Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual

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