User manual THOMSON GRUNDIG G2000A

[. . . ] G2000A OWNER'S MANUAL HOW TO USE YOUR GRUNDIG G2000A AM/FM/SW Radio NEED HELP?HERE'S HOW TO CONTACT US: · · · · · · From the United States: 1-800-872-2228 From Canada: 1-800-637-1648 From everywhere else: 650-903-3866 e-mail: grundig@ix. netcom. com World Wide Web: www. grundigradio. com Eton Corporation/Grundig 1015 Corporation Way Palo Alto, California 94303 United States 1 1 CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. 1 Leather cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. 2 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Hand over the old batteries to you deader or public collecting when buying new ones. Warning for weak batteries: When the batteries run low, the sound volume declines gradually. Continued operations with low batteries cause the radio to turn off automatically, other malfunctioning and losing programmed time settings and preset radio stations. In this case, remove the batteries and press a paper clip through the RESET hole. Readjust the time settings and the present radio stations. To prevent that the radio is switched on accidentally, use the LOCKswitch when packing the radio or putting it away. 7 3. 2 AC Main Adapter (not included) You can connect the set to the mains using a mains adapter. Only use a mains adapter, which supplies 4. 5V DC with the negative pole at the center pin of the plug . Before connecting the mains adapter · · · Check that the mains voltage indicated on the type plate of the adapter matches your local mains voltage. If the mains adapter equipped with a voltage selector, set this to the local voltage. Connect the mains adapter to the DC 4. 5V socket of the set and to the wall socket. 3. 3 Power failure · · If the power supply is interrupted, the programmed time settings and preset radio stations will be kept in the memory for 10 min. If the AC power is disconnected from the 4. 5 DC socket, the batteries (if present) will take over the supply. 8 4 GENERAL 4. 1 Time zones The earth rotates around its axis in 24 hours and around the sun In one year. These movements are responsible for the time differences and the seasons on earth. Due to the direction of rotation of the earth it is always earlier in the day to the west of where you are and later in the day to the east of where you are. The earth is divided into 24 time zones with a difference of one hour between adjacent zones. The system is based on one standard time zone, namely UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), previously GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Generally speaking, short-wave stations announce their broadcasts in UTC. To check which time zone you are now at, use the world map on the back of the set. 4. 2 Short Wave (SW) Your world receiver can receive a number of wavebands. Most of these are known and tuning for the required station will soon become a matter of routine, as the stations are always to be found at the same place on the dial and are thus tied to a fixed wavelength and frequency. With short wave this is unfortunately not always the case. Short wave transmitters have to change their avelengths fairly often. In the short-wave range between 10 and 1 Oo-metre wavelength (frequencies of 30-3 MHz resp. ) nine bands between 10 and 50 metres are allocated to short-wave broadcasting, with another four bands between 60 and 120 metres for broadcasting in the earth's tropical areas. The latter are roughly located between the latitudes of 30¢X north and 30¢X south, i. e. [. . . ] Use the H button to set the hours and the M button to set the minutes. A single press of the H or M button advances the setting by 1 hour or 1 minute respectively. If the button is held pressed, the setting advances rapidly. The minutes will not be carried over to the hours if, for example, the minutes indication changes from '59' to 100'. [. . . ]