TECSUN TECSUN

PL-380
FM stereo / SW / MW / LW DSP RECEIVER

OPERATION MANUAL

TECSUN

SLEEP

PL-380
FM/SW/MW/LW DSP RECEIVER

TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.

FACTORY: 189 GuanChang Road, DongCheng District,
DongGuan, GuangDong, P.R.China
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.tecsun.com.cn
www.tecsun.b2s.com TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.
 PL-380 Functional Block Diagram

PL-380 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.

AMPLIFIER CONTROLLER

INTERFACE
CONTROL

PL-380 Functional Block Diagram

SW LPF

MW/LW
FM ANT

ANT
TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTROL LOCATIONS................................................... 2
LCD DISPLAY.....................................................................4
QUICK START GUIDE........................................................5
TURN THE RADIO ON OR OFF.........................................8
TUNE INTO STATIONS... ...................................................9
● ETM (Easy Tuning Mode)

● Manual tuning

● Auto scan stations

● Direct key-in frequency

WORKING WITH MEMORIES..........................................12

● ATS - Auto Tuning Storage

● Manually storing station

● Semi-auto storing station

DELETE MEMORY........................................................... 13
● Manual delete memory

● Semi auto-delete memory

● Delete all memory

SLEEP FUNCTION........................................................... 14
CLOCK SETTING.............................................................15
SETTING THE ALARM TIME...........................................15
SNOOZE / LIGHT FUNCTION..........................................16
TURN OFF THE ALARM...................................................16
DISPLAY MODE................................................................16
KEY LOCK FUNCTION.....................................................16
FM ST. (FM STEREO) BUTTON.......................................17
AM BW (BANDWIDTH) BUTTON.................................... 17
SYSTEM SETTING............................................................18
USING THE EXTERNAL ANTENNA................................20
USING THE INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION......21
IMPORTANT MATTERS FOR USING BATTERIES.........22
TROUBLE SHOOTING.................................................... 23
"Bi" SOUND VIA FUNCTIONS........................................ 25
SPECIFICATIONS............................................................ 29

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CONTROL LOCATIONS

14 15 16 17

LIGHT/ SNOOZE TIME ALARM TECSUN POWER

SLEEP
1
DISPLAY
2
FM ST.

3
ETM FM SET 12/24 9 /10kHz

1 2 3 FM 4
VF ATS

4 5 6 MW/LW 5
VM A ATS B

SCAN
7 8 9
SW METER BAND
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M 0 PL-380
AM BW DEL ETE FM/SW/MW/LW DSP RECEIVER

13 12 11 10 9 8 7

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TUNING

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18
22
DC-IN 5V

19
23
VOLUME

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1 Power on/off

2 Display button

3 FM ST. button

4 FM / ATS button (FM band selector and Auto Tuning Storage)

5 MW / LW button ( MW / LW band selector & Auto Tuning Storage)

6 SW/ ATS button (SW meter band selector & Auto Tuning Storage)

7 ENTER / DEL ETE button

8 0-9 Numeric keys

9 Memory button (Storing radio stations) / Batteries type selector

10 AM / BW button (AM IF bandwidth selector)

11 VM (View Memory) & Scan button (Memory)

12 VF (View Frequency) & SCAN button (Frequency)

13 ETM (Easy Tuning Mode) button

14 LIGHT / SNOOZE

15 LOCK button

16 TIME Setting

17 ALARM On/Off & Setting

18 Earphone jack

19 USB 5V DC-IN jack

20 FM & SW telescopic antenna

21 Multifunctional tuning knob

22 Back stand

23 Volume knob

24 Battery compartment
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 LCD DISPLAY

1 2 3 4 5 6

SLEEP
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8
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9
17
10
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16 15 14 13 12

