  
number and press the Select button. Your clock radio will tune to the  
station stored in the preset memory.  
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Setting the alarm time  
Your clock radio has four separate alarms which can be set to wake you  
to either radio or beep type alarm. Each alarm can be set to sound once,  
daily, weekdays and weekends. The alarms can be set with the radio in  
the on or the off position. In the event of a power interruption your clock  
radio has a built in memory chip that will maintain all your alarm settings  
when the power is restored.  
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Note: If no buttons are pressed for 5 seconds the clock radio will  
exit the alarm setup.  
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To exit the alarm menu at any time press the Menu button.  
1. Press the On/off button to switch on your clock radio.  
2. Press the Alarm button and "Set alarm" will appear on the display.  
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3. PresstheSelectbuttontoenterthealarmsetup.Iftherearenoalarms  
set the display will show "Alarm not in use".  
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4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired alarm  
1-4.  
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5. Press the Select button to enter the alarm hour. The display will show  
the current time in 24 hour format. The hour digit will be selected.  
Note: Alarm times are set using 24Hr format e.g. 2:30PM is  
entered as 14:30  
6. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to set the correct hour.  
7. Press the Select button to enter the alarm minutes. The minute digit  
will be selected.  
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8. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to set the correct minutes.  
9. Press the Select button to enter the alarm day option. Your alarm  
can be set to sound once, daily, weekdays and weekends.  
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Once  
Daily  
- Will sound at one time only.  
- Will sound every day.  
Weekdays  
Weekends  
- Will sound only on weekdays.  
- Will sound only on weekends.  
10. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select either once, daily,  
weekdays or weekends.  
If setting alarms to daily, weekdays or weekends proceed to point  
18 (Setting alarm mode).  
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11. If selecting the alarm to once you will need to set the year, month and  
day options as described below.  
12. Press the Select button to enter the alarm year option.  
13. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct year.  
14. Press the Select button to enter the alarm month option.  
15. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct month.  
16. Press the Select button to enter the alarm day.  
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17. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the correct day.  
18. Press the Select button to enter the alarm mode, the alarm mode  
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can be set to either DAB (Radio) or BUZZER.  
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alarm mode option.  
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20. Press the Select button to confirm alarm settings. The display will  
show the alarm settings.  
21. Press the Menu button to exit the menu options.  
Note: The alarm/s will not sound if the alarms have not been  
activated and set to the On position. (see page 14)  
Whenthealarmissettowakebyradioyourclockradiowillswitch  
on to the last used station. When alarm activates, volume will  
start from minimum and increase in level every 2-3 seconds.  
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Switching alarm/s on or off  
1. To activate the alarm/s press the Alarm button and enter the alarm  
setup menu. The display will show "Set alarm".  
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2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "alarm On/off" shows on  
the display.  
3. Press and release the Select button. The alarm settings will be  
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displayed.  
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until the required alarm is  
reached 1-4.  
5. Press the Select button to switch the required alarm on. The  
display will show a bell symbol when the alarm is set to on.  
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6. To switch off the alarm permanently, press the Select button to switch  
the required alarm off. The bell symbol will disappear from the  
display.  
7. Press the Menu button to exit the alarm setup. The alarm/s will sound  
at the selected times. The alarm will sound for 90 minutes unless  
cancelled.  
To view alarm time  
1. Press the Alarm button to enter the alarm setup.  
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2. Press the Select button then press the Tuning up or down buttons  
to view alarms 1-4.  
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Cancelling alarms  
Whilst an alarm is sounding it can be cancelled for 24 hours by  
pressing the Alarm button.  
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Snooze function  
When the radio or beep alarm sounds, pressing the Snooze button will  
silence the alarm for the selected number of minutes. The Snooze setting  
can be adjusted between 5 and 20 minutes in 5 minute increments.  
The radio or buzzer alarms can be silenced for a set time by  
pressing the Snooze button.  
To set snooze time  
1. To set the snooze to the desired snooze time, press the Menu button  
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to enter the menu setup.  
2. PresstheTuningupordownbuttonsuntil"alarmsettings"appearon  
display. Press the Select button.  
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3. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "Snooze" appears on the  
display. Press and release the Select button.  
4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the desired snooze  
setting 20>15>10>5 minutes.  
5. Press the Select button to select desired time. The radio will exit  
the menu options and return to radio play mode.  
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Sleep function  
Your clock radio can be set to turn off after a preset time has elapsed.  
The sleep setting can be adjusted between 5 and 90 minutes in 5 minute  
increments.  
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1. To set the sleep to the desired sleep time, press the Sleep button  
to enter the sleep setup. "Sleep" will appear on the display.  
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2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select desired sleep time  
90>85>80>75>70>65>60>55>50>45>40>35>30>25>20>15>10>5  
minutes or to OFF to permanently cancel the sleep function.  
3. Press the Select button. The display will show "Sleep activated"  
and then exit the sleep options.  
4. Your radio will switch off after the preset sleep time has elapsed.  
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5. To cancel the sleep function before the preset time has elapsed, press  
the On/off button.  
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Station order  
This function enables you to choose how the stations are arranged when  
selecting a station. There are 5 options available favourite station, alpha-  
numeric, active stations, trim stations and preset stations.  
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Note: Your clock radio default station order is numeric-alpha order.  
1. Press the On/off button to switch on your clock radio.  
2. Press the Menu button to enter the menu setup.  
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3. PresstheTuningupordownbuttonsuntil"Stationorder"appearson  
the display. Press the Select button.  
