Tecsun PL-600 User Manual

TECSUN

R A D I O S A U S T R A L I A

PL-600

FM STEREO/LW/MW/SWSSB

PLL SYNTHESIZED DUAL CONVERSION RECEIVER

OWNER'S MANUAL

PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL BEFORE OPERATION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1	MAJOR FEATURES OF THE PL-600 .............................................................................	2
2	DIAGRAMS .....................................................................................................................	3
3	GETTING STARTED .......................................................................................................	5
	WHAT THE PL-600 INCLUDES ................................................................................	5
	INSTALLING BATTERIES .........................................................................................	5
	PREVENTING BATTERYACID LEAKAGE ...............................................................	5
	USING THE INCLUDED AC ADAPTOR/CHARGER .................................................	5
	CHARGING BATTERIES IN THE PL-600.................................................................	5
4	BASIC RADIO OPERATION ...........................................................................................	7
5	CLOCK AND TIMER FEATURES .................................................................................	10
	SETTING THE CLOCK ............................................................................................	10
	SETTING THE TIMERS .........................................................................................	10
	STORING A RADIO STATION INTO TIMER MEMORY...........................................	11
	ACTIVATING/DEACTIVATING THE TIMER..............................................................	11
	USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE ............................................................................	11
6	WORKING WITH MEMORY...........................................................................................	12
	STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY....................................................................	12
	SELECTING/CHANGING MEMORY PAGES ..........................................................	12
	ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO MEMORY..................................................	12
	DIRECT MEMORYACCESS ..................................................................................	12
	MANUAL MEMORY SEARCH .................................................................................	12
	MEMORYAUTO-SCAN ...........................................................................................	13
	DELETINGA MEMORY'S CONTENTS ...................................................................	13
	DELETINGALL MEMORY PAGE CONTENTS .......................................................	13
	MOVINGA STORED FREQUENCY........................................................................	13
	CUSTOMIZING MEMORY PAGES .........................................................................	13
7	SYSTEM SET CODES ..................................................................................................	14
	SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE...................................................................................	14
	CHANGING SYSTEM SET CODES ........................................................................	15
	DEFAULT FACTORY SYSTEM SET CODES .........................................................	15
	MONITORING THE CURRENT STATUS OF SET
	CODESAND OTHER SETTINGS ............................................................................	15
8	ADDITIONAL PL-600 CONTROLS ................................................................................	15
9	LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS .....................................................................	16
10	TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................................	18

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1 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE PL-600

FM Frequency Range: 87-108 MHz or 76-108 MHz (For Japan)

Shortwave Frequency Range: 171129999 KHz

9/10KHz tuning step selector for Medium Wave (MW) reception

1 kHz tuning step for the display of Medium wave and Shortwave

AM (LW/MW/SW) dual conversion.

SSB (SINGLE SIDE BAND) signal reception

ATS (Auto tuning system) for the memory storage of FM/MW reception

Manual Tuning

Auto Scan Tuning

Direct Keypad Frequency Entry

Digital Tuning Knob

600 Programmable Memories

Memory Page Customization

Auto-Scan and manually scan stations stored into memory

Direct Memory Access

Fast/Slow tuning rate selection for manual tuning

Sleep Function

Two Turn-on Timers with station memory

Snooze Function: 10 minutes, repeated three times

FM Stereo/Mono selection

High/Low Tone Control

LCD Backlight

Key Lock

Built-in Ni-MH battery charger System set codes

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2 DIAGRAMS
	1.	Power/ Sleep	5. FM/Shortwave
	2.	Clock Button
			Telescopic Antenna
	3.	Timer A Button
	4.	Timer B Button
			6. LCD Display
TIMER	TIMER
A	B

0	1	2	3	4	5		7.Light / Snooze Button
Ni-MH
Battery						FAST	8.Tuning Fast/Slow / Lock Button
						kHz
				Shortwave		Bandwidth N	9.Up / Auto-Scan Button
1				2		3	10.Down / Auto-Scan Button
4				5		6	11.Frequency / Preset Button
7				8		9	12.Page Button
				0			13.SSB Button
							14.FM. ST & AM Bandwidth Button
							15.FM / MW / LW Band &
18.Memory / Sys. Set Button							FM / MWATS Button
							16.SW(SW Meter) Band Button
19.Charge On / Off Button
20.Enter / Delete Button							17.Numeric Keypad

