MFJ MFJ-8218 User Manual

CONTROLS LOCATION
1	P O W E R O N / O F F	7	B A N D ( A M / F M / A I R )
2	KEY LOCK	8	T U N I N G B U T T O N S
3. F M M O N O / S T E R E O		9,	M E M O R Y B U T T O N S
4	E A R / S P E A K E R S E L E C T O R	10	" + 5 " B U T T O N

5	P H O N E J A C K	1 1 S T A T I O N P R E S E T B U T T O N S
6	V O L U M E C O N T R O L	1 2 B A T T E R Y C O M P A R T M E N T
Side	the B a t t e r y C o m p a r t m e n t	c o v e r ( 1 2 ) a t t h e b a c k o f t h e u n i t a n d	i n s e r t

t w o ' A A " ( R 6 I U M 3 ) d r y c e l l s . T a k e c a r e t h a t t h e c e l l a r e o r i e n t e d f o r c o r r e c t polarity

∙	D o	n o t	m i x	o l d a n d n e w b a t t e r i e s .
∙	D o	n o t	m i x	a k a i n e , s t a n d a r d ( C a r b o n - z i n c ) o r r e c h a r g e a b l e ( n i c k e l
	c a d m i u m ) b a t t e r i e s .

∙ I f t h e b w B a t t e r y I n d i c a t o r ( 2 1 ) a p p e a r o n t h e L C D D i s p l a y ( 1 6 ) a n d flashing during operation, the batteries should be replaced .

E X T E R N A L A C A D A P T O R ( N O T I N C L U D E D )

T h i s u n i t c a n b e p o w e r e d b y a n A C o u t l e t B e c a r e f u l l o u s e a n A C a d a p t e r which is correctly matched to the radio. The radio requires a DC input of 3V (300mA or m ore). T h i s A C A d a p t e r c a n b e p u r c h a s e d s e p a r a t e l y

1 2 S e t t h e p o w e r O N / O F F s w i t c h ( 1 ) t o ' O N " p o s i t i o n

S e l e c t t h e A M , F M o r A i r b a n d b y p r e s s i n g t h e B a n d B u t t o n (7). The AM, FM and Air bands are cycic selected each time when the Band Button (7) i s p r e s s e d .

3 . S e t t h e E A R / S P K s w i t c h ( 4 ) t o " E A R " o r " S P K " p o s i t i o n a s d e s i r e . I n s e r t t h e h e a d p h o n e p l u g i n t o t h e P h o n e J a c k ( 5 ) i f E A R p o s i t i o n i s s e l e c t e d

4 . P r e s s t h e T u n i n g B u t t o n ( 8 )

- Higher frequency can be selected by pressing the "UP' button and lower f r e q u e n c y b y 'DOWN' button

- P r e s s i n g t h e U P o r D o w n b u t t o n f o r m o r e t h a n 1 s e c o n d s a c t i v a t e s t h e

a u t o m a t i c t u n i n g m o d e a n d s t o p s a u t o m a t i c a l l y w h e n a b r o a d c a s t i n g b a n d o r A i r c h a n n e l i s j u s t s e a r c h e d -U s i n g t h e ' + ' or'-' button to adjust the best reception frequenc y o f t h e b r o a d c a s t i n g o r A i r c h a n n e l d necessary.

The automatic tuning will c o n t i n u e t o s c a n a s p e c i f i c b a n d o r A i r c h a n n e l

e v e n a f t e r t h e s e a r c h r e a c h e s e i t h e r o f t h e b a n d e d g e s ( m a x . f r e q u e n c y o r m i n . f r e q u e n c y ) . O n c e t h e s e a r c h r e a c h e s m a x . f r e q u e n c y , it 41 return to m i n f r e q u e n c y a n d c o n t i n u e t o s e a r c h u p w a r d s . - Press the Tuning Button

(8) again to select the desired band or Air c h a n n e l . 5 A d j u s t t h e V o l u m e C o n t r o l ( 6 ) t o t h e d e s i r e d l e v e l

6 S e t t h e ' F M " M O N O / S T E R E O ' s w i t c h ( 3 ) a t y o u r c h o i c e . I n c a s e F M b a n d b e i n g s e l e c t e d a n d l i s t e n i n g w i t h e a r p h o n e .

P R E S E T T U N I N G

O n c e t h e d e s i r e d b r o a d c a s t i n g s t a t i o n s o r A i r c h a n n e l s a r e s t o r e d i n t h e P r e s e t B u t t o n s ( 1 1 ) T h e y c a n e a s i l y b e r e c a l l e d . A M / F M station up to 10 c a n b e s t o r e d i n m e m o r y a t e a c h a n d 1 0 A i r c h a n n e l a s w e l l

S e t t i n g s t a t i o n f r e q u e n c y o r A i r c h a n n e l i n t o t h e m e m o r y b y p r e s e t b u t t o n s p e r f o r m t h e f o l l o w i n g i n s e q u e n c e .