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4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to choose between favourite  
station, alphanumeric, active stations, trim stations or presets. Press  
and release the Select button to select desired station order.  
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Favourite station  
When this setting is switched on, after a period of time the most listened  
to stations will move to the top of the station list and will be marked with  
the heart symbol  
. Your ten favourite stations will be displayed.  
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Alphanumeric  
When this setting is switched on your clock radio will now select  
stations in alphanumeric order 0...9 A...Z.  
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Active station  
When this setting is switched on the display will show only those that a  
signal can be found for.  
Trim stations  
Some DAB services may stop broadcasting or you may not be able to  
receive a station. Trim stations will delete the DAB stations from your  
station list that can no longer be received.  
When this setting is switched on your clock radio will delete the stations  
that are not currently being received.  
Transfer favourites to presets  
This option is only available when favourites has been previously selected  
on the station order.  
When this setting is switched on your favourite stations will be transferred  
to the preset station memories.  
Note: This will overwrite any stations already stored in presets.  
If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :-  
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Dynamic Range Control (DRC) settings  
DRC can make quieter sounds easier to hear when your radio is used in  
a noisy environment.  
1. Press the On/Off button to switch on your clock radio.  
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2. Press the Menu button to enter the menu setup.  
3. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "DRC value" appears on  
the display. Press the Select button. The display will show the current  
DRC value on the top line.  
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4. Press the Tuning up or down buttons to select the required DRC  
setting. Default is 0.  
DRC 0 DRC is switched off, Broadcast DRC will be ignored.  
DRC 1/2 DRC level is set to 1/2 that sent by broadcaster.  
DRC 1 DRC is set as sent by broadcaster.  
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5. PressandreleasetheSelectbuttontoconfirmthesetting.Thedisplay  
will return to radio mode.  
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System reset  
If your radio fails to operate correctly, or some digits on the display are  
missing or incomplete carry out the following procedure.  
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1. Press and hold in the Menu button until the display shows "Press  
SELECT to confirm reset..."  
2. Press in and release the Select button to select System reset.  
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3. A full reset will be performed and the station list together with any  
preset stations will be erased.  
If a problem persists our technical staff would be pleased to help offer  
any assistance on operating the clock radio. Our technical helpline  
number is 020 8758 0338.  
Software version  
The software display cannot be altered and is just for your reference  
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1. To view which software version your clock radio has press the  
Menu button to enter the menu setup.  
2. Press the Tuning up or down buttons until "SW Version" appears  
on the display. The Version number is displayed on the top line.  
If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :-  
020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri)  
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Clock display  
When in Standby your clock radio has two display modes, time or time  
and date combined.  
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1. If your clock radio is switched on, press the On/off button to switch  
your clock radio to the standby mode.  
2. To toggle between the two display modes press the Display  
button.  
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Auto dimmer  
The auto dimmer located on the front of your clock radio will automatically  
adapt the intensity of the display to suit the ambient room lighting.  
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Headphone socket  
A 3.5mm Headphone Socket located on the rear of your clock radio is  
provided for use with either headphones or an earpiece. Inserting a plug  
automatically mutes the internal loudspeaker.  
Line out socket  
A 3.5mm Line out socket located on the rear of your clock radio is pro-  
vided for connecting the audio signal to an external amplifier. Inserting a  
plug into the line output socket will mute the internal loudspeaker. Set the  
volume control to adjust the line out volume level.  
If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :-  
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Specifications  
Circuit Features  
Power Requirements  
Loudspeaker  
1 x 66mm  
AC Adaptor  
AC 230 volts, 50Hz  
only  
Output Power  
1W into 8 ohms  
Frequency Coverage  
Headphone socket 3.5mm dia  
DAB  
174.928 - 239.200MHz  
Line out socket  
3.5mm dia  
Aerial System  
DAB  
Wire aerial  
The Company reserves the right to amend the specification without notice.  
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General  
Do not allow this clock radio to be exposed to water, steam or sand. Do  
not leave your radio where excessive heat could cause damage such as  
in a parked car where the heat from the sun can build up even though the  
outside temperature may not seem too high.  
The name plate is located on the bottom of the unit.  
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Notes  
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Guarantee  
This instrument is guaranteed for twelve months from the date of delivery to the original owner against failure due to faulty workmanship or component  
breakdown, subject to the procedure stated below. Should any component or part fail during this guarantee period it will be repaired or replaced free  
of charge.  
The guarantee does not cover:  
1. Damage resulting from incorrect use.  
2. Consequential damage.  
3. Receivers with removed or defaced serial numbers.  
Procedure:  
Any claim under this guarantee should be made through the dealer from whom the instrument was purchased. It is likely that your Roberts' dealer  
will be able to attend to any defect quickly and efficiently but should it be necessary the dealer will return the instrument to the Company’s service  
department for attention. In the event that it is not possible to return the instrument to the Roberts' dealer from whom it was purchased, please contact  
Roberts Radio Technical Services at the address shown on the rear of this manual.  
These statements do not affect the statutory rights of a consumer.  
If you need any further advice, please call our Technical Helpline on :-  
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020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri)  
ROBERTS RADIO TECHNICAL SERVICES  
97-99 Worton Road  
Isleworth Middlesex  
TW7 6EG  
Technical Helpline :- 020 8758 0338 (Mon-Fri during office hours)  
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