Tuning; Selecting The Band; Improving Reception; Automatic Tuning System (Ats) - Radio Shack DX-402 Owner's Manual

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FM — Pull up the antenna base about
halfway then fully extend the antenna
and rotate it for the best reception.
LW and AM — Rotate the receiver.
The receiver uses the internal anten-
na for the LW and AM bands.
SW — Pull up the antenna base then
fully extend the antenna and point it
straight up.

TUNING

Selecting the Band

Repeatedly press
BAND
sired band appears. To select a spe-
cific band within the SW band,
repeatedly press
SW SELECT
desired meter band appears.

Improving Reception

You can use
DX/LOCAL
the receiver's reception when listen-
ing to SW and FM broadcasts.
For improved reception when listen-
ing to a station with a strong but dis-
torted signal, slide
.
LOCAL
To reduce interference when using
the Automatic Tuning System (ATS)
to scan and store stations on the FM
band, slide
DX/LOCAL
the receiver tunes to the stronger lo-
cal station.
Note: Interference can be caused by
a computer, motor, or other electronic
device nearby. To improve reception,
move the receiver away from these
devices.
To improve reception of stations that
are normally weak, slide the switch to
.
DX
Automatic Tuning System
(ATS)
The receiver features an Automatic
Tuning System which scans all the
available FM, AM, and LW stations
until the de- and stores them in a memory loca-
tions for quick tuning.
The receiver tunes to and stores FM
until the
frequencies in the first available
memory location and orders them in
sequence from the lowest to the high-
est frequency.
to improve
The receiver tunes to and stores AM
or LW frequencies in the first avail-
able memory location and orders
them according to the frequencies'
strength. The receiver stores the
strongest signal first, then the second
to
DX/LOCAL
strongest signal next, and so on until
all nine memory location numbers are
occupied.
Follow these steps to set your receiv-
er to tune automatically.
to so
LOCAL
1. Repeatedly press
desired band appears
Operation
until the
BAND
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