Radio Shack DX-396 Car Stereo System User Manual


 
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SPECIAL FEATURES
USING THE KEY LOCK
The lock feature prevents you from acci-
dentally turning the receiver on or off,
changing the band or frequency, or
changing other front-panel controls. You
can still adjust
VOLUME
,
TONE
, and the
sensitivity switch.
To lock the controls, set
LOCK
to
IN
.
LOCK appears on the display.
To unlock the controls, set
LOCK
to
.
LOCK disappears from the
display.
Note:
If you press a “locked” button,
briefly flashes on the display.
USING THE ALARM
Setting the Alarm Time
You can set an alarm so the buzzer
sounds or the receiver plays at a speci-
fied time.
Follow these steps to set the alarm time.
1. Hold down
SET/OFF
, BUZZER or
STANDBY appear. Press
TIME
SET
, the display flashes. Release
SET/OFF
and
TIME SET
.
2. While the display flashes, use the
number keys to enter an alarm time.
If the time is p.m. press
STORE AM/
PM
once.
3. Press
TIME SET
again. The alarm
time is set. The display returns to
the radio frequency display if you
have the power on.
When you set an alarm time, the buzzer
or radio (standby) is preset for the alarm
sound. To choose the other alarm
sound, see “Turning the Alarm On/Off.”
Note:
To view the set alarm time, press
SET/OFF
. This turns off the alarm. Press
SET/OFF
again to turn the alarm back
on.
Turning the Alarm On/Off
1. Set the receiver to the desired sta-
tion and volume.
2. Press
SET/OFF
to display either
BUZZER or STANDBY , then:
To have the buzzer sound at the
alarm time, press
ALARM/STANDBY
until BUZZER appears.
To have the radio turn on at the
alarm time, press
ALARM/STANDBY
until STANDBY appears.
3. If the buzzer alarm is turned on, at
the preset alarm time, the buzzer
sounds for about an hour, and the
radio also plays. If the radio alarm is
turned on, at the preset alarm time,
the radio plays for 1 hour.
Note:
If you want to use the buzzer
for the alarm, set
VOLUME
to its min-
imum position.
4. To turn off the alarm, press
POWER
.
The alarm sounds again the next day at
the specified alarm time.
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