Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual Understanding Your Receiver

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UNDERSTANDING YOUR RECEIVER

UNDERSTANDING YOUR RECEIVER

Once you understand a few simple terms we use in this manual and familiarize yourself with your receiver’s features, you can start using your receiver to listen to the world!

POWER — turns the receiver on and off.

— turns on the display light for about 12 seconds (if you installed batteries) or

until you press again.

— displays the time in your area using Daylight Saving Time.

SET — lets you set the time.

STEP — sets the tuning range for manual tuning (see “Direct Access Tuning” on Page 19).

ATS/FM — selects the FM band and lets you select FM stations using your receiv- er’s automatic tuning system (ATS).

ATS/LW — selects the LW (longwave) band and lets you select LW stations using your receiver’s automatic tuning system.

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Contents with Radio Data System OWNER’S MANUALAll-BandShortwave Receiver DX-398FEATURES Control Lock — prevents accidental setting changes Band Meters THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOWCONTENTS Storing FM, MW, or LW Frequencies in Memory Installing Internal Batteries CONNECTING TO POWERUsing Standard AC Power PREPARATIONUsing Vehicle Battery Power CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA ADJUSTING THE TELESCOPING ANTENNACONNECTING A TAPE RECORDER CONNECTING HEADPHONESTraffic Safety Listening SafelyUSING THE STAND SETTING THE MW AM TUNING INCREMENT USING THE MEMO LABELUNDERSTANDING YOUR RECEIVER AM MODE — lets you set up the alarm timer C cancel — cancels an entryTUNING / — tunes up or down the band you selected M/MEM — stores frequencies into memoryTURNING THE RECEIVER ON AND OFF BASIC OPERATIONLIGHTING THE DISPLAY LOCKING THE CONTROLSSETTING AND VIEWING THE LOCAL TIME CHANGING A WORLD CITY NAME VIEWING A WORLD TIMEManual Tuning TUNING STATIONSSelecting a Band Scan Tuning Direct Access TuningPAGE TUNING PREPROGRAMMED SHORTWAVE STATIONSCountry DX-398SHORTWAVE PAGES CHARTMemory Location PageMemory Location CountryPage StationsMemory Location CountryPage StationSPECIAL TUNING CONTROLS ADJUSTING THE TONESTEREO/MONO-FM WIDE/NARR.-AMUSING RDS TUNING SSB STATIONSFollow these steps to use RDS 5.If your time zone is using Daylight1.Turn on the receiver Saving Time, repeatedly press until appearsSTORING FM, MW, OR LW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORY MEMORY FUNCTIONSAutomatic Storage Manual StorageSTORING SW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORY 4.While PAGE and MEMO flash MOVING A FREQUENCY TO ANOTHER MEMORY LOCATION LOCKING/UNLOCKING A STORED STATIONDELETING A STATION YOU STORED USING PRIORITY USING THE TIMER ALARMS TIMER FUNCTIONSSetting an Alarm Silencing the AlarmTurning a Timer Alarm On or Off USING THE SLEEP TIMERTimer Recording REFERENCE SOURCES LISTENING HINTSFREQUENCY CONVERSION BAND ALLOCATIONInternational Frequencies Ships and Coastal Station Frequencies Aircraft FrequenciesTime Standard Frequencies Longwave BandLISTENING GUIDE Location StationRemarks 5,950Location StationRemarks 9,610Location StationRemarks 15,084AMATEUR SHORTWAVE BANDS IN THE US BIRDIESAmateur Shortwave Bands in MHz TROUBLESHOOTING CARE AND MAINTENANCE RESETTING THE DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS Page We Service What We Sell Limited Ninety-DayWarrantyRadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation