TECSUN TECSUN PL-310 FM stereo / SW / MW / LW DSP RECEIVER OPERATION MANUAL Timer www.tecsunradio.com hch@cantonmade.com TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.
SPECIFICATIONS 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. 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 AMPLIFIER CONTROLLER 2.
TABLE OF CONTENTS MEMO CONTROL LOCATIONS................................................... 2 LCD DISPLAY.....................................................................4 QUICK START GUIDE........................................................5 TURN THE RADIO ON OR OFF.........................................8 ● Manual tuning ● Auto scan stations ● Direct frequency entry LISTEN TO THE RADIO.....................................................
CONTROL LOCATIONS MEMO 13 14 1 SLEEP Timer 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 11 9 TUNING 18 19 15 FM & SW ANTENNA 20 16 VOLUME 21 17 DC-IN 5V 22 2 www.tecsunradio.com 27 hch@cantonmade.
Function FM MW (AM) or LW SW BAND METER BAND ATS (Auto Tuning Storage) Button FM MW/LW or Status Sound " " in the display B " " in the display 3 Light / Snooze button LW B- - SW B " " " in the display " & SW frequency 4 Scan Mode button METER BAND B Meter band on the right corner 5 FM ST. button B Freq.
"Bi" SOUND VIA FUNCTIONS LCD DISPLAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Function Button 8 SLEEP Timer 9 17 16 15 14 1 Battery consumption indicator " alarm by radio " alarm by buzzer 9 Preset memory address 16 Band indicator Minute setting BB 12 Adjust the length of alarm BB confirmed B-- Select alarm by radio Select alarm by buzzer B BB Alarm setting ALARM Radio on or off POWER Sleep timer Completed With radio off: local time With radio on: frequency display, band display 17 Ni-MH Battery Symbol
QUICK START GUIDE QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS -Did not set the When the alarm proper radio station activated (alarm by radio), there is for the alarm only noise with the broadcast -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.
TROUBLE SHOOTING 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.
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.
TURN THE RADIO ON OR OFF APPLYING INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION (Rechargeable batteries & external power connectors are sold separately.) 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.
LISTEN TO THE RADIO 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. Short press [POWER] button to turn on your radio, and select your band by short press on [FM]、[MW/LW]、SW [ ] or [ ] button.
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. 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.
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.
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. PRESET SLEEP Timer View Memory mode Method 2: Auto scan memory 1. Short press the [SCAN MODE] flashing button with a "B" sound . Timer 2. Long press the [SCAN MODE] button with a "B" sound to activate the auto scan memory function.
DELETE MEMORY 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.
CLOCK SETTING 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. flashing SLEEP Timer Delete all memories Note: If " " is flashing more than 3 seconds without confirmation, it will exit the delete function automatically.
