Manual Tuning; Scan Tuning The Fm/ Mw/Lw Bands; Listening To The Sw Meter Band; Fine Tuning - Radio Shack DX-399 Owner's Manual

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Manual Tuning
You can
select a station even
if
you
do not
know
its
frequency.
Select
the desired band,
th
en
repeatedly press TUNING
/\.
or
v
until you
hear the
broadcast
from the desired
station.
Scan Tuning
the
FM/MW/LW
Bands
To tune up
or
down
to
the next active frequency
in
the selected
band,
hold
down
TUNING
/\.
or
v
for
at
least 1
second. The
receiv-
er scans up
or
down the selected band and tunes to the
first
fre-
quency
it
fi nds with a strong signal.
Note:
When scanning, the
receiver
only searches for frequencies
wit
h strong
signals.
To search
for stations
with
weaker
signals,
re-
peatedly
press TUNING
/\.
or
v
to tune to the
station
manually.
Listening
to t he
SW Meter Band
1.
To select a SW band, press
SW/METER
so a SW frequency
appears.
2
.
Press SW
again.
SW frequency disappears and m
flashes.
3.
Press the desired
SW
band
button
(11m-120m).
The selected
band appears and remains as long as there is tuning
activity
within that
band.
4
.
Press
FINE
then
TUNING
/\.
or
v
to
fine tune
to
the desired
freq uency according to the SHORT WAVE METER BAND fre-
quency ranges listed
on
the folding stand.
TUNING
/\.
or
v
tunes in
1
kHz
increments.
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