10
OPERATION
LISTENING TO THE 
RECEIVER
Warning:
 To prevent possible ear injury
and hearing loss, set 
VOLUME
 to mini-
mum before you turn on the receiver. Af-
ter you turn on the receiver, set 
VOLUME
to a comfortable listening level.
Follow these steps to listen to the re-
ceiver.
1. Press 
POWER
 to turn on the
receiver.
2. Press 
BAND
 until the desired band
(FM, MW, or SW) appears on the
display. (See “Selecting the Band.” )
3. Press 
<
 or 
>
 or the number keys (
0
 –
9
) to tune to the desired station.
(See “Tuning to a Radio Station” on
Page 11.)
4. Adjust your receiver’s antenna for
the best reception. (See “Using the
Antenna” on Page 12.)
5. Adjust 
VOLUME
 and 
TONE
 as
desired.
6. Press 
POWER
 to turn off the
receiver.
Selecting the Band
You can select the Frequency Modula-
tion (FM), Medium wave (MW), or the
12-band Shortwave (SW) band for oper-
ation. 
Note:
 The medium wave band is also
known as the Amplitude Modulation
(AM) band due to its modulation system.
Press 
BAND
 until the desired band (FM,
MW, or SW) appears on the display.
•
If you select FM
, FM, MHz, and
STEREO (when you tune to a stereo
broadcast) appear on the display.
Note:
 Your receiver has only one
speaker. To listen to a stereo broad-
cast, use stereo headphones (not
supplied). (See “Using Stereo Head-
phones” on Page 9.)
•
If you select MW, 
MW and kHz
appear on the display.
•
If you select SW
, SW BROADCAST
BAND
,  m,  SW, and kHz appear on
the display. See “Selecting the Inter-
national Radio Frequency Band.”  to
select each international radio fre-
quency band.
Note:
 
SW  BROADCAST  BAND and
m only appear on the display if you
select an SW frequency that falls
between the ranges printed on the
SHORTWAVE BANDS chart printed
below the display.
Selecting the International 
Radio Frequency Band
If you select the shortwave band, you
can further choose one of the 12 inter-
national radio frequency bands using
SW SELECT
.
Follow these steps to directly select one
of the 12 SW radio broadcast bands.
1. Press 
BAND
 to select shortwave
band.
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