TECSUN TECSUN

PL-310

FM stereo / SW / MW / LW DSP RECEIVER

OPERATION MANUAL

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TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.

FACTORY: 189 GuanChang Road, DongCheng District,

DongGuan, GuangDong, P.R.China

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.tecsun.com.cn

www.tecsun.b2s.com

TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.

PL-310

Functional Block Diagram

PL-310 is using DSP si4734 Microchips (from Silicon Labs in

USA) to digitalize the analog AM/FM broadcasting signal base on the modern software technology and radio principles. It can highly improve on radio's sensitivity, selectivity, S/N ratio and anti-interference.

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SPECIFICATIONS

1. Frequency range

FM 87~108 MHz

Russia 64~108MHz

Japan 76~108 MHz

Eu, USA 87.5~108 MHz

MW 522~1620 (USA 520~1710) kHz

LW 153~513 kHz

SW 2300~21950 kHz

2. Sensitivity

F M (S/N=30dB) Less than 2μV

MW (S/N=26dB) Less than 1mV/m

LW (S/N=26dB) Less than 10mV/m

SW (S/N=26dB) Less than 20μV

3.Selectivity

F M ＞60 dB

MW ＞60 dB

LW ＞60 dB

MW ＞60 dB

4. FM Stereo crosstalk Less than 35 dB

5. Memory 500

6. Output 350 mW

7. Power UM3 or AA X 3

USB 5V DC

10. Dimensions Approx. 141(W) X 87(H) X 30(D) mm

11. Weight 187g (Batteries not included)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTROL LOCATIONS................................................... 2

LCD DISPLAY.....................................................................4

QUICK START GUIDE........................................................5

TURN THE RADIO ON OR OFF.........................................8

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Manual tuning

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Auto scan stations

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Direct frequency entry

LISTEN TO THE RADIO.....................................................9

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Manual tuning

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Auto scan stations

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Direct key-in frequency

TO STORE STATION........................................................10

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ATS (Auto Tuning Storage) on FM, MW, LW or SW band

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To store a station manually

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To store station with auto scanning function

LISTEN TO STATIONS IN THE MEMORY....................... 12

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Manual memory search

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Auto scan memory

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Direct key in the station address number

DELETE MEMORY........................................................... 13

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Manual delete memory

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To delete stations with auto search memory function

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To delete all memories

SLEEP FUNCTION........................................................... 14

CLOCK SETTING.............................................................15

ALARM SETTING.............................................................16

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Select the alarm by radio " " or by buzzer " "

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Set the alarm by radio

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Alarm by buzzer

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Snooze

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To turn off the alarm

DISPLAY MODE................................................................18

USING THE LOCK BUTTON............................................18

USING THE LIGHT BUTTON........................................... 18

FM ST. BUTTON...............................................................18

AM BW BUTTON..............................................................19

SYSTEM SETTING........................................................... 19

APPLYING INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION........21

IMPORTANT MATTERS FOR USING BATTERIES......... 22

USING THE EXTERNAL ANTENNA SOCKET................ 22

TROUBLE SHOOTING.....................................................23

"Bi" SOUND VIA FUNCTIONS.........................................25

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CONTROL LOCATIONS

13 14

SLEEP

Timer

15

16

17

FM & SW

ANTENNA

12 11 10 9

TUNING

VOLUME

DC-IN 5V

18

19

20

21

22

1

5

6

7

8

2

3

4

2

MEMO

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Function Button Status Sound Display

FM FM " " in the display

" " in the display

MW (AM) or

LW

MW/LW

FM

MW

B

B

SW BAND

METER BAND

ATS

(Auto Tuning

Storage) or

FM

MW/LW

SW

Store memory

MEMORY

LW

SW

METER BAND

ATS on

ATS off

On

B- -

B

B

B

B- -

B

" " in the display

" " & SW frequency

Meter band on the right corner

Freq. & memory address are running

Display 01 memory address and Frequency

Memory address flashing on the top right corner

Confirmed

B- -

Delete memory

DEL ETE

Out bound meter band range

TUNING

Delete single memory

Delete all memory

Confirmed

Tuning into the range

Tuning out the range

B

BB

B- -

B

B

Stopped

Memory address and

" " are flashing

" " & " " are flashing

Back to Freq. display

Meter band appear on the top right corner

FM freq. range FM SET

12/24 format 12/24

Select FM freq.

