Grundig GS350DL Turning The Radio On And Off, Signal Strength Indicator, Tuning In Fm Stations

GS350DL OWNER’S MANUAL

6 TURNING THE RADIO ON AND OFF

There are two ways to turn the radio on, with the 90-minute timer feature or without the 90- minute timer. To turn it off at any time, press the ‘POWER & SLEEP’ button for about one second.

Note: When SLEEP Times is off, the clock always shows in the display.

1.WITH TIMER: A quick, short press of the ‘POWER & SLEEP’ button turns the radio on. ‘90’ shows in the display for about three seconds, then the radio’s normal frequency display shows. Turning it on this way causes it play for 90 minutes, after which its timer turns

it off automatically (to minimize excess battery drain). To change this automatic turn-off time from 90 minutes to a shorter time, see the sec- tion titled USING THE SLEEP TIMER.

2.WITHOUT TIMER: A long press of approxi- mately 3 seconds of the ‘POWER & SLEEP’ but- ton turns the radio on without engaging the automatic 90-minute timer feature, causing the radio to play indefinitely when using the AC adaptor, and turning off only when the batteries drain or the radio is turned off.

7 SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR

When you are listening to stations, the signal strength meter, in the upper right area of the display, will show the strength level of reception.

8 TUNING IN FM STATIONS

Fully extend the telescopic antenna and turn on the radio. Switch the BAND WIDTH FM AFC selector to the FM AFC ON position. FM appears in the display, as well as FM frequency numbers in the range of about 87-108 megahertz, abbreviat- ed MHz. Use the outer ‘fast’ tuning knob to find stations, fine tuning with the inner ‘slow’ knob when needed. When Automatic Frequency Con- trol (AFC) is ON, strong signals will automatically be captured and given precedence over weaker ones. With AFC turned OFF, the weak stations

in between stronger ones will be tuned in easier. AFC ON is generally the preferred position.

•Placing the STEREO MONO switch in the STEREO position enables FM reception in stereo. Note: The stereo is heard from earphones or

headphones and it is also heard from the stereo line-level outputs when feeding their output to amplified speakers or a stereo system.

•Placing the STEREO MONO switch in the MONO position will improve the quality of a poorly received station, but it will not be heard in stereophonic sound from the line level outputs.

•When listening through the built-in speaker, stereophonic sound is not heard. Only monaural sound is heard from the built-in speaker.

•If a station is not being received clearly, swiveling the telescopic antenna may result in improved reception.

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