Radio Shack DX-398 specification

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Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual

Contents

DX-398 OWNER’S MANUALwith Radio Data System All-BandShortwave Receiver FEATURES Control Lock — prevents accidental setting changes Band Meters THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW CONTENTS Storing FM, MW, or LW Frequencies in Memory PREPARATION CONNECTING TO POWERInstalling Internal Batteries Using Standard AC Power Using Vehicle Battery Power CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA ADJUSTING THE TELESCOPING ANTENNA Listening Safely CONNECTING HEADPHONESCONNECTING A TAPE RECORDER Traffic Safety USING THE STAND SETTING THE MW AM TUNING INCREMENT USING THE MEMO LABEL UNDERSTANDING YOUR RECEIVER M/MEM — stores frequencies into memory C cancel — cancels an entryAM MODE — lets you set up the alarm timer TUNING / — tunes up or down the band you selected LOCKING THE CONTROLS BASIC OPERATIONTURNING THE RECEIVER ON AND OFF LIGHTING THE DISPLAY SETTING AND VIEWING THE LOCAL TIME CHANGING A WORLD CITY NAME VIEWING A WORLD TIME Selecting a Band TUNING STATIONSManual Tuning Scan Tuning Direct Access Tuning PAGE TUNING PREPROGRAMMED SHORTWAVE STATIONS Page DX-398SHORTWAVE PAGES CHARTCountry Memory Location Stations CountryMemory Location Page Station CountryMemory Location Page WIDE/NARR.-AM ADJUSTING THE TONESPECIAL TUNING CONTROLS STEREO/MONO-FM USING RDS TUNING SSB STATIONS Saving Time, repeatedly press until appears 5.If your time zone is using DaylightFollow these steps to use RDS 1.Turn on the receiver Manual Storage MEMORY FUNCTIONSSTORING FM, MW, OR LW FREQUENCIES IN MEMORY Automatic Storage STORING 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 Silencing the Alarm TIMER FUNCTIONSUSING THE TIMER ALARMS Setting an Alarm Timer Recording USING THE SLEEP TIMERTurning a Timer Alarm On or Off BAND ALLOCATION LISTENING HINTSREFERENCE SOURCES FREQUENCY CONVERSION International Frequencies Longwave Band Aircraft FrequenciesShips and Coastal Station Frequencies Time Standard Frequencies LISTENING GUIDE 5,950 StationLocation Remarks 9,610 StationLocation Remarks 15,084 StationLocation Remarks AMATEUR SHORTWAVE BANDS IN THE US BIRDIES Amateur Shortwave Bands in MHz TROUBLESHOOTING CARE AND MAINTENANCE RESETTING THE DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS Page A Division of Tandy Corporation Limited Ninety-DayWarrantyWe Service What We Sell RadioShack