Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual Tuning Stations, Selecting a Band, Manual Tuning

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TUNING STATIONS

TUNING STATIONS

Note: “Special Tuning Controls” on Page 24 contains more information about using your receiver’s controls.

Selecting a Band

Press ATS/FM, ATS/LW, ATS/MW, or

METER/SW to select the band. (Press ATS/MW for AM.)

To select a smaller band within the SW band, press METER/SW again. When m flashes on the right side of the display, enter the desired band by pressing its labeled key on the keypad. For exam- ple, to select the 75 meter shortwave band, press 3.

Manual Tuning

You can select a lower or higher fre-

quency by pressing TUNING or

. The frequency changes in the fol- lowing increments.

Band	Tuning Increment

FM	0.1 MHz

LW	9 kHz

MW	9 or 10 kHz

SW	0.005 MHz

You can also select a higher or lower frequency by turning MANUAL TUN- ING.

As you turn MANUAL TUNING, you might find that you need the frequen- cies to change more slowly. To change how quickly the frequencies change as you rotate the knob, re- peatedly press STEP on the front of the receiver so the arrow on the right side of the display points to FAST or SLOW.

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Contents All-BandShortwave Receiver OWNER’S MANUALwith Radio Data System DX-398FEATURES Control Lock — prevents accidental setting changes THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW Band MetersCONTENTS Storing FM, MW, or LW Frequencies in Memory Using Standard AC Power CONNECTING TO POWERInstalling Internal Batteries PREPARATIONUsing Vehicle Battery Power ADJUSTING THE TELESCOPING ANTENNA CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL ANTENNATraffic Safety CONNECTING HEADPHONESCONNECTING A TAPE RECORDER Listening SafelyUSING THE STAND USING THE MEMO LABEL SETTING THE MW AM TUNING INCREMENTUNDERSTANDING YOUR RECEIVER TUNING / — tunes up or down the band you selected C cancel — cancels an entryAM MODE — lets you set up the alarm timer M/MEM — stores frequencies into memoryLIGHTING THE DISPLAY BASIC OPERATIONTURNING THE RECEIVER ON AND OFF LOCKING THE CONTROLSSETTING AND VIEWING THE LOCAL TIME VIEWING A WORLD TIME CHANGING A WORLD CITY NAMETUNING STATIONS Manual TuningSelecting a Band Direct Access Tuning Scan TuningTUNING PREPROGRAMMED SHORTWAVE STATIONS PAGEMemory Location DX-398SHORTWAVE PAGES CHARTCountry PagePage CountryMemory Location StationsPage CountryMemory Location StationSTEREO/MONO-FM ADJUSTING THE TONESPECIAL TUNING CONTROLS WIDE/NARR.-AMTUNING SSB STATIONS USING RDS1.Turn on the receiver 5.If your time zone is using DaylightFollow these steps to use RDS Saving Time, repeatedly press until appearsAutomatic Storage MEMORY FUNCTIONSSTORING FM, MW, OR LW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORY Manual StorageSTORING SW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORY 4.While PAGE and MEMO flash LOCKING/UNLOCKING A STORED STATION MOVING A FREQUENCY TO ANOTHER MEMORY LOCATIONDELETING A STATION YOU STORED USING PRIORITY Setting an Alarm TIMER FUNCTIONSUSING THE TIMER ALARMS Silencing the AlarmUSING THE SLEEP TIMER Turning a Timer Alarm On or OffTimer Recording FREQUENCY CONVERSION LISTENING HINTSREFERENCE SOURCES BAND ALLOCATIONInternational Frequencies Time Standard Frequencies Aircraft FrequenciesShips and Coastal Station Frequencies Longwave BandLISTENING GUIDE Remarks StationLocation 5,950Remarks StationLocation 9,610Remarks StationLocation 15,084BIRDIES AMATEUR SHORTWAVE BANDS IN THE USAmateur Shortwave Bands in MHz TROUBLESHOOTING CARE AND MAINTENANCE RESETTING THE DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS Page RadioShack Limited Ninety-DayWarrantyWe Service What We Sell A Division of Tandy Corporation