DX-396 AM/SW/FM Stereo PLL Portable Receiver
(200-0226) Operation Faxback Doc. # 58675
Listening to the Receiver
WARNING: To prevent possible ear injury and hearing loss, set VOLUME to
minimum before you turn on the receiver. After you turn on the
receiver, set VOLUME to a comfortable listening level.
Follow these steps to listen to the receiver.
1. Press POWER to turn on the receiver.
2. Press BAND until the desired band (FM, MW, or SW) appears on the
display. (See "Selecting the band," below.)
3. Press < or > or the number keys (0-9) to tune to the desired station.
(See "Tuning to a Radio Station," below.)
4. Adjust your receiver's antenna for the best reception. (See "Using
the Antenna," below.)
5. Adjust VOLUME and TONE as desired.
6. Press POWER to turn off the receiver.
Selecting the Band
You can select the Frequency Modulation (FM), Medium wave (MW), or the 12
band Shortwave (SW) band for operation.
Note: The medium wave band is also known as the Amplitude Modulation (AM)
band due to its modulation system.
Press BAND until the desired band (FM, MW, or SW) appears on the display.
If you select FM, FM, MHz, and STEREO (when you tune to a stereo
broadcast) appear on the display.
Note: Your receiver has only one speaker. To listen to a stereo
broadcast, use stereo headphones (not supplied). (See "Using
Stereo Headphones," on Faxback Doc. # 58674.)
If you select MW, MW and kHz appear on the display.
If you select SW, SW BROADCAST BAND, m, SW, and kHz appear on the
display. See "Selecting the International Radio Frequency Band," to
select each international radio frequency band.
Note: SW BROADCAST BAND and m only appear on the display if you select
an SW frequency that falls between the ranges printed on the
SHORTWAVE BANDS chart printed below the display.
Selecting the International Radio Frequency Band
If you select the shortwave band, you can further choose one of the 12
international radio frequency bands using SW SELECT.
Follow these steps to directly select one of the 12 SW radio broadcast
bands.
1. Press BAND to select shortwave band.
2. Press SW SELECT. m (meter) flashes for 10 seconds.
3. While m flashes, press the desired band key (120m - 13m).
The receiver tunes to the lowest frequency in the selected band.
Tuning to a Radio Station
You can tune to a station using the manual, search, direct access, preset,
or scan tuning methods.
Up-Down Manual
To manually tune to a frequency, repeatedly press < or > until the
display shows the desired frequency.
Search
To let the receiver find a station, press and hold < or > for more than
2 seconds. The tuner rapidly scans all frequencies. When you release
the button, the receiver automatically tunes to the next strong station.
Note: As the receiver rapidly scans for a station, you will be able to
hear the sounds broadcast from the passing frequencies.
Direct Access
To tune directly to a station's frequency, press ENTER. ENTRY flashes
for about 10 seconds. While it is flashing, press the number buttons to
select the desired station's frequency. Then press ENTER again.
Notes: Your receiver automatically rounds the entered frequency to the
nearest valid frequency. For example, if you try to enter a
frequency of 1453 in AM, your receiver accepts it as 1450. (See
"Setting the AM/FM Tuning Increment," in Faxback Doc. # 58674.)
If you make a mistake in entering a frequency, EEEE flashes on
the display. Enter the frequency again.
Preset
To tune directly to a station that is entered into memory, simply press
the desired preset number (0-9).
Note: You must first store the desired stations into memory. (See
"Storing Station Frequencies," below).
Scan
To scan the preset memory locations, press SCAN. The receiver stops at
each station for about 5 seconds. To end scanning, press SCAN again, or
press a preset station memory button.
Note: If no frequency is stored in a memory channel or no signal is
received at a memory channel, the receiver stops at the memory
channel for 1 second and then moves to the next memory channel.
Using the Sensitivity Switch
If you are listening to a strong FM, AM, or SW station, and the sound is
distorted, set the sensitivity switch to LOCAL. This decreases the
receiver's sensitivity which reduces distortion from strong signals and
prevents reception of weak and noisy signals which are more common.
If you are listening to a weak station, set the sensitivity switch to DX
(distant). This increases the receiver's sensitivity and improves the
station's reception.
Using the Antenna
Use the following guidelines to adjust your receiver's antenna.
Band Antenna Adjustments
FM Fully extend and rotate the telescoping antenna.
