Operation; Listening To The Receiver; Selecting The Band; Selecting The International Radio Frequency Band - Radio Shack DX-396 Owner's Manual

OPERATION

LISTENING TO THE
RECEIVER
Warning: To prevent possible ear injury
and hearing loss, set
mum before you turn on the receiver. Af-
ter you turn on the receiver, set
to a comfortable listening level.
Follow these steps to listen to the re-
ceiver.
1. Press
POWER
receiver.
2. Press
BAND
(FM, MW, or SW) appears on the
display. (See "Selecting the Band." )
3. Press or or the number keys (
< >
) to tune to the desired station.
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(See "Tuning to a Radio Station" on
Page 11.)
4. Adjust your receiver's antenna for
the best reception. (See "Using the
Antenna" on Page 12.)
5. Adjust
VOLUME
desired.
6. Press
POWER
receiver.

Selecting the Band

You can select the Frequency Modula-
tion (FM), Medium wave (MW), or the
12-band Shortwave (SW) band for oper-
ation.
Note: The medium wave band is also
known as the Amplitude Modulation
(AM) band due to its modulation system.
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to mini-
VOLUME
VOLUME
to turn on the
until the desired band
and
TONE
to turn off the
Press
BAND
MW, or SW) appears on the display.
• If you select FM ,
STEREO
broadcast) appear on the display.
Note: Your receiver has only one
speaker. To listen to a stereo broad-
cast, use stereo headphones (not
supplied). (See "Using Stereo Head-
phones" on Page 9.)
• If you select MW,
appear on the display.
• If you select SW ,
,
BAND
the display. See "Selecting the Inter-
national Radio Frequency Band." to
–
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select each international radio fre-
quency band.
Note:
only appear on the display if you
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select an SW frequency that falls
between the ranges printed on the
SHORTWAVE BANDS chart printed
as below the display.
Selecting the International
Radio Frequency Band
If you select the shortwave band, you
can further choose one of the 12 inter-
national radio frequency bands using
SW SELECT
Follow these steps to directly select one
of the 12 SW radio broadcast bands.
1. Press
band.
until the desired band (FM,
FM ,
(when you tune to a stereo
MW
SW BROADCAST
, , and
m SW kHz
SW BROADCAST BAND
.
to select shortwave
BAND
MHz , and
and kHz
appear on
and