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- Page 1 TECSUN RADIO PL-380 FM stereo / SW / MW / LW DSP RECEIVER OPERATION MANUAL www.tecsunradio.com www.tecsunradio.com hch@cantonmade.com...
- Page 2 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTROL LOCATIONS.............2 LCD DISPLAY..............3 QUICK START GUIDE............4 TURN THE RADIO ON OR OFF.........6 ●Using the ETM (Easy Tuning Mode) to listen radio ●Manual tuning ●Auto browsing stations ●Direct frequency entry TO STORE STATION……………………………………….. 8 ●ATS (Auto Tuning Storage) on FM, MW, LW or SW band ●... -
Page 4: Control Locations
CONTROL LOCATIONS Power button Display & Lock button FM ST. button FM / ATS button (FM band selector and Auto Tuning Storage) MW / LW button ( MW / LW band selector & Auto Tuning Storage) SW/ ATS button (SW meter band selector & Auto Tuning Storage) ENTER / DELETE button 0-9 NUMBER keys (Numeric keys) MEMORY button (Storing radio stations) / BATTERIES TYPE selector... -
Page 5: Lcd Display
LCD DISPLAY Battery consumption indicator / Charging indicator SLEEP TIMER ON INDICATOR ALARM ON / OFF INDICATOR " " alarm on by radio " " alarm on by buzzer Temperature (Temp.) AM, PM indicator for 12-hour format clock Signal indicators dBu: signal strength unit dB : Signal to Noise Ratio (S/N) unit ALARM TIME INDICATOR... -
Page 6: Quick Start Guide
QUICK START GUIDE Time settings 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 Settings 1. - Page 7 select the FM frequency. 2.) Press & hold [FM] button until digital number is running, this radio would search & stored the available radio stations automatically. 3.) After finished the ATS operation, turn the [TUNING] knob to select the radio station MW, LW or SW ATS are same as the FM ATS.
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Page 8: Turn The Radio On Or Off
TURN THE RADIO ON OR OFF 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. -
Page 9: Manual Tuning
2.) Using prior selected radio stations FM : Since the ETM has been processed to prior select radio stations, you could directly turn the [TUNING] knob to select radio stations. If receiving location is changed, it is suggested to perform the ETM once again. MW: At night with more radio stations broadcasting, you may need to perform ETM function once more.. -
Page 10: To Store Station
TO STORE STATION 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. 1.) ATS (Auto Tuning Storage) on FM 1. Turn on the radio, and fully extend the antenna. -
Page 11: Delete Memory
1. Short press the [VF] button with a "BB" sound into frequency status. 2. Long press [VF button with a "B" sound to activate the Auto-scan function. 3. If you want to store that station, simply press on the [M] button to store the station with a long "B--"... -
Page 12: Sleep Function
2. Long press the [VM] button with a "B" sound to activate the Auto scan memory function. 3. When it stops into the unwanted stations, simply press [DELETE] button with a long "B--" sound. Afterwards, it restart to browse again from next radio station. Method 3: To delete all memories 1. -
Page 13: Auto On / Off Function
duration flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select 1 ~ 90 minutes of the alarm's duration. 4. Finally, short press [ALARM] button again with a long "B--" sound to confirm. Note: If [ALARM] button not to be pressed again within 3 seconds for confirmation, it will auto confirm the present display time and following with a long “B”... -
Page 14: To Turn Off The Alarm
alarm again 5 minutes later. To turn off the alarm When the radio is turned on by the alarm function with radio, you can short press [POWER] button to continue listening radio afterwards. Short press [POWER] again to turn off the radio. When the radio is on by alarm functions with buzzer, you can short press [POWER] button to turn off the alarm. - Page 15 Turn off the radio, long press [9/10kHz] button until "9kHz" or "10kHz" appear in the display. By long pressing again, the alternative band step would be shown. 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.
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Page 16: Important Matters For Using Batteries
Using any USB 5v external DC power sources to connect this radio, symbol“ ”will advance from the bottom to top during power charging. It stops when batteries are fully charged. Connect USB 5V to external power sources Special note: Using the USB 5V cord to connect the external power sources for supplying power to play this radio Notes for charging power:... - Page 17 QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS Can not turn on the radio. -no power with the -replace the new 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...
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Page 19: B" Sound Via Functions
"B" SOUND VIA FUNCTIONS Function Button Status Sound Display Radio on Radio on or POWER Radio permanently B---(long) “On” display Radio off “OFF” display POWER button Rotate at 30, 60, 90, 120 Display the time for auto-off Adjust & TUNING mins. - Page 20 Function Button Status Sound Display Hour setting “hour” flashing Minute setting “minute” flashing Time of auto-off, “ ”or“ ” or Adjust time for auto-off “SLEEP” Auto radio on ALARM / off function Confirm / Auto confirm B---(long) Display time Display “ ” Activate auto-on by radio Display“...
- Page 21 SPECIFICATIONS 1. Frequency range 87~108 MHz Russia 64~108MHz Japan 76~108 MHz China, USA 87.5~108 MHz 522~1620 (USA 520~1710) kHz 153~513 kHz 2300~21950 kHz 2. Sensitivity FM (S/N=30dB) 3μV MW (S/N=26dB) 1mV/m LW (S/N=26dB) 10mV/m SW (S/N=26dB) 20μV 3.Selectivity ＞60 dB ＞60 dB ＞60 dB ＞60 dB...
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