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- Page 1 WORLD RECEIVER WORLD RECEIVER YACHT BOY 400 YACHT BOY 400...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Contents Station Tuning Frequency Tuning in the FM Band........15 Your Unit at a Glance Frequency Tuning in the AM Band........15 Display ..............04 Station Tuning with the Numeric Buttons ......17 Front of Unit............06 Entering a Meter Band Top of Unit ............. - Page 3 Contents Automatic Switch-On/ Wake-Up Function Entering a Switch-On Time .......... 24 Checking the Entered Switch-On Time......24 Wake-Up with Radio/Automatic Switch-On ....... 24 Wake-Up with Sound Signal/Date Reminder ..... 25 Clearing the Wake-Up Function........25 Special Functions on AM SSB Mode (Amateur Radio Reception) ......26 Interferences............
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Page 4: Your Unit At A Glance
Your Unit at a Glance SNOOZE LIGHT Y A C H T B O Y 4 0 0 O N / O F F S L E E P O N T I M E T I M E 1 / 2 F R E E S T O R E A U T O... -
Page 5: Display
Your Unit at a Glance Wake-up mode symbols Display You can select the wake-up mode (radio or sound ¢ signal ) by pressing the AUTO button. TIME II ON-TIME SLEEP LOCK TIME II Time I/II You can select between two times (2 different time BATT. - Page 6 Your Unit at a Glance Stereo 8.8.8:8.8 Large numeric block Indication in the case of stereo broadcasts. With the radio switched on: Frequency indication and special messages (e.g., E F F 8 F ). With the radio switched off: Time 1 or time 2 (e.g., 2 : 0 4 ).
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Page 7: Front Of Unit
Your Unit at a Glance ON TIME Switch-on time Front of Unit For calling up the wake-up time (in the left numeric block) when the radio is switched on. Multifunction display For setting the wake-up time (switch-on time) (Description see further up) (e.g., 7 . - Page 8 Your Unit at a Glance Two pressures on the button will overwrite occupied LOCK Key lock memory positions (e.g., 23 STORE STORE): The se- For locking all keys except the ¢ lected memory position is overwritten and occupied ON/OFF button (for switching off) and the by the station currently tuned to.
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Page 9: Top Of Unit
Your Unit at a Glance MEMO For calling up the memory positions (as with ME- Top of Unit MO ). Press once: Next lower memory position. Telescopic aerial Press and keep pressed longer than 1 s: Automatic for FM and SW reception. memory position selection in descending order. -
Page 10: Right Side Of Unit
Your Unit at a Glance STEREO MONO On FM: Mono/stereo switch. Right Side of Unit WIDE NARR On AM: Wide/narrow switch. In the FM waveband, this switch is used to select FINE TUNING Fine tuning between mono and stereo reception. For fine tuning on SSB reception. -
Page 11: Aerials
Aerials Telescopic aerial for FM and SW reception. When the aerial base is completely retracted, the telescopic aerial can be tilted and swivelled into the position giving best reception. For SW reception, fully extend the aerial and position it vertically. Due to the much better propagation conditions in the evening and night hours with respect to daytime reception, interferences may occur during these hours. -
Page 12: Power Supply
Power Supply Mains Operation Battery Check Only use a mains unit with the correct output voltage of 9V = and cor- When the batteries get weak, the indication will flash in BATT. CHECK rect polarity the display. Connect the mains unit to the DC 9V socket. This disconnects the When the radio is switched on, it will switch off after a short time. -
Page 13: Data Protection (Mains And Battery Operation)
RESET Button If, due to external interferences (caused by static charges of carpets, thunderstorms, etc.), the control electronics of your Yacht Boy 400 should receive bad information signals, or if no entries at all are pos- sible, press the ¢... -
Page 14: General Operation
General Operation For convenient operation, your Yacht Boy can be brought into a tilted Direct Entries position by the swing-out stand provided at its rear. For entering numeric values, use the numeric buttons. These values The type plate is to be found below this stand. are: On the stand, there is an illustration showing the time zones of the Frequencies, station position numbers (programming and calling... -
Page 15: Volume And Tone
General Operation Volume and Tone The volume is adjusted with the VOLUME control. The tone is adjusted with the TONE switch. LOW = Bass. HIGH = Treble. Waveband Selection After switching on the unit with the ¢ ON/OFF button, it is ready for reception and you hear the station last tuned to. -
Page 16: Station Tuning
Station Tuning The automatic search will stop as soon as it has found a station wor- ¢ Switch the unit on with the ON/OFF button. thy of reception (of a signal strength sufficient for good reception). It The display indicates the frequency tuned to – on FM in MHz, and on ¢... - Page 17 Station Tuning Adjusting the tuning steps This is a precaution to avoid accidental tuning step switching. The tuning steps are adjusted with the ¢ STEP button. TIME I ON-TIME With the unit switched on, you can switch between 1 kHz or 9 kHz on LW 1 kHz or 5 kHz on SW 1 kHz or 9 resp.
