Radio Shack DX-398 Using The Sleep Timer, Turning a Timer Alarm On or Off, Timer Recording

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Turning a Timer Alarm

Turning a Timer Alarm

On or Off

To turn off the alarm so it does not sound again, press TIMER 1, TIMER 2, or TIMER 3. Then press C while Timer RecordingTIMERUSING THE SLEEP flashes.

If you want to turn on a timer alarm again, press TIMER 1, TIMER 2, or TIM-

ER 3. Then press ENTER Manual backgroundManual background while Manual backgroundTIMERManual background and 1, 2, or 3 flash.

Timer Recording

You can connect a tape recorder to the receiver and have it record starting at a preset time.

Connect your tape recorder as de- scribed in “Connecting a Tape Re- corder” on Page 10 and set your tape recorder to record. Then follow the steps in “Using the Timer Alarms” on Page 32 to have the radio start to play at the time you want.

When the radio plays at the time you set, the tape recorder starts and records the broadcast.

USING THE SLEEP

TIMER

The sleep timer lets you set the re- ceiver to turn off in an amount of time you set.

1. With the receiver off, hold down POWER until the receiver beeps and turns on. 90 appears and Manual background flashes.

After a few seconds, 90 disap-

pears and Manual background stops flashing.

2. Tune to the desired station.

After the preset number of minutes, the receiver turns off. To turn off the re- ceiver sooner, press POWER.

To change the playing time after you set it, hold down POWER. The sleep timer changes from 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 minutes, repeating the sequence as you hold down POWER. Release POW- ER when the desired amount of time appears.

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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 TIMETUNING STATIONS Manual TuningSelecting 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 LOCKING/UNLOCKING A STORED STATION MOVING A FREQUENCY TO ANOTHER MEMORY LOCATIONDELETING A STATION YOU STORED USING PRIORITY USING THE TIMER ALARMS TIMER FUNCTIONSSetting an Alarm Silencing the AlarmUSING THE SLEEP TIMER Turning a Timer Alarm On or OffTimer 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