Sunstech RP-DS800 Operation Manual

MANUAL

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FM stereo/SW/MW/LW DSP RECEIVER

OPERATION MANUAL

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CONTROL LOCATIONS

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FM/ MW LW DSP RECEIVERSW/ /

RP-DS800

LIGHT/ SNOOZE

VF

VM

SW METER BAND

FM

MW/LW

ATS

POWER

TIME ALARM

DISPLAY

ATSA B

AM BW

ETM

SLEEP

FM SE T

2

1

3

5

64

8

97

0

M

12/24

9 /10kHz

DEL ETE

FM ST.

SCAN

3

4
5
6

7

14 15

2

1

16 17

13

1112

DC-IN 5V

18

VOLUME

TUNING

19

21

22

20

23

24

8910

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Back stand

22

Multifunctional tuning knob

21

20

FM & SW telescopic antenna

USB 5V DC-IN jack

19

18

Earphone jack

ALARM On/Off & Setting

17

TIME Setting

16

15

LOCK button

VF (View Frequency) & SCAN button (Frequency)

12

VM (View Memory) & Scan button (Memory)

11

AM / BW button (AM IF bandwidth selector)

10

9

Memory button (Storing radio stations) / Batteries type selector

8

0-9 Numeric keys

7

ENTER / DEL ETE button

SW/ ATS button (SW meter band selector & Auto Tuning Storage)

6

MW / LW button ( MW / LW band selector & Auto Tuning Storage)

5

4

FM / ATS button (FM band selector and Auto Tuning Storage)

FM ST. button

3

2

Display button

1

Power on/off

14

LIGHT / SNOOZE

ETM (Easy Tuning Mode) button

13

Volume knob

23

Battery compartment

24

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LCD DISPLAY

6

Battery consumption indicator /
Charging indicator

1

2

Sleep timer indicator

3

Alarm on/off indicator
" " alarm on by radio
" " alarm on by buzzer

6

Signal indicators
dBu: signal strength unit
dB : Signal to Noise Ratio
(S/N) unit

7

8

SW meter band indicator

9

ETM indicator

4

Temperature (Temp.)

5

AM, PM indicator for 12-hour
format clock

Tuning speed:

" " Slow Tuning
" " Fast Tuning

10

11

kHz: frequency unit for MW,
LW & SW
MHz: frequency unit for FM

15

Key-lock indicator

Digital number display (4 Digits)

With radio off: world time, alarm
time, temperature
With radio on: word time, signal
strength / SNR, alarm time,
temperature, local time, memory
address, meter band.

12

14

Digital number display
With radio off: local time
With radio on: frequency display,
band display

FM stereo status indicator

16

Band indicator

17

Alarm time indicator

Preset memory address

13

Rechargeable batteries indicator

18

SLEEP

1

2 4 6

7
8

18

3

9

5

11

15 14

13

16

10

17

12

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INSTALLING BATTERIES

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Remove the battery compartment cover and install 3 x AA
alkaline batteries into the battery compartment, observing
the battery polarity diagram on the back of the radio.
Display screen would show battery capacity, time, etc.

Note: If the radio is not able to be turned on. Please check
if the batteries were installed correctly, battery capacity is
sufficient or the lock function had been applied with symbol
" " displayed on screen.

TUNE INTO STATIONS

Short press [POWER] button to turn on your radio, then
select your desired band by short pressing the [FM], [MW/
LW], SW [ ] or [ ] button. In case of receiving FM/SW
broadcasting, fully extend the telescopic antenna for a better
reception.
Now, you can turn into your favorite station with any of the
below tuning methods:

Method 1: ETM (Easy Tuning Mode)

The ETM function allows you to tune into stations easily
and temporally store them into the ETM storage; 100
stations for FM/MW/LW & 250 stations for SW.

Note: Scanned stations will not be stored in the regular
550 memories, but will remain in the ETM temporary
storage until next ETM scanning within each band.