Select 12 format

Select 24 format

B

B

BB

Meter band disappear

87.5-108MHz,64-108MHz,

76-108MHz or 87-108MHz

" " in the display

" " in the display

Select 9kHz step

MW(AM) STEP 9/10kHz

Charge on/off

Intelligent lighting on/off

Bi sound on/off

5

Off

On

Off

Select 10kHz step

On

Off

On

BB

B

BB

B

BB

B

BB

B

"9kHz" and " " in the display

"10kHz" and " " in the display

" " in the display

" " in the display

" " in the display

" " in the display

" " in the display

" " in the display

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1

Power on/off

2

3

Display & Lock button

Light / Snooze button

4

Scan Mode button

5 FM ST. button

6 AM BW button (Band width)

7

FM / ATS button (FM band selector and Auto Tuning Storage)

8 MW / LW button ( MW / LW band selector & Auto Tuning Storage)

9

SW/ ATS button (SW meter band selector & Auto Tuning Storage)

10 Enter / Delete button

11

Memory button

12 Numeric keypad

13

Time Set

14

Alarm Set

15

FM & SW Antenna Jack

16

Earphone Jack

17

USB 5V DC-IN Jack

18 FM & SW Telescopic Antenna

19 Multifunctional Tuning Knob

20 Back Stand

21

Volume Knob

22 Battery Compartment

3

LCD DISPLAY

17

16

1 2 3

SLEEP

Timer

4 5

Temp.

6

15 14 13

1

Battery consumption indicator

2

3

4

Sleep indicator

Alarm indicator

" " alarm by radio

" " alarm by buzzer

Temperature (Temp.)

5

6

7

8

AM, PM indicator for 12-hour format clock

Signal indicators dBu: signal strength unit dB : Signal to Noise Ratio

(S/N) unit

Alarm indicator

Meter band indicator

9

Preset memory address indicator

10 Key-lock indicator

11

Tuning speed:

" " Slow Tuning

" " Fast Tuning

12 kHz: frequency unit for MW,

LW & SW

MHz: frequency unit for FM

13

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.

14 Master Digits

With radio off: local time

With radio on: frequency display, band display

15

FM-stereo indicator

16

Band indicator

17

Ni-MH Battery Symbol

4

10

11

12

7

8

9

"Bi" SOUND VIA FUNCTIONS

Function Button Status Sound Display

Time setting TIME

Hour setting

Minute setting

Confirm or Auto confirm

B

BB

B-- hour flashing minute flashing

Nothing flashing

Hour setting B hour flashing

Minute setting

Adjust the length of alarm

BB

BB minute flashing

1~90 minutes display,

or and

are flashing

Alarm setting

ALARM confirmed B--

Display time

Select alarm by radio

Select alarm by buzzer

Radio on or off POWER

Sleep timer

Completed

POWER

&

TUNING

KNOB

Select alarm off

Radio on

Radio permanently

Radio off

Rotate at 30, 60, 90,

120 mins.

Radio permanently

B

BB

B--

and disappear

B

B--

" " display

BB

B

BB " " display

Lock

BACKLIGHT

SNOOZE /

LIGHT

Lock

Unlock

Illuminate short time

Illuminate permanently

Turn off

B--

B

BB

B--

B

" " display

" " disappear

Backlight on for 3 seconds

Backlight on

Backlight off

SNOOZE

SNOOZE /

LIGHT

Temporary off

B

" " or " " flashing

View

Frequency or view memories

AUTO SCAN SCAN MODE

FM STEREO

SCAN MODE

FM ST.

Frequency tuning mode

Memory mode

Frequency tuning mode

Memory mode

STEREO

MONO.

B

BB

B

B

B

BB

Freq. blink for 1 s

Memory address on the top right corner

Auto search

Auto search in Memory

" " display

" " disappear

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QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS

When the alarm activated (alarm by radio), there is only noise with the broadcast

-Did not set the

proper radio station

for the alarm

-Or there are no

broadcasting at

that radio station

-Or you have

travelled to other

city where does

not have a radio

station for your

preset frequency.

-Preset your alarm

station properly

(see the above

setting)

-Make sure it has

radio broadcast in

your location.

-Or set the alarm by

buzzer.

radio malfunction

This may caused by interference, and the computer microchip not function properly.

Remove the battery, then you can reload.

If it is still not able to work, please contact your nearest dealer for customer service.

