Tecsun PL-380 instruction manual

TECSUN TECSUN

PL-380

FM stereo / SW / MW / LW DSP RECEIVER

OPERATION MANUAL

TECSUN

SLEEP

PL-380

FM/SW/MW/LW DSP RECEIVER

TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.

FACTORY: 189 GuanChang Road, DongCheng District,
DongGuan, GuangDong, P.R.China
E-mail: [e-mail]
Website: www.tecsun.com.cn
www.tecsun.b2s.com

TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.

PL-380

Functional Block Diagram

PL-380 is using DSP si4734 Microchips (from Silicon Labs in
USA) to digitalize the analog AM/FM broadcasting signal base
on the modern software technology and radio principles. It can
highly improve on radio's sensitivity, selectivity, S/N ratio and
anti-interference.

AMPLIFIERCON TROLL ER

INTERFACE
CONTROL

Functional Block Diagram

PL-380

SW LP F

MW/ LW

FM AN T

ANT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTROL LOCATIONS...................................................2

LCD DISPLAY.....................................................................4

QUICK START GUIDE........................................................5

TURN THE RADIO ON OR OFF.........................................8

TUNE INTO STATIONS... ...................................................9

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ETM (Easy Tuning Mode)

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Manual tuning

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Auto scan stations

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Direct key-in frequency

WORKING WITH MEMORIES..........................................12

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ATS - Auto Tuning Storage

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Manually storing station

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Semi-auto storing station

DELETE MEMORY...........................................................13

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Manual delete memory

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Semi auto-delete memory

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Delete all memory

SLEEP FUNCTION...........................................................14

CLOCK SETTING.............................................................15

SETTING THE ALARM TIME...........................................15

SNOOZE / LIGHT FUNCTION
TURN OFF THE ALARM
DISPLAY MODE

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KEY LOCK FUNCTION
FM ST. (FM STEREO) BUTTON
AM BW (BANDWIDTH) BUTTON
SYSTEM SETTING

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USING THE EXTERNAL ANTENNA................................20

USING THE INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION

IMPORTANT MATTERS FOR USING BATTERIES.........22

TROUBLE SHOOTING.................................................... 23

"Bi" SOUND VIA FUNCTIONS........................................25

SPECIFICATIONS

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1

CONTROL LOCATIONS

14 15

LIGHT/ SNOOZE

18

19

13

16 17

TIME ALARM

DC-IN 5V

9/10kH z

DELETE

POWER

1

DISPLAY

FM

ATS

ATSA B

2

3

4

5

6

FM ST.

3

MW/LW

64

SW METER BAND

PL-380

FM/ MW LW DSP RECEIVERSW/ /

7

TECSUN

SLEEP

ETM

FM SET

12/24

1

VF

VM

SCAN

AM BW

1112

2

5

8 97

0

M

8910

20

TUNING

21

22

23

VOLUME

24

2

Power on/off

1

Display button

2

3

FM ST. button

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

4

5

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

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

6

7

ENTER / DEL ETE button

8

0-9 Numeric keys

9

Memory button (Storing radio stations) / Batteries type selector

10

AM / BW button (AM IF bandwidth selector)

11

VM (View Memory) & Scan button (Memory)

12

VF (View Frequency) & SCAN button (Frequency)

13

ETM (Easy Tuning Mode) button

LIGHT / SNOOZE

14

15

LOCK button

16

TIME Setting

ALARM On/Off & Setting

17

18

Earphone jack

19

USB 5V DC-IN jack

20

FM & SW telescopic antenna

21

Multifunctional tuning knob

22

Back stand

23

Volume knob

24

Battery compartment

3

LCD DISPLAY

1

2 4 6

SLEEP

18

395

7

8

17

Battery consumption indicator /

1

Charging indicator

Sleep timer indicator

2

Alarm on/off indicator

3

" " alarm on by radio
" " alarm on by buzzer

4

Temperature (Temp.)

