Radio Shack 12-795 Portable Radio User Manual


 
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BASIC RADIO OPERATION
TUNING/BATTERY Meter DIRECTION FINDER Telescoping Antenna
Frequency
TUNING
FINE TUNING
Band
POWER
RADIO/P.A.
AFC
VOLUME
TONE
MIC
ANT
EAR
Scale
Selector
Follow these steps to turn the radio on/
off, select a radio band and station/fre-
quency, and adjust the sound.
1. Turn
VOLUME
toward
MIN
until it
stops.
2. Set
RADIO/P.A.
to
RADIO
. (To use
the P.A. setting, see “Using the P.A.
(Public Address) Function” on Page
11.
3. Turn the band selector to the
band(s) you want to listen to.
4. If you selected any band other than
AM
,
SW1
or
SW2
, fully extend the
telescoping antenna on top of the
radio.
If you selected
SW1
or
SW2
, connect
the supplied wire antenna to
ANT
on
the front of the radio. (See “Con-
necting the Wire Antenna” on Page
7.)
Note:
The radio uses the attached
directional antenna (
DIRECTION
FINDER
) for AM band reception. The
position of the radio’s telescoping
antenna does not affect AM band
reception.
5. For reduced sound distortion and
drift-free FM reception, set
AFC
(Automatic Frequency Control) to
ON.
6. Set
POWER
to
ON
to turn on the
radio.
7. Adjust
VOLUME
toward
MAX
to
increase the volume, or toward
MIN
to decrease it.
8. Adjust
TONE
to get the sound you
like.
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