Owner’S Manual, Cat. No | Radio Shack DX-398 instruction

OWNER’S MANUAL

OWNER’S MANUAL	Cat. No. 20-228
	DX-398
	All-Band Shortwave Receiver
	with Radio Data System

Please read before using this equipment.

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Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual Owner’S Manual, with Radio Data System, All-BandShortwave Receiver, Cat. No

Contents

with Radio Data System OWNER’S MANUALAll-BandShortwave Receiver DX-398 FEATURES Control Lock — prevents accidental setting changes Band Meters THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW CONTENTS Storing FM, MW, or LW Frequencies in Memory Installing Internal Batteries CONNECTING TO POWERUsing Standard AC Power PREPARATION Using Vehicle Battery Power CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA ADJUSTING THE TELESCOPING ANTENNA CONNECTING A TAPE RECORDER CONNECTING HEADPHONESTraffic Safety Listening Safely USING THE STAND SETTING THE MW AM TUNING INCREMENT USING THE MEMO LABEL UNDERSTANDING YOUR RECEIVER AM MODE — lets you set up the alarm timer C cancel — cancels an entryTUNING / — tunes up or down the band you selected M/MEM — stores frequencies into memory TURNING THE RECEIVER ON AND OFF BASIC OPERATIONLIGHTING THE DISPLAY LOCKING THE CONTROLS SETTING AND VIEWING THE LOCAL TIME CHANGING A WORLD CITY NAME VIEWING A WORLD TIME Manual Tuning TUNING STATIONSSelecting a Band Scan Tuning Direct Access Tuning PAGE TUNING PREPROGRAMMED SHORTWAVE STATIONS Country DX-398SHORTWAVE PAGES CHARTMemory Location Page Memory Location CountryPage Stations Memory Location CountryPage Station SPECIAL TUNING CONTROLS ADJUSTING THE TONESTEREO/MONO-FM WIDE/NARR.-AM USING RDS TUNING SSB STATIONS Follow these steps to use RDS 5.If your time zone is using Daylight1.Turn on the receiver Saving Time, repeatedly press until appears STORING FM, MW, OR LW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORY MEMORY FUNCTIONSAutomatic Storage Manual Storage STORING SW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORY 4.While PAGE and MEMO flash MOVING A FREQUENCY TO ANOTHER MEMORY LOCATION LOCKING/UNLOCKING A STORED STATIONDELETING A STATION YOU STORED USING PRIORITY USING THE TIMER ALARMS TIMER FUNCTIONSSetting an Alarm Silencing the Alarm Turning a Timer Alarm On or Off USING THE SLEEP TIMERTimer Recording REFERENCE SOURCES LISTENING HINTSFREQUENCY CONVERSION BAND ALLOCATION International Frequencies Ships and Coastal Station Frequencies Aircraft FrequenciesTime Standard Frequencies Longwave Band LISTENING GUIDE Location StationRemarks 5,950 Location StationRemarks 9,610 Location StationRemarks 15,084 AMATEUR SHORTWAVE BANDS IN THE US BIRDIES Amateur Shortwave Bands in MHz TROUBLESHOOTING CARE AND MAINTENANCE RESETTING THE DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS Page We Service What We Sell Limited Ninety-DayWarrantyRadioShack A Division of Tandy Corporation