Grundig YB500 owner manual Your Unit at a Glance, Press a longer time = AF backward

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Your Unit at a Glance

(1)Illumination Button (LIGHT)

-For switching on the display illumination on battery operation (permanent illumination on AC (mains) operation).

(2)SNOOZE Button

-To interrupt (press briefly) and switch off (longer pressure) the sound signal during the alarm function.

(3)Telescopic Aerial/Antenna

-For FM (VHF) and SW reception.

-Can be extended and swivelled.

(4)LC DATA MONITOR (Display)

(5)Numeric Buttons 0 ... 9

-For all numeric entries.

-Press 0/ROM button a longer time:

Passage from the ROM table to the normal memory level and back again, with tansfer into the tuning memory.

(6)MEMORY Button

-For calling up the station memory locations 1 ... 40 (enter with the numeric buttons 0 ... 9).

-For calling up the tuning memory 0.

-For calling up the ROM table 01 ... 09. Memory-Scan Press briefly: To step to higher memory location num- bers;

Press a longer time: To step back to lower memory lo- cation numbers.

(7)Volume Control (VOLUME)

(8)CLEAR Button Press briefly:

-To clear wrong entries.

-To quit the menu functions.

-To abort entry of abbreviations. Press a very long time:

-To clear an occupied station memory location.

(9)Swing-out Support

in the rear of the unit.

-To bring the unit into a tilted position convenient for operation.

(10)Battery Compartment

in the rear of the unit.

(11)On/Off Button (ON/OFF)

combined with the locking switch (LOCK/UNLOCK).

(12)Fine Tuning Control (FINE TUNING)

for AM (MW, LW, SW) and SSB reception.

(13)(Key-protect = locks keys when unit is switched

on.)

-This prevents an indadvertent use of the function keys.

-Switching off is possible: set switch j to "LOCK".

(14)SLEEP Button (go-to-sleep button)

-For entering a period of time of up to 60 minutes in steps of 10 minutes, after which the radio switches off.

(15)FM/RDS-AF Button

-For selecting the FM (VHF) band.

You will hear the FM station last tuned to (Last Station Memory).

-For concluding a manual frequency entry.

-For calling up the AF = Alternative Frequencies which can be received via RDS (Radio Data System) when this band is already selected.

Press briefly = AF forward,

press a longer time = AF backward.

(16)TIME I/II

-To switch between time zone I and time zone II.

-To transfer a manually entered time into the actual time zone.

-To conclude a switching time I or II entry.

(17)AM Button

Press briefly:

- To select an AM band (LW, MW, SW).

Further pressures on this button will step through the AM bands in the order LW -* MW - SW -> LW -* MW, etc.

You will hear the station last tuned to in the respective AM band.

-For concluding a manual frequency entry.

-For concluding a manual band entry. Press a longer time

-On SW, stepping to the lower band limit of the follow- ing meter band as long as this button is kept pressed.

(18)AUTO Button

-For enabling and disabling the automatic functions after having set the alarm mode, the switching times and the station memory.

(19)TUNE /TUNE

On FM:

Press briefly:

-Frequency tuning in the 25 kHz mode. Press a longer time:

-Station search in the 100 kHz mode. TUNE= to higher frequencies. TUNE=to lower frequencies.

On MW and LW:

Press briefly:

-Frequency tuning in the 1 kHz mode. Press a longer time:

-Frequency tuning in the 9 kHz mode.

On MW, the Menu allows you to switch to the 10 kHz raster (USA mode).

Press a very long time:

Automatic frequency scan.

On SW:

Press briefly:

-Frequency tuning in the 1 kHz mode. Press a longer time:

-Frequency tuning within a meter band in the 5 kHz mode.

Press a very long time: Automatic frequency scan.

(20)MODE Button

Press briefly:

-To temporarily switch from name indication to frequency indication.

On SW, additional indication of the meter band. Press a longer time:

-To call up the menu.

(21)MONO/ROM-AF Button -

-Mono/stereo switching.

-To call up alternative frequencies with the "ROM table" selected.

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Contents HOW to USE Your Grundig Contents Hints marked by * * LOCKED, * no RDS, Q - RDS quality, etc Yacht Boy 500 LC Data Monitor DisplayLSB Lower Side Band Your Unit at a Glance Press a longer time = AF backwardMEMO8 Aerials Power Supply Battery OperationBattery Check AC Mains OperationMains and Battery Operation Reset ButtonData Protection User Guide Via the Menu Calling up, SW meter bands, clock times and switching times General OperationKey-protect Direct EntriesHints and Error Messages in the Display Volume Display IlluminationTone Waveband SelectionROM Table of the Yacht Boy Selecting FrequenciesCalling Up ROM Table Memory Locations Step by Step into the World of Shortwave Reception Tuning to Stations with the Tune A/V buttons Tuning to Stations Seconds. Pressing a random button will abort this functionEntering a Meter Band Entering a Meter Band on SWBandm Tropic 3200 3300 Amateur 3500 Radio 3950What can You Store? Storing in Memory GeneralIs the Frequency Tuned to Already Stored in Memory? Checking the Desired Station Memory Position Programming a Station Memory LocationEntering Abbreviations Calling Up Stored StationsMemory Button Memory Scan Clearing an Occupied Memory PositionPress the Sleep button. The unit is switched on Going to Sleep to RadioClock Setting the ClockClock Time Indication Time I/II Automatic Functions Timer ½ Automatic Switching On and Off Checking the Switching Times 1 /2Alarm mode and/or Switch-on time Automatic Functions Special Functions on FM Special Functions on AM