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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS …………………………………………………………………. FEATURES ……………………………………………………………………………………... CONTROL LOCATIONS ……………………………………………………………….. LCD DISPLAY ………………………………………………………………………………... HOW TO TURN ON/OFF THE RADIO …………………………………………. TUNE IN STATIONS ……………………………………………………………………… METHOD 1: MANUAL STATION TUNING ………………………………. METHOD 2: AUTO BROWSE STATION …………………………………… METHOD 3: DIRECT KEYPAD ENTRY …………………………………….
TABLE OF CONTENTS TONE CONTROL …………………………………………………………………………... KEY-LOCK FUNCTION ………………………………………………………………... INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION …………………………………….. SINGLE SIDE BAND (SSB) ……………………………………………………………. SYNCHRONOUS DETECTOR ………………………………………………………. HOW TO IMPROVE FM / SW RECEPTION ………………………………… SYSTEM SETTING (In Power Off Mode) ………………………………………. SETTING FM FREQUENCY RANGE ………………………………………… TURN ON/OFF THE LW ……………………………………………………………. SETTING MW (AM) TUNING STEP …………………………………………..
FEATURES · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . FM-Stereo/MW/LW/SW/SSB/AIR band (118-137 MHz) World Receiver with high sensitivity and selectivity Easy operation and with high quality acoustic sound Worldwide FM band coverage from 76 MHz to 108 MHz Shortwave single-sideband (SSB) with upper sideband (USB) and lower sideband (LSB) Synchronous detection and dual conversion technology are applied on AM band.
CONTROL LOCATIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. Power / Sleep button Time set button Timer A Alarm set button Timer B Alarm set button FM & SW Telescopic Antenna Light / Snooze / Step button VF / VM / SCAN -/+ PAGE buttons Air Band button Single Side Band (SSB) button Synchronous (SYNC) button FM.
LCD DISPLAY 1. Battery Consumption indicator : Full : Empty 2. Signal Strength indicator : Strong Signal : Weak Signal 3. Digital Number Display: With radio off: Time & System settings With radio on: Frequency or Error display 4. Sleep timer indicator 5. Alarm Timer A or B - Timer indicator 6. Charging Indicator 7. Digital Number Display: With radio off: preset alarm time and charging time With radio on: time, page & memory address, SW meter band displays. 8. SW meter band indicator 9.
LCD DISPLAY 13. Single Side Band (SSB) indicator USB: Upper Side Band LSB: Lower Side Band 14. Tuning Speed: Slow: Slow Tuning Fast: Fast Tuning KHz: frequency unit for MW, LW & SW MHz: frequency unit for FM 15. AM Band width indicator : AM Wide band : AM Narrow band 16. FM, MW, LW and SW Band indicator 17. FM Stereo indicator 18. Air Band indicator 19. NiMH Rechargeable Battery indicator .
HOW TO TURN ON/OFF THE RADIO 1. Open the battery compartment located on the back of the unit; install 4 x UM3AA alkaline batteries observing the battery polarity diagram on the back of the radio. Close the battery door. Connect the unit to the regulated power supply. -- 9 -- .
HOW TO TURN ON/OFF THE RADIO 2. Press on the [POWER] button to turn on the radio. Note: If the radio is unable to turned on, please check if the batteries were installed correctly, battery capacity is sufficient or the lock function had been applied with " " displays on the screen (press & hold the [ ] button to unlock). Long press on the power button to adjust the sleep timer setting. .
TUNE IN STATIONS Press the [POWER] button to turn on your radio, then select your desired band by pressing [FM], [AM], SW [ ] / [ ], or [AIR] button. In case of receiving FM/AIR/SW broadcasting, fully extend the telescopic antenna for a better reception. When receiving MW and LW broadcasting, please rotate the radio or change it's location to achieve optimum reception. You can rotate the [VOLUME] knob to adjust to appropriate volume.
