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Contents |
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Contents |
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Your Unit at a Glance |
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Display ................................................................. |
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Front of Unit............................................................ |
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Top of Unit ............................................................. |
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Right Side of Unit ..................................................... |
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Left Side of Unit ....................................................... |
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Rear of Unit ............................................................ |
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Aerials |
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Power Supply |
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Mains Operation ...................................................... |
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Battery Operation ..................................................... |
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Battery Check .......................................................... |
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Data Protection (Mains and Battery Operation) .................. |
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RESET Button .......................................................... |
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General Operation |
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Switching On/Off and Locking....................................... |
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Direct Entries .......................................................... |
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Display Illumination .................................................. |
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Volume and Tone ..................................................... |
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Waveband Selection.................................................. |
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Station Tuning
Frequency Tuning in the FM Band.................................. |
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Station Tuning with the Numeric Buttons ......................... |
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Entering a Meter Band |
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Storing, Calling Up, and Clearing |
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What Can You Store?.................................................. |
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Checking the Reception Frequency ................................ |
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Creating/Overwriting a Memory Position.......................... |
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Calling Up Stored Stations .......................................... |
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Indicating Free Memory Positions ................................. |
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Clearing a Memory Position......................................... |
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Going to Sleep to Music |
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The Clock |
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Setting the Clock (TIME I) ........................................... |
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Setting the Clock (TIME II) .......................................... |
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Clock Time Indication (TIME I/ II) .................................. |
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Automatic Switch-On/ Wake-Up Function |
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Entering a Switch-On Time .......................................... |
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Checking the Entered Switch-On Time............................. |
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Wake-Up with Radio/Automatic Switch-On ....................... |
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Wake-Up with Sound Signal/Date Reminder ..................... |
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Clearing the Wake-Up Function..................................... |
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Special Functions on AM |
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SSB Mode (Amateur Radio Reception) ............................ |
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Interferences........................................................... |
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Specification |
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Hints – Prescriptions ................................................. |
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Radio Stations ......................................................... |
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Your Unit at a Glance
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SNOOZE LIGHT
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Your Unit at a Glance
Display
ON-TIME |
TIME II |
SLEEP |
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STEP 8 |
8 m kHz |
Optimum read-off quality will be obtained when the set is brought into a tilted position. For this, use the swing-out support at the back of the unit.
ON-TIME Wake-up time/switch-on time
If ON-TIME is indicated, the wake-up time is shown below (in the left numeric block).
88:88 Left numeric block
a.With radio switched on:
1)Clock time indication (TIME I or TIME II).
2)Wake-up time indication (can be called up by pressing the ¢AUTO button).
3)Sleep time indication.
b.With radio switched off: Wake-up time indication.
BATT. CHECK |
Battery check |
TUNING
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When this indication appears, the batteries should be replaced.
Tuning/field strength indication
The reception quality corresponds to the length of the tuning bar.
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signal ‚) by pressing the ¢AUTO button. |
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Time I/II |
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You can select between two times (2 different time |
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– the ¶SNOOZE button (the functions of this but- |
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ton are retained). |
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Your Unit at a Glance
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Indication in the case of stereo broadcasts.
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MHz Indication of the waveband (FM/LW/MW/SW) and |
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8.8.8:8.8 Large numeric block
With the radio switched on: Frequency indication and special messages (e.g., E F F 8 F ).
With the radio switched off: Time 1 or time 2 (e.g., 2 : 0 4 ).
88Bottom numeric block
With the radio switched off: Seconds indication. With the radio switched on: See following description.
88 FREE |
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Indicates the number of a free memory position. |
MEMORY 88 |
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Indicates the number of the memory position on |
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STEP 88 kHz |
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AM wavebands (1, 5, 9 or 10 kHz). |
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Meter band indication |
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Indicates the number of the meter band selected. |
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Your Unit at a Glance
Front of Unit
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Multifunction display |
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(Description see further up) |
ON/OFF |
On/off button |
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For switching the unit on and off. |
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You can switch the unit off even if all buttons are |
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locked (in LOCK position). |
SLEEP |
Sleep button |
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For entering a time after which the unit is switched |
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off (sleep time). |
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Initial value: 60 minutes. This value is decreased in |
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The following order is run through: |
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Radio on for 60 min. / 50 ... . |
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Short pressure on the ¢SLEEP button: Indication |
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AUTO |
AUTOMATIC button |
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For switching between the three function modes: |
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– Wake-up function off. When switching to this |
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function, the display (left numeric block) indicates |
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for approx. 5 seconds "-:--". |
ON TIME |
Switch-on time |
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For calling up the wake-up time (in the left numeric |
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For setting the wake-up time (switch-on time) |
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(e.g., 7 . 3 0 ON-TIME = 7:30). |
TIME 1/2 |
Time I/II |
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For selecting between Time I and Time II. |
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For setting and calling up the times I and II, e.g., |
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Free |
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Indicates free memory positions in increasing order. |
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Two successive pressures on this button will clear |
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occupied memory positions (e.g., 4 FREE FREE). |
STORE |
Store in memory |
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You can store in memory up to 40 stations. |
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To avoid redundant storing, first check whether the |
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tion in memory by pressing the STORE button (e.g., |
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If the selected memory position is not free, the indi- |
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cation will flash for approx. 5 seconds. The memory |
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position will not be overwritten. |
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Two pressures on the button will overwrite occupied |
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memory positions (e.g., 23 STORE STORE): The se- |
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lected memory position is overwritten and occupied |
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by the station currently tuned to. |
FM |
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For selecting the desired FM (VHF) band. |
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You will hear the last station tuned to in this wave- |
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For clearing incorrect numeric entries. |
AM |
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For switching to the AM wavebands. |
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Repeated pressures on this button will select the |
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You will hear the station last received in the respec- |
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tive waveband (Last Station Memory). |
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For clearing incorrect numeric entries. |
RESET |
For clearing all stored data (memory positions, clock |
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For resetting an eventually blocked keyboard (e.g., |
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LOCK |
Key lock |
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For locking all keys except the |
¢ON/OFF button (for switching off) and the
¶SNOOZE button.
