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Grundig YB500, Owner'S Manual

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YB500 OWNER’S MANUAL 

 
 

HOW TO USE 

YOUR GRUNDIG 

 
 

YB500 AM/FM/SW Radio 

 
 
 
 

NEED HELP? HERE’S HOW TO CONTACT US: 

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From the United States: 1-800-872-2228 

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From Canada: 1-800-637-1648 

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From everywhere else: 650-903-3866 

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e-mail: 

[email protected] 

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World Wide Web: 

www.grundigradio.com 

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Eton Corporation/Grundig 

1015 Corporation Way 

Palo Alto, California 94303 

United States

 

Summary of Contents for YB500

Page 1: ...HERE S HOW TO CONTACT US From the United States 1 800 872 2228 From Canada 1 800 637 1648 From everywhere else 650 903 3866 e mail grundig ix netcom com World Wide Web www grundigradio com Eton Corpo...

Page 2: ...o Stations with the TUNE A V buttons 16 Tuning to Stations 17 Entering a Meter Band 18 Storing in Memory General 19 What can You Store 19 Is the Frequency Tuned to Already Stored in Memory 19 Checking...

Page 3: ...TIME II related to the indication 7 Clock times TIME I TIME II SLEEP time go to sleep time alarm times 8 one SLEEP time go to sleep time is programmed SNOOZE alarm interrupt is activated 9 battery ch...

Page 4: ...the FM VHF band You will hear the FM station last tuned to Last Station Memory For concluding a manual frequency entry For calling up the AF Alternative Frequencies which can be received via RDS Radio...

Page 5: ...the frequency is not yet stored the display 4 indicate NEW Press a longer time Indication of all free memory locations e g FREE 6 FREE 8 FREE 25 24 A Z Button To enter the abbreviation for the curren...

Page 6: ...place it ver tically Due to the much more better propagation conditions du ring the evening and night hours there may be interfer ences during these hours These interferences can be reduced by partial...

Page 7: ...o be operated perma nently on the mains Battery Operation With four 1 5 V batteries type IEC LR 6 or AA We recommend the use of alkaline manganese batteries with low mercury constituent or no mercury...

Page 8: ...5 minutes Reset Button If due to external interferences caused by static charges of carpets thunderstorms etc the control electronics of your Yacht Boy 500 should receive wrong information sig nals o...

Page 9: ...her the different menu options Switch on time ON 1 switch off time OFF 1 Switch on time ON 2 switch off time OFF 2 iDisplay brightness LAMP 0 4 MW raster frequency 9 kHz or 10 kHz You can quit the men...

Page 10: ...ar Direct Entries You can enter all numeric values with the numeric buttons 5 Frequencies station memory locations programming or calling up SW meter bands clock times and switching times You dispose...

Page 11: ...ive frequencies FREQ Frequency not correctly entered MEMO The current frequency is already stored in the station memory location M BAND SW m band not correctly entered NO MEMO No or no further station...

Page 12: ...hed off The Volume can be adjusted with the VOLUME slider control 7 SOUND switch 25 set to BOOST indication in display 4 The output power is more than doubled Because of the higher current drain this...

Page 13: ...ecting Frequencies For the table frequencies have been selected on which mainly programmes in the respective national languages but also service programmes for foreigners in the corres ponding languag...

Page 14: ...ing the MEMORY button 6 brings you back to the starting point of the ROM table You can quit the ROM table by selecting a station memory location e g 1 MEMORY or by slowly pressing the 0 ROM numeric bu...

Page 15: ...er control 7 For your first experience with SW reception proceed step by step as shown below On which frequency ies you then can receive for example BBC London depends on the time of day Select your f...

Page 16: ...the buttons TUNE or TUNE 19 starts the automatic station search TUNE the search is started in direction of lower frequencies TUNE the search is started in direction of higher frequencies The station...

Page 17: ...of a meter band the unit automatically tunes to the limit cut off frequency of the next adjacent m band When the end of a band is reached the unit jumps to the beginning of the same band A very long...

Page 18: ...direct frequency entry or manual tuning If the frequency tuned to lies in one of the above listed meter bands the band will permanently be indicated in the display if not the display indicates 0 It is...

Page 19: ...Already Stored in Memory Store Compare Before storing a frequency tuned to in memory you can check whether this frequency is already stored by briefly pressing the STORE button If the station is alre...

Page 20: ...e waveband re mains always buffered on the numeric button 0 It is then eventually necessary to press the AM button several times or to switch to FM to return to the desired waveband Then retrieve the...

Page 21: ...the cursor to the left thus allowing you to correct a wrong entry If you wish to enter spaces or less than 8 positions use the blank character between 9 and A After having entered the last position p...

Page 22: ...emory location numbers down The next possible memory position location is called up and its name is indicated if it has been entered or if it is received via the RDS system Unoccupied memory locations...

Page 23: ...0 20 etc A longer pressure on the button increases the playing time automatically in 10 minutes steps The display indicates the symbol and the entered go to sleep time When this time has elapsed the u...

Page 24: ...he clock time with the numeric buttons Press and hold down the TIME I II button until the refer ence clock jumps from 6 29 59 to 6 30 00 As soon as you release the TIME I II button the clock starts ru...

Page 25: ...s are programmed and overlap each other Switch on times have always priority over switch off times The second switching times have priority over the first switching times Already programmed stations a...

Page 26: ...ing the TUNE A V button Automatic Switching On and Off The AUTO button allows you to switch on and off the automatic functions 1 With radio programme The alarm mode or must be selected Enter the desir...

Page 27: ...ing times are retained Timer Recordings If you possess a cassette recorder with start stop remote control facility you can use the switching times of the radio to switch on and off the cassette record...

Page 28: ...tion is not signalled through an unstable TUNING field strength indication At the most the RDS indication might be unstable In technical jargon this effect is called The RDS reception quality is insuf...

Page 29: ...in speech During pauses no tuning is possible The TUNING indication is of great help when searching SSB stations The TUNING indication deflects in the rhythm of the speech modulation when an SSB stat...

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