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DE1103 - page 4/6 

 

SETTING THE ALARMS 

 
You can set two alarms within 24 hours : Alarm 1 and Alarm 2. 
You can set to any desired turn on time, station preset, volume 
and turn off time as you like. 
When the set alarm time is reached, the radio will be turned on 
and turned off automatically according to the set alarm time. 
 

SETTING ALARM 1 

 
1. Turn off the radio, press the “M/F” button 

(20)

 for 3 seconds 

to enable Alarm 1. The hour digits on the LCD panel will flash. 

2. Rotate the “TUNE” knob 

(15)

 to adjust the hour, then press 

the “M/F” button 

(20)

 again, the minute digits on the LCD 

panel will flash. 

3. Rotate the “TUNE” knob 

(15)

 to adjust the minute, then press 

the “M/F” button 

(20)

 again, the station presets will flash. 

4. Rotate the “TUNE” knob 

(15)

 to select the station preset, then 

press the “M/F” button 

(20)

 again, the volume level will flash. 

5. Rotate the “TUNE” knob 

(15)

 to select the then press the 

“M/F” button 

(20)

 again. 

6. Select the duration of Alarm 1 (from 5 to 99 minutes). 
7. Finally, press the “M/F” button 

(20)

 to confirm. The “Alarm 1” 

sign will be displayed on the LCD panel, indicating that Alarm 
1 is activated, the radio will turn on/off according to the 
particulars of the Alarm 1 settings. 

 

NOTE

 : When setting the Alarm, if there is no change in the 

default settings, you can just press the “M/F” button 

(20)

 or the 

“STORE” 

(19)

 button to skip for faster operation. 

 
 

SETTING ALARM 2 

 
1. Turn off the radio, press the “STORE” button 

(19)

 for 3 

seconds to enable Alarm 1. The hour digits on the LCD panel 
will flash. 

2. Following the similar procedures for setting the Alarm 1 

except that the “M/F” button should be changed to the 
“STORE” button 

(19)

. When these steps are finished, the 

“Alarm 1” sign will be displayed on the LCD panel, indicating 
that Alarm 2 is activated, the radio will turn on/off according to 
the particulars of the Alarm 2 settings. 

 
- If there are conflicts in the two alarm settings, the alarm 

settings with the later time will replace the alarm settings of 
an earlier time. 

- The settings of alarm(s) is/are always valid unless the 

alarm(s) is/are deactivated. 

 
 

DEACTIVATING THE ALARMS 

 

DEACTIVATING ALARM 1 

 
Turn off the radio, press “M/F” button 

(20)

 once, the “Alarm 1” 

sign will disappear from the LCD panel, Alarm 1 settings are 
deactivated. 
 

DEACTIVATING ALARM 2 

 
Turn off the radio, press “STORE” button 

(19)

 once, the “Alarm 

2” sign will disappear from the LCD panel, Alarm 2 settings are 
deactivated. 
 
 
 

TUNING TO STATIONS 

 
There are 4 methods of tuning to stations with this radio. 
When receiving stations in the AM and SW bands, please note 
the changes of the ladder style signal level indicator. 

The more ladders indicate the stronger the signal or vice versa. 
 

TUNING BY ROTATING THE FLYING KNOB 

 
Using the “TUNE” knob 

(15)

 
1. Turn on the radio, select the desired band. 
2. Use one finger to touch on the rough surface of “TUNE” knob 

(15)

 for fast tuning. 

3. When nearer to the frequency, use two fingers to grip on the 

adjacent sides of the “TUNE” knob 

(15)

 for slower and fine-

tuning. Stop tuning when the desired frequency is reached. 

 
-  When tuning with the “TUNE” knob 

(15)

, FM step is 25 kHz, 

AM (LW, MW and SW) step is 1 kHz. 

-  The fastest speed for flying know tuning is 80 steps per cycle. 
 

TUNING BY DIRECT INPUT OF FREQUENCY 

 
When the frequency of a station is know, you can input the 
frequency for fastest tuning. 
You can even input any frequencies across the bands. 
 
1. Turn the radio on, press the numerical buttons according to 

the frequency 

2. Press the appropriate confirm button : 
   

FM – “BAND-“ button 

(7)

 

   

MW & SW – “BAND+” button 

(9)

 
 

Example 1 : FM 89.80 MHz 

 

(8)

 > 

(9)

 > 

(8)

 > ”BAND-“. 

