Standard Features

• portable, battery powered (4 D-cell batteries) with AC adapter
• built-in monaural speaker (0.5 Watt output)
• stereo headphone socket
• stereo line out connectors
• built-in easy-to-aim antenna
• AM, FM, and 2 SW band in addition to WorldSpace service
• decryption and narrowcast capability
• program selection by language and category
• 10 presets and last station memory
• 1-line, 8-character LC display
• port for multimedia services
• easy to Basic Setup, Basic Operation and Search Mode

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Basic Setup

• Ensure that the receiver is plugged in. Time will be displayed
• Press the ON/STANDBY button on the middle right of the unit. The ON/STANDBY indicator light will turn on..
• If the receiver is set to any of the commercial bands (FM, AM (MW), or SW), press the WS/RADIO button to tune to the WorldSpace band.
• Adjust the antenna to the proper orientation. In Saudi Arabia, orient the antenna towards the Southwest at middle elevation.
• The WS antenna signal indicator will show up to ten bars. Try to position to antenna for the maximum number of bars.

Basic Operation

• After turning on the receiver and positioning the antenna, the first WorldSpace broadcaster should be audible.
• If there is adequate signal strength and no WorldSpace audio is available, search for the broadcasters (see next section).
• Press BC/FREQ UP or BC/FREQ DOWN repeatedly to select the broadcaster
  * BC/FREQ UP to move up 1 broadcaster
  * BC/FREQ DOWN to move down 1 broadcaster
• As the BC Select buttons are pressed, the broadcaster label is displayed on the screen
• For each BC, the SCs are shown. Press the Service Components Select UP and DOWN button to select the SC within the BC.

Search Mode
This section does not apply if you are already receiving WorldSpace audio content. However, if no broadcasters can be heard and the display window shows an adequate signal strength, then you will have to force the receiver to search for the broadcasters.

• Press the mode button; "MODE" is displayed for 10 seconds
• Press the BEAM SEEK button while "MODE" is lit. "SEEK" flashes and the unit search for a receivable beam. When the unit receives a beam the beam name appears for 2 seconds then the unit begins to search for the next beam
• If the unit cannot receive any WS beam "NO BEAM" appears in the display window.
• If the search is successful, the first broadcaster will be audible and the rest of the broadcasters will be in memory. Follow the directions in the Basic Operations section to manually tune through the broadcasters.