Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 12-795 Radio Shack
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Cat. No. 12- 795 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read befo re usin g this equ ipmen t. Multi-Band AC/DC Portable Radio 12-795.fm Page 1 Friday, July 16, 1999 7:11 AM.
2 FEATURES Your Rad ioShack Multi- Band AC /DC Portabl e Radio is des igned to provi de high-qu ality sound whi le you listen to up to 10 differ en t radi o ban ds .
3 CONTENTS Preparation ....... ............. ................... ............. ................... ............. ............. .......... 4 Connectin g Power .......... ............. ............. ................... ............. ................... .
4 PREPARATION CONNECTING POWER You can po wer the ra dio from stan dard AC power using the s upplied powe r cord, wi th batteries (not supp lied), o r from yo ur vehi cle’s c igarette -lig hter socket (using an opti onal DC ada pter). Caution: C onnecting the rad io to AC or vehicl e battery power dis connects any internal batteries.
5 Using Batteries You can pow er t he radi o w ith four D b at- teries (not s upplied). Fo r the best perf or- mance a nd lo ngest life, w e re commend RadioShac k alka line batte ries. Cautions: • Use only fresh b atteries of the required si ze and reco mmended type.
6 Using V ehicle Battery Power You can power th e radio from a vehi - cle’s 1 2V pow er so urce ( such as ciga- ret te-l ight er so cket ) usi ng a 9V, 50 0 mA DC adapter (n ot suppl ied) ava ilable at your lo cal Ra dioSh ack sto re. Cautions: Y ou mus t use a power source tha t sup pli es 9V DC and deli vers at least 5 00 mA.
7 CONNECTING THE WI RE ANTENNA Besides the DIRECTION FINDER anten - na and the buil t-in teles coping an tenna, the radi o comes with a se parate wi re an- tenna (abo ut 10 feet long) for re ception when yo u listen to the shortwa ve bands ( SW or SW2 ).
8 OPERATION UNDERSTANDING THE BANDS This radio lets y ou s el ec t fr o m 1 0 dif f erent radio frequ ency band s. A scal e showing the freq uency range a nd tun ing pos ition for each ban d appears to the right of that band’s na me on the radio’s mul ti-band d is- play.
9 Notes: • Re cepti on va ries acco rding t o the seasons of the yea r , th e current weather co nditions , chang e in atmo- sphere a nd the freque ncy you sele cted . • The best ti me for l istening to s hort- wave bro adcasts is in the ev ening.
10 BASIC RAD IO OPERATION TUNING/BATTERY Meter DIRECTION FINDER Telescoping Antenna Frequen cy TUNING FINE TUNING Ban d POWER RADIO/P.A. AFC VOLUME TONE MIC ANT EAR Scale Sel ecto r Follow the se steps to turn the r adio on/ off, se lect a ra dio band an d stati on/fre- quency, and adjus t the soun d.
11 9. T o se lect a differen t stati on/fre- quency , rota te TUN ING (th e outsi de knob) on the front of the radio. T he yellow bar on the multi- band sca le moves to ind icate the current tuni ng position .
12 2. Set RADIO/P .A. to P. A . 3. Pl ug the microphone into MIC on the front of th e radio. 4. Be s ure POWER is se t to ON , then speak i nto the mi cropho ne in a n or- mal vo ice. 5. As you beg in speaki ng, adj ust VO L- UME to a com fortab le liste ning level .
13 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your RadioShack Multi- Band AC /DC Porta ble Radi o is an exampl e of su perior de - sign an d crafts mansh ip. T he foll owing suggesti ons wi ll help y ou ca re for y our rad io so yo u ca n enjo y it fo r ye ars. Keep the radio dry.
14 FCC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY This de vice co mplies wi th Part 15 of the FCC Rules . Opera tion is s ubject to the foll owi ng two condit io ns: (1 ) thi s dev ice may not c aus e h armf ul in ter fer en ce, and (2) this device must accept any i nterf er- ence receiv ed, inclu ding inte rference that ma y cause undesir ed opera tion.
15 SPECIFICA TIONS Bands AM . .................... ............. ................... ............. ................... ............. .... 5 30–1710 k Hz CB (Chann els 1–40 ) ............. ................... ............. .................... .. 2 6.
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