1 Battery consumption indicator / 11 kHz: frequency unit for MW,

Charging indicator LW & SW
2 Sleep timer indicator MHz: frequency unit for FM
3 Alarm on/off indicator 12 Digital number display (4 Digits)
" " alarm on by radio With radio off: world time, alarm
" " alarm on by buzzer time, temperature
With radio on: word time, signal
4 Temperature (Temp.)
strength / SNR, alarm time,
5 AM, PM indicator for 12-hour temperature, local time, memory
format clock address, meter band.
6 Signal indicators 13 Preset memory address
dBu: signal strength unit 14 Digital number display
dB : Signal to Noise Ratio With radio off: local time
(S/N) unit With radio on: frequency display,
7 Alarm time indicator band display
8 SW meter band indicator 15 Key-lock indicator
9 ETM indicator 16 FM stereo status indicator
10 Tuning speed:
17 Band indicator
" " Slow Tuning
" " Fast Tuning 18 Rechargeable batteries indicator

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 QUICK START GUIDE
TIME SETTING
1. Long press [TIME] button until "hour" is flashing in the
display. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the correct
"hour".
2. Short press [TIME] button again, rotate the [TUNING]
knob to adjust "minute".
3. Press the [TIME] button again to confirm your time
setting.

ALARM SETTING
1. Long press [ALARM] button. Rotate the [TUNING] knob
when "hour" is flashing in the display.
2. Short press [ALARM] button again. When the "minute"
is flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the
"minute".
3. Short press [ALARM] button again, rotate the [TUNING]
knob to select 1 ~ 90 minutes of the Alarm's duration.
4. Finally, short press [ALARM] button again to confirm.
Note:
In ALARM section, [ ] means ALARM is set to radio-on;
[ ] means ALARM is set to buzzer, or if the display corner
remains blank, which means the alarm is off.

LISTEN TO THE RADIO

1. Short press [POWER] button to turn on your radio.
2. Select FM by pressing the [FM] button, MW and LW by
pressing the [MW/LW] button, SW by pressing the [ ] or
[ ] button sequentially until you have selected the
desired meter band (meter band number flashes in the
upper right corner of the display) .
3. Turn the TUNING knob to your desired radio station.
4. You can also direct key-in the frequency numbers by
pressing the numeric keys.
5. Adjust the volume level by rotating the VOLUME knob.
Note:
Be sure to fully extend the telescopic antenna when listening
to SW and FM.
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ETM(Easy Tuning Mode) on FM, MW, LW, SW band
1. Turn on the radio and select
your desired band by pressing flashing
either the FM, MW/LW or SW Frequency
[ ] or [ ] button. running Station
2. Short press the [ETM] button
with [ETM] shows on the display SLEEP

to enter Easy Tuning Mode.

3. Long press the [ETM] button
until the frequency running to
auto scan the stations within
present band.
4. When the frequency stop running, turn around the
[TUNING] knob for those scanned stations.
5. Short press either the [VF] & [VM] button with frequency
flashing and the disappearance of ETM on the display to
exist ETM mode.

STORING FREQUENCIES INTO MEMORY

1. Turn on your radio, and tune into your favorite station.
2. Short press [M] button, with the memory address is
flashing in the display, press [M] button again to confirm.

LISTEN TO STATIONS IN THE MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio, press and release the [VM] button with
notice that the PRESET show in the display's upper right
corner.
2. Turn the [TUNING] knob to select stored stations.

DELETE MEMORY
1. Turn on the radio and press the [VM] button, causing
PRESET to appear in the display's upper right corner.
2. Use the [TUNING] knob to select the memory that you
want to delete.
3. Long press [DELETE] button. " " is flashing in the
display, press [DELETE] button again to confirm it.
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AUTO BROWSE STATION
1. Turn on the radio and short
press the [VF] button with Frequency
running moving
the frequency flashing.
2. Long press the [VF] button SLEEP

with [ ] moving to scan

from one station to another,
staying on each stations
for about 5 seconds.
3. To stop auto browse function, Auto-scan with pre-listening
simply press the [VF] button.

AUTO BROWSE MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio, short press flashing
the [VM] button with memory
page shows in the upper right SLEEP

corner and disappears in 5

seconds.
2. Long press [VM] button with
" " flashing to scan
from one memory to another, Auto-scan memory with
staying on each station pre-listening
memory for about 5 seconds.
3. To stop auto search memory,
simply press the [VM] button.

