Sw Station Call Tuning - Sony CF-SW07 Operating Instructions Manual

Various ways of reception (continued)

SW STATION CALL tuning

Tune in to major short wave stations by just pressing the station buttons:
DW, VOA, BBC and OTH (others). The radio automatically chooses the
frequencies used in your time zone from the SW STATION CALL ROM*
encased at the bottom of the unit, scans for them, and stops scan at
reception.
*ROM = Read Only Memory
1
Set the time zone to your area.
For LOCAL time, see "Setting the Local Time", page 12.
For WORLD time, see "Finding out the time in other areas of the
world", page 14.
SW STATION CALL automatically selects only the frequencies
that are receivable in the area corresponding to your time
zone setting, regardless of LOCAL or WORLD time. Thus, it is
crucial that you set the time zone properly to match your current
location before using SW STATION CALL.
2
Press POWER ON/OFF to turn on the radio.
3
Press the station button of your choice.
"SW STATION CALL", the station
name and a frequency is displayed.
The time difference from the UTC
and the time zone indicator flash for
about 3 seconds, and then light up.
Confirm your time zone setting.
The frequency actually displayed
may be different from the illustration.
4
Press the same station button again.
The radio scans the frequencies for your area in ascending order,
and stops at reception.
Press the button again to resume scanning.
To stop scanning
Press the same station button during scan.
GB
24
Listening to the radio
ABC DEF GHI
1 2
FM/
AM
JKL MNO PQR
4 5
AM BAND
STU VWX YZ
LOCAL/ 7 8
WORLD
<>
/ DISPLAY
LABEL EDIT
0
DIRECT EXE
TIMERSTANDBY/ TIME SET
STANDBY TIME SET TIME DIFF
a b
STANDBY MEMORY
SW STATION CALL
MY DW VOA
POWER
ON/
3
SYNC
OFF
6 SSB SLEEP
DST
9
ERASE
LIGHT
TIME SET
ENTER
JOG/
TUNE/
SCAN˚
BBC OTH
POWER
ON/OFF
Station
name
buttons