AM Rotate the receiver. (AM uses an internal antenna.)
SW Fully extend the telescoping antenna.
Note: For better AM and SW reception, you can connect an external antenna
to the telescoping antenna.
Storing Station Frequencies
For easy selection, you can store up to 30 of your favorite stations'
frequencies in memory (10 frequencies in each band; FM, MW, and SW). Once
you store a station's frequency using a memory button, you can press this
button to select the stored station.
CAUTION: If you disconnect power from the receiver for about 30 seconds,
all information stored in memory will be lost. However, if you
disconnect the AC or DC adapter plug from the receiver's DC 3V
jack and have batteries installed, the memory stays intact.
Follow these steps to store a frequency in memory.
1. Press POWER to turn on the receiver.
2. Press BAND until the desired band (FM, MW, or SW) appears on the
display.
3. Press < or > or the number keys (0-9) to tune to the desired station.
4. Adjust your receiver's antenna for the best reception.
Note: Use manual, search, or direct access tuning to tune to the
station's frequency you want to store.
5. Press MEMORY/STORE/AM/PM. MEMORY flashes.
6. While MEMORY flashes, press a number button to select the memory
location.
Note: If you do not press a number within about 10 seconds, MEMORY
stops flashing and you must repeat Step 5.
Erasing Stored Frequencies
Your shortwave receiver permanently keeps programmed stations stored in
memory. However, you can erase all or single stored frequencies from the
memory buttons.
To clear all the memory buttons, you must reset the receiver.
Note: Resetting the receiver clears the current clock settings.
Using a straightened paper clip, press RESET (located on the bottom of the
receiver) once. 12:00 flashes on the display. Then reset the primary and
secondary clocks.
To clear a single memory button, press MEMORY/STORE/AM/PM. Press the
memory location button, dELE appears. Then press ENTER to clear the
memory location.
Listening Hints
Listening to shortwave radio can be very exciting. Newscasts from a
country where important events are taking place give you a sense of
immediacy that local newscasts seldom deliver.
Although shortwave listening requires no special knowledge, you might
enjoy it more if you read some of the numerous books available on this
subject. There are also several periodicals that give listening hints
and seasonal program schedules.
International Broadcast Frequencies
International commercial broadcasts are found in the following bands.
Programming (often in English) usually contains news, commentaries, music,
and special features reflecting the culture of the broadcasting country.
You might find it easiest to hear these broadcasts between 6:00 PM and
midnight (your time).
Note: European stations often list a frequency by giving its wavelength.
For example, the 19-meter band refers to the range of frequencies
whose waves are about 19 meters long.
Band Frequency Range
(In meters) (In MHz)
*120 2.300 - 2.495
*90 3.200 - 3.400
75 3.900 - 4.000
*60 4.750 - 5.060
49 5.950 - 6.200
**41 7.100 - 7.300
31 9.500 - 9.900
25 11.650 - 12.050
22 13.600 - 13.800
19 15.100 - 15.600
16 17.550 - 17.900
13 21,450 - 21.850
* These bands are reserved for stations in tropical areas.
** The 41-meter band is shared by ham operators in the United
States and international stations.
Time Standard Frequencies
The following frequencies announce the exact time of day at specified
intervals for the United States.
| 2.500 MHz
WWV | 5.000 MHz
Fort Collins, | 10.000 MHz
Colorado: | 15.000 MHz
| 20.000 MHz
___________________________
| 10.000 MHz
WWVH | 15.000 MHz
Kauai, Hawaii: | 20.000 MHz
Note: Other countries also have signal stations transmitting this type of
information over WWV or WWVH. You can find more information about time
standard frequencies in Canada at www.inms.nrc.co/inms.chu.html or in
Japan at www.crl.go.jp/cgi-bin/nph-watch.
Frequency Conversion
The location of a station can be expressed in frequency (kHz r MHz) or in
wave length (meters). The following information can help you make the
necessary conversions.
To convert from MHz to kHz, multiply by 1,000.
For example:
9.62 MHz x 1,000 = 9,620 kHz.
To convert from kHz to MHz, divide by 1,000.
For example:
15,500 kHz/1,000 = 15.5 MHz.
To convert from MHz to meters, divide 300 by the number of MHz.
For example:
300/12 MHz = 25 meters.
(EB 2/21/00)
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