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QUICK START GUIDE

TIME SETTING

1. Long press [TIME] button until "hour" is flashing in the

display. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the correct

"hour".

2. Short press [TIME] button again, rotate the [TUNING]

knob to adjust "minute".

3. Press the [TIME] button again to confirm your time

setting.

ALARM SETTING

1. Long press [ALARM] button. Rotate the [TUNING] knob

when "hour" is flashing in the display.

2. Short press [ALARM] button again. When the "minute"

is flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the

"minute".

3. Short press [ALARM] button again, rotate the [TUNING]

knob to select 1 ~ 90 minutes of the Alarm's duration.

4. Finally, short press [ALARM] button again to confirm.

Note:

In ALARM section, [ ] means ALARM is set to radio-on;

[ ] means ALARM is set to buzzer, or if the display corner remains blank, which means the alarm is off.

LISTEN TO THE RADIO

1. Short press [POWER] button to turn on your radio.

2. Select FM by pressing the [FM] button, MW and LW by

pressing the [MW/LW] button, SW by pressing the [ ] or

[ ] button sequentially until you have selected the

desired meter band (meter band number flashes in the

upper right corner of the display) .

3. Turn the TUNING knob to your desired radio station.

4. You can also direct key-in the frequency numbers by

pressing the numeric keys.

5. Adjust the volume level by rotating the VOLUME knob.

Note:

Be sure to fully extend the telescopic antenna when listening to SW and FM.

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ATS( Auto Tuning Storage) on FM, MW, LW, SW band

1. Turn on the radio, and fully extend the antenna.

2. Short press [FM] button to Select FM band.

3. Long press on [FM] button until frequency number is

running on the display. All the available stations will be

stored in the memory automatically. It will stop when it

is done.

4. Then use the [TUNING] knob to tune around for those

stored stations.

MW, LW or SW ATS are as same as the FM ATS.

Special note: There are mode A & mode B for ATS in SW.

Mode A : Auto-searching & storing all the radio stations

within all meter bands.

Mode B: Auto-searching & storing all the radio stations

within present meter band only.

Special note:

During ATS processing in FM / MW / LW & SW with mode

A, pre-stored radio stations would be deleted & covered automatically by the new searched stations. If ATS is interrupted or being turned off during process, for those radio stations without deleted & covered by ATS would still be kept.

With ATS mode B in SW, those existing memories will not be deleted & covered; all the newly found radio stations would be stored in the blank memory addresses.

STORING FREQUENCIES INTO MEMORY

1. Turn on your radio, and tune into your favorite station.

2. Short press [M] button, with the memory address is

flashing in the display, press [M] button again to confirm.

LISTEN TO STATIONS IN THE MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio, press and release the [SCAN MODE]

button with notice that the PRESET show in the display's

upper right corner.

2. Turn the [TUNING] knob to select stored stations.

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TROUBLE SHOOTING

QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS

Can not turn on the radio.

-no power with the

batteries

-didn't install the

batteries properly

-power button is

locked

-replace the new

batteries

-according to "+" or

"-" sign to install

the batteries again

-press [ ] button

to unlocked

Radio goes off when you are listening

Can not store some stations using ATS

Some station store with noise using ATS

Only limited FM stations can be received in Japan

-no power with the

batteries

-sleep timer is

activated

-replace the batteries

-turn on the radio

again

-frequency of

stations are too

weak

-there are

interference near

by your area

-FM frequency is

76~90MHz for

Japan

-search the station

manually

- low down the

antenna or move

to other location

and try again

-turn the radio off

and long press on

the [FM SET]

button，short press

[FM SET] button

again to select

76~108MHz

Received very poor AM in USA

-Because USA is

using 10kHz step

for AM

-turn off the radio

press the [9/10kHz]

button to select

10kHz

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IMPORTANT MATTERS FOR USING BATTERIES

1. If no battery has been installed inside for long time, clock

of radio would stop to work. However, pre-stored

frequencies are still kept. Clock would work again after

new batteries being re-installed inside.

2. When the battery power is low, the " " symbol in the

display will flash to alert you for changing new batteries.

Besides it will turn off automatically when the power is

gone.

3. Mix using the used & new batteries would cause damage

of radio and also display the capacity of power incorrectly.

4. In case of radio not to be used for a long period, draw out

the batteries for preventing liquid leakage and damaging

the parts of radio.

USING THE EXTERNAL ANTENNA SOCKET

The external antenna socket is used to improve shortwave or FM performance.

