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Tecsun PL-380 Operation Manual

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TECSUN
TECSUN
PL-380
FM stereo / SW / MW / LW DSP RECEIVER
OPERATION MANUAL
TECSUN
SLEEP
PL-380
FM/SW/MW/LW DSP RECEIVER
TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.
FACTORY: 189 GuanChang Road, DongCheng District,
DongGuan, GuangDong, P.R.China
E-mail: tecsun@on-nets.com
Website: www.tecsun.com.cn
TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.
www.tecsun.b2s.com

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  • Page 1 FM stereo / SW / MW / LW DSP RECEIVER OPERATION MANUAL TECSUN SLEEP PL-380 FM/SW/MW/LW DSP RECEIVER TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD. FACTORY: 189 GuanChang Road, DongCheng District, DongGuan, GuangDong, P.R.China E-mail: tecsun@on-nets.com Website: www.tecsun.com.cn TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD. www.tecsun.b2s.com...
  • Page 2 PL-380 Functional Block Diagram PL-380 is using DSP si4734 Microchips (from Silicon Labs in USA) to digitalize the analog AM/FM broadcasting signal base on the modern software technology and radio principles. It can highly improve on radio's sensitivity, selectivity, S/N ratio and...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTROL LOCATIONS........... 2 LCD DISPLAY..............4 QUICK START GUIDE............5 TURN THE RADIO ON OR OFF.........8 TUNE INTO STATIONS............9 ETM (Easy Tuning Mode) ● Manual tuning ● Auto scan stations ● Direct key-in frequency ● WORKING WITH MEMORIES..........12 ATS - Auto Tuning Storage ●...

  • Page 4: Control Locations

    CONTROL LOCATIONS 16 17 TECSUN POWER TIME ALARM LIGHT/ SNOOZE SLEEP DISPLAY FM ST. 9 /10kHz FM SET 12/24 MW/LW SW METER BAND SCAN PL-380 AM BW DEL ETE MW LW DSP RECEIVER...
  • Page 5 Power on/off Display button FM ST. button FM / ATS button (FM band selector and Auto Tuning Storage) MW / LW button ( MW / LW band selector & Auto Tuning Storage) SW/ ATS button (SW meter band selector & Auto Tuning Storage) ENTER / DEL ETE button 0-9 Numeric keys Memory button (Storing radio stations) / Batteries type selector...

  • Page 6: Lcd Display

    LCD DISPLAY SLEEP 15 14 kHz: frequency unit for MW, Battery consumption indicator / LW & SW Charging indicator MHz: frequency unit for FM Sleep timer indicator Digital number display (4 Digits) Alarm on/off indicator With radio off: world time, alarm "...

  • Page 7: Quick Start Guide

    QUICK START GUIDE TIME SETTING 1. Long press [TIME] button until "hour" is flashing in the display. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the correct "hour". 2. Short press [TIME] button again, rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust "minute". 3. Press the [TIME] button again to confirm your time setting.
  • Page 8 ETM(Easy Tuning Mode) on FM, MW, LW, SW band 1. Turn on the radio and select your desired band by pressing flashing either the FM, MW/LW or SW Frequency ] or [ ] button. Station running 2. Short press the [ETM] button with [ETM] shows on the display SLEEP to enter Easy Tuning Mode.
  • Page 9 AUTO BROWSE STATION 1. Turn on the radio and short Frequency press the [VF] button with moving running the frequency flashing. 2. Long press the [VF] button SLEEP with [ ] moving to scan from one station to another, staying on each stations for about 5 seconds.

  • Page 10: Turn The Radio On Or Off

    1. Installing batteries The battery compartment is located on the back of the PL-380. To remove the battery compartment cover, apply thumb pressure and slide it towards the bottom of the radio. Install 3 AA alkaline batteries into the battery compartment, observing the battery polarity diagram on the back of the radio.

  • Page 11: Tune Into Stations

    TUNE INTO STATIONS Short press [POWER] button to turn on your radio, then select your desired band by short pressing the [FM],[MW/ LW], SW [ ] or [ ] button. In case of receiving FM/SW broadcasting, fully extend the telescopic antenna for a better reception.

  • Page 12: Manual Tuning

    MW station: It is recommendable to perform the ETM function during day time as well as night time, because there usually are more stations that start broadcasting at night SW station: It is recommendable to perform the ETM function in the morning, afternoon as well as night time, because the transmitting signal of SW is very unstable and there usually are more stations that start broadcasting in the late afternoon.

  • Page 13: Direct Key-In Frequency

    Method 4: AUTO BROWSE MEMORY 1. Turn on the radio, short press the [VM] button with memory page shows in the upper right flashing corner and disappears in 5 seconds. SLEEP 2. Long press [VM] button with " " flashing to scan from one memory to another, staying on each station Auto-scan memory with...

  • Page 14: Working With Memories

    WORKING WITH MEMORIES There are total 550 preset memories within PL-380. For FM, MW, and LW, each band has 100 preset memories; and 250 preset memories for SW. Method 1: ATS - Auto Tuning Storage flashing Turn on the radio and select the...