21.	Hand Carry Belt
22.	FM / SW ANT. Jack	TECSUN
23.	ANT. Gain
	(DX / Normal / Local)
24.	Tone Control
25.	Earphone Socket
26.	DC 6V Jack
27.Vertical Stand

28. Tuning Knob
29.	Stand
30.	SSB BFO Knob
31.	Volume Knob
32.	Reset Button

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DIAGRAMS continued

RADIO OFF DISPLAY

RADIO ON DISPLAY

33. Battery Symbol

33. Battery Symbol

40. Clock

34. Clock Digits

38. Antenna Symbol

Digits

39. 1-5 Scale

Sleep Timer Symbol

35. Timer Digits

Timer A

SL EEP Timer A

Timer B

Timer B

0

1

2

3

4

5

Ni-MH

Ni-MH

Battery

Battery

SLOW

A B

kHz A

B

FM

MW LW Shortwave SSB

Bandwidth

N

36.

36. Timer Activation Symbol

44. FM,

42. SSB

Timer

37. Ni-MH Battery Symbol

MW, LW,

Activation

Shortwave

Symbol

43. Frequency Digits

Indicators

41. Bandwidth

MEMORY DISPLAY

Refers only to the display's upper right corner.

SHORTWAVE METER BAND DISPLAY

Refers only to the display's upper right corner.

mb

PAGEPRESET

45. Delete Indicator

46. Memory Display

47. Shortwave Meter Band Display

SYSTEM SET CODE DISPLAY

	48
kHz	49

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3 GETTING STARTED

WHAT THE PL-600 INCLUDES

●Earbud style earphones

●External antenna

●Carrying pouch

●AC adaptor/charger

●4 - 1000 mAh, Ni-MH rechargeable batteries.

●Owner's manual

NOTE: In the instructions below, numbers in parenthesis ( ), refer to the diagrams.

INSTALLING BATTERIES

The battery compartment is located on the back of the PL-600. Its cover is on the lower right corner of the back. To remove the battery compartment cover, apply thumb pressure and slide it towards the bottom of the radio. Install 4 AA alkaline batteries into the battery compartment, observing the battery polarity diagram on the back of the radio.

NOTE: If you don't plan to use rechargeable batteries at all, then it's a good idea to set SYSTEM SET CODE 29. To do this, see the section titled SYSTEM SET CODES. This assures that the battery strength indicator will display correctly for your non-rechargeable batteries. This is not a mandatory

procedure and the PL-600 will function if it is not done.

PREVENTING BATTERY ACID

LEAKAGE

To avoid battery acid leakage, only use high quality alkaline, lithium or rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries. Never intermix old with new, or different brands or types of batteries. Damage caused by battery acid leakage is not covered by this product's warranty. If the batteries leak, don't throw them

away and immediately contact the manufacturer of the batteries to inquire about their battery leakage warranty program.

USING THE INCLUDED AC

DAPTOR/CHARGER

To power the PL-600 with the included AC Adaptor/Charger, plug it into a wall outlet first, and then into the socket on the left side of the PL-600, labeled DC 6 V. Batteries can be in the radio while using the AC Adaptor/Charger.

CHARGING BATTERIES IN THE PL-600

The PL-600 will play using whatever type of AA batteries are in the battery compartment, but only nickel-metal- hydride batteries can be charged within it. If non-rechargeable batteries are installed, the PL-600 as a built-in safeguard system that will prevent them from being charged.

This safeguard system works with the PL-600 set to either SYSTEM SET CODE

28 or 29, as described below, and only with he included AC Adaptor/Charger.

WARNING: Use only the included AC Adaptor/Charger to recharge Ni-MH batteries. Use of any other device may cause the rechargeable batteries to overheat, become damaged and possibly damage the PL-600. The built-in safeguard system, described above, works only with the included AC Adaptor/Charger. Damage caused to the PL-600 resulting from failure to observe this warning is not covered by the warranty and voids the warranty.