EXTERNAL FM/ AM ANTENNA

WINDOW WALL

Caution: Don't install external FM/ AM antenna in the frequent thunder area.

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DELETE MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio and press the [SCAN MODE] button,

causing PRESET to appear in the display's upper right

corner.

2. Use the [TUNING] knob to select the memory that you

want to delete.

3. Long press [DELETE] button. " " is flashing in the

display, press [DELETE] button again to confirm it.

AUTO SCAN STATION

1. Turn on the radio and press

the [SCAN MODE] button

with frequency flashing.

2. Long press [SCAN MODE]

button and it will search all

the stations in the band, and

stop on each station for 3

seconds.

3. To stop auto search function,

simply press any button, except

[M] button.

Frequency changing

SLEEP

Timer

flashing

Auto-scan with pre-listening

AUTO SCAN MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio and press the

[SCAN MODE] button, switch to

memory address status.

2. Long press [SCAN MODE] button

and It will search all the stations

within the memory, and stop on

each station for 3 seconds.

3. To stop auto search memory,

simply press any button, except

[DELETE] button.

SLEEP

Timer

flashing

Auto-scan memory with pre-listening

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TURN THE RADIO ON OR OFF

1. Installing batteries

The battery compartment is located on the back of the

PL-310. To remove the battery compartment cover, apply

thumb pressure and slide it towards the bottom of the

radio. Install 3 AA alkaline batteries into the battery

compartment, observing the battery polarity diagram on

the back of the radio. Display screen would show battery

capacity, time, etc.

Timer

2. Short press on [POWER] button to turn the radio on or off.

Short press

Note:

If the radio is not able to be turned on. Please check if the batteries were installed correctly, battery capacity is sufficient or the lock function had been applied with symbol " " displayed on screen.

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APPLYING INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION

(Rechargeable batteries & external power connectors are sold separately.)

1. Under radio being connected with external power sources,

installing 3 x UM3 (AA) rechargeable batteries, press &

hold [ ] key to display symbol " " & " " ,

this means the charging function is on.

2. Using any USB 5V external DC power sources to connect

this radio, symbol " " will advance from the bottom to top

during power charging.

It stops when batteries are fully charged.

Connect USB 5V to external power sources

FM & SW

ANTENNA

DC-IN 5V

Special note: Using the USB 5V to connect the external power sources for supplying power to play this radio on

FM.

Notes for charging power:

1. Insisting to apply the batteries until power run out could

extend the life time of battery and keeping them in good

conditions.

2. 3 pcs. of batteries to be used as a group and don't

separate them to other usage. Also don't mix to use

batteries with different power capacity.

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Turn LW on/off

Turn off the radio. Press and hold the [MW/LW] button until

" " or " " appears in the display，If " " appears in the display, which means LW is turned off.

Turn off the "Bi" sound

Press and hold the [ ] button until " " or " " appears in the display; If " " appears in the display, which means "Bi" sound is turned off.

Turn on / off intelligent lighting function

This radio bears the intelligent lighting function which backlight would automatic be turned on for 3 seconds during tuning or any key to be pressed.

being displayed and means this intelligent lighting function symbol " " is displayed and means the intelligent lighting function is on now.

Special note: After shutting off the intelligent lighting function, the [LIGHT/SNOOZE] key is still workable for turning on or off the backlight.

Turning on / off the charging function

Press & hold [ ] key , symbol of " " & " " to be shown and means rechargeable batteries to be used for starting the charging. Press & hold [ ] key, symbol of

" " & " " to be lost on screen and means alkaline batteries to be used and charging function to be off.

Special note: This radio is default to use alkaline batteries for supplying power. In case of using rechargeable batteries, you should switch radio to the status of rechargeable batteries being used. The correct power capacity of rechargeable batteries would be shown.

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LISTEN TO THE RADIO

Short press [POWER] button to turn on your radio, and select your band by short press on [FM]、[MW/LW]、SW

[ ] or [ ] button. In case of receiving FM/ SW, telescopic antenna should be pulled out as long as possible. Now, turn in your favorite station with one of the following methods:

Method 1: Manual tuning

Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select your station.

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

FM

MW

LW

SW slow tuning mode turning step

0.01 MHz

1kHz

1 kHz

1 kHz

Fast tuning mode turning step

0.1 MHz

9 /10kHz

9 kHz

5 kHz

Method 2: Auto scan stations

1. Short press [SCAN MODE] button with a "BB" sound.

2. Long press [SCAN MODE] button with a "B" sound to

activate the Auto-scanning function.

