Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual Using Vehicle Battery Power

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