TUNE IN STATIONS Notes: 1. While operating the "Auto Browse Station" function, you can press the [MEMORY] button anytime to store the station into memory, and the radio will keep on auto browsing the next available station. 2. The "Auto Browse Station" function can't be employed under Air band and SW SSB states. METHOD 3: DIRECT KEYPAD ENTRY 1. Press the [VFA/M] button with frequency flashing on the display to switch into frequency mode. 2.
WORKING WITH STATION MEMORIES There are 2000 memories for PL-660, which has great flexibility of memory storage. Please note the chart below: 1. Memory PAGE 0, rioted as [P0], consists of 800 memories, 100 assigned for FM/MW/LW, 200 for SW & SSB and 100 for AIR BAND. 2. Memory PAGE 1~12, noted as P1, P2, etc., each page consists of 100 memories, in total 2000 memories.
WORKING WITH STATION MEMORIES METHOD 3: ATS (AUTO TUNING STORAGE) FM ATS: 1. Fully extend the telescopic antenna and press the [FM] button to select FM band. 2. Press & hold the [FM] button with "PRESET" flashing and the frequency start running, then you can scan and store the available stations within the memories. When the frequency stop running, it means the ATS operation has been completed; you can rotate the [TUNING] knob searching for those scanned and stored stations. MW/LW ATS: 1.
WORKING WITH STATION MEMORIES HOW TO SELECT DIFFERENT MEMORY PAGE 1. Press the [FM], [MW/LW] or [SW] button for band selection, then tune into your desired station. 2. Press the [MEMORY] button with memory address flashing on the upper right corner 3. Press the [ - PAGE + ] button to choose your desired memory PAGE, then rotate the [TUNING] to select your preference memory address. 4. Press the [MEMORY] button again to confirm or wait for 3 seconds to auto store the station into memory.
WORKING WITH STATION MEMORIES METHOD 2: SEMI-AUTO DELETE MEMORY Press and hold the [VF/VM] to auto browse stations, then you can press the [DELETE] button anytime to direct delete the unwanted station; the radio will keep on auto browsing the next available station until you press any other button to stop this function.
LISTENING TO STORED STATIONS Select band and then press the [VF/VM] button with "Memory address" shows on the upper right corner of display to enter the [Memory] mode, press the [ - PAGE + ] button to select your desired page, then apply any of below three tuning methods to tune around those stored stations: METHOD 1: MEMORY TUNING MANUALLY Rotate the [TUNING] knob to tune around the stored station.
SLEEP FUNCTION 1. Press & hold the [POWER] button with the symbol of " " flashing on the display to enter sleep timer mode. 2. Rotate the [TUNING] knob immediately to select sleep timer from 1 ~ 120 minutes or select permanently " " (radio will be turned on after 1 second). Note: Default setting for the sleep timer is 30 minutes. CLOCK SETTING 1. Press & hold the [TIME] button with hour flashing, then rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the hour. 2.
ALARM SETTING (By Radio only) SETTING THE ALARM STATION: 1. Turn on the radio, then tune into your favorite station for alarm by radio and adjust your desired alarm volume level. 2. Press the [MEMORY] button and then immediately press the [TIMER A] or [TIMER B] button and notice " the preset alarm station. " or " " flashing on the display to confirm SETTING THE ALARM TIME 1.
SNOOZE FUNCTION When the preset alarm is activated, you can press the [LIGHT/SNOOZE] button with " " or " " flashing in order to turn off the alarm temporarily, but the unit will turn on again after 5 minutes later. Notes: 1. You can press the [TIMER A] or [TIMER B] button repeatedly to turn on/off the alarm by radio. If the symbol " " or " " shows on the display, it means the alarm by radio was activated, otherwise, it isn't activated. 2.
SETTING TUNING STEP The intelligent tuning step function is activated by default. You can also press & hold the [STEP] button to select fast / slow tuning with radio on. FAST/SLOW tuning is shown in the chart below for each band.