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 TURN ON / OFF THE RADIO
1. Installing batteries

The battery compartment is located on the back of the

PL-380. 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. Display screen would show battery
capacity, time, etc.

2. Short press on [POWER] button to turn the radio on or off.

Short press

Note:
If the radio is not able to be turned on. Please check if the
batteries were installed correctly, battery capacity is
sufficient or the lock function had been applied with symbol
" " displayed on screen.

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 TUNE INTO STATIONS
Short press [POWER] button to turn on your radio, then
select your desired band by short pressing the [FM],[MW/
LW], SW [ ] or [ ] button. In case of receiving FM/SW
broadcasting, fully extend the telescopic antenna for a better
reception.
Now, you can turn into your favorite station with any of the
below tuning methods:
Method 1: ETM (Easy Tuning Mode)
The ETM function allows you to tune into stations easily
and temporally store them into the ETM storage; 100
stations for FM/MW/LW & 250 stations for SW.

Note: Scanned stations will not be stored in the regular

550 memories, but will remain in the ETM temporary
storage until next ETM scanning within each band.
HOW TO USE ETM
1. Turn on the radio and select
your desired band by pressing flashing
either the FM, MW/LW or SW Frequency
[ ] or [ ] button. running Station
2. Short press the [ETM] button
with [ETM] shows on the display SLEEP

to enter Easy Tuning Mode.

3. Long press the [ETM] button
until the frequency running to
auto scan the stations within
present band.
4. When the frequency stop running, turn around the
[TUNING] knob for those scanned stations.
5. Short press either the [VF] & [VM] button with frequency
flashing and the disappearance of ETM on the display to
exist ETM mode.
Notes:
FM station: When you are in a different city or country, you
should perform the ETM function again, because this will
not delete any of the stations already within the memory.
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MW station: It is recommendable to perform the ETM
function during day time as well as night time, because
there usually are more stations that start broadcasting at
night

SW station: It is recommendable to perform the ETM

function in the morning, afternoon as well as night time,
because the transmitting signal of SW is very unstable and
there usually are more stations that start broadcasting in
the late afternoon.

Method 2: MANUAL TUNING

Turn on the radio, short press the [VF] button to switch into
frequency mode. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select your
station.

FAST/SLOW tuning is shown in the chart below for each band.

step Slow tuning mode Fast tuning mode
band turning step turning step
FM 0.01 MHz 0.1 MHz
MW 1kHz 9 /10kHz
LW 1 kHz 9 kHz
SW 1 kHz 5 kHz

Method 3: AUTO BROWSE STATION

1. Turn on the radio and short
press the [VF] button with Frequency
running moving
the frequency flashing.
2. Long press the [VF] button SLEEP

with [ ] moving to scan

from one station to another,
staying on each stations
for about 5 seconds.
3. To stop auto browse function, Auto-scan with pre-listening
simply press the [VF] button.
Note: When the radio search & stop to a station, just
press [M] button once to store it.
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Method 4: AUTO BROWSE MEMORY
1. Turn on the radio, short press
the [VM] button with memory
page shows in the upper right flashing
corner and disappears in 5
seconds. SLEEP

2. Long press [VM] button with

" " flashing to scan
from one memory to another,
staying on each station
Auto-scan memory with
memory for about 5 seconds.
3. To stop auto search memory, pre-listening
simply press the [VM] button.

Note: Please first read [Working with Memory] in next

page before using this function.

Method 5: DIRECT KEY-IN FREQUENCY

Short press the [VF] button to enter the frequency mode,
press the numeric keys [0] - [9] to enter the station
frequency directly.

Note:
1. Ignore the decimal point for FM band when input the
frequency numbers.
For example, FM 89.0 MHz, Just ENTER 8 9 0 .
2. If the entered frequency rate is not within the covering
area, the display would display " " error symbol.

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WORKING WITH MEMORIES
There are total 550 preset memories within PL-380. For
FM, MW, and LW, each band has 100 preset memories;
and 250 preset memories for SW.

