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BASIC RADIO OPERATION
TURNING THE PL-600 ON AND OFF
The PL-600 can be turned on by the two
methods shown below. To turn it off, press
the POWER/SLEEP button (1).
1. BATTERY SAVER/TIMER METHOD:
Perform a quick, short press of the
POWER/SLEEP button (1). This turns the
radio on with 30 in the display and causes
the radio to shut off automatically after 30
minutes. The sleep timer symbol
,
, also appears in the display. To
SL EEP
change the automatic shut off time from
30 minutes to the number of minutes-to-
play of your preference, use the UP or
DOWN buttons (9, 10) immediately after
turning on the radio. This allows selection
of 1~120 minutes of playtime before
automatic shut-off occurs. The number of
minutes that you last set is also used the
next time the radio is turned on.
2. TIMER-DEFEAT METHOD:
This method defeats the automatic
minute timer and causes the radio to stay
on until deliberately turned off, until the
batteries drain or indefinitely if used with
an AC adaptor. Hold down the POWER
button for about 3 seconds, then release.
Note that 'On' appears in the display and
that the sleep timer symbol does not
appear when this method is used.
SIGNAL STRENGTH AND BATTERY
STRENGTH INDICATOR
When the radio is turned off, the upper
left corner of the display (6) shows battery
strength. When the radio is turned on, the
antenna symbol (38) and the 1-5 scale
shows relative signal strength.
VOLUME AND TONE CONTROLS
The volume control (31), labeled
VOLUME, is located on the right side of
the radio. To change the volume, rotate
the volume control knob. The tone control
(24), on the left side of the radio is
labeled TREBLE/BASS. Use the position
producing the sound that you like best.
USING EARPHONES
Earphones/headphones with a 1/8 inch
stereo plug can be used. Plug them into
the earphone socket (25) on the left side
of the radio.
SELECTING FM, MW, LW OR
SHORTWAVE
When listening to FM or shortwave, fully
extend the telescopic antenna (5). It need
not be extended when listening to MW or
LW stations. After turning on the PL-600,
perform quick, short presses of the
'FM/MW -ATS' button (15) to select FM or
MW. To select SW press the 'SW METER
BAND' button (16). Each sequential press
of the SW METER BAND button or of the
UP or DOWN buttons places the radio at
the beginning of a specific shortwave
meter band. The frequency digits (43)
appear toward the center portion of the
display. The local stations of the area that
you are currently in will be heard on MW
and FM, while shortwave stations from
around the world can be heard on SW.
You can also select LW by press the
'FM/MW/LW' button (15). Before using
LW, you should activate the LW function
via the SYSTEM SET CODE, see the
SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE.
NOTE: If you are new to shortwave, see
the special shortwave sections later in
this manual.
6 WORKING WITH MEMORY
At the factory, the PL-600 is set up with
10 pages of memory (from 01~10), each
page holding 50 frequencies plus 100
frequency memory in P0. This enables
storing of 600 frequencies into memory.
Memory setting of 01~10 can be changed
and tailored to your personal needs or
can be left as is. When first learning to
store stations into memory, we suggest
using the factory setting. To change the
factory setting, see the section
CUSTOMIZING MEMORY PAGES. When
working with memory, the term PRESET
appears in the display under the memory
numbers.
STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY
1. Turn on the radio.
2. Tune to the desired station.
3. Press/release the MEMORY button
(18). Note that the memory number
digits, labeled PRESET (46) flash in
the upper right corner of the display.
The memory page number, labeled
PAGE, also appears, but does not
flash.
4. Within 5 seconds use the numeric
keypad to enter the memory number
that you wish to store the station into.
For memories 1-9, enter the numbers
as 01~09.
5. Within 5 seconds press the MEMORY
button, or wait 5 seconds. This finalizes
storing into memory and after a few
seconds, the upper right corner's
display returns to show the clock.
SELECTING/CHANGING MEMORY
PAGES
To select/change memory pages:
1. Press/release the PAGE button (12).
The page number flashes in the
display.
2. Within 3 seconds, use either the UP or
DOWN button to change to the page of
your choice. Alternately, use the
PL-600
OWNER'S MANUAL
numeric keypad to enter the page or
use the tuning knob to change the
page.
3. Press/release the PAGE button to
finalize the page change.
ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO
MEMORY
There are three ways to access what has
been stored into memory: Direct Memory
Access, Manual Memory Search and
Memory Auto-scan. These three methods
are described below. When the memory
page and memory preset numbers
appear in the upper right corner of the
display, as it will in the descriptions below,
the radio is in MEMORY ACCESS MODE.
This mode can be exited any time with a
press/release of the FREQ/PRESET
button (11).
If you first need to change memory
pages, see the previous section,
SELECTING/CHANGING MEMORY
PAGES.
DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS
Use the numeric keypad to key-in the
memory number. For example, if the
desired radio station is in memory
number 01, just press '0', then '1', and it
will go to memory 01.
MANUAL MEMORY SEARCH
Manual Memory Search enables manual
searching through the memories within a
memory page, as shown below:
1. Press/release the FREQ/PRESET (11)
button.
2. Use quick, short presses on the UP or
DOWN buttons or use the tuning knob
to search through the memories.
3. Press the FREQ/PRESET button when
finished.
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