Up and Down Tuning Buttons
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Press once quickly to tune to the next frequency increment.
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Press and hold for 2 seconds to automatically tune to the next strong
station.
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Hold continuously to cycle through the whole band. Press once quickly
again to stop at current frequency.
Lock Button
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With the radio off, press and hold for 2 seconds to controls lock, except
the volume control wheel. A lock icon will display on the screen when the
radio is locked.
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To disable lock, press and hold the lock button again for 2 seconds.
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With the radio on, press quickly the lock button to display RDS
information (i.e. PS, DATE, RT, PTY),press again to display next
information.
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In SSB mode, press quickly this button to cycle USB and LSB
Display Button
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Press quickly the button to cycle display alarm/ time/temperature/signal
strength level.
AM Bandwidth / FM Stereo Button
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Bandwidth Filters (for AM, SW, LW and Air band only): On AM, SW, LW
and AIR bands there are 6 bandwidth settings that can be used to filter
out unwanted noise or adjacent overlapping stations. Quickly press the
button to view the current bandwidth selection (500Hz, 1K, 1.2K, 2.2K, 3K,
4K) in cycle. Release the button to choose the displayed selection.
NOTE:
A narrow bandwidth of 1K or 1.2K may work best when receiving a weak
or noisy signal. For a strong local signal, 4kHz is usually best, especially
for music. If the station is changed then the radio will return to the default
bandwidth setting at 1kHz for SSB mode only. The default bandwidth is
3kHz in other modes.
Stereo or Mono Reception
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In the FM band, press quickly the button to cycle between ‘MONO’ and
‘AUTO’. Typically, FM mono will have better reception than FM stereo.
NOTE:
If a station does not broadcast in stereo, or radio cannot lock onto the
stereo signal, the radio will only receive FM mono and the stereo symbol
will not be displayed.
Time Set
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If the radio is off, press quickly the button then UP or DOWN button to
cycle between ‘AUTO’ and ‘MANUAL’ to update time (‘AUTO' indicates
time automatically updates for RDS station). In Manual mode, the user
can use UP or DOWN button to adjust the time.
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Press and hold for 2 seconds to set up time with 0-9 key, 'TIME' is
flashing for time setting until finished.
Setting the Alarm
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With the radio powered off, press and hold ALARM button for 2 seconds.
Use 0-9 keys to directly enter the alarm time you desire.
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Press quickly ALARM button then ‘ALARM’ icon will flash. Press UP or
DOWN button to select alarm method: alarm by radio or buzzer and alarm
off.
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By default, the alarm will wake you with a beep. A speaker icon displays
on the screen indicating that the alarm will wake to the previous last radio