HOW TO USE ETM

1. Turn on the radio and select your desired band by
pressing either the FM, MW/LW or SW [ ] or [ ]
button.

2. Short press the [ETM] button with [ETM] shows on the
display to enter Easy Tuning Mode.

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3. Long press the [ETM] button until
the frequency running to auto
scan the stations within present
band.

4. When the frequency stop running,
turn around the [TUNING] knob
for those scanned stations.

5. Short press either the [VF] & [VM]
button with frequency flashing
and the disappearance of ETM
on the display to exist ETM mode.

flashing

SLEEP

Station

Frequency
running

Notes:

FM station: When you are in a different city or country, you
should perform the ETM function again, because this will not
delete any of the stations already within the memory.

MW station: It is recommendable to perform the ETM
function during day time as well as night time, because
there usually are more stations that start broadcasting at
night

SW station: It is recommendable to perform the ETM
function in the morning, afternoon as well as night time,
because the transmitting signal of SW is very unstable and
there usually are more stations that start broadcasting in
the late afternoon.

Method 2: MANUAL TUNING

Turn on the radio, short press
the [VF] button to switch into
frequency mode. Rotate the
[TUNING] knob to select your
station.

FAST/SLOW tuning is shown in the chart
below for each band.

0.01 MHz
1kHz

1 kHz
1 kHz

0.1 MHz

9 /10kHz

9 kHz
5 kHz

FM
MW
LW
SW

step

band

Slow tuning mode

Fast tuning mode

SLEEP

Auto-scan with pre-listening

moving

Frequency
running

Method 3: AUTO BROWSE STATION

1. Turn on the radio and short press
the [VF] button with the frequency
flashing.

2. Long press the [VF] button with
[ ] moving to scan from one
station to another, staying on
each stations for about 5
seconds.

3. To stop auto browse function,
simply press the [VF] button.

Note: When the radio search & stop to a station, just press
[M] button once to store it.

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Method 4: AUTO BROWSE MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio, short press the
[VM] button with memory page
shows in the upper right corner
and disappears in 5 seconds.

2. Long press [VM] button with
" " flashing to scan from
one memory to another, staying
on each station memory for
about 5 seconds.

3. To stop auto search memory,
simply press the [VM] button.

Note: Please first read [Working with Memory] in next
page before using this function.

flashing

Auto-scan memory with
pre-listening

SLEEP

Method 5: DIRECT KEY-IN FREQUENCY

Short press the [VF] button to enter the frequency mode,
press the numeric keys [0] - [9] to enter the station
frequency directly.

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Note:

1. Ignore the decimal point for FM band when input the
frequency numbers.
For example, FM 89.0 MHz, Just ENTER 8 9 0 .

2. If the entered frequency rate is not within the covering
area, the display would display " " error symbol.

WORKING WITH MEMORIES

Method 1:

number

ATS - Auto Tuning Storage
Turn on the radio and select the
band that you want to ATS to take
place in, either FM or MW/LW.
Long press the [FM] or [MW/LW]
button and notice that the " "

(P001) appears in the
display's upper right corner with the
presets to the right increasing as
the band is scanned and frequencies
are stored into memory.

There are two modes for SW ATS function:
Mode A: In SW band, long press the [A / ] button to ATS
the stations within all meter bands.
Mode B: In SW band, long press the [B / ] button to ATS
the stations within present meter band only.

Note:

During ATS process in FM, MW / LW or SW (mode A),
pre-stored radio stations will be replaced automatically by
the new searched stations.

flashing

Auto Tuning Storage

SLEEP

There are total 550 preset memories within RP-DS800. For
FM, MW, and LW, each band has 100 preset memories;
and 250 preset memories for SW.

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With ATS in SW (mode B), those existing memories will
not be replaced; all the newly found radio stations would
be stored in the blank memories addresses.

Method 2: MANUALLY STORING STATION

1. Tune to your desired station, press the [M] button once
and notice the PRESET number flashing in the upper
right corner of the display.

2. While it flashing, press the [M] button to store it into the
memory or wait for 3 seconds to store it automatically.
If you want to store it into another PRESET memory, just
rotate the tuning knob of your choice, and press the [M]
button to confirm.

