Operation, Listening to the receiver – Radio Shack DX-396 User Manual
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OPERATION
LISTENING TO THE
RECEIVER
Warning: To prevent possible ear injury
and hearing loss, set
VOLUME
to mini-
mum before you turn on the receiver. Af-
ter you turn on the receiver, set
VOLUME
to a comfortable listening level.
Follow these steps to listen to the re-
ceiver.
1. Press
POWER
to turn on the
receiver.
2. Press
BAND
until the desired band
(FM, MW, or SW) appears on the
display. (See “Selecting the Band.” )
3. Press
<
or
>
or the number keys (
0
–
9
) to tune to the desired station.
(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
and
TONE
as
desired.
6. Press
POWER
to turn off the
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.
Press
BAND
until the desired band (FM,
MW, or SW) appears on the display.
•
If you select FM,
FM
,
MHz
, and
STEREO
(when you tune to a 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,
MW
and
kHz
appear on the display.
•
If you select SW,
SW
BROADCAST
BAND
,
m
,
SW
, and
kHz
appear on
the display. See “Selecting the Inter-
national Radio Frequency Band.” to
select each international radio fre-
quency band.
Note:
SW
BROADCAST
BAND
and
m
only appear on the display if you
select an SW frequency that falls
between the ranges printed on the
SHORTWAVE BANDS chart printed
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
to select shortwave
band.
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