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- Page 1 TECSUN PL-660 PLL SYNTHESIZED RECEIVER FM STEREO / MW / LW / SW-SSB / AIR BAND OPERATION MANUAL --- 1 ---...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS …………………………………………………………………. FEATURES ……………………………………………………………………………………... CONTROL LOCATIONS ……………………………………………………………….. LCD DISPLAY ………………………………………………………………………………... HOW TO TURN ON/OFF THE RADIO …………………………………………. TUNE IN STATIONS ……………………………………………………………………… METHOD 1: MANUAL STATION TUNING ………………………………. METHOD 2: AUTO BROWSE STATION …………………………………… METHOD 3: DIRECT KEYPAD ENTRY ……………………………………. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS TONE CONTROL …………………………………………………………………………... KEY-LOCK FUNCTION ………………………………………………………………... INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION …………………………………….. SINGLE SIDE BAND (SSB) ……………………………………………………………. SYNCHRONOUS DETECTOR ………………………………………………………. HOW TO IMPROVE FM / SW RECEPTION ………………………………… SYSTEM SETTING (In Power Off Mode) ………………………………………. SETTING FM FREQUENCY RANGE …………………………………………... -
Page 4: Features
FEATURES · FM-Stereo/MW/LW/SW/SSB/AIR band (118-137 MHz) World Receiver with high sensitivity and selectivity · Easy operation and with high quality acoustic sound · Worldwide FM band coverage from 76 MHz to 108 MHz · Shortwave single-sideband (SSB) with upper sideband (USB) and lower sideband (LSB) ·... -
Page 5: Control Locations
CONTROL LOCATIONS 1. Power / Sleep button 2. Time set button 3. Timer A Alarm set button 4. Timer B Alarm set button 5. FM & SW Telescopic Antenna 6. Light / Snooze / Step button 7. VF / VM / SCAN 8. -
Page 6: Lcd Display
LCD DISPLAY 1. Battery Consumption indicator : Full : Empty 2. Signal Strength indicator : Strong Signal : Weak Signal 3. Digital Number Display: With radio off: Time & System settings With radio on: Frequency or Error display 4. Sleep timer indicator 5. - Page 7 LCD DISPLAY 13. Single Side Band (SSB) indicator USB: Upper Side Band LSB: Lower Side Band 14. Tuning Speed: Slow: Slow Tuning Fast: Fast Tuning KHz: frequency unit for MW, LW & SW MHz: frequency unit for FM 15. AM Band width indicator : AM Wide band : AM Narrow band 16.
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Page 8: How To Turn On/Off The Radio
HOW TO TURN ON/OFF THE RADIO 1. Open the battery compartment located on the back of the unit; install 4 x UM3AA alkaline batteries observing the battery polarity diagram on the back of the radio. Close the battery door. Connect the unit to the regulated power supply. -- 9 --... - Page 9 HOW TO TURN ON/OFF THE RADIO 2. Press on the [POWER] button to turn on the radio. Note: If the radio is unable to turned on, please check if the batteries were installed correctly, battery capacity is sufficient or the lock function had been applied with "...
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Page 10: Tune In Stations
TUNE IN STATIONS Press the [POWER] button to turn on your radio, then select your desired band by pressing [FM], [AM], SW [ ] / [ ], or [AIR] button. In case of receiving FM/AIR/SW broadcasting, fully extend the telescopic antenna for a better reception. When receiving MW and LW broadcasting, please rotate the radio or change it's location to achieve optimum reception. -
Page 11: Method 3: Direct Keypad Entry
TUNE IN STATIONS Notes: 1. While operating the "Auto Browse Station" function, you can press the [MEMORY] button anytime to store the station into memory, and the radio will keep on auto browsing the next available station. 2. The "Auto Browse Station" function can't be employed under Air band and SW SSB states. -
Page 12: Working With Station Memories
WORKING WITH STATION MEMORIES There are 2000 memories for PL-660, which has great flexibility of memory storage. Please note the chart below: 1. Memory PAGE 0, rioted as [P0], consists of 800 memories, 100 assigned for FM/MW/LW, 200 for SW & SSB and 100 for AIR BAND. -
Page 13: Method 3: Ats (Auto Tuning Storage)
WORKING WITH STATION MEMORIES METHOD 3: ATS (AUTO TUNING STORAGE) FM ATS: 1. Fully extend the telescopic antenna and press the [FM] button to select FM band. 2. Press & hold the [FM] button with "PRESET" flashing and the frequency start running, then you can scan and store the available stations within the memories. -
Page 14: How To Select Different Memory Page
WORKING WITH STATION MEMORIES HOW TO SELECT DIFFERENT MEMORY PAGE 1. Press the [FM], [MW/LW] or [SW] button for band selection, then tune into your desired station. 2. Press the [MEMORY] button with memory address flashing on the upper right corner 3. -
Page 15: Method 2: Semi-Auto Delete Memory
WORKING WITH STATION MEMORIES METHOD 2: SEMI-AUTO DELETE MEMORY Press and hold the [VF/VM] to auto browse stations, then you can press the [DELETE] button anytime to direct delete the unwanted station; the radio will keep on auto browsing the next available station until you press any other button to stop this function. -