5

AM, PM indicator for 12-hour
format clock

6

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

7

Alarm time indicator

8

SW meter band indicator

9

ETM indicator

Tuning speed:

10

" " Slow Tuning
" " Fast Tuning

10

11

15 14

16

13

12

kHz: frequency unit for MW,

11

LW & SW
MHz: frequency unit for FM

12

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.

13

Preset memory address

14

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

15

Key-lock indicator

16

FM stereo status indicator

17

Band indicator

18

Rechargeable batteries indicator

4

QUICK START GUIDE

TIME SETTING

1. Long press [TIME] button until "hour" is flashing in the
display. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the correct
"hour".

2. Short press [TIME] button again, rotate the [TUNING]
knob to adjust "minute".

3. Press the [TIME] button again to confirm your time
setting.

ALARM SETTING

1. Long press [ALARM] button. Rotate the [TUNING] knob
when "hour" is flashing in the display.

2. Short press [ALARM] button again. When the "minute"
is flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the
"minute".

3. Short press [ALARM] button again, rotate the [TUNING]
knob to select 1 ~ 90 minutes of the Alarm's duration.

4. Finally, short press [ALARM] button again to confirm.

Note:

In ALARM section, [ ] means ALARM is set to radio-on;
[ ] means ALARM is set to buzzer, or if the display corner
remains blank, which means the alarm is off.

LISTEN TO THE RADIO

1. Short press [POWER] button to turn on your radio.

2. Select FM by pressing the [FM] button, MW and LW by
pressing the [MW/LW] button, SW by pressing the [ ] or
[ ] button sequentially until you have selected the
desired meter band (meter band number flashes in the
upper right corner of the display) .

3. Turn the TUNING knob to your desired radio station.

4. You can also direct key-in the frequency numbers by
pressing the numeric keys.

5. Adjust the volume level by rotating the VOLUME knob.

Note:

Be sure to fully extend the telescopic antenna when listening
to SW and FM.

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ETM(Easy Tuning Mode) on FM, MW, LW, SW band

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

Frequency
running

SLEEP

flashing

Station

to enter Easy Tuning Mode.

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.

STORING FREQUENCIES INTO MEMORY

1. Turn on your radio, and tune into your favorite station.

2. Short press [M] button, with the memory address is
flashing in the display, press [M] button again to confirm.

LISTEN TO STATIONS IN THE MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio, press and release the [VM] button with
notice that the PRESET show in the display's upper right
corner.

2. Turn the [TUNING] knob to select stored stations.

DELETE MEMORY

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

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

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

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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.

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.

Frequency
running

SLEEP

moving

Auto-scan with pre-listening

flashing

SLEEP

Auto-scan memory with
pre-listening

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TURN ON / OFF THE RADIO

1. Installing batteries

The battery compartment is located on the back of the

PL-380. To remove the battery compartment cover, apply
thumb pressure and slide it towards the bottom of the
radio. Install 3 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.

2. Short press on [POWER] button to turn the radio on or off.

Short press

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.

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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

Frequency
running

SLEEP

to enter Easy Tuning Mode.

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.

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.

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flashing

Station

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.

band

FM
MW
LW
SW

step

Slow tuning mode

turning step

0.01 MH z
1kH z

1 kHz
1 kHz

Fast tuning mode

turning step

0.1 M Hz

9 /10kH z

9 kHz
5 kHz

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

Frequency
running

SLEEP

moving

with [ ] moving to scan
from one station to another,
staying on each stations
for about 5 seconds.

3. To stop auto browse function,

Auto-scan with pre-listening

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.

SLEEP

flashing

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,

Auto-scan memory with
pre-listening

simply press the [VM] button.

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

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.

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.

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WORKING WITH MEMORIES

There are total 550 preset memories within PL-380. For
FM, MW, and LW, each band has 100 preset memories;
and 250 preset memories for SW.

Method 1:

Turn on the radio and select the
band that you want to ATS to take
place in, either FM or MW/LW.

