Grundig Yacht Boy 400 manual

WORLD RECEIVER Y ACHT BOY 400 WORLD RECEIVER Y ACHT BOY 400 YA CHT BOY 400 ON TIME TIME 1/2 FREE STORE ON/OFF SLEEP AUTO 40 ST A TION MEMORIES SS B F M 1 2 3 A M 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 RESET LOCK FREQU./METER AUTO TUNING STEP TUNING MEMO L W/MW/SW/FM STEREO PLL SYNTHESIZED DUAL CONVERSION 8 9 . 6 6 0 TIME I SLEEP MHz TUNING 0 . . . 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . 4[...]

k 1 GB Contents Contents Your Unit at a Glance Display ................................................................. 0 4 Front of Unit ............................................................ 0 6 Top of Unit ............................................................. 0 8 Right Side of Unit .................................................[...]

k 2 Contents Automatic Switch-On/ Wake-Up Function Entering a Switch-On Time .......................................... 24 Checking the Entered Switch-On Time ............................. 24 Wake-Up with Radio/Automatic Switch-On ....................... 24 Wake-Up with Sound Signal/Date Reminder ..................... 25 Clearing the Wake-Up Functi[...]

k 3 Y our Unit at a Glance SNOOZE LIGHT SW EXT. ANT. DX LOCAL STEREO MONO WIDE NARR DC 9V YA CHT BOY 400 ON TIME TIME 1/2 FREE STORE ON/OFF SLEEP AUTO F M 1 2 3 A M 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 RESET LOCK FREQU./METER AUTO TUNING STEP TUNING MEMO L W/MW/SW/FM STEREO PLL SYNTHESIZED DUAL CONVERSION 40 ST ATION MEMORIES SS B °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°[...]

Y our Unit at a Glance k 4 Display Optimum read-off quality will be obtained when the set is brought into a tilted position. For this, use the swing-out support at the back of the unit. ON- TIME Wake-up time/switch-on time If ON- TIME is indicated, the wake-up time is shown below (in the left numeric block). 88:88 Left numeric block a. With radio s[...]

8.8.8:8.8 Large numeric block With the radio switched on: Frequency indication and special messages (e.g., EFF8F ). With the radio switched off: Time 1 or time 2 (e.g., 2: 04 ). 88 Bottom numeric block With the radio switched off: Seconds indication. With the radio switched on: See following descrip- tion. 88 FREE Free memory position Indicates the[...]

Y our Unit at a Glance k 6 Front of Unit Multifunction display (Description see further up) ON/OFF On/off button For switching the unit on and off. You can switch the unit off even if all buttons are locked (in LOCK position). SLEEP Sleep button For entering a time after which the unit is switched off (sleep time). Initial value: 60 minutes. This v[...]

k 7 Y our Unit at a Glance Two pressures on the button will overwrite occupied memory positions (e.g., 23 STORE STORE): The se- lected memory position is overwritten and occupied by the station currently tuned to. FM VHF For selecting the desired FM (VHF) band. You will hear the last station tuned to in this wave- band (Last Station Memory). For cl[...]

Y our Unit at a Glance k 8 MEMO q For calling up the memory positions (as with ME- MO w ). Press once: Next lower memory position . Press and keep pressed longer than 1 s: Automatic memory position selection in descending order. The automatic memory position select function stops for approx. 5 seconds on each memory position so that the station rec[...]

k 9 Y our Unit at a Glance Right Side of Unit FINE TUNING Fine tuning For fine tuning on SSB reception. SSB SSW on/off switch For switching on and off the SSB mode (Single Side Band reception). SSB is especially used for amateur SW radio recep- tion. TONE Tone control Two positions: HIGH (treble) and LOW (bass). VOLUME Volume control Left Side of U[...]

Aerials k 10 Telescopic aerial for FM and SW reception. When the aerial base is completely retracted, the telescopic aerial can be tilted and swivelled into the position giving best reception. For SW reception, fully extend the aerial and position it vertically. Due to the much better propagation conditions in the evening and night hours with respe[...]

k 11 Power Supply Mains Operation Only use a mains unit with the correct output voltage of 9V = and cor- rect polarity Y . Connect the mains unit to the DC 9V socket. This disconnects the inserted batteries. Battery Operation with six 1.5 Volt batteries, type IEC LR 6 / UM-3/AA. We recommend the use of alkaline-manganese batteries with low mercury [...]

Power Supply k 12 Data Protection (Mains and Battery Operation) The data stored in the station memory, the clock time, and the Last Station Memory are retained for approx. 10 minutes. You can calmly exchange the batteries without being afraid of loosing the stored data. RESET Button If, due to external interferences (caused by static charges of car[...]

k 13 General Operation For convenient operation, your Yacht Boy can be brought into a tilted position by the swing-out stand provided at its rear. The type plate is to be found below this stand. On the stand, there is an illustration showing the time zones of the world. Button pressure times Brief: less than 0.5 seconds. Long: more than 0.5 seconds[...]