Auto search will stop on each

Frequency

available station for 3 seconds changing flashing

before it goes on searching for

the next available station.

3. To stop auto search function,

simply press any button, except

[M] button.

SLEEP

Timer

Auto-scan with pre-listening

Note: When the radio search & stop to a station, just press

[M] button once to store it.

Method 3:

Direct key-in frequency

Use the numeric keypad to enter the frequency directly.

Note: No need to enter decimal point for FM Band when input the frequency numbers. For example, FM 89.0 MHz, just key in 8 9 0 .

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Method 4: Manual memory search (see page 12 )

Method 5: Auto-scan memory (see page12)

Method 6: Direct key in the station address number (see

page 12)

TO STORE STATION

There are total 500 preset memories within PL-310. For

FM, MW, and LW, each band has 100 preset memories; and 200 preset memories for SW.

ATS (Auto Tuning Storage) on FM, MW, LW or SW band

1) ATS (Auto Tuning Storage) on FM

1. Turn on the radio, and fully extend the antenna.

2. Short press [FM] button to select FM band.

3. Long press on [FM] button with a "B" sound and

frequency is running on the display. All the available

stations will be stored in the memory automatically. After

the long "B--" sound to be heard, ATS is completed and

is in the status of memory address.

4. Then use the [TUNING] knob to tune around for those

stored stations.

MW, LW or SW ATS is as same as the FM ATS.

2) ATS (Auto Tuning Storage) on MW or LW

1. Press & release [MW/LW] button to select MW or LW.

2. Press & hold [MW/LW] button and followed a "B" sound

and ATS starts to scan the radio stations in MW or LW.

3)ATS (Auto Tuning Storage) on SW

1. Fully extended the antenna, then press and release SW

[ ] or [ ] button to select SW.

2. There are mode A & mode B in SW.

Mode A: press & hold [ ] button to scan all radio stations

within all meter bands.

Mode B: press & hold [ ] button to scan all radio stations

in present meter band only.

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AM BW (BANDWIDTH) BUTTON

Short press [AM BW] button to choose 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 kHz bandwidth. This may help to reduce interference on some frequencies. Using WIDE usually results in better audio fidelity, while using narrow limits the audio fidelity somewhat.

You can use it in MW, LW and SW band.

SYSTEM SETTING

Frequency range setting for FM

Turn off the radio, long press [FM SET] button, until 87.5-

108MHz, 64-108MHz, 76-108MHz, or 87-108MHz appears in the display. Quickly keep pressing on the [FM SET] button to select suitable frequency range for your local FM.

Changing the clock format

Turn off the radio, long press [12/24] button, until " "or

" " appears in the display. If " " appears in the display, which means the clock system will be in the 12 hour format.

MW(AM) step setting

Turn off the radio, long press [9/10kHz] button until "9kHz" or "10kHz" appears in the display. By long pressing again, the alternative band step would be shown. The temperature is also shown on screen at the same time.

In general practice, the 10kHz is to be used for broadcasting

MW(AM) as well as the temperature in the degree of

Fahrenheit ( ) for the North America region.

In order to provide convenience to the end users, the

"10kHz" is default to be displayed with temperature in the degree of Fahrenheit ( ) and for "9kHz" to be displayed with temperature in the degree of Centigrade ( ) together.

If the display shows "10kHz" with degree of Fahrenheit ( ), which means this radio is set to 10 kHz step for MW(AM) with temperature in Fahrenheit ( ).

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DISPLAY MODE

OFF status: Short press [DISPLAY] button to view on Temperature,

Alarm time.

Temp.

ON status: Short press [DISPLAY] button to view on Alarm time,

Temperature, Local time, signal strength/ SNR.

Short press

USING THE LOCK BUTTON

Long press [ ] button with a long "B- -" sound and the

" " symbol appears in the display to lock up all keys/ buttons.

Long press [ ] button again with a "B" sound to unlock it.

USING THE LIGHT BUTTON

Short press [LIGHT] button with a "B" sound, LCD backlight illuminates for 3 seconds.

Long press [LIGHT] button with a long "B- -" sound, LCD illuminates permanently.

Short press [LIGHT] button again with a "BB" sound to turn off it.