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Page 18: Station Tuning With The Numeric Buttons
Station Tuning Automatic tuning (AUTO TUNING) Station Tuning with the Numeric Buttons This frequency search is started by pressing the ¢ AUTO TUNING button. (Direct frequency entry) Short presssure: Search is started in direction of higher frequencies. For this, the frequency of the station you wish to tune to must be Long pressure: Search is started in direction of lower frequencies. -
Page 19: Entering A Meter Band
Entering a Meter Band Entering a meter band on SW Indication of the current band on SW Entered numbers below 100 with subsequent confirmation by the In the case of direct frequency entry or SW frequency scanning ¢ FREQU./METER button are interpreted as wavelength in meter for (within a m-band): The selected band is permanently indicated. - Page 20 Entering a Meter Band Band (m) Lower cut-off Radio station* frequecy (kHz) or band centre 90-m tropic 3200 3300 80-m amateur 3500 75-m radio 3900 3955 60-m tropic 4750 4905 49-m radio 5950 6075 40-m amateur 7000 41-m radio 7100 7200 31-m radio 9500...
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Page 21: Storing, Calling Up, And Clearing
Storing, Calling Up, and Clearing If the memory position is alread occupied, What Can You Store? – the frequency indication flashes in the display. The indications "MEMORY" and the number of the selected memory position remain You can programme up to 40 station memory positions (memory steady. -
Page 22: Indicating Free Memory Positions
Storing, Calling Up, and Clearing Memo buttons TIME I A short pressure on the ¢ MEMO button calls up the next higher memory position. The unit automatically tunes to the corresponding BATT. CHECK station in the correct waveband. TUNING 0 . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4 . . . 5 MEMORY FREE A short pressure on the... -
Page 23: Going To Sleep To Music
Going to Sleep to Music You can enter a time period (60 minutes max.), after which the radio When the programmed switch-on period has elapsed, the unit is swit- switches automatically off. ched off and the indication goes out. SLEEP Press the ¢... -
Page 24: The Clock
The Clock Here too, each entry step (button pressure) must be completed Setting the Clock (TIME II/Clock Time II) within a period of 5 seconds. You can enter clock times no matter whether the unit is switched on For setting TIME II follow the same steps, except that the display must or off. -
Page 25: Automatic Switch-On/Wake-Up Function
Automatic Switch-On/Wake-Up Function Your radio allows you to enter a wake-up time (switch-on time). = Wake-up with radio programme. You hear the station last tuned to. When selecting the function "Wake-up with radio", you will hear the = Wake-up with sound signal. last received radio station. -
Page 26: Wake-Up With Sound Signal/Date Reminder
Automatic Switch-On/Wake-Up Function At the programmed time, the radio is automatically switched on. Clearing the Wake-Up Function If no button is pressed, the radio will play for about 60 minutes and then is switched off automatically. Switch off the wake-up function with the ¢... -
Page 27: Special Functions On Am
Special Functions on AM As soon as a station is found – the speech is still unintelligible – tune SSB Mode (Amateur Radio Reception) to best possible reception with the help of the FINE TUNING control. SSB reception is an additional function to "normal" radio reception. It When arriving at the limit of the finetuning range, it may be necessary to allows you to listen to amateur transmissions (mostly speech). -
Page 28: Specification
Specification Power Supply By six 1.5 V batteries (IEC LR 6). External supply: By a commercial 9 V DC mains unit (see connecting socket). Output Power 600 mW (via built-in loudspeaker). Built-in Aerials Telescopic aerial for FM and SW. Ferrite rod aerial for MW and LW. Connecting Sockets For external voltage supply: DC 9V. - Page 29 90-m tropical 3200 – 3400 (not with YB 400 IB) 80-m amateur 3500 – 3800 (not with YB 400 IB) 3.95 ... 26,1 MHz (Yacht Boy 400 IB) 75-m radio 3900 – 4000 520 ... 1710 kHz 60-m tropical 4750 –...
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Page 30: Hints - Prescriptions
Specification Radio France Internationale Hints – Prescriptions 116 av. du Pres. Kennedy F 75786 Paris Cedex 16 Use only a soft cloth which picks up dust to clean the cabinet. Do not use aggressive polishes or cleaning agents. Do not expose the set to Radiotelevisione Italiana temperatures above 60°C. - Page 32 Grundig AG • Beuthener Str. 41 • D-90471 Nürnberg • http://www.grundig.com GRUNDIG AG • Kurgartenstraße 37 • D-90762 Fürth • http://www.grundig.de • http://www.grundig.com 72010 737 7100 72010 737 7100...