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S450DLX OWNER’S MANUAL
TUNING IN MW STATIONS (AM);
CHANGING THE TUNING STEPS
MW, or medium wave stations, known as AM stations in North
America, range from 520 to 1710 KHz in North America and from
522 to 1620 KHz in other parts of the world. In North America they
tune in 10 KHz steps and in other parts of the world they may tune
in 9 KHz steps. The radio is set up for 10 KHz tuning by default, but
to change the steps to 9 KHz, go into the battery compartment and
move the switch from 10 KHz to 9 KHz and then press the reset
button (in the front lower right of the radio) with a paper clip. The
switch is located on the middle of the ridge between the upper set
and lower set of batteries.
Turn on the radio. 1.
Place the top BANDWIDTH switch into the W or N position (wide or 2.
narrow). Place bottom BANDWIDTH switch into the MW position.
Place AM/SW RF GAIN switch into the 5 position, higher if necessary. 3.
Tune in the station with the TUNING knob or by pressing the UP/4.
DOWN button or by pressing and holding the UP/DOWN button for
one second to engage auto tuning.
Use WIDE if no interference is present. Use NARROW if
interference is present.