Radio Shack DX-396 - Tuning to a Radio Station

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2. Press
SW SELECT
. m (meter) flashes
for 10 seconds.
3. While
m flashes, press the desired
band key (
120m
-
13m
).
The receiver tunes to the lowest fre-
quency in the selected band.
Tuning to a Radio Station
You can tune to a station using the man-
ual, search, direct access, preset, or
scan tuning methods.
• Up-Down Manual
To manually tune to a frequency,
repeatedly press
<
or
>
until the dis-
play shows the desired frequency.
•Search
To let the receiver find a station,
press and hold
<
or
>
for more than
2 seconds. The tuner rapidly scans
all frequencies. When you release
the button, the receiver automati-
cally tunes to the next strong sta-
tion.
Note:
As the receiver rapidly scans
for a station, you will be able to hear
the sounds broadcast from the
passing frequencies.
• Direct Access
To tune directly to a station’s fre-
quency, press
ENTER
. ENTRY
flashes for about 10 seconds. While
it is flashing, press the number but-
tons to select the desired station’s
frequency. Then press
ENTER
again.
Notes:
• Your receiver automatically
rounds the entered frequency to
the nearest valid frequency. For
example, if you try to enter a fre-
quency of 1453 in AM, your
receiver accepts it as 1450. (See
“Setting the AM/FM Tuning Incre-
ment” on Page 8.)
• If you make a mistake in entering
a frequency,
EEEE flashes on the
display. Enter the frequency
again.
• Preset
To tune directly to a station that is
entered into memory, simply press
the desired preset number (
0
–
9
).
Note:
You must first store the
desired stations into memory. (See
“Storing Station Frequencies” on
Page 12.)
•Scan
To scan the preset memory loca-
tions, press
SCAN
. The receiver
stops at each station for about 5
seconds. To end scanning, press
SCAN
again, or press a preset sta-
tion memory button.
Note:
If no frequency is stored in a
memory channel or no signal is
received at a memory channel, the
receiver stops at the memory chan-
nel for 1 second and then moves to
the next memory channel.
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