AM BW (BANDWIDTH) Press the [AM BW] button to select your desired bandwidth for MW, LW, SW, and SSB. Wide Band It has better audio fidelity when receiving strong signals or local stations. Narrow Band It is suitable to receive weak & long distant station as narrow band is able to limit the interference from adjacent strong signal and reduce the background noise. ANT. GAIN Push the [ANT. GAIN] switch to "DX" position for normal listening.
KEY-LOCK FUNCTION To activate the key lock function, press & hold the [ appears on display. Press & hold it again with " key lock function. ] button with " " " disappears to deactivate the INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION With radio off, install 4 x UM3 (AA) rechargeable batteries to activate the built-in charging function. Use the external adaptor to connect the radio for charging. The symbol " " will advance from the bottom to top during power charging. It stops when batteries are fully charged.
SYNCHRONOUS DETECTOR When receiving AM broadcasting, if there is interference from adjacent strong signals, you can activate the SYNC function to improve the reception. 1. Press the [SYNC] button to select between " " or " " for optimum reception. 2. To deactivate the SYNC function, just press the [SYNC] button repeatedly with the symbols " " and " " dispearing. Notes: 1. The standard model of receiving AM station is the best normally.
SYSTEM SETTING (In Power Off Mode) SETTING FM FREQUENCY RANGE: Press & hold the [FM SET] button until 88-108 MHz, 76-108 MHz or 87-108 MHz appears in the display. Quickly keep on pressing the [FM SET] button to select suitable frequency range for your local FM. TURN ON/OFF THE LW: Press & hold the [AM] button until "LW ON" or "LW OFF" appears in the display to turn ON or OFF the LW respectively.
SYSTEM SETTING (In Power Off Mode) Note: This radio is default to use rechargeable batteries for power supply. In case of using regular batteries, you should switch the radio system to regular batteries mode in order to show the correct power capacity. RESET PROCEDURE If the radio does not function properly, you can perform a reset by using a pointed object such as straightened paper clip, into the [RESET] hole in the bottom of the unit, and gently press and release.
TROUBLE SHOOTING QUESTIONS ANSWERS Can not turn on the radio. - Batteries have no power - Installing batteries incorrectly SOLUTIONS - Replace all batteries with new one. - Observing the polarities of battery, then re-install all batteries again. - Press the [ ] button to deactivated it. - Replace all batteries. - Turn on the radio again. - Key knob function is being activated. Radio turn off while - Batteries have no power listening. - Sleep timer is being activated.
TROUBLE SHOOTING QUESTIONS The charging time becomes shorter and shorter. Radio malfunction. . -- 28 -- ANSWERS The chargeable batteries getting old. SOLUTIONS Replace the old rechargeable batteries with new ones. This may caused by interference, and the computer microchip does not function properly. Remove all batteries, then reload again. If it is still not working, please press on the reset button with a pointed object.
SPECIFICATIONS 1. Frequency Range: FM: 76 ~ 108 / 87 ~ 108 MHz Step: 0.01 MHz / 0.1 MHz MW: 522 ~ 1620 / 520 ~ 1710 kHz Tuning Step: 9K for North America or other countries / 10K for South America LW: 100 ~ 519 kHz Step: 1 kHz / 9 kHz SW: 1711 ~ 29999 kHz Step: 1 kHz / 5 kHz AIR:118 ~ 137MHz Step: 1 kHz / 25 kHz 2.
SPECIFICATIONS 8. Station Memory 2000M in total 800 memories for each band: FM: 100M MW: 100M LW: 100M SW: 200M SSB: 200M AIR: 100M 1200 memories for 12 memory pages (each page 100 memories) 9. Alarm Mode: alarm by radio only (2 pre-settings) 10. Quiescent Current FM < 50 mA MW/LW < 70 mA SW < 70 mA SSB < 70 mA AIR < 70 mA Standby < 80 µA 11. Speaker: 12. Earphone Jack: 13. Power supply: Battery: External adaptor: 14. Unit Dimensions: 15. Weight: . -- 30 -- D 77 mm / 16 Ω / 1W Cone speaker 3.