  • Page 15: Manually Storing Station

    Method 2: MANUALLY STORING STATION 1. Tune to your desired station, press the [M] button once and notice the PRESET number flashing in the upper right corner of the display. 2. While it flashing, press the [M] button to store it into the memory or wait for 3 seconds to store it automatically.

  • Page 16: Semi Auto-Delete Memory

    Method 2: SEMI AUTO-DELETE MEMORY In VM mode, long press the [VM] button to activate the Auto-Browse function of memory. Once previewing your unwanted station, simply press the [DELETE] button with " " shows for 2 seconds and then keep on browsing other stations.

  • Page 17: Clock Setting

    SETTING THE CLOCK 1. Long press the [TIME] button until you see the hour flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to set the correct hour, then short press the [TIME] button and notice the minutes are flashing. 2. While it's flashing turn the [TUNING] knob to set the correct minutes, then press [TIME].

  • Page 18: Snooze / Light Function

    SNOOZE / LIGHT FUNCTION After alarm was activated with buzzer or radio broadcasting, press & release [LIGHT / SNOOZE] with a "B" sound. Then the radio would be turned off temporary, it will start to alarm again 5 minutes later. For the LCD backlight function, short press the [LIGHT] button to illuminates the LCD for 3 seconds.

  • Page 19: Fm St. (Fm Stereo) Button

    FM ST. (FM STEREO) BUTTON While listening to FM station via stereo earphones, short press the [FM.ST] button with " " appears over the left side of the frequency in the display to activate the STEREO mode once it receives the FM stereo station. AM BW (BANDWIDTH) BUTTON Short press the [AM BW] button to choose 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 kHz AM IF bandwidth.

  • Page 20: System Setting

    SYSTEM SETTING Frequency range setting for FM Turn off the radio, long press [FM SET] button, until 87.5- 108MHz, 64-108MHz, 76-108MHz, or 87-108MHz appears in the display. Quickly keep pressing on the [FM SET] button to select suitable frequency range for your local FM. Changing the clock format Turn off the radio, long press [12/24] button, until "...
  • Page 21 Turn off the "Bi" sound Turn off the radio, press and hold the [ / 0] button until " " or " " appears in the display; If " " appears in the display, which means "Bi" sound is turned off. Turn on / off intelligent lighting function This radio bears the intelligent lighting function which the backlight would be on for 3 seconds when tuning or...

  • Page 22: Using The External Antenna

    USING THE EXTERNAL ANTENNA The external antenna, which was come with is radio, is used to improve shortwave or FM performance. Clipping one end of the external antenna on the extendable antenna of this radio, then clipping another end of external antenna at the window.

  • Page 23: Using The Intelligent Charging Function

    USING THE INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION With radio off, install 3 x UM3 (AA) rechargeable batteries and then press & hold the [ ] key with " " & " " displays to activate the built in charging function. 1. Use any 5V external adaptor with USB plug to connect this radio, the symbol "...

  • Page 24: Important Matters For Using Batteries

    IMPORTANT MATTERS FOR USING BATTERIES 1. If no battery has been installed inside for long time, clock of radio would stop to work. However, pre-stored frequencies are still kept. Clock would work again after new batteries being re-installed inside. 2. When the battery power is low, the " "...

  • Page 25: Trouble Shooting

    TROUBLE SHOOTING QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS -No power with the Can not turn on -Replace the new batteries. the radio. batteries. -Didn't install the -According to "+" or batteries properly. "-" sign to install the batteries again. -Power button is -Press [ ] button locked.
  • Page 26 QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS When the alarm -Did not set the -Preset your alarm activated (alarm proper radio station station properly by radio), there is for the alarm. (see the above only noise with setting). the broadcast. -Or there are no -Make sure it has broadcasting at radio broadcast in...

  • Page 27: Bi" Sound Via Functions

    "Bi" SOUND VIA FUNCTIONS Function Button Status Sound Display Radio on Radio permanently " " display B-- (long) Radio on or off POWER Radio off " " display Rotate at 30, 60, 90, POWER Display the time for auto-off Adjust auto-off 120 mins.
  • Page 28 Function Button Status Sound Display Backlight on for 3 seconds Illuminate short time SNOOZE BACKLIGHT B-- (long) Backlight on Illuminate permanently LIGHT Backlight off Turn off SNOOZE " " or " " and the SNOOZE Temporary off auto turn-on time are flashing LIGHT Lock "...
  • Page 29 Function Button Status Sound Display " " in the display ?Bi? sound on/off " " in the display " " in the display Intelligent lighting on/off " " in the display " " display LW on / off MW/LW " "...

  • Page 30: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS 1. Frequency range 87~108 MHz Russia 64~108MHz Japan 76~108 MHz Eu, USA 87.5~108 MHz 522~1620 (USA 520~1710) kHz 153~513 kHz 2300~21950 kHz 2. Sensitivity F M (S/N=30dB) Less than 3μV MW (S/N=26dB) Less than 1mV/m LW (S/N=26dB) Less than 10mV/m SW (S/N=26dB) Less than 20μV 3.Selectivity...

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