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- Page 1 TECSUN PL-450 FM STEREO/LW/MW/SW PLL SYNTHESIZED DUAL CONVERSION RECEIVER OWNER'S MANUAL PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL BEFORE OPERATION...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS MAJOR FEATURES OF THE PL-450 ................2 DIAGRAMS ........................3 GETTING STARTED ....................... 5 WHAT THE PL-450 INCLUDES ................5 INSTALLING BATTERIES ..................5 PREVENTING BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE ............... 5 USING THE INCLUDED AC ADAPTOR/CHARGER ..........5 CHARGING BATTERIES IN THE PL-450 .............. -
Page 3: Major Features Of The Pl-450
PL-450 OWNER'S MANUAL 1 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE PL-450 FM Frequency Range: 87-108 MHz or 76-108 MHz (For Japan) Shortwave Frequency Range: 1711- 29999 KHz 9/10KHz tuning step selector for Medium Wave (MW) reception 1 kHz tuning step for the display of Medium wave and Shortwave AM (LW/MW/SW) dual conversion. -
Page 4: Diagrams
2 DIAGRAMS 1. Power/ Sleep 2. FM/Shortwave Telescopic Antenna 3. LCD Display 4. Light / Snooze Button 5. Tuning Fast/Slow / Lock Button PAGE PRESET Ni-MH Battery Fast 6. Up / Auto-Scan Button 7. Down / Auto-Scan Button 8. Frequency / Preset Button 9. - Page 5 PL-450 OWNER'S MANUAL DIAGRAMS continued RADIO OFF DISPLAY RADIO ON DISPLAY 31. Battery Symbol 31. Battery Symbol 38. Clock Digits 36. Antenna Symbol 32. Clock Digits 37. 1-5 Scale 33. Alarm time Digits Timer Timer Ni-MH Ni-MH Battery Battery SL EEP...
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Page 6: Getting Started
INSTALLING BATTERIES the AC Adaptor/Charger. The battery compartment is located on the back of the PL-450. Its cover is on the CHARGING BATTERIES IN THE PL-450 lower right corner of the back. To remove The PL-450 will play using whatever type... - Page 7 PL-450's battery compartment. Before Charging time varies depending on the charging, the PL-450 must be set up for milliamp-hour rating of the batteries. The use with Ni-MH batteries and the correct...
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Page 8: Basic Radio Operation
TURNING THE PL-450 ON AND OFF VOLUME AND TONE CONTROLS The volume control (28), labeled The PL-450 can be turned on by the two VOLUME, is located on the right side of methods shown below. To turn it off, press the radio. - Page 9 (MHz), e.g. Inside of North America, AM stations (MW 102.9 MHz. To enter such frequencies, in the PL-450's display) are spaced in 10 just enter the frequency using the kHz tuning steps, you should change it numeric keypad (14).
- Page 10 BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued TUNING MODE FAST TUNING SLOW USING THE BANDWIDTH BUTTON The BANDWIDTH button (29) is used TUNING The TUNING-FAST/SLOW button (5) when listening to WM and SW stations. allows selection of fast or slow tuning Its purpose is to help minimize when using the tuning knob or the UP interference.
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Page 11: Clock And Timer Features
UP/DOWN buttons The PL-450 has a programmable alarm, (6, 7). enabling the PL-450 to turn on and play 4. Within 5 seconds of finishing, press/release the 'Time' (10) button or the radio for an alterable period of time wait until the clock digits stop flashing. -
Page 12: Storing A Radio Station Into Timer Memory
Here’s the 2 step minutes. This process can be repeated 3 procedure: times. 1. Turn on the PL-450 and tune to the desired station. 2. Press the ALARM button (11) for more than 1 second, then release. The alarm symbol flashes in the display twice. -
Page 13: Working With Memory
PL-450 OWNER'S MANUAL 6 WORKING WITH MEMORY At the factory, the PL-450 is set up with page. 3. Press/release the PAGE button to 10 pages of memory (from 01~10), each finalize the page change. page holding 50 frequencies plus 100 frequency memory in P0. -
Page 14: Memory Auto-Scan
DELETING A MEMORY'S CONTENTS CUSTOMIZING MEMORY PAGES 1. Press/release the FREQ/PRESET button (8). The PL-450 is configured at the 2. Use the UP or DOWN button (5,6) to factory with 10 memory pages (from select the memory preset location of 01~10), each page having 50 the frequency that you wish to delete. -
Page 15: System Set Codes
PL-450 OWNER'S MANUAL 7 SYSTEM SET CODES System Set Codes allow the radio to be tailored to your needs by changing certain programmable functions. These functions and their descriptions are noted in the table. SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE CODE NUMBER... -
Page 16: Changing System Set Codes
ICON (46) will briefly appear in the Performing a three second press of the lower right corner of the display. SYSTEM SET button, with the PL-450 turned off, allows monitoring of key set DEFAULT FACTORY SYSTEM SET codes and other settings. This information... -
Page 17: Listening To Shortwave Stations
FINE TUNING and located on the right turn it off and then lock it. This control side of the PL-450, enables optimization does not disengage timer functions. While you are listening to a favorite radio of the PL-450’s telescopic antenna when... - Page 18 'Meter Bands'. BAND (METERS) FREQUENCY RANGE 2250 - 2550 The PL-450 offers two ways to access a 3150 - 3450 shortwave band. Each method places the 3850 - 4050 tuner at the beginning of the band's 4700 - 5100 frequency range.
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Page 19: Troubleshooting
OPERATES ERRATICALLY The RESET button is on the bottom of the Perform a RESET, as described in the PL-450. When performing a reset, have section titled RESET PROCEDURE. good batteries in the radio or power it with STATIONS ARE RECEIVED TOO WEAK an AC adaptor and turn it off. - Page 20 TECSUN Tecsun General Electric Manufacturer Co., Ltd. 189 GuanChang Road, DongCheng District, DongGuan, GuangDong, P.R.China TEL: 86-769-2316 7118 FAX: 86-769-2316 0700 http://www.tecsun.com.cn email: tecsun@tecsun.com.cn...