Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual Tuning Preprogrammed Shortwave Stations, Page

Page 20
TUNING PREPROGRAMMED SHORTWAVE STATIONS

Notes:

When scanning, the receiver only searches for frequencies with strong signals. To search for sta- tions with weaker signals, use one of the manual tuning methods.

When scanning in a lower band, the receiver searches only within the selected band and stops at the upper and lower limits of the band.

Your receiver shows the short- wave bands you can receive on the bottom of the display.

TUNING PREPROGRAMMED SHORTWAVE STATIONS

Your receiver is preprogrammed with 212 of the most popular worldwide and U.S. shortwave stations. You can quickly tune these popular stations.

Notes:

You cannot change the preset shortwave stations stored in your receiver’s memory.

You can store shortwave frequen- cies into the receiver’s empty

memory locations. See “Storing SW Frequencies in Memory” on Page 28 for more information.

International commercial broad- cast programs (often in English) usually contain news, commentar- ies, music, and special features reflecting the culture of the broad- casting country. Reception for this range is best between 6:00 PM and midnight (your time).

Follow these steps to tune prepro- grammed shortwave stations.

1.Find the country and frequency for the shortwave station you want to tune in the “DX-398 Shortwave Pages Chart” on Page 21. Then write down the page number and memory location number shown on the chart for that station.

2.Press SW, then press PAGE.

3.While PAGE is flashing, repeat-

edly press TUNING PAGE.Manual background or TUNING

Manual backgroundManual background or turn MANUAL TUNING until the page number you wrote down in Step 1 appears next to PAGE. The name of the broadcaster’s country also appears next to

PAGE.

Then, when you reach the desired

page number, press ENTER Manual backgroundManual background .

4.Press a number key to enter the memory location number you wrote down in Step 1. The re- ceiver tunes the station.

20

Image 20
Contents OWNER’S MANUAL with Radio Data SystemAll-BandShortwave Receiver DX-398FEATURES Control Lock — prevents accidental setting changes THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW Band MetersCONTENTS Storing FM, MW, or LW Frequencies in Memory CONNECTING TO POWER Installing Internal BatteriesUsing Standard AC Power PREPARATIONUsing Vehicle Battery Power ADJUSTING THE TELESCOPING ANTENNA CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL ANTENNACONNECTING HEADPHONES CONNECTING A TAPE RECORDERTraffic Safety Listening SafelyUSING THE STAND USING THE MEMO LABEL SETTING THE MW AM TUNING INCREMENTUNDERSTANDING YOUR RECEIVER C cancel — cancels an entry AM MODE — lets you set up the alarm timerTUNING / — tunes up or down the band you selected M/MEM — stores frequencies into memoryBASIC OPERATION TURNING THE RECEIVER ON AND OFFLIGHTING THE DISPLAY 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 PAGEDX-398SHORTWAVE PAGES CHART CountryMemory Location PageCountry Memory LocationPage StationsCountry Memory LocationPage StationADJUSTING THE TONE SPECIAL TUNING CONTROLSSTEREO/MONO-FM WIDE/NARR.-AMTUNING SSB STATIONS USING RDS5.If your time zone is using Daylight Follow these steps to use RDS1.Turn on the receiver Saving Time, repeatedly press until appearsMEMORY FUNCTIONS STORING FM, MW, OR LW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORYAutomatic Storage 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 TIMER FUNCTIONS USING THE TIMER ALARMSSetting an Alarm Silencing the AlarmTimer Recording USING THE SLEEP TIMERTurning a Timer Alarm On or Off LISTENING HINTS REFERENCE SOURCESFREQUENCY CONVERSION BAND ALLOCATIONInternational Frequencies Aircraft Frequencies Ships and Coastal Station FrequenciesTime Standard Frequencies Longwave BandLISTENING GUIDE Station LocationRemarks 5,950Station LocationRemarks 9,610Station LocationRemarks 15,084BIRDIES AMATEUR SHORTWAVE BANDS IN THE USAmateur Shortwave Bands in MHz TROUBLESHOOTING CARE AND MAINTENANCE RESETTING THE DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS Page Limited Ninety-DayWarranty We Service What We SellRadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation