Sony ICF-SW7600GR Manual

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Listening to the radio

•

The unit will perform auto scan when –?

K or k?+ is held down (see

“Searching the station automatically – Auto scan tuning”, page 20).

•

The frequency changes rapidly when 

K – or + k is held down and

stops when the button is released. In the AM bands (MW, SW and
LW), the unit scans continuously in the range of 150 to 29 999 kHz.

Meter bands refer to frequency bands which short wave
broadcasts are divided into wavelengths. Normally, international
broadcast frequencies are assigned. With this unit, there are 14
meter bands.

Frequency range of bands/meter bands
Unit: kHz for AM, MHz for FM

LW

150–529

153–522

—

MW

530–1 620

530–1 620 *

—

531–1 620 **

—

2 250–2 550

120 meter band

3 150–3 450

90 meter band

3 850–4 050

75 meter band

4 700–5 100

60 meter band

5 900–6 250

49 meter band

7 100–7 400

41 meter band

SW

1 621–29 999

9 400–10 000

31 meter band

11 500–12 150

25 meter band

13 500–13 900

22 meter band

15 000–15 900

19 meter band

17 450–18 000

16 meter band

18 850–19 100

15 meter band

21 450–21 950

13 meter band

25 600–26 100

11 meter band

FM

76.00–108.00

76.00–108.00

—

*

10 kHz channel step (see page 15).

**

9 kHz  channel step (see page 15).

Note
The actual frequency range of short wave broadcasts and the range of the
meter bands for this unit may differ. Refer to the supplied “Wave
Handbook”  for more information.

AM