Radio Shack DX-395 User Manual
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PLL Synthesized Receiver
Cat. No. 20-225
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
DX-395
FM/AM/SW1/SW 2
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FEATURES
Your Radio Shack DX-395 FM/AM/
SW1/SW2 PLL Synthesized Receiver is designed for your active lifestyle. Its portable, lightweight design
lets you listen to music, sports, or
news on AM, FM, and two international shortwave broadcast bands almost anywhere you go. The alarm
clock and sleep timer features add to
this radio’s usefulness, practicality,
and portability.
Its features include:
Four Band Selection
— lets you listen to your choice of FM stations,
AM stations, and SW1 and SW2
(shortwave) stations.
20 Station Memor
— lets you store
five stations in each band into memory for easy access.
LCD Displa
— shows the time and
the currently selected station.
Alarm Clock
— lets you set a time
for the radio to turn on automatically.
Sleep Timer
— plays the radio for
59 minutes and automatically turns it
off.
PLL Tuni n
— digital phase locked
loop synthesizer provides drift-free
frequency tuning with the highest degree of accuracy and stabilit y .
Earpho ne Jack
— lets you connect
earphones or any headphones with
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a
/8-inch plug to the radio.
Built-In Speaker
— means you can
listen to your radio without an earphone.
Lock Switch
— prevents acciden-
tally changing the tuned frequency.
Displa
— lets you see the
Light
display in dark surroundings.
Sensitivit
Switch
— lets you improve reception by adjusting the signal strength and distance.
Three Power Sources
— lets you
power your radio either from internal
batteries, your vehicle’s cigarette
lighter socket (using an optional DC
adapter), or AC power (using an optional AC adapter).
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PREPARATION
SUPPLYING POWER
Using Internal Battery
Power
When you use battery power, your
radio requires four AA batteries for
operation and two AAA batteries for
clock and memory station backup.
We recommend alkaline batteries
such as Radio Shack Cat. No. 23552 and 23-555.
Follow these steps to install batteries.
1. Slide the battery compartment
cover in the direction of the
arrow and remove the cover.
2. Insert the two AAA batteries into
the battery compartment, as
indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and –) inside the compartment.
To make it easy to
Note:
remove the batteries later, place
the batteries on top of the ribbon.
Caution:
teries of the required size and
type.
3. Insert the four AA batteries into
the battery compartment, as
indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and –) above the compartment.
4. Replace the cover.
If the radio operates erratically
Note:
or does not receive strong FM st ations, replace the batteries.
Always use fresh bat-
Using Vehicl e Battery
Power
To power the radio from your vehicle’s cigarette lighter socket, you
need a DC adapter (not supplied)
such as Radio Shack Cat. No. 14-
844.
Cautions:
• You must use an adapter that
supplies 6 volts with the center
tip set to negative, delivers at
least 300 milliamps, and has a
plug that correctly fits the radio’s
DC 6V
adapter meets these requirements. Using an adapter that
does not meet these specifications could seriously damage
the radio.
jack. The recomm ended
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• Always plug the adapter into the
radio before you plug it into the
cigarette lighter socket. Always
unplug the DC adapter from the
cigarette lighter socket before
you unplug it from the radio.
1. Set the adapter ’s voltage switch
to 6V.
2. Insert the adapter’s barrel plug
into the radio’s
DC 6V
jack.
3. Insert the adapter’s cigarettelighter plug into the vehicle’s
cigarette lighter socket.
Using AC Power
tions could seriously damage
the radio.
• Always plug the adapter into the
radio before you plug it into the
AC outlet. Always unplug the AC
adapter from the AC outlet
before you unplug it from the
radio.
Follow the adapter’s instruc-
Note:
tions to set the voltage switch to 6
volts and select the proper adaptaplug.
1. Insert the adaptaplug into the
radio’s
DC 6V
jack.
To power the radio with AC power,
you need an AC adapter (not supplied). We recommend Radio Shack
Cat. No. 273-1650.
Cautions:
• You must use an adapter that
supplies 6 volts with the center
tip set to negative, delivers at
least 300 milliamps, and has a
plug that correctly fits the radio’s
DC 6V
jack. The recommended
adapter meets these requirements. Using an adapter that
does not meet these specifica-
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2. Plug the adapter into a standard
AC outlet.
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