0 ... 9, ¢. Numeric buttons and decimal point
For direct numeric entries.
Two pressures on this button will clear incorrect numeric entries.
FREQU./METER For entering frequencies
(e.g., 1 0 7 . 7 FREQU./ METER = FM 107.7 MHz). For entering meter bands
(e.g., 1 3 FREQU./METER = 13 m).
MEMO w For calling up the memory positions 1 ... 40
(e.g., 2 0 MEMO w= call-up of memory position 20). Press once: Next higher memory position.
Press and keep pressed longer than 1 s: Automatic memory position selection in ascending order.
The automatic memory position select function stops for approx. 5 seconds on each memory position so that the station received on it can be checked. A further pressure on the MEMO w button will terminate this function.
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MEMO q |
For calling up the memory positions (as with ME- |
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memory position selection in descending order. |
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The automatic memory position select function stops |
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TUNING w/ q |
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Keep button pressed: Frequency scan up or down. |
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STEP |
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SW |
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For selecting the tuning step 9 kHz or 10 kHz in the |
MW band, the unit must be switched off with the ¢ON/OFF button.
AUTO TUNING Automatic station tuning
Press briefly: Automatic station tuning in direction of higher frequencies.
Keep pressed longer then 0.5 s: Automatic station tuning in direction of lower frequencies.
Top of Unit
Telescopic aerial
for FM and SW reception.
SNOOZE Snooze button
Press once to switch off the radio or the alarm function after wake-up. After five minutes, the wake-up function will be repeated (sound signal or radio).
Keep pressed the button longer than 2 seconds to switch off the wake-up function. The function will be retained for the following day(s).
If the SNOOZE button is not pressed, the sound signal will sound for 5 minutes or the radio play for 60 minutes. After that, the respective function will be switched off.
LIGHT Display illumination
Press this button to illuminate the display. After 10 seconds, the illumination will automatically be switched off.
The duration of the display illumination will be increased if any other button will be pressed within this 10-seconds period.
A pressure on the ¢ LIGHT button will immediately switch off the display illumination.
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Your Unit at a Glance
Right Side of Unit
FINE TUNING |
Fine tuning |
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For fine tuning on SSB reception. |
SSB |
SSW on/off switch |
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For switching on and off the SSB mode (Single Side |
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Band reception). |
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SSB is especially used for amateur SW radio recep- |
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tion. |
TONE |
Tone control |
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Two positions: HIGH (treble) and LOW (bass). |
VOLUME |
Volume control |
Left Side of Unit
SW EXT.ANT Socket for external aerial
Aerial connection for SW reception. For external aerial with 3.5 mm ø jack plug.
DX/LOCAL Sensitivity switch
Normal position is "DX" (distant reception).
If the signal is too strong resulting in reception interferences, set the switch to "LOCAL".
STEREO MONO |
On FM: Mono/stereo switch. |
WIDE NARR |
On AM: Wide/narrow switch. |
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In the FM waveband, this switch is used to select |
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between mono and stereo reception. |
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In the AM wavebands, the same switch is used for |
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changing the bandwidth. |
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Headphone/earphone socket |
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For headphone or earphone with jack plug of |
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3.5 mm ø (32 Ohm impedance). Connecting a head- |
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phone disconnects the built-in loudspeaker. For this |
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reason, the headphone must be disconnected if you |
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wish to be woken up by the radio. |
DC socket |
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DC 9V |
For connecting a commercial plug-in mains unit with |
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coaxial plug (outer diameter 5.5 mm, inner diameter |
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2.1 mm; output voltage 9.0 V=; mains voltage |
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230 V ¶, 50/60 Hz; neutral conductor connected to |
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earth Y). |
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Rear of Unit |
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Swing-out support |
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Swing out this support to bring the unit into a tilted |
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position. |
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On the support there is an illustration showing the |
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time zones of the earth. |
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Below the support there is the type plate of the unit. |
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Battery compartment |
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For six 1.5V batteries (IEC LR6, UM-3). |
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