Contents | Radio Shack DX-398 manual

CONTENTS
Preparation	7
Connecting to Power	7
Installing Internal Batteries	7
Using Standard AC Power	7
Using Vehicle Battery Power	8
Adjusting the Telescoping Antenna	9
Connecting an External Antenna	9
Connecting Headphones	10
Listening Safely	10
Traffic Safety	10
Connecting a Tape Recorder	10
Using the Stand	11
Using the Memo Label	12
Setting the MW (AM) Tuning Increment	12
Understanding Your Receiver	13
Basic Operation	15
Turning the Receiver On and Off	15
Lighting the Display	15
Locking the Controls	15
Setting and Viewing the Local Time	16
Viewing a World Time	17
Changing a World City Name	17
Tuning Stations	18
Selecting a Band	18
Manual Tuning	18
Direct Access Tuning	19
Scan Tuning	19
Tuning Preprogrammed Shortwave Stations	20
DX-398 Shortwave Pages Chart	21
Adjusting the Tone	24
Special Tuning Controls	24
STEREO/MONO-FM	24
WIDE/NARR.-AM	24
AM RF GAIN	24
Tuning SSB Stations	25
Using RDS	25

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Radio Shack DX-398 owner manual Contents

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 Selecting a Band TUNING STATIONSManual Tuning 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 DELETING A STATION YOU STORED LOCKING/UNLOCKING A STORED STATIONMOVING A FREQUENCY TO ANOTHER MEMORY LOCATION USING PRIORITY USING THE TIMER ALARMS TIMER FUNCTIONSSetting an Alarm Silencing the Alarm Timer Recording USING THE SLEEP TIMERTurning a Timer Alarm On or Off 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