ATS - Auto Tuning Storage

flashing

SLEEP

Long press the [FM] or [MW/LW]
button and notice that the " "

(P001) appears in the

number

display's upper right corner with the
presets to the right increasing as

Auto Tuning Storage

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.
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.

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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.

DELETE MEMORY

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.

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Method 2:

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.

Method 3:

Short press the [VM] button to
enter VM / Memory mode, long
press the [DELETE] button for

DELETE ALL MEMORY

flashing

SLEEP

Timer

3 seconds with " " shows on
the upper right corner of the
display, press again the
[DELETE] button to remove all
memory.

Delete all memories

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

SLEEP FUNCTION

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

SLEEP

" " 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.

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SETTING THE CLOCK

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.

SETTING THE ALARM TIME

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.

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.

SLEEP

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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.

TURN OFF THE ALARM

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.

KEY LOCK FUNCTION

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.

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FM ST. (FM STEREO) BUTTON

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.

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

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.

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USING THE EXTERNAL ANTENNA

The external antenna, which was come with is radio, is used
to improve shortwave or FM performance. Clipping one end
of the external antenna on the extendable antenna of this
radio, then clipping another end of external antenna at the
window. This could improve the receiving effect of FM/SW.

EXTERNAL FM/SW ANTENNA

WINDOW WALL

Caution: Don't install external FM/SW antenna
in the frequent thunder area.

Notice: Do not install any external antenna at the area with
thunder & lightening.

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USING THE INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION

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.

Connect USB 5V to external
power sources

DC-IN 5V

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.

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IMPORTANT MATTERS FOR USING BATTERIES

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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TROUBLE SHOOTING

QUES TIONS AN SWERS S OLUTI ONS

Can not turn on
the radio.

Radio goes off
when you are
listening.

Can not store
some stations
using ATS
Some station
store with noise
using ATS.

Only limited FM
stations can be
received in Japan.

-No power with the
batteries.

-Didn't install the
batteries properly.

-Power button is
locked.

-No power with the
batteries.

-Sleep timer is
activated.

-Frequency of
stations are too
weak.

-There are
interference near
by your area.

-FM frequency is
76~90MHz for
Japan.

-Replace the new
batteries.

-According to "+" or
"-" sign to install
the batteries again.

-Press [ ] button
to unlocked.

-Replace the
batteries.

-Turn on the radio
again.

-Search the station
manually.

- Low down the
antenna or move
to other location
and try again.

-Turn the radio off
and long press on
the [FM SET]
button，short press
[FM SET] button
again to select
76~108MHz.

Received very
poor AM in USA.

-USA is using
10kHz step for AM.

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-Turn off the radio
press the [9/10kHz]
button to select
10kHz.

QUES TIONS AN SWERS S OLUTI ONS

When the alarm
activated (alarm
by radio), there is
only noise with
the broadcast.

-Did not set the
proper radio station
for the alarm.

-Or there are no
broadcasting at
that radio station.

-Or you are in
another city where
does not have a
radio station for
your preset
frequency.

-Preset your alarm
station properly
(see the above
setting).

-Make sure it has
radio broadcast in
your location.

-Or set the alarm by
buzzer.

radio malfunction.

This may caused
by interference,
and the computer
microchip not
function properly.

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Remove the battery,
then you can reload.
If it is still not able to
work, please contact
your nearest dealer
for customer service.

"Bi" SOUND VIA FUNCTIONS

Fun ction B utton S tatus S ound Di splay

Radio on or off

Adjust auto-off
time

FM

MW (AM) or
LW

SW BAND
METER BAND

ATS
(Auto Tuning
Storage)

ETM

Frequency
Scanning

Memory
Scanning

Auto browsing
(Scanning)

AM band width

Store memory

Delete memory

POWER

POWER

&
TUNING
KNOB

FM ST.FM STEREO

FM FM

MW/LW

or

FM

MW/LW

SW

or

( )

ETM

VF

VM

VF

VM

MEMORY

DEL ETE

Radio on

Radio permanently

Radio off

Rotate at 30, 60, 90,
120 mins.