General Operation k 14 Volume and Tone The volume is adjusted with the VOLUME control. The tone is adjusted with the TONE switch. LOW = Bass. HIGH = Treble. Waveband Selection After switching on the unit with the ¢ ON/OFF button, it is ready for reception and you hear the station last tuned to. FM The FM (VHF) band is selected with the ¢ FM butto[...]

k 15 Station T uning Switch the unit on with the ¢ ON/OFF button. The display indicates the frequency tuned to – on FM in MHz, and on AM in kHz. Frequency Tuning in the FM Band Select the FM band. You hear the station last tuned to in the FM band . Manual tuning Tune to the desired station by briefly pressing one of the buttons 0 TUNING w or TUN[...]

Station T uning k 16 Adjusting the tuning steps The tuning steps are adjusted with the ¢ STEP button. With the unit switched on, you can switch between : 1 kHz or 9 kHz on LW 1 kHz or 5 kHz on SW 1 kHz or 9 resp. 10 kHz on MW. The respective waveband must be selected. Repeatedly press the ¢ STEP button until the desired tuning step value (e.g., i[...]

k 17 Station T uning Automatic tuning (AUTO TUNING) This frequency search is started by pressing the ¢ AUTO TUNING button. Short presssure : Search is started in direction of higher frequencies. Long pressure : Search is started in direction of lower frequencies. The search function operates with the tuning steps 9 kHz on LW, 5 kHz on SW, 9 or 10 [...]

Entering a Meter Band k 18 Entering a meter band on SW Entered numbers below 100 with subsequent confirmation by the ¢ FREQU./METER button are interpreted as wavelength in meter for SW. If the entry is valid, a frequency next to the band centre will be tuned to in the case of radio bands , and the beginning of the respective SW band in the case of[...]

k 19 Entering a Meter Band * Not all radio stations are broadcasting 24 hours the day and during all seasons a programme on this frequency. For this reason, consi- der the different broadcasting times. Band (m) Lower cut-off Radio station* frequecy (kHz) or band centre 90-m tropic 3200 3300 80-m amateur 3500 75-m radio 3900 3955 60-m tropic 4750 49[...]

Storing, Calling Up, and Clearing k 20 What Can You Store? You can programme up to 40 station memory positions (memory positions 1 ... 40) in random order, also mixed from the 4 wavebands FM-MW-LW-SW. You can store in memory each frequency tuned to. Checking the Reception Frequency You can check whether a frequency is already stored on one of the m[...]

k 21 Storing, Calling Up, and Clearing Memo buttons A short pressure on the ¢ MEMO w button calls up the next higher memory position. The unit automatically tunes to the corresponding station in the correct waveband. A short pressure on the ¢ MEMO q button calls up the next lower memory position. The unit automatically tunes to the corresponding [...]

Going to Sleep to Music k 22 You can enter a time period (60 minutes max.), after which the radio switches automatically off. Press the ¢ SLEEP button. When the radio was switched off, it will be switched on. The further procedure is independent of whether the radio was switched off or not. The switch-on period (period until the radio is switched [...]

k 23 The Clock Here too, each entry step (button pressure) must be completed within a period of 5 seconds . You can enter clock times no matter whether the unit is switched on or off. There are several possible methods for entering clock and switching times. Examples: Clock time Possible entries 1st example: Clock time 6.30 6.30 06.30 2nd example: [...]

Automatic Switch-On/W ake-Up Function k 24 Your radio allows you to enter a wake-up time (switch-on time). When selecting the function "Wake-up with radio", you will hear the last received radio station. The switching times refer to the clock time (TIME I or TIME II) indi- cated in the display. Example: You have entered the local time (e.[...]

k 25 Automatic Switch-On/W ake-Up Function At the programmed time, the radio is automatically switched on. If no button is pressed, the radio will play for about 60 minutes and then is switched off automatically. If you press the ¶ SNOOZE button, the radio is switched off for 5 minutes and the ¤ symbol is flashing in the display. You can repeat t[...]

Special Functions on AM k 26 SSB Mode (Amateur Radio Reception) SSB reception is an additional function to "normal" radio reception. It allows you to listen to amateur transmissions (mostly speech). In most cases, these are transmitted in the SSB mode (Single Side Band). Proceed as follows: Switch the unit on and select a SW amateur band [...]

k 27 Specification Power Supply By six 1.5 V batteries (IEC LR 6). External supply: By a commercial 9 V DC mains unit (see connecting socket). Output Power 600 mW (via built-in loudspeaker). Built-in Aerials Telescopic aerial for FM and SW. Ferrite rod aerial for MW and LW. Connecting Sockets For external voltage supply: DC 9V . Coaxial socket (out[...]

Specification k 28 Wavebands FM: 875 ... 108 MHz SW: 1.711 ... 30 MHz 3.95 ... 26,1 MHz (Yacht Boy 400 IB) MW: 520 ... 1710 kHz 527 ... 1606 kHz (Yacht Boy 400 IB) LW: 144 ... 353 kHz 149 ... 283 kHz (Yacht Boy 400 IB) Tuning Steps FM: 50 kHz SW: 1 kHz / 5 kHz MW: 1 kHz / 9 bzw. 10 kHz LW: 1 kHz / 9 kHz Fine tuning on SSB: ± 1 kHz Intermediate Fre[...]

k 29 Specification Hints – Prescriptions Use only a soft cloth which picks up dust to clean the cabinet. Do not use aggressive polishes or cleaning agents. Do not expose the set to temperatures above 60°C. In the case of defects, consult your spe- cialized dealer. Protect the unit against any moisture (e.g. dripping or splashing). The unit meets[...]

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