Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual Using Priority

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USING PRIORITY

4.Use the number keys to enter the new memory location number. The receiver beeps.

USING PRIORITY

You can store one MW/LW/FM station as the priority station, then quickly re- call it.

1.Tune to your favorite station.

2.Press M/MEM.

3.Press PRIORITY to store the sta- tion in the priority location.

Note: If you previously stored a priority station, pressing PRIORITY replaces it.

4.To tune to the priority station, press PRIORITY. The receiver tunes to the priority station.

The receiver stores a SW priority sta- tion differently than an MW/LW/FM station. It stores a page containing 9 stations (including the SW station you want to store as the priority station) in a memory location.

1.Use the steps under “Tuning Pre- programmed Shortwave Stations” on Page 20 to tune to the page where you stored your favorite shortwave station.

2.Press M/MEM to store the page containing the desired station.

3.Press PRIORITY to store the page with the desired station in the pri- ority location.

Note: If you previously stored a priority station, pressing PRIORITY replaces it.

4.To tune to the priority station, press PRIORITY. The receiver tunes to the page you selected then to the strongest frequency among the 9 preset stations.

Note: If there is a stronger station on the page you selected, the receiver might tune to it instead of the station you selected.

5.Press the memory location num- ber you selected in Step 1 under “Tuning Preprogrammed Short- wave Stations” on Page 20 to tune to the priority station.

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Contents DX-398 OWNER’S MANUALwith Radio Data System All-BandShortwave ReceiverFEATURES Control Lock — prevents accidental setting changes Band Meters THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOWCONTENTS Storing FM, MW, or LW Frequencies in Memory PREPARATION CONNECTING TO POWERInstalling Internal Batteries Using Standard AC PowerUsing Vehicle Battery Power CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA ADJUSTING THE TELESCOPING ANTENNAListening Safely CONNECTING HEADPHONESCONNECTING A TAPE RECORDER Traffic SafetyUSING THE STAND SETTING THE MW AM TUNING INCREMENT USING THE MEMO LABELUNDERSTANDING YOUR RECEIVER M/MEM — stores frequencies into memory C cancel — cancels an entryAM MODE — lets you set up the alarm timer TUNING / — tunes up or down the band you selectedLOCKING THE CONTROLS BASIC OPERATIONTURNING THE RECEIVER ON AND OFF LIGHTING THE DISPLAYSETTING 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 STATIONSPage DX-398SHORTWAVE PAGES CHARTCountry Memory LocationStations CountryMemory Location PageStation CountryMemory Location PageWIDE/NARR.-AM ADJUSTING THE TONESPECIAL TUNING CONTROLS STEREO/MONO-FMUSING RDS TUNING SSB STATIONSSaving Time, repeatedly press until appears 5.If your time zone is using DaylightFollow these steps to use RDS 1.Turn on the receiverManual Storage MEMORY FUNCTIONSSTORING FM, MW, OR LW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORY Automatic 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 Silencing the Alarm TIMER FUNCTIONSUSING THE TIMER ALARMS Setting an AlarmTurning a Timer Alarm On or Off USING THE SLEEP TIMERTimer Recording BAND ALLOCATION LISTENING HINTSREFERENCE SOURCES FREQUENCY CONVERSIONInternational Frequencies Longwave Band Aircraft FrequenciesShips and Coastal Station Frequencies Time Standard FrequenciesLISTENING GUIDE 5,950 StationLocation Remarks9,610 StationLocation Remarks15,084 StationLocation RemarksAMATEUR SHORTWAVE BANDS IN THE US BIRDIESAmateur Shortwave Bands in MHz TROUBLESHOOTING CARE AND MAINTENANCE RESETTING THE DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS Page A Division of Tandy Corporation Limited Ninety-DayWarrantyWe Service What We Sell RadioShack