 

(no need to enter 0 after the decimal place for FM) 

 
 

Example 2 : MW 810 kHz 

 

(8)

 > 

(1)

 > 

(0)

 > ”BAND+”. 

 
 

Example 3 : LW 120 kHz 

 

(1)

 > 

(2)

 > 

(0)

 > "BAND+”. 

 
 

Example 4 : SW 15340 kHz 

 

(1)

 > 

(5)

 > 

(3)

 > 

(4)

 > 

(0)

 W "BAND+”. 

 
-  Please input all the numerical buttons by not longer than 3 

seconds. 

-  When inputting a frequency that is out of range of the radio, 

the error message of “Err” will be displayed on the LCD panel. 

-  The smallest steps for inputting frequencies :  
   

AM : 1 kHz 

   

FM : 100 kHz. 

 

TUNING BY AUTOMATIC SCANNING 

 
You can use the “BAND-“ 

(7)

 and “BAND+” 

(9)

 buttons to 

automatic searching and scanning of stations. 
 
1. Turn on the radio, select the appropriate meter band. 
2. 

Press the “BAND-“ 

(7)

 or “BAND+” 

(9)

 buttons to 

automatically search for stations. When a station is found, 
scanning will ceased for about 3 seconds for trial listening, 
scanning will continue after 3 seconds if there is no action. 

3. You may wish to use the “TUNE” knob to fine tune a station 

that is successfully searched. 

4. Pressing any button on the radio panel would terminate 

automatic scanning. 

 
-  Tuning steps for automatic scanning : FM 100 kHz ; MW 1 

kHz ; SW 5 kHz. 

-  Automatic scanning will search for stations in the selected 

meter bands continuously. 

 

TUNING BY RECALLING MEMOERY PRESETS 

 
1. Turn on the radio, press the “M/F” button 

(20)

, the “MEM” sign 

will be displayed on the LCD panel. 

Summary of Contents for DE1103

Page 1: ...Band Station Search Forward 10 Light Switch 11 0 9 Keys 12 SSB Fine Tune Knob 13 Liquid Crystal Display 14 News Music Narrow Wide Switch 15 Tuning Functions Knob 16 Pull Out Whip Antenna 17 Support Back 18 Volume Control Recharge Knob 19 Alarm 2 Store Knob 20 Alarm 1 Memory Selection Knob 21 Hand Held Belt 22 AM Antenna Socket 23 Local DX Switch 24 Earphone Socket 25 DC 6 V Input Socket 26 Battery...

Page 2: ...icity to the radio the backlight of the radio will be lit continuously It is better to remove the non rechargeable battery outside the battery compartment if the AC Adaptor DC06 is to be used for a certain long period of time The AC Adaptor DC06 is specially designed for the DE1103 radio with a steady voltage and 300 ma current please do not use it with other appliances Please do not use any other...

Page 3: ...therwise it would not be possible to adjust the time TURNING THE RADIO ON OFF This radio contains memory and is able to tune to the last tuned station when turning it on again POWER ON OFF Press the SLEEP button 1 once to turn on the radio press it again to turn off the radio ALARMS You can set two alarms within 24 hours Alarm 1 and Alarm 2 You can set to any desired turn on time station preset vo...

Page 4: ...e Alarm 2 sign will disappear from the LCD panel Alarm 2 settings are deactivated TUNING TO STATIONS There are 4 methods of tuning to stations with this radio When receiving stations in the AM and SW bands please note the changes of the ladder style signal level indicator The more ladders indicate the stronger the signal or vice versa TUNING BY ROTATING THE FLYING KNOB Using the TUNE knob 15 1 Tur...

Page 5: ...ce 1 to 99 then press the STORE button 19 to check press the STORE button 19 again to save DELETING MEMORY PRESETS To Delete One Memory Only 1 Turn the radio on while holding down the STORE button 19 rotate the TUNE knob 15 and observe the frequency changes on the LCD panel the MEM sign will flash 2 Locate the station frequency to be deleted 3 While holding the STORE button 19 press the TIME butto...

Page 6: ... this radio SSB CW RECEPTION 1 The SSB function is applicable from 100 29999 kHz on this radio 2 Press the SSB button 6 tune the SSB fine tune knob to set the BFO signal to zero beat 3 Rotate the TUNE knob 15 to search for the SSB signal 4 When the SSB signal is received tune the SSB fine tune knob 12 to the position where the SSB signal is the clearest Most SSB and CW signals are often found in t...

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