Tecsun PL-606 Operation Manual

PL-606

FM stereo / SW / MW / LW DSP RECEIVER

OPERATION MANUAL

CONTROL LOCATIONS

1. Power

2. Band* & ATS

3. VM & SCAN

4. VF & SCAN

5. ETM (Easy Tuning Mode)

6. Delete

7. Memory

8. Display & Lock & Snooze

9. FM ST. & AM BW

10. Alarm

11. Time

12. FM & SW Telescopic Antenna

13. FM & SW Antenna Jack

14. Earphone Jack

15. USB 5V DC-Jack

16. Multifunctional Tuning Knob

17. Stand

18. Volume Knob

19. Battery Compartment

*本机出厂前已关闭 LW (长波)波段，若要开启 LW 波段，在关机状态下，长按[MW]键即可，
详见第 xx 页。

LCD DISPLAY

1．Battery consumption indicator / Charging indicator
2．Sleep timer indicator
3．Alarm on/off indicator
4．Key-lock indicator
5．Temperature (Temp.)
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
10．Tuning speed:

" > " Slow Tuning

" >> " Fast Tuning

11．kHz: frequency unit for MW, 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．Band indicator
16．FM stereo status indicator
17．Rechargeable batteries indicator

HOW TO TURN ON/OFF THE RADIO

1. Open the battery compartment located on the back of the unit, install 2x AA alkaline

batteries observing the battery polarity diagram on the back of the radio. Close the

battery door.

Installing batteries

2. Press the [POWER] button to turn on/off the radio.

Note:

If the radio is unable to be turned on. Please check if the batteries were installed correctly,

battery capacity is sufficient or the lock function had been applied with "

" displays

on screen (press & hold the [ ] button to unlock.)

TUNE IN STATIONS

Press the [POWER] button to turn on your radio, then select your desired band by
pressing the [FM], [MW]、 SW[ ] or [ ] button. In case of receiving FM/ SW

broadcasting, fully extend the telescopic antenna for a better reception. When receiving

MW(LW) broadcasting, please rotate the radio or change it's location to achieve optimum

reception. You can rotate the [VOLUME] knob to adjust to appropriate volume from 0 to 30

levels.

Now, you can turn into your favorite stations with any of the below tuning methods:

METHOD 1: ETM (EASY TUNING MODE)

ETM is the unique tuning method designed by Tecsun. It skillfully combines the reception

circuitry & control procedure to pre-select the suspected radio station and temporarily auto

stores them into the ETM memory (not the regular 550 memories). This highly enhances

the efficiency when tuning into radio stations. Employing ETM to tune preferred

frequencies. you can easily tune into your desired stations from those preferred

frequencies.

1. Press the [ETM] button with [ETM] shows on screen to
enter Easy Tuning Mode.

2. Press & hold the [ETM] button until the frequency start
running to auto scan and store stations into ETM memory,
within the present band.

3. When the frequency stop running, turn around the
[TUNING] knob to select those stored stations.

Notes: While operating ETM to search for stations, a few stations might be missed if

there is interference in the surrounding. In this case, you can simply key-in the frequency,

then press the [ETM] button to manually store it into ETM memory.

Tips:
FM station: When you are in a different city or country, you should perform the ETM

function again in stead of using ATS function, because this will not delete any of the

stations already stored within the memory.

MW station: It is recommendable to perform the ETM function during night time, because

there are usually many stations starting 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 usually

there are more stations that start broadcasting in the late afternoon.

METHOD 2: MANUAL TUNING
Frequency searching: Press the [VF] button to switch into frequency mode, and

then rotate the [TUNING] knob to select your desired station.

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

Slow tuning mode

Fast tuning mode

Step

Band

Turning step

Turning step

FM 0.01MHz

0.1MHz

MW 1kHz

9/10kHz

LW 1k Hz

9kHz

SW 1kHz 5kHz

Memory searching: Press the [VM] button to switch into memory mode, and then rotate

the [TUNING] knob to select those stored stations.

METHOD 3: AUTO BROWSE STATION

1.Turn on the radio and press the [VF] button to switch into
frequency mode.