Method 1: ATS - Auto Tuning Storage

Turn on the radio and select the flashing
band that you want to ATS to take SLEEP

place in, either FM or MW/LW.

Long press the [FM] or [MW/LW]
button and notice that the " "
number (P001) appears in the
display's upper right corner with the Auto Tuning Storage
presets to the right increasing as
the band is scanned and frequencies
are stored into memory.

There are two modes for SW ATS function:

Mode A: In SW band, long press the [A / ] button to ATS
the stations within all meter bands.
Mode B: In SW band, long press the [B / ] button to ATS
the stations within present meter band only.

Note:
During ATS process in FM, MW / LW or SW (mode A),
pre-stored radio stations will be replaced automatically by
the new searched stations.
With ATS in SW (mode B), those existing memories will
not be replaced; all the newly found radio stations would
be stored in the blank memories addresses.

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Method 2: MANUALLY STORING STATION
1. Tune to your desired station, press the [M] button once
and notice the PRESET number flashing in the upper
right corner of the display.
2. While it flashing, press the [M] button to store it into the
memory or wait for 3 seconds to store it automatically.
If you want to store it into another PRESET memory, just
rotate the tuning knob of your choice, and press the [M]
button to confirm.

Method 3: SEMI-AUTO STORING STATION

1. Short press the [VF] button to enter frequency status.
2. Long press [VF] button with [ ] moving to activate the
Auto-browse function.
3. While tuning to your favor station, you can direct store it
into the next available memory by pressing on the [M]
button with PRESET flashing. The Auto frequency
browsing keeps on going unless you short press the [VF]
button again.

DELETE MEMORY
Method 1: MANUAL DELETE MEMORY
1. Turn on the radio and press the [VM] button causing
PRESET stations appears in the display's upper right
corner.
2. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select the memory that you
want to delete.
3. Long press [DELETE] button with "DEL" flashing in the
display, press the [DELETE] button again to confirm.

Note: If " " is flashing more than 3 seconds without

confirmation, it will exit the delete function automatically.

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Method 2: SEMI AUTO-DELETE MEMORY
In VM mode, long press the [VM] button to activate the
Auto-Browse function of memory. Once previewing your
unwanted station, simply press the [DELETE] button with
" " shows for 2 seconds and then keep on browsing
other stations. To stop the browsing function, short press
the [VM] button to exist.

Method 3: DELETE ALL MEMORY flashing

Short press the [VM] button to
enter VM / Memory mode, long
Timer
press the [DELETE] button for SLEEP

3 seconds with " " shows on

the upper right corner of the
display, press again the
[DELETE] button to remove all
memory. Delete all memories

Note: If " " is flashing more than 3 seconds without

confirmation, it will exit the delete function automatically.

SLEEP FUNCTION
With sleep function, you can adjust the length of time for
the radio to turn off automatically.
The default setting for the auto-turn off time is 30 minutes if
the radio being turned on by short pressing the [POWER]
button.
To change the sleep timer, long press the [POWER] button
with [ON / 01~120] & [SLEEP] appear on the display, rotate
the [TUNING] knob to select sleep timer from 1 ~ 120
minutes or permanently " " Wait for 3 seconds until
SLEEP
" " symbol stops flashing to confirm.

Note: Short press the [POWER] button to directly turn on

the radio with previous preset sleep timer; long press it to
change the timer.
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 SETTING THE CLOCK
1. Long press the [TIME] button until you see the hour
flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to set the correct
hour, then short press the [TIME] button and notice the
minutes are flashing.
2. While it's flashing turn the [TUNING] knob to set the
correct minutes, then press [TIME].
Note: You can also directly key-in the numeric key instead
of rotating the [TUNING] knob to set the correct clock.