T u n e i n a d e s i r e d s t a t i o n f r e q u e n c y o r a A i r c h a n n e l a c c o r d i n g t o t h e n o r m a l t u n i n g p r o c e d u r e T h e n p r e s s t h e " M E M O " b u t t o n ( 9 ) M e m o r y Indicator (19)

w 1 a p p e a r o n t h e D i s p l a y ( 1 6 ) a n d b l i n k s . S t o r e t h e d e s i r e d f r e q u e n c y 1 t o 5 on Preset Buttons (11), store channel 6 to 10 on pressing '+5' Button (10) and then pressing Preset Buttons (11). T h e m e m o r y indicator fight goes off 15

s e c o n d s l a t e r

1 3 . 3 V D C J A C K I N P U T		1 8 . K E Y L O C K I N D I C A T O R
14	. SPEAKER	1 9 M E M O R Y I N D I C A T O R
1 5 . T E L E S C O P I C A N T E N N A		2 0 . B A N D I N D I C A T O R ( A M / F M / A I R ) 21
1 6 . L C D DISPLAY		L O W B A T T E R Y I N D I C A T O R 2 2 .
1 7 F M S T E R E O I N D I C A T O R		R A D I O F R E Q U E N C Y D I S P L A Y

C a l l i n g t h e s t o r e d f r e q u e n c i e s 1 - 5 b y p r e s s i n g 1 t o 5 P r e s e t B u t t o n ( 1 1 ) a n d 6 -10 by pressing '+5* Button (10) and then pressing 1 - 5 Preset Button (11)

MEMORY BACKUP OF STORED STATIONS
- Once the batteries are l o w , t h e L o w B a t t e r y I n d i c a t o r ( 2	1 ) w i l l	a p p e a r o n t h e
L C D D i s p l a y ( 1 6 ) a n d f l a s h i n g . S w i t c h t h e On/Off s w i t c h	( 1 ) t o	O f f p o s i t i o n
t h e n y o u h a v e 1 m i n u t e t o c h a n g e t h e n e w b a t t e r i e s .

C A U T I O N

I f t h e b a t t e r i e s h a v e b e e n r e m o v e d f o r m o r e t h a n 1 m i n u t e , y o u m a y n e e d t o reprogram all the radio station

KEY-LOCK . -_ -

W h e n t h e ' K E Y L O C K ' s w i t c h ( 2 ) s e t t o t h e l o c k p o s i t i o n A l l t h e b u t t o n s will

b e i n h i b i t e d T h e ' K E Y L O C K ' I n d i c a t o r ( 1 8 ) w i l l a p p e a r o n t h e D i s p l a y ( 1 6 ) T o r e l e a s e t h e k e y l o c k f u n c t i o n b y s e t t h e K' E Y L O C K " s w i t c h t o t h e u n l o c k position .

N O T E S

W h e n l i s t e n i n g t o F M p r o g r a m s o r A i r c h a n n e l , t o i n s u r e m a x i m u m t u n e r s e n s i t i v i t y , k e e p t h e T e l e s c o p i c A n t e n n a ( 1 5 ) t o a m a x i m u m l e n g t h

T r y t o d e t e r m i n e t h e T e l e s c o p i c A n t e n n a ( 1 5 ) p o s i t i o n w h i c h p r o v i d e s t h e best

s e n s i t i v i t y

T h e A M B a n d h a s a b u i l t- i n f e r r i t e b a r a n t e n n a . Y o u m a y f i n d y o u c a n

i m p r o v e A M r e c e p t i o n b y r o t a t i n g t h e s e t o r b r i n g i n g i t c l o s e r t o a w i n d o w

S P E C I F I C A T I O N
F r e q u e n c y R a n g e
U S A V e r s i o n	AM 520 - 1 7 2 0 k H z / 1 0 k H z s t e p
	FM 87.3 - 1 0 8 . 1 M H z / 1 0 0 k H z s t e p
	A I R 1 0 8 . 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 0 0 0 M H z / 2 5 k H z s t e p
E u r o p e V e r s i o n A M 5 2 2 - 1 6 2 9 k H z / 9 k H z s t e p
	FM 87 3 - 1 0 8 1 M H z / 1 0 0 k H z s t e p
	A I R 1 0 8 . 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 . 0 0 0 M H z 1 2 5 k H z s t e p
Antenna	AM - Ferrite Bar Antenna
	F M / A I R - T e l e s c o p i c R o d A n t e n n a
10% THD	Earphone 15m W + 15mW
O u t p u t P o w e r S p e a k e r 8 0 m W
Battery	3 V D C ( 1 . 5 V x 2 )
	' A A " / R 6 / U M 3
A c c e s s o r y		S t e r e o D y n a m i c H e a d p h o n e s ( 1 Pair )

S p e c i f i c a t i o n a n d p r o d u c t d e s i g n s a r e s u b j e c t t o c h a n g e w i t h o u t n o t i c e

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