Radio Shack DX-398 Owner's Manual

33Turning a Timer AlarmOn or OffTo turn off the alarm so it does notsound again, press TIMER 1, TIMER 2,or TIMER 3. Then press C whileflashes.If you want to turn on a timer alarmagain, press TIMER 1, TIMER 2, or TIM-ER 3. Then press ENTER whileand 1, 2, or 3 flash.Timer RecordingYou can connect a tape recorder tothe receiver and have it record startingat a preset time.Connect your tape recorder as de-scribed in “Connecting a Tape Re-corder” on Page 10 and set your taperecorder to record. Then follow thesteps in “Using the Timer Alarms” onPage 32 to have the radio start to playat the time you want.When the radio plays at the time youset, the tape recorder starts andrecords the broadcast.USING THE SLEEPTIMERThe sleep timer lets you set the re-ceiver to turn off in an amount of timeyou set.1. With the receiver off, hold downPOWER until the receiver beepsand turns on. 90 appears andflashes.After a few seconds, 90 disap-pears and stops flashing.2. Tune to the desired station.After the preset number of minutes, thereceiver turns off. To turn off the re-ceiver sooner, press POWER.To change the playing time after youset it, hold down POWER. The sleeptimer changes from 90 → 80 → 70 →60 → 50 → 40 → 30 → 20 → 10 → 90minutes, repeating the sequence asyou hold down POWER. Release POW-ER when the desired amount of timeappears.TIMERTIMER