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Radio Shack 12-795 manual

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  • Page 1

    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[...]

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    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 . T he p ortab le design le ts you use it almost an ywhere. Its featur es incl ude: Multiple Power Options — let you power the r ad io with sta nda rd AC powe r using the s upplied co [...]

  • Page 3

    3 CONTENTS Preparation ....... ............. ................... ............. ................... ............. ............. .......... 4 Connectin g Power .......... ............. ............. ................... ............. ................... .... 4 Using AC Power ................... ............. ............. ................... .........[...]

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    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. Howev er, ba[...]

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    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. • Do not mix o ld and ne w batteries, dif ferent typ es of bat ter ies (st an[...]

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    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. Its center tip mus[...]

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    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 ). To connect the antenna, simply insert the an tenna’s pl ug into ANT on the front of the radio[...]

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    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. This se ction bri efly desc ribes the fre quen- cy ra nge of each band a n[...]

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    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. FM Broadcast Freque ncy Range : 88–108 MH z Commun ications : FM radi o stations. TV Sound 1 Fre[...]

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    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. 1. T urn VOLUME toward MI N until it stops. 2. [...]

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    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 . The ne edle on th e TUNING/ BA TTERY meter moves towa rd 10 as the signa l str ength in crease s or toward 0 as it decr eases (see “Readin[...]

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    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 . Note: To pre vent feed back or high- pitched s ounds, kee p the micropho ne pointe[...]

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    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. If it gets wet, wipe it dr y immediate ly. Liquids mi ght contain mineral s that can corr[...]

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    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. THE FCC W [...]

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    15 SPECIFICA TIONS Bands AM . .................... ............. ................... ............. ................... ............. .... 5 30–1710 k Hz CB (Chann els 1–40 ) ............. ................... ............. .................... .. 2 6.965–27.40 5 MHz SW1 ............ ............. ................... ............. .............[...]

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    RadioShack A Division of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T ex as 7610 2 81 1-296091-03 1 07A9 9 Pri nted i n Chi na Limited Nine ty-Day W arranty This pro duct is warrante d by RadioShack aga inst manufac turing defects in mate rial and workma n- ship un der normal u se for ninety ( 90) days fro m the date o f purchase from RadioShac k company- owne[...]