SETTING THE ALARM TIME

1. Long press the [ALARM] button until both the HOUR &
AL flashing, rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the hour,
then short press [ALARM] with the minutes flashing.
2. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the minutes and
SLEEP
short press the [ALARM] button with the " " symbol
flashing.
3. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select 1 ~ 90 minutes to set
the Auto Alarm Off Timer.
4. Short press the [ALARM] button to confirm and notice
" " shows on display to activate the alarm by buzzer
(BB sound). Short press twice with " " appears to set
the alarm by radio.
5. To turn off the alarm function, repeat short pressing the
[ALARM] button and notice both " "&" " disappear.

PRESET ALARM STATION

1. Turn on the radio, then tune into your favorite alarm radio
station and adjust your desired alarm volume level.
2. Short press the [M] button to store the alarm station into
memory.
3. Repeat short pressing the [ALARM] button and notice
" " shows on the display to confirm the preset alarm
station.

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 SNOOZE / LIGHT FUNCTION
After alarm was activated with buzzer or radio broadcasting,
press & release [LIGHT / SNOOZE] with a "B" sound. Then
the radio would be turned off temporary, it will start to alarm
again 5 minutes later.

For the LCD backlight function, short press the [LIGHT]

button to illuminates the LCD for 3 seconds. Long press it
for permanently illumination. Press again the [LIGHT/
SNOOZE] button to turn off the light.

TURN OFF THE ALARM

When the unit is alarmed by radio, press the [POWER]
button twice to turn off the alarm.

When the unit is alarmed by buzzer (BB sound), simply

press the [POWER] button once to turn off the alarm.

DISPLAY MODE
With radio OFF: Short press the [DISPLAY] button to view
on Temperature, Alarm time.

With radio ON: Short press the [DISPLAY] button to view on

Alarm time, Temperature, Local time, signal strength/ SNR.

KEY LOCK FUNCTION

Long press the [ ] button with " " symbol appears in
the display to lock up all keys / buttons. Long press it again
with the symbol disappears to unlock the keys/buttons.

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 FM ST. (FM STEREO) BUTTON
While listening to FM station via stereo earphones, short
press the [FM.ST] button with " " appears over the left
side of the frequency in the display to activate the STEREO
mode once it receives the FM stereo station.

AM BW (BANDWIDTH) BUTTON
Short press the [AM BW] button to choose 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 kHz
AM IF bandwidth. This may help to reduce interference on
some frequencies. Using WIDE usually results in better
audio fidelity, while using narrow limits the audio fidelity is
somewhat dull in sound. You can use it in MW, LW and SW
band.

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 SYSTEM SETTING
Frequency range setting for FM
Turn off the radio, long press [FM SET] button, until 87.5-
108MHz, 64-108MHz, 76-108MHz, or 87-108MHz appears
in the display. Quickly keep pressing on the [FM SET]
button to select suitable frequency range for your local FM.

Changing the clock format

Turn off the radio, long press [12/24] button, until " "or
" " appears in the display. If " " appears in the
display, which means the clock system will be in the 12 hour
format.

MW(AM) step setting

Turn off the radio, long press [9/10kHz] button until "9kHz"
or "10kHz" appears in the display. By long pressing again,
the alternative band step would be shown. The temperature
is also shown on screen at the same time.
In general practice, the frequency step of 10kHz is to be
used for broadcasting MW(AM) as well as the temperature
in the degree of Fahrenheit ( ) to be used in the North
America.
In order to provide convenience to the end users, the
"10kHz" of frequency step is default to be displayed with
temperature in the degree of Fahrenheit ( ) together as
well as "9kHz" to be displayed with temperature in the
degree of Centigrade ( ) together.
If the display shows "10kHz" with degree of Fahrenheit ( ),
which means this radio is set to 10 kHz step for MW(AM)
with temperature in Fahrenheit ( ) which is for the North
America region.

LW on/off setting
Turn off the radio. Press and hold the [MW/LW] button until
"LW ON" or "LW OFF" appears in the display to turn ON or
OFF the LW respectively.

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Turn off the "Bi" sound
Turn off the radio, press and hold the [ / 0] button until
" " or " " appears in the display; If " " appears
in the display, which means "Bi" sound is turned off.