FM ST. (FM STEREO) BUTTON

Short press [FM ST.] button when in the FM band to take the radio in or out of stereo reception mode. When it's in stereo mode, " " appears over the left side of the frequency in the display. As long as you are not using headphones or earphones, it can be left in mono mode.

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Special note:

1. During ATS processing in FM, MW, LW and SW with

mode A, pre-stored radio stations would be deleted &

covered automatically by the new searched stations. If

ATS is interrupted or being turned off during process, for

those radio stations without deleted & covered by ATS

would still be kept.

With ATS mode B in SW, those existing memories will not

be deleted & covered; all the newly found radio stations

would be stored in the blank memory addresses.

2. If there is interference found in surroundings area and

ATS is not function properly, lower down the telescopic

antenna to restart the ATS again. (For Turning the radio

body around to other directions in order to receive better

in MW / LW).

To store a station manually

1. Turn on your radio, and tune into your favorite station.

2. Short press [M] button with a "B" sound.

3. Short press [M] button again to confirm with a long "B--"

sound.

If [M] button is not to be pressed again within 3 seconds to confirm the storing, this radio would confirm it automatically by a long "B--" sound.

To store station with auto scanning function

1. Short press the [SCAN MODE] button with a "BB" sound

into frequency status.

2. Long press [SCAN MODE]

button with a "B" sound to

activate the Auto-scan function.

Frequency changing flashing

3. If you want to store that station,

simply press on the [M] button

to store the station with a long

"B--" sound. Keep store up your

stations when auto search is

activated until it is done.

SLEEP

Timer

Auto-scan with pre-listening

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LISTEN TO STATIONS IN THE MEMORY

Method 1: Manual memory search

1. Short press the [SCAN MODE]

button with a "B" sound.

2. Rotate the [TUNING] knob for

those stations in the memory.

SLEEP

Timer

PRESET

View Memory mode

Method 2: Auto scan memory

1. Short press the [SCAN MODE]

button with a "B" sound .

2. Long press the [SCAN MODE]

button with a "B" sound to

activate the auto scan memory

function. It will search all the

SLEEP

Timer

flashing

stations within the memory,

and stop on each station for 3

seconds.

Auto-scan memory with pre-listening

3. To stop auto search memory, simply press any button,

except [DELETE] button.

Note: If radio station has been searched & stopped for 3 seconds, Pressing [DELETE] button will delete the stored radio station in current memory.

Method 3: Direct key in the station address number

1. Short press the [SCAN MODE] button with a "B" sound.

2. Use the numeric keypad to key in the memory number

in 3 digits. For example, if the desired radio station is in

memory number 006, just press 0, 0, 6, and it will go to

memory 006.

NOTE: When " - - - - " appeared in the display with a "B" sound after you key in a number of the memory, means there is nothing stored.

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In case of alarm being activated during your listening of the radio, it will switch to the radio station which was set for alarm function.

Note: Please check the volume is at the right level after alarm is set.

Set the alarm by buzzer

1. When the alarm is activated,

"BB" sound will continuously

alarmed. It will turn off

automatically according to

your setting.

2. If the alarm is activated, and

you are listening to the radio;

this radio will automatically

turn off, and activate the

alarm (only "BB" sound will

come out).

Timer

To activate the alarm by buzzer

Snooze

After alarm was activated with buzzer or radio broadcasting, press & release [LIGHT / SNOOZE] with a "B" sound. Then the radio would be turned off temporary, it will start to alarm again 5 minutes later.

TO TURN OFF THE ALARM

When the radio is turned on by the alarm function with radio, you can short press [POWER] button to continue listening radio afterwards.

Short press [POWER] again to turn off the radio.

When the radio is on by alarm functions with buzzer, you can short press [POWER] button to turn off the alarm.

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Select the alarm by radio " " or by buzzer " "

1. To activate the alarm by radio, short press [ALARM]

button with a "B" sound and notice that the " " symbol

shows up in the Timer display section.

2. To activate the alarm by buzzer, short press [ALARM]

button again with a "BB" sound and notice that the " "

symbol appears in the Timer display section.

3. Short press [ALARM] button again with a long "B--" sound

and notice nothing appears in the Timer display section to

turn off the alarm.

Set the alarm by radio

1. Turn on the radio, tune into your favorite alarm radio

station. Please set the volume at the noticeable level.

2. Short press [M] button with a "B" sound.

3. Short press [ALARM] button with a "B" sound and notice

" " symbol is flashing for couple seconds. Now this

alarm radio station is set.