Radio permanently

STEREO

MONO.

MW

LW

SW

METER BAND

ATS on

ATS off

ETM On

Frequency mode

Memory mode

Frequency mode

Memory mode

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

On

Confirmed / Auto confirm

Delete single memory

Delete all memory

Confirmed

B

" " display

B-- (long)

" " display

BB

Display the time for auto-off

B

" " display

BB

B

" " display

BB

" " disappear

B

" " in the display

" " in the display

B

" " in the display

B-- (long)

" " & SW frequency

B

Meter band on the right corner

B

Freq. & memory address are

B

running

Display 01 memory address

B-- (long)

and Frequency

B

" " in the display

Radio freq. numbers flashing.

B

Memory address on the top

BB

right corner

Radio freq. running

B

Memory address running

B

Display equivalent band

B

width
Memory address flashing

B

on the top right corner

Stopped

B-- (long)

Memory address and

B

" " are flashing

" " & " " are

BB

flashing

Back to Freq. display

B-- (long)

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BACKLIGHT

SNOOZE

SNOOZE
LIGHT

SNOOZE
LIGHT

Lock

Time setting

Auto radio
on / off
function

In/out SW
meter band

FM freq. range

TIME

ALARM

TUNING

FM SET

12/24 format 12/24

MW(AM) STEP

Charge
on/off

9/10kHz

Illuminate short time

/

Illuminate permanently

Turn off

/

Temporary off

Lock

Unlock

Hour setting

Minute setting

Confirm or Auto confirm

Hour setting

Minute setting

Adjust the length
of alarm

confirmed

Select alarm by radio

Select alarm by buzzer

Select alarm off

Inside SW meter band

Out of SW meter band

Select FM freq.

Select 12 format

Select 24 format

Select 9kHz step

Select 10kHz step

On

Off

Backlight on for 3 seconds

BB

B-- (long)

Backlight on

B

Backlight off
" " or " " and the

B

auto turn-on time are flashing

" " display

B-- (long)
B

" " disappear

" "

hour flashing

B

" "

minute flashing

BB

Flashing stop

B-- (long)

"hour" flashing

B

"minute" flashing

BB

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

BB

SLEEP

" " are flashing

B-- (long)

Display time

B

Display " "

BB

Display " "

" " and " " disappear

B-- (long)

Meter band appear on the

B

top right corner

Meter band disappear

B

87.5-108MHz,64-108MHz,

B

76-108MHz or 87-108MHz

B

" " in the display

" " in the display

BB

B

"9kHz" and " " in the display

"10kHz" and " " in the display

BB

" " & " "

B

in display

" " in display

BB

& " "disappeared

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" " in the display

?Bi? sound
on/off

Intelligent
lighting on/off

LW on / off

MW/LW

On

Off

On

Off

On

Off

B

BB

B

BB

B

BB

" " in the display

" " in the display

" " in the display

" " display

" " display

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SPECIFICATIONS

1. Frequency range

FM 87~108 MHz

Russia 64~108MHz

Japan 76~108 MHz

Eu, USA 87.5~108 MHz

MW 522~1620 (USA 520~1710) kHz

LW 153~513 kHz

SW 2300~21950 kHz

2. Sensitivity

F M (S/N=30dB) Less than 3μV

MW (S/N=26dB) Less than 1mV/m

LW (S/N=26dB) Less than 10mV/m

SW (S/N=26dB) Less than 20μV

3.Selectivity

F M ＞60 dB

MW ＞60 dB

LW ＞60 dB

MW ＞60 dB

4. FM Stereo crosstalk Less than 35 dB

5. Memory 550

6. Output 350 mW

7. Power UM3 or AA X 3

USB 5V DC

8. Speaker 50mm, 500mW/16 Ohm

9. Earphone Jack 3.5mm, 8~32 Ohm, Stereo type

10. Dimensions Approx. 135(W) X 86(H) X 26(D) mm

11. Weight 200g (Batteries not included)

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