Turn on / off intelligent lighting function

This radio bears the intelligent lighting function which the
backlight would be on for 3 seconds when tuning or
pressing any key.
With radio off, press & hold the [ ] key with the " "
shows in the display to deactivate the lighting function; long
press again with " " shows up to activate it.

Note: After shutting off the intelligent lighting function, the

[LIGHT/SNOOZE] key is still workable for turning on or off
the backlight.

Turn ON/OFF charging function & exchange battery

consumption display
Press & hold the [ ] key with " "&" "
shows up to activate the consumption display of
rechargeable batteries and the built-in charging system.
Press & hold the [ ] key with " " shows up &
" " disappear to activate the consumption display of
alkaline batteries and turn off the built-in charging function.

Note: This radio is default to use alkaline batteries for

power supply. In case of using rechargeable batteries, you
should switch the radio in rechargeable batteries mode in
order to show the correct power capacity.

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 USING THE EXTERNAL ANTENNA
The external antenna, which was come with is radio, is used
to improve shortwave or FM performance. Clipping one end
of the external antenna on the extendable antenna of this
radio, then clipping another end of external antenna at the
window. This could improve the receiving effect of FM/SW.

EXTERNAL FM/SW ANTENNA

WINDOW WALL

Caution: Don't install external FM/SW antenna

in the frequent thunder area.

Notice: Do not install any external antenna at the area with

thunder & lightening.

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 USING THE INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION

With radio off, install 3 x UM3 (AA) rechargeable batteries

and then press & hold the [ ] key with " "&
" " displays to activate the built in charging function.

1. Use any 5V external adaptor with USB plug to

connect this radio, the symbol " " will advance from
the bottom to top during power charging. It stops when
batteries are fully charged.
2. You can also use any USB cable to connect the radio
with your PC for charging.

Connect USB 5V to external

DC-IN 5V
power sources

Notes for charging power:

1. Insisting to use up all power of rechargeable batteries
before charging again, this could extend the life time of
battery and keeping them in good conditions.
2. 3 pcs of batteries to be used as a group and don't
separate them to other usage. Also don't mix to use
batteries with different power capacity.

Caution: Don't charge on any non-rechargeable batteries in

the radio, this will cause a hazard or damage to your radio.

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 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 turns off automatically when the power is
gone.
3. Mix using the used & new batteries would cause damage
of radio and also display the capacity of power incorrectly.
4. In case of radio not to be used for a long period, draw out
the batteries for preventing liquid leakage and damaging
the parts of radio.

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 TROUBLE SHOOTING

QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS

Can not turn on -No power with the -Replace the new
the radio. batteries. batteries.
-Didn't install the -According to "+" or
batteries properly. "-" sign to install
the batteries again.
-Power button is -Press [ ] button
locked. to unlocked.

Radio goes off -No power with the -Replace the

when you are batteries. batteries.
listening. -Sleep timer is -Turn on the radio
activated. again.

Can not store -Frequency of -Search the station

some stations stations are too manually.
using ATS weak. - Low down the
Some station -There are antenna or move
store with noise interference near to other location
using ATS. by your area. and try again.

Only limited FM -FM frequency is -Turn the radio off

stations can be 76~90MHz for and long press on
received in Japan. Japan. the [FM SET]
button，short press
[FM SET] button
again to select
76~108MHz.

Received very -USA is using -Turn off the radio

poor AM in USA. 10kHz step for AM. press the [9/10kHz]
button to select
10kHz.

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 QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS
When the alarm -Did not set the -Preset your alarm
activated (alarm proper radio station station properly
by radio), there is for the alarm. (see the above
only noise with setting).
the broadcast. -Or there are no -Make sure it has
broadcasting at radio broadcast in
that radio station. your location.
-Or you are in -Or set the alarm by
another city where buzzer.
does not have a
radio station for
your preset
frequency.

radio malfunction. This may caused Remove the battery,

by interference, then you can reload.
and the computer If it is still not able to
microchip not work, please contact
function properly. your nearest dealer
for customer service.