Method 3: SEMI-AUTO STORING STATION

1. Short press the [VF] button to enter frequency status.

2. Long press [VF] button with [ ] moving to activate the
Auto-browse function.

3. While tuning to your favor station, you can direct store it
into the next available memory by pressing on the [M]
button with PRESET flashing. The Auto frequency
browsing keeps on going unless you short press the [VF]
button again.

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DELETE MEMORY

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Method 1: MANUAL DELETE MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio and press the [VM] button causing
PRESET stations appears in the display's upper right
corner.

2. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select the memory that you
want to delete.

3. Long press [DELETE] button with "DEL" flashing in the
display, press the [DELETE] button again to confirm.

Note: If " " is flashing more than 3 seconds without
confirmation, it will exit the delete function automatically.

flashing

SLEEP

Timer

Delete all memories

Method 2:

Method 3:

SEMI AUTO-DELETE MEMORY
In VM mode, long press the [VM] button to activate the
Auto-Browse function of memory. Once previewing your
unwanted station, simply press the [DELETE] button with
" " shows for 2 seconds and then keep on browsing
other stations. To stop the browsing function, short press
the [VM] button to exist.

DELETE ALL MEMORY
Short press the [VM] button to
enter VM / Memory mode, long
press the [DELETE] button for
3 seconds with " " shows on
the upper right corner of the
display, press again the
[DELETE] button to remove all
memory.

Note: If " " is flashing more than 3 seconds without
confirmation, it will exit the delete function automatically.

1. Long press the [TIME] button until you see the hour
flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to set the correct
hour, then short press the [TIME] button and notice the
minutes are flashing.

2. While it's flashing turn the [TUNING] knob to set the
correct minutes, then press [TIME].

Note: You can also directly key-in the numeric key instead
of rotating the [TUNING] knob to set the correct clock.

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SLEEP FUNCTION

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With sleep function, you can adjust the length of time for
the radio to turn off automatically.
The default setting for the auto-turn off time is 30 minutes if
the radio being turned on by short pressing the [POWER]
button.
To change the sleep timer, long press the [POWER] button
with [ON / 01~120] & [SLEEP] appear on the display, rotate
the [TUNING] knob to select sleep timer from 1 ~ 120
minutes or permanently " " Wait for 3 seconds until
" " symbol stops flashing to confirm.

Note: Short press the [POWER] button to directly turn on
the radio with previous preset sleep timer; long press it to
change the timer.

SLEEP

SETTING THE CLOCK

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SETTING THE ALARM TIME

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1. Long press the [ALARM] button until both the HOUR &
AL flashing, rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the hour,
then short press [ALARM] with the minutes flashing.

2. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the minutes and
short press the [ALARM] button with the " " symbol
flashing.

3. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select 1 ~ 90 minutes to set
the Auto Alarm Off Timer.

4. Short press the [ALARM] button to confirm and notice
" " shows on display to activate the alarm by buzzer
(BB sound). Short press twice with " " appears to set
the alarm by radio.

5. To turn off the alarm function, repeat short pressing the
[ALARM] button and notice both " " & " " disappear.

SLEEP

PRESET ALARM STATION

1. Turn on the radio, then tune into your favorite alarm radio
station and adjust your desired alarm volume level.

2. Short press the [M] button to store the alarm station into
memory.

3. Repeat short pressing the [ALARM] button and notice
" " shows on the display to confirm the preset alarm
station.

SNOOZE / LIGHT FUNCTION

After alarm was activated with buzzer or radio broadcasting,
press & release [LIGHT / SNOOZE] with a "B" sound. Then
the radio would be turned off temporary, it will start to alarm
again 5 minutes later.

For the LCD backlight function, short press the [LIGHT]
button to illuminates the LCD for 3 seconds. Long press it
for permanently illumination. Press again the [LIGHT/
SNOOZE] button to turn off the light.

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TURN OFF THE ALARM

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When the unit is alarmed by radio, press the [POWER]
button twice to turn off the alarm.

When the unit is alarmed by buzzer (BB sound), simply
press the [POWER] button once to turn off the alarm.