It will go on when the alarm is activated in either the radio

is off, or the radio is on other station.

Alarm by buzzer

1. When the alarm is activated,

"BB" sound will continuously

alarmed. It will turn off

automatically according to

your setting.

2. If the alarm is activated, when

you are listening the radio;

this radio will automatically turn

off, and activate the alarm

(only "BB" sound will come out).

ALARM SETTING

1. Long press [ALARM] button with a "B" sound. Rotate

the [TUNING] knob when "hour" is flashing in the display.

2. Short press [ALARM] button again with a "BB" sound,

the "minute" flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to

adjust the "minute"

3. Short press [ALARM] button again with another "BB"

sound and notice the alarm's duration is flashing.

Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select 1 ~ 90 minutes of

the alarm's duration.

4. Finally, short press [ALARM] button again with a long

"B--" sound to confirm.

Note: If [ALARM] button not to be pressed again within 3 seconds for confirming time, it will auto confirm the present display time and following a long "B--" sound.

Select the alarm by radio " " or by buzzer " "

1.To activate the alarm by radio, short press [ALARM]

button with a "B" sound and notice that the " " symbol

shows up in the Timer display section.

2.To activate the alarm by buzzer, short press [ALARM]

button again with a "BB" sound and notice that the " "

symbol appears in the Timer display section.

3.Short press [ALARM] button again with a long "B--" sound

and notice nothing appears in the Timer display section to

turn off the alarm.

Set the alarm by radio

1. Turn on the radio, tune into your favorite alarm radio

station. Please set the volume at the noticeable level.

2. Short press [M] button with a "B" sound.

3. Short press [ALARM] button with a "B" sound and notice

" " symbol is flashing for couple seconds. Now this

alarm radio station is set.

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DELETE MEMORY

Method 1: Delete memory manually

1. Short press the [SCAN MODE]

button with a "B" sound.

2. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to

the stations that you want to

delete in the memory.

3. Long press the [DELETE] button

with a "B" sound.

4. Short press [DELETE] button

again to confirm with a long

"B- -" sound.

SLEEP

Timer

flashing

Delete single memory

Note: If " " is flashing more than 3 seconds without confirmation, it will exit the delete function automatically.

Method 2: Semi auto-delete radio stations

1. Short press the [SCAN MODE]

button with a "B" sound.

2. Long press the [SCAN MODE]

button with a "B" sound to

activate the Auto scan memory

function.

3. When it browses & stops into

the unwanted stations, simply

press [DELETE] button with a

long "B--" sound. Afterwards,

it restarts to browse again for

the next radio station.

SLEEP

Timer

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Method 3: To delete all memories

1. Short press the [SCAN MODE]

button with a "B" sound.

2. Long press [DELETE] button for

3 seconds or longer until a "BB"

sound to be heard.

3. Press & release [DELETE]

button to confirm deletion with

a long "B--" sound followed .

All the stored radio stations in

that band were deleted from

memory.

SLEEP

Timer

flashing

Delete all memories

Note: If " " is flashing more than 3 seconds without confirmation, it will exit the delete function automatically.

SLEEP FUNCTION

With sleep function, you can adjust the length of time for the radio to turn off automatically. The default setting for the auto-turn off time is 30 minutes since radio being turned on. You could change it in accordance with your requirements.

Long press the [POWER] button with a long "B- -" sound, rotate the [TUNING] knob to select time from

1 ~ 120 minutes for sleep timer within 3 seconds.

(select " " to turn on the radio permanently).

SLEEP

Timer

turn on the radio permanently

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CLOCK SETTING

The factory has set the clock to function as a 24-hour format clock. If you prefer a 12 hour, AM/PM clock format, see the selection titled Changing the clock format.

Method 1:

1. Long press [TIME] button with a "B" sound until you see

the "hour" flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust

the correct "hour".

2. Short press [TIME] button again with a "BB" sound, the

"minute" flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust

"minute".

3. Short press [TIME] button with a long "B- -" sound to

confirm your time setting.

Method 2:

1. Long press [TIME] button with a "B" sound until you see

the "hour" flashing.

2. Enter "hour" and "minute" with numbers directly by

pressing numeric keys. (For example, 14:50pm, just

enter 1 4 5 0)

Note: If [TIME] button not to be pressed again within 3 seconds, it will auto confirm the present display time and following a long "B--" sound.

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