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 "Bi" SOUND VIA FUNCTIONS

Function Button Status Sound Display

Radio on B
Radio on or off POWER Radio permanently B-- (long) " " display
Radio off BB " " display
POWER Rotate at 30, 60, 90,
Adjust auto-off & B Display the time for auto-off
120 mins.
time TUNING
Radio permanently BB " " display
KNOB
STEREO B " " display
FM STEREO FM ST.
MONO. BB " " disappear
FM FM FM B " " in the display
MW B " " in the display
MW (AM) or
MW/LW
LW LW B-- (long) " " in the display
SW BAND SW B " " & SW frequency
or
METER BAND METER BAND B Meter band on the right corner
ATS FM Freq. & memory address are
ATS on B running
(Auto Tuning MW/LW
SW
Storage)
( or ) ATS off B-- (long) Display 01 memory address
and Frequency
ETM ETM ETM On B " " in the display
Frequency Radio freq. numbers flashing.
VF Frequency mode B
Scanning
Memory Memory address on the top
VM Memory mode BB
Scanning right corner
Auto browsing VF Frequency mode B Radio freq. running
(Scanning) VM Memory mode B Memory address running
1kHz, 2kHz, 3kHz, 4kHz, Display equivalent band
AM band width B
6kHz width
Memory address flashing
On B on the top right corner
Store memory MEMORY
Confirmed / Auto confirm B-- (long) Stopped

Delete single memory B Memory address and

" " are flashing
Delete memory DEL ETE " "&" " are
Delete all memory BB
flashing
Confirmed B-- (long) Back to Freq. display

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 Function Button Status Sound Display
Illuminate short time BB Backlight on for 3 seconds
SNOOZE/
BACKLIGHT Illuminate permanently B-- (long) Backlight on
LIGHT
Turn off B Backlight off
SNOOZE/ " " or " " and the
SNOOZE Temporary off B
LIGHT auto turn-on time are flashing
Lock B-- (long) " " display
Lock
Unlock B " " disappear
Hour setting B "hour" flashing
Time setting TIME Minute setting BB "minute" flashing
Confirm or Auto confirm B-- (long) Flashing stop
Hour setting B "hour" flashing
Minute setting BB "minute" flashing
1~90 minutes display,
Adjust the length
BB " " or " " and
Auto radio of alarm SLEEP
" " are flashing
on / off ALARM
function confirmed B-- (long) Display time
Select alarm by radio B Display " "
Select alarm by buzzer BB Display " "
Select alarm off B-- (long) " " and " " disappear
Meter band appear on the
In/out SW Inside SW meter band B top right corner
TUNING
meter band
Out of SW meter band B Meter band disappear
87.5-108MHz,64-108MHz,
FM freq. range FM SET Select FM freq. B
76-108MHz or 87-108MHz
Select 12 format B " " in the display
12/24 format 12/24
Select 24 format BB " " in the display
Select 9kHz step B "9kHz" and " " in the display
MW(AM) STEP 9/10kHz
Select 10kHz step BB "10kHz" and " " in the display
" "&" "
On B
Charge in display
on/off " " in display
Off BB
&" "disappeared

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 Function Button Status Sound Display
On B " " in the display
?Bi? sound
on/off
Off BB " " in the display

Intelligent On B " " in the display

lighting on/off
Off BB " " in the display

On B " " display

LW on / off MW/LW
Off BB " " display

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SPECIFICATIONS
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
2. Sensitivity
F M (S/N=30dB) Less than 3μV
MW (S/N=26dB) Less than 1mV/m
LW (S/N=26dB) Less than 10mV/m
SW (S/N=26dB) Less than 20μV
3.Selectivity
FM ＞60 dB
MW ＞60 dB
LW ＞60 dB
MW ＞60 dB
4. FM Stereo crosstalk Less than 35 dB
5. Memory 550
6. Output 350 mW
7. Power UM3 or AA X 3
USB 5V DC
8. Speaker φ50mm, 500mW/16 Ohm
9. Earphone Jack φ3.5mm, 8~32 Ohm, Stereo type
10. Dimensions Approx. 135(W) X 86(H) X 26(D) mm
11. Weight 200g (Batteries not included)

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