Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual Features

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FEATURES

FEATURES

Your RadioShack DX-398 All-Band Shortwave Receiver with Radio Data System brings you the voices of the world. In the 14 international short- wave (SW) bands, you can hear news broadcasts and other programs from sources around the world, such as the British Broadcasting Corporation, Ra- dio Cairo, and Radio Beijing. You can set your receiver so it displays Radio Data System (RDS) call letters of those stations that transmit an RDS signal.

You can get emergency information firsthand by listening to amateur radio broadcasts, including single sideband (SSB) voice transmissions.

In the longwave (LW) band, you can hear ship-to-shore calls, other marine and aeronautical services, and some- times even hurricane reports. You can also tune to local broadcasts in the FM and medium-wave (MW) bands. (In the United States, we commonly call the MW band the AM band.)

In addition, you can connect a cassette recorder to the receiver’s record line out and standby jacks so you can di- rectly record your favorite programs live or at a preset time.

Your receiver’s features include:

Digital Synthesized Radio — en- sures accurate, stable tuning.

Large, Fast-Response Display — shows the time, band and frequency, signal strength, and other indicators.

212 Preprogrammed Shortwave Stations — let you rapidly tune to the most popular U.S. and international shortwave stations.

Three Timer Alarms — let you set the buzzer to sound or the radio to turn on daily at up to three specified times.

Record Line Out and Standby Jacks

—let you connect a tape recorder so you can record broadcasts live or at a preset time.

Dual Time — includes a primary and a secondary clock, so you can set one to your local time and the other to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time — for- merly known as Greenwich Mean Time) or to the local time of a city in an- other time zone.

World Time Zone — provides the cor- rect time for 42 cities worldwide, once you set your local time.

Search Tuning — scans up or down the band for the next station.

Memory Tuning — stores up to 306 frequencies so you can quickly select your favorite stations.

Priority Button — lets you quickly store and recall your favorite station.

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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 NAMESelecting a Band TUNING STATIONSManual Tuning 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 DELETING A STATION YOU STORED LOCKING/UNLOCKING A STORED STATIONMOVING A FREQUENCY TO ANOTHER MEMORY LOCATION USING PRIORITY Setting an Alarm TIMER FUNCTIONSUSING THE TIMER ALARMS Silencing the AlarmTimer Recording USING THE SLEEP TIMERTurning a Timer Alarm On or Off 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
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