DISPLAY MODE

With radio OFF: Short press the [DISPLAY] button to view
on Temperature, Alarm time.

With radio ON: Short press the [DISPLAY] button to view on
Alarm time, Temperature, Local time, signal strength/ SNR.

Long press the [ ] button with " " symbol appears in
the display to lock up all keys / buttons. Long press it again
with the symbol disappears to unlock the keys/buttons.

KEY LOCK FUNCTION

While listening to FM station via stereo earphones, short
press the [FM.ST] button with " " appears over the left
side of the frequency in the display to activate the STEREO
mode once it receives the FM stereo station.

FM ST. (FM STEREO) BUTTON

AM BW (BANDWIDTH) BUTTON

Short press the [AM BW] button to choose 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 kHz
AM IF bandwidth. This may help to reduce interference on
some frequencies. Using WIDE usually results in better
audio fidelity, while using narrow limits the audio fidelity is
somewhat dull in sound. You can use it in MW, LW and SW
band.

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SYSTEM SETTING

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Frequency range setting for FM

Turn off the radio, long press [FM SET] button, until 87.5­108MHz, 64-108MHz, 76-108MHz, or 87-108MHz appears
in the display. Quickly keep pressing on the [FM SET]
button to select suitable frequency range for your local FM.

Changing the clock format

Turn off the radio, long press [12/24] button, until " "or
" " appears in the display. If " " appears in the
display, which means the clock system will be in the 12 hour
format.

MW(AM) step setting

Turn off the radio, long press [9/10kHz] button until "9kHz"
or "10kHz" appears in the display. By long pressing again,
the alternative band step would be shown. The temperature
is also shown on screen at the same time.
In general practice, the frequency step of 10kHz is to be
used for broadcasting MW(AM) as well as the temperature
in the degree of Fahrenheit ( ) to be used in the North
America.
In order to provide convenience to the end users, the
"10kHz" of frequency step is default to be displayed with
temperature in the degree of Fahrenheit ( ) together as
well as "9kHz" to be displayed with temperature in the
degree of Centigrade ( ) together.
If the display shows "10kHz" with degree of Fahrenheit ( ),
which means this radio is set to 10 kHz step for MW(AM)
with temperature in Fahrenheit ( ) which is for the North
America region.

LW on/off setting

Turn off the radio. Press and hold the [MW/LW] button until
"LW ON" or "LW OFF" appears in the display to turn ON or
OFF the LW respectively.

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Turn off the "Bi" sound

Turn off the radio, press and hold the [ / 0] button until
" " or " " appears in the display; If " " appears
in the display, which means "Bi" sound is turned off.

Turn on / off intelligent lighting function

This radio bears the intelligent lighting function which the
backlight would be on for 3 seconds when tuning or
pressing any key.
With radio off, press & hold the [ ] key with the " "
shows in the display to deactivate the lighting function; long
press again with " " shows up to activate it.

Note: After shutting off the intelligent lighting function, the
[LIGHT/SNOOZE] key is still workable for turning on or off
the backlight.

Turn ON/OFF charging function & exchange battery
consumption display

Press & hold the [ ] key with " " & " "
shows up to activate the consumption display of
rechargeable batteries and the built-in charging system.
Press & hold the [ ] key with " " shows up &
" " disappear to activate the consumption display of
alkaline batteries and turn off the built-in charging function.

Note: This radio is default to use alkaline batteries for
power supply. In case of using rechargeable batteries, you
should switch the radio in rechargeable batteries mode in
order to show the correct power capacity.

Connect USB 5V to external
power sources

With radio off, install 3 x UM3 (AA) rechargeable batteries
and then press & hold the [ ] key with " " &
" " displays to activate the built in charging function.

1. Use any 5V external adaptor with USB plug to
connect this radio, the symbol " " will advance from
the bottom to top during power charging. It stops when
batteries are fully charged.

2. You can also use any USB cable to connect the radio
with your PC for charging.

Notes for charging power:

1. Insisting to use up all power of rechargeable batteries
before charging again, this could extend the life time of
battery and keeping them in good conditions.

