User manual TECSUN PL-600

[. . . ] PL·600 FM STEREO/LW/MW/SW· SSB PLL SYNTHESIZED DUAL CONVERSION REGEIVER OWNER'S MANUAL PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL BEFORE OPERATION TABLE OF CONTENTS MAJOR FEATURES OF THE PL-600 2 3 DIAGRAMS GETTING STARTED WHAT THE PL-600 INCLUDES INSTALLING BATTERIES PREVENTING BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE USING THE INCLUDED AC ADAPTOR/CHARGER CHARGING BATTERIES IN THE PL-600 4 BASIC RADIO OPERATION SETTING THE CLOCK SETTING THE TIMERS STORING A RADIO STATION INTO TIMER MEMORY ACTIVATING/DEACTIVATING 6 WORKING WITH MEMORY STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY SELECTING/CHANGING MEMORY PAGES ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO MEMORY DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS MANUAL MEMORY SEARCH MEMORY AUTO-SCAN DELETING A MEMORY'S CONTENTS DELETING ALL MEMORY PAGE CONTENTS MOVING A STORED FREQUENCY CUSTOMIZING 7 MEMORY PAGES . . SYSTEM SET CODES SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE CHANGING SYSTEM SET CODES DEFAULT FACTORY SYSTEM SET CODES MONITORING THE CURRENT STATUS OF SET CODES AND OTHER SETTINGS 8 9 10 ADDITIONAL PL-600 CONTROLS LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS TROUBLESHOOTING 15 15 16 18 . . THE TIMER USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE , 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 . . . . . . . 13 13 14 14 15 15 5 CLOCK AND TIMER FEATURES o OWNER'S MANUAL 1 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE PL-600 · FM Frequency Range: 87-108 MHz or 76-108 MHz (For Japan) · Shortwave Frequency Range: 1711- 29999 KHz · 9/1 OKHz tuning step selector for Medium Wave (MW) reception · 1 kHz tuning step for the display of Medium wave and Shortwave · AM (LW/MW/SW) dual conversion. [. . . ] Within 5 seconds of finishing, press/release the 'Time' (2) button or wait until the clock digits stop flashing. 3. Within 5 seconds, press/release the 'Time' (2) button, then use the tuning knob to set the minute. Within 5 seconds of finishing, press/release the 'Time' (2) button or wait until the clock digits stop flashing. When the radio is on, the clock digits appear in the upper right corner of the display. SETTING THE TIMERS (USE AS WAKE-UP ALARM) The PL-600 has two, independently programmable timers, timer A and B, enabling the PL-600 to turn on and play the radio for an alterable period of time and then turn off. After setting a timer and a playtime, store a radio station into timer memory and activate the timer. See the next sections titled STORING A RADIO STATION INTO TIMER MEMORY and ACTIVATING / DEACTIVATING THE TIMER. If this is not done, there will only be static once the timer is activated. CLOCK SET METHOD 2 NUMERIC KEYPAD: 1. Within 5 seconds of finishing, press/release the 'TIME' (2) button or wait until the clock digits stop flashing. The clock HOUR digits flash in the display. 1 , CLOCK AND TIMER FEATURES When the timer activates, it turns on the radio, with the timer activation symbol and the playtime appear flashing in the display. The radio will play the station stored into timer memory and shut off automatically when the playtime counts down to 00 or until you turn the radio off with the POWER/SLEEP button. The 'snooze' feature can also be used (see section titled USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE). You can set Timer A or B separately. continued ACTIVATING/DEACTIVATING TIMER THE For a timer to turn on the radio, it must be activated. The timer symbol will disappear from the display. USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE When the timer activates and turns the radio on, the timer activation symbol (36) appears flashing in the display. This process can be repeated 3 times. STORING A RADIO STATION INTO TIMER MEMORY To hear a radio station when the timer activates, the station must be stored into timer memory. Press the TIMER A or TIMER B button for more than 1 second, then release. The timer symbol flashes in the display twice. NOTE: To monitor the frequencies stored into timer memory A and B, perform a three second press of the SYSTEM SET button while the radio is turned off. The set code information and the frequencies stored into timer memory flash in the display. 6 WORKING WITH MEMORY . vv I At the factory, the PL-600 is set up with 10 pages of memory (from 01-10), each page holding 50 frequencies plus 100 frequency memory in PO. Memory setting of 01-10 can be changed and tailored to your personal needs or can be left as is. When first learning to store stations into memory, we suggest using the factory setting. To change the factory setting, see the section CUSTOMIZING MEMORY PAGES. When working with memory, the term PRESET appears in the display under the memory numbers. numeric keypad to enter the page or use the tuning knob to change the page. [. . . ] If you don't wait, then method 2 below will automatically be used. Perform one quick, short press of the button labeled SW METER BAND, immediately followed by quick, short presses of either the UP or DOWN tuning buttons. Once the band of choice is selected, start tuning after the clock reappears in the upper right corner. AUTO-SCAN TUNING WHILE IN SHORTWAVE In shortwave, auto-scan tuning scans in the shortwave frequency ranges noted in the Band Chart below. [. . . ]