TURNING THE PL-450 ON AND OFF
VOLUME AND TONE CONTROLS
The volume control (28), labeled
The PL-450 can be turned on by the two
VOLUME, is located on the right side of
methods shown below. To turn it off, press
the radio. To change the volume, rotate
the POWER/SLEEP button (1).
the volume control knob. The tone control
(22), on the left side of the radio is
1. BATTERY SAVER/TIMER METHOD:
labeled TREBLE/BASS. Use the position
Perform a quick, short press of the
producing the sound that you like best.
POWER/SLEEP button (1). This turns the
radio on with 30 in the display and causes
USING EARPHONES
the radio to shut off automatically after 30
Earphones/headphones with a 1/8 inch
minutes. The sleep timer symbol
stereo plug can be used. Plug them into
, , also appears in the display. To
the earphone socket (21) on the left side
change the automatic shut off time from
of the radio.
30 minutes to the number of minutes-to-
play of your preference, use the UP or
SELECTING FM, MW, LW OR
DOWN buttons (6, 7) immediately after
SHORTWAVE
When listening to FM or shortwave, fully
turning on the radio. This allows selection
extend the telescopic antenna (2). It need
of 1~120 minutes of playtime before
not be extended when listening to MW or
automatic shut-off occurs. The number of
LW stations. After turning on the PL-450,
minutes that you last set is also used the
perform quick, short presses of the
next time the radio is turned on.
'FM/MW -ATS' button (12) to select FM or
2. TIMER-DEFEAT METHOD:
MW. To select SW press the 'SW METER
This method defeats the automatic
BAND' button (13). Each sequential press
minute timer and causes the radio to stay
of the SW METER BAND button or of the
on until deliberately turned off, until the
UP or DOWN buttons places the radio at
batteries drain or indefinitely if used with
the beginning of a specific shortwave
an AC adaptor. Hold down the POWER
meter band. The frequency digits (40)
button for about 3 seconds, then release.
appear toward the center portion of the
Note that 'On' appears in the display and
display. The local stations of the area that
that the sleep timer symbol does not
you are currently in will be heard on MW
appear when this method is used.
and FM, while shortwave stations from
around the world can be heard on SW.
SIGNAL STRENGTH AND BATTERY
You can also select LW by press the
STRENGTH INDICATOR
'FM/MW/LW' button (12). Before using
LW, you should activate the LW function
When the radio is turned off, the upper
via the SYSTEM SET CODE, see the
left corner of the display (3) shows battery
SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE.
strength. When the radio is turned on, the
antenna symbol (37) and the 1-5 scale
NOTE:
If you are new to shortwave, see
shows relative signal strength.
the special shortwave sections later in
this manual.
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