2. 3 pcs of batteries to be used as a group and don't
separate them to other usage. Also don't mix to use
batteries with different power capacity.

Caution: Don't charge on any non-rechargeable batteries in
the radio, this will cause a hazard or damage to your radio.

DC-IN 5V

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USING THE INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION

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IMPORTANT MATTERS FOR USING BATTERIES

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1. If no battery has been installed inside for long time, clock
of radio would stop to work. However, pre-stored
frequencies are still kept. Clock would work again after
new batteries being re-installed inside.

2. When the battery power is low, the " " symbol in the
display will flash to alert you for changing new batteries.
Besides it will turns off automatically when the power is
gone.

3. Mix using the used & new batteries would cause damage
of radio and also display the capacity of power incorrectly.

4. In case of radio not to be used for a long period, draw out
the batteries for preventing liquid leakage and damaging
the parts of radio.

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"Bi" SOUND CHART

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Function Button Status Sound Display

Radio on or off

POWER

Radio on

B

B-- (long)

" " display

Radio permanently

Radio off

BB

POWER

&
TUNING
KNOB

B

BB

Rotate at 30, 60, 90,
120 mins.

Radio permanently

" " display

FM ST.FM STEREO

B

BB

STEREO

MONO.

" " display

" " disappear

" " display

Adjust auto-off
time

Display the time for auto-off

MW (AM) or
LW

MW/LW

MW

LW

B

" " in the display

" " in the display

FM FM

B

B-- (long)

ATS
(Auto Tuning
Storage)

" " in the display

FM

Freq. & memory address are
running

SW BAND
METER BAND

SW

" " & SW frequency

METER BAND

Meter band on the right corner

or

B

B

FM
MW/LW

SW
( )

or

ATS on

ATS off

B

Display 01 memory address
and Frequency

ETM On

B-- (long)

ETM

B

" " in the display

ETM

Frequency
Scanning

Auto browsing
(Scanning)

Frequency mode

Radio freq. numbers flashing.

Memory address on the top
right corner

B

BB

Memory mode

Memory mode

B

B

Radio freq. running

Memory address running

Memory
Scanning

VF

VM

VF

VM

Frequency mode

AM band width

1kHz, 2kHz, 3kHz, 4kHz,
6kHz

Display equivalent band
width

MEMORY

Store memory

Confirmed / Auto confirm

Memory address flashing
on the top right corner

Stopped

B

B-- (long)

On

B

AM BW

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CONTROL LOCATIONS

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SNOOZE
LIGHT

/

Illuminate short time

Illuminate permanently

Turn off

Backlight on for 3 seconds

Backlight on

Backlight off

B

BB

B-- (long)

BACKLIGHT

SNOOZE

Temporary off

" " or " " and the
auto turn-on time are flashing

SNOOZE
LIGHT

/

B

Function Button Status Sound Display

TUNING

Meter band appear on the
top right corner

B

B

In/out SW
meter band

Inside SW meter band

Out of SW meter band

Meter band disappear

FM freq. range

Select FM freq.

87.5-108MHz,64-108MHz,

76-108MHz or 87-108MHz

FM SET

B

12/24 format 12/24

" " in the display

Select 12 format

Select 24 format

" " in the display

B

BB

Lock

Lock

Unlock

B

" " display

" " disappear

B-- (long)

TIME

B

BB

B-- (long)

Time setting

Hour setting

Minute setting

Confirm or Auto confirm

hour flashing

minute flashing

Flashing stop

Auto radio
on / off
function

Hour setting

Minute setting

Adjust the length
of alarm

confirmed

Select alarm by radio

Select alarm by buzzer

Select alarm off

ALARM

"hour" flashing

"minute" flashing

1~90 minutes display,
" " or " " and
" " are flashing

Display time

" " and " " disappear

SLEE P

B

BB

BB

B-- (long)

B

BB

B-- (long)

Display " "

Display " "

DEL ETE

Delete memory

Delete single memory

Delete all memory

Confirmed

Memory address and
" " are flashing

" " & " " are
flashing

Back to Freq. display

B

BB

B-- (long)