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

YB500 specifications

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