DEGEN DE1105 User manual

USER’S MANUAL DE1105
ILLUSTRATION
1. Antenna
2. Hand Strap
3. Earphone Jack
4. Volume Control
5. 0-9 Numeric Keypad
6. Exit/Alarm Time Enquiry
7. Exit/Confirm
8. Power
9. +
10. Step
11. -
12. Memory/Key Lock
13. Delete/Backlight
14. Page/Recharge
15. FM/Stereo/Mono/Bass/Timer1
16. AM/Timer 2
17. SW/Timer 3/Meter Band
18. Speaker
19. Battery Compartment
20. D.C. Jack
21. Fast/Slow/Volume
22. Tuning Knob

BATTERY RECHARGE
1. Connect the power adapter with the radio.
2. Press the Recharge button, the battery icon will blink for 5 seconds.
3. Auto Charge : The charging function will start automatically and the batteries are fully charged.
Manual Charge : When the battery icon is blinking , you can press the no 1-9 to set the charging
time in hours.
TIME SETTING
Time Display
1. Under the off mode, time will be displayed.
2. Under the on mode, press the exit button to display the current time.
Time Set
1. Press the Enter button twice to enter into the time set mode.
2. Press the numeric buttons to enter the time e.g 15:03 , enter 1-5-0-3 buttons.
3. The radio will then enter into the alarm set mode. Press Exit or wait for 6 seconds to return to time
set mode.
Note : Press the Exit button if you would like to cancel any wrong input.
12/24 Hour System Setting
1. Remove the batteries and disconnect the power adapter.
2. Install the batteries again after 1 minute, you will see the “SET” message.
3. Press the Enter button twice, you will see the “12-24” message.
4. Press 1 for 12 hours system or 2 for 24 hours system.
AM TUNING STEP
1. Remove the batteries and disconnect the power adapter.
2. After 40 seconds, install the batteries again and you will see the “SET” message.
3. Press the Enter button once and you will see “9-10KHz message.
4. Press 1 for 9K and 2 for 10K
POWER ON/OFF
On/Off
1. Press the Power button to turn on the radio.

2. Press the Power button again to turn off the radio.
Turn On Sleep Function
1. (i)Under the off mode, press the Power button to turn on the radio, the radio will enter in the sleep
mode of 99 minutes by default. You will see the sleep icon blinking. (ii)Under the on mode, long
press the Exit button to turn on the sleep mode.
2. Press the Enter button , the “99” will change to “--“ .
3. Press the numeric buttons to set the sleep time from 1- 99 minutes.
Turn Off Sleep Function
1. Press the Power button , the sleep function icon will blink.
2. Press the Exit key to turn off the sleep function or otherwise the radio will enter into sleep mode of
99 minutes by default.
Timer on/off
Under 24 hours system , you can set three sets of timer on/