Page 16: Listening To Stored Stations
LISTENING TO STORED STATIONS Select band and then press the [VF/VM] button with "Memory address" shows on the upper right corner of display to enter the [Memory] mode, press the [ - PAGE + ] button to select your desired page, then apply any of below three tuning methods to tune around those stored stations:... -
Page 17: Sleep Function
SLEEP FUNCTION 1. Press & hold the [POWER] button with the symbol of " " flashing on the display to enter sleep timer mode. 2. Rotate the [TUNING] knob immediately to select sleep timer from 1 ~ 120 minutes or select permanently "... -
Page 18: Alarm Setting (By Radio Only)
ALARM SETTING (By Radio only) SETTING THE ALARM STATION: 1. Turn on the radio, then tune into your favorite station for alarm by radio and adjust your desired alarm volume level. 2. Press the [MEMORY] button and then immediately press the [TIMER A] or [TIMER B] button and notice "... -
Page 19: Snooze Function
SNOOZE FUNCTION When the preset alarm is activated, you can press the [LIGHT/SNOOZE] button with " " or " " flashing in order to turn off the alarm temporarily, but the unit will turn on again after 5 minutes later. Notes: 1. -
Page 20: Setting Tuning Step
SETTING TUNING STEP The intelligent tuning step function is activated by default. You can also press & hold the [STEP] button to select fast / slow tuning with radio on. FAST/SLOW tuning is shown in the chart below for each band. TUNING STEP FAST/SLOW TUNING STEP SLOW TUNING STEP... -
Page 21: Am Bw (Bandwidth)
AM BW (BANDWIDTH) Press the [AM BW] button to select your desired bandwidth for MW, LW, SW, and SSB. Wide Band It has better audio fidelity when receiving strong signals or local stations. Narrow Band It is suitable to receive weak & long distant station as narrow band is able to limit the interference from adjacent strong signal and reduce the background noise. -
Page 22: Key-Lock Function
KEY-LOCK FUNCTION To activate the key lock function, press & hold the [ ] button with " " appears on display. Press & hold it again with " " disappears to deactivate the key lock function. INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION With radio off, install 4 x UM3 (AA) rechargeable batteries to activate the built-in charging function. -
Page 23: Synchronous Detector
SYNCHRONOUS DETECTOR When receiving AM broadcasting, if there is interference from adjacent strong signals, you can activate the SYNC function to improve the reception. 1. Press the [SYNC] button to select between " " or " " for optimum reception. 2. -
Page 24: System Setting (In Power Off Mode)
SYSTEM SETTING (In Power Off Mode) SETTING FM FREQUENCY RANGE: Press & hold the [FM SET] button until 88-108 MHz, 76-108 MHz or 87-108 MHz appears in the display. Quickly keep on pressing the [FM SET] button to select suitable frequency range for your local FM. TURN ON/OFF THE LW: Press &... -
Page 25: Reset Procedure
SYSTEM SETTING (In Power Off Mode) Note: This radio is default to use rechargeable batteries for power supply. In case of using regular batteries, you should switch the radio system to regular batteries mode in order to show the correct power capacity. RESET PROCEDURE If the radio does not function properly, you can perform a reset by using a pointed object... -
Page 26: Trouble Shooting
TROUBLE SHOOTING QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS Can not turn on the radio. - Batteries have no power - Replace all batteries with new one. - Installing batteries - Observing the polarities of incorrectly battery, then re-install all batteries again. - Key knob function is - Press the [ ] button to being activated. - Page 27 TROUBLE SHOOTING QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS The charging time The chargeable batteries Replace the old rechargeable becomes shorter and getting old. batteries with new ones. shorter. Radio malfunction. This may caused by Remove all batteries, then interference, and the reload again. computer microchip does If it is still not working, not function properly.
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Page 28: Specifications
SPECIFICATIONS 1. Frequency Range: 76 ~ 108 / 87 ~ 108 MHz Step: 0.01 MHz / 0.1 MHz 522 ~ 1620 / 520 ~ 1710 kHz Tuning Step: 9K for North America or other countries / 10K for South America LW: 100 ~ 519 kHz Step: 1 kHz / 9 kHz SW: 1711 ~ 29999 kHz... - Page 29 SPECIFICATIONS 8. Station Memory 2000M in total 800 memories for each band: 100M 100M 100M 200M SSB: 200M AIR: 100M 1200 memories for 12 memory pages (each page 100 memories) 9. Alarm Mode: alarm by radio only (2 pre-settings) 10. Quiescent Current <...