User manual Vers. 4.1 for receiver SI4735/32 _ ESP32_2.

8 inch Display Page 1

BFO use indicator. Usage indicator for Indicator of the Bandwidth in use Indicator of the band Tuning step indicator Audio silencer
Lit when a value AGC and ATT. It is on modulation mode in use indicator BANDW in use BAND - HAM STEP button MUTE
for the BFO is set when in use MODE

STEREO - MONO indicator for FM stations Press

to turn stereo on / off
Time and date display area; when the Wi-Fi is
on, the data will be received from the network,
MHz / kHz frequency unit indicator
when it is turned off by the FM RDS stations

Receiving frequency digits display Button to activate the Volume and Squelch
adjustment via the encoder ( pag.3 )

News writing area in RDS for FM stations

Writing area Name FM station in RDS

AGC activator button

Button to activate the ATT attenuator
S-meter, radio signal strength, has two kinds of
adjustable by encoder
display, one is digital and the other is analog,
click to change the display (pag. 7)
Button to access the page for selecting the type
Key STEP to access the WI-FI status display area, of mode / Modulation MODE ( pag. 4 )
selection page for the tuning press to activate ON or to
Volume level display area, adjustable by encoder.
step ( pag. 4 ) deactivate Off
Press to mute the sound (pag. 3) (pag. 7) NEXT button to switch to the second page of
function buttons ….( pag. 2 )
Button BAND to access the Battery level / percentage
page for selecting the indicator, click it to change Key for accessing the manual frequency entry
Button to access the page for selecting the
Broadcasting Bands the view page FREQ ( pag.6 )
Amateur Bands HAM ( pag.5 )
( pag.5 )
Button to access the BFO adjustment page ( pag. Button to access the page for choosing the
11 ) bandwidth in Khz BANDW (pag.5 )
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>> UP key to activate the automatic scan of the Button to activate / deactivate the reception of
frequency in use in increasing sense (the scan RDS services broadcast by FM stations
stops at every signal of good intensity)

FM button to view the FM stations stored in the

preset.csv file and in the Memory Bank ( pag. 10 )

>> DN key to activate the automatic scan of the Button to activate the "retro scale" display mode
frequency in use in descending direction (the of tube radios (pag. 13)
scan stops at every signal of good intensity)

Button to select the memory bank record page

of the received stations ( pag. 9)

SCAN button to open the frequency scan page

for the current band (pag. 8) Button to access the CB channel reception mode
(from channel –A [23.815 Mhz] to channel +D
[29.995 Mhz]) ( pag… 7 )

LIGHT button to activate the SETUP key to access the setting

adjustable brightness function page of the various system BACK button to return to the first page of function
of the screen by means of the functions ( pag. 14 ) buttons ( pag. 1 )
encoder (pag.10 )

INFO key to access the pages that show the status of the various
system settings and with the addition of a utility about the
propagation status of radio waves in HF in real time (data obtained
from the internet if the wi-fi is on) ( pag. 15 )
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Squelch indication bar,

Volume button active. You can
adjustable by encoder. Press to
also change the volume by
activate. It works for FM and AM
pressing the encoder

Digital / analogue graphic

indication of the volume level Volume level indication area (from
(press to activate / deactivate the 0 to 63) adjustable with the
sound) encoder
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Screen for selecting the modulation modes / Screen for selecting the tuning step to use, with
types to be used, with the frequency used at the indication of the current frequency at the top.
top. Click the button to use the tuning step indicated
Press the button to use the mode indicated on it. on it.
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Screen for selecting the Screen for selecting the HAM Screen for choosing the
broadcasting band to use, with amateur band to use, with Bandwidth to use, with the
the current frequency in use indication at the top of the current frequency in use
indicated at the top. current frequency in use. indicated at the top.
Press the button to use the Press the button to use the Press the button to use the
band indicated on it. band indicated on it. filter indicated on it.
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Screen accessed with the FREQ key for direct

manual entry of a frequency.
Exit button to not select the
entered frequency, remaining on
Indication of the current the current one
frequency
Key for the total cancellation of
the entered frequency CLS
Indication of the inserted
frequency; (use dot to separate DEL key to delete the last digit
MHz for FM band) entered

Numeric keypad for entering the OK key to insert the entered

frequency frequency to the VFO

Key point separator of the

Megahertz in the FM band
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Screen accessed by pressing the CB key.

Reception of the ranges of the Cityzen Band
Displays the current band for the
Indication of the modulation selected channel according to
used. Press to switch to USB or the ITU
LSB, then long press to enable
BFO edit mode. Digital indication of the tuned CB
channel (from channel 1 to
Frequency indication of the
channel 40)
tuned CB channel. Press to
change the end of the frequency Indication of the channel range
to 0 or 5 kHz (low - high) from range –A to
range + D. Press on it to switch
Displays the S-meter in digital between the available ranges
mode. Click to change the
appearance CB button activated
Visualization of the Volume
indicator in digital mode
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Indication of the current Indication of the quality of the

frequency at the cursor position signal received at the cursor
position
Indication of the current
reception parameters Indication of the start and end
frequency of the band scan
Report on the workstations
found Indication of the display scale of the
Displays the graph area based on graph
the frequency (x-axis) and the
strength of the received signal (y- STEP key to change the scanning
axis). After completing a full scan step
cycle, by clicking on the graph,
EXIT button to exit the graphic
the height scale is adjusted.
scanner function.

Graphic scale step indicator PAUSE button to temporarily stop the scan in progress; click to resume scanning. Scanning is also
suspended after the encoder has rotated. In pause mode, you can move the cursor by touching
Scale zoom button the screen
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Indication of the frequency in use Specifies the city for which the
to be stored current station will be stored. Click
to select and edit the list of cities

The display area of the name we

have given to the memory cell; Display of the memory location
with various parameters and a
To insert a new one, after
name to be assigned to the
pressing the ADD button, a black
memory using the EDIT button
bar will appear in this area,
where you can change the name
DEL button to delete the selected
of the station using the encoder
memory location and then confirm
and confirm each character
or cancel
entered by pressing the encoder
or the screen. If you made a typo,
press DEL, the character will be EXIT button to exit the memory
deleted. To clear all text, press bank
and hold the encoder or screen Button to change the ADD button to add a new memory location which will store the
until the text is cleared name of the station and frequency and parameters specified above.
link to the city
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The on-screen encoder is

Appearance of the screen with activated by pressing and The appearance of the screen
the FM button activated. You dragging from bottom to top at with the LIGHT button activated
can switch the encoder to FM the bottom of the screen. To and the indication of the display
stations on the band stored in close the on-screen encoder, brightness adjusted by the
the memory bank for the current encoder.
swipe down from the center of
city. the screen. Also in this photo there is the S-
The screen encoder is available Meter in digital display mode
in all modes.
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Layout screen of the reception of a BFO frequency setting screen via

HAM amateur band encoder

Tune step indication cursor in SSB mode, BFO key activated. BFO frequency indication

by pressing on the 1Khz, 100Hz, 10Hz digits, The STEP button changes the BFO tuning step
the cursor moves under the digit selected for (1Hz, 10Hz, 25Hz)
fine tuning
BFO tuning step indication
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Reception in the HF bands with color indication of the propagation conditions of the radio waves in the range
used:
green color - gamma with open propagation;
yellow color - gamma with medium open propagation;
red color - gamma with closed propagation.
The HF propagation data is obtained directly from the Internet, so it is displayed when the Wi-FI connection is
active.
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"Retro" style receiver screen.

A long pressure on the scale switches the Volume button. Press to change the
modulation from AM to SSB and vice volume. Or press the retro volume
versa (the function is not active in FM), in indicator to mute the sound
SSB a short pressure switches to fine
tuning in SSB. This changes the color of
the scale. A short press on the encoder Scroll the scale from left to right or vice
button activates the volume control, a versa to activate scrolling to the next
long press switches from AM to SSB and stored station
vice versa. Rotate the encoder to move
along the scale Button to exit the mode RETRO

Click to select a city on the Band selection page

screen. Or scroll through the displayed in RETRO mode,
list with the encoder with buttons for retro
bands according to
EDIT button to add and edit reception conditions and
cities and time zones color indication of
propagation conditions
wave. Press to select band.

Button to scan FM stations FM button to view the list of Button to exit the list of
for the selected city FM stations in the current city cities
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Setup screens accessible via the SETUP button Select an access point and
enter a password if you've
Select, deselect or change the selection of the respective
never used it before. The
element by clicking on it. The RESET button while holding
current connection is displayed
down the button resets all settings to their default values. If
in yellow, saved in blue. Scan
your receiver is not working properly, you can reset the
the list of networks again using
encoder settings while turning on the receiver. The modified
the SCAN button. Scroll the list
parameters are highlighted in red and when you press the
with the encoder or with the
EXIT button the system will ask you to confirm the saving of
PREV and NEXT buttons
the new settings
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Info screens on the INFO button.

It shows the parameters used by the receiver, information about the firmware, Si473x
chip, HF propagation conditions and developers
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Screensaver
The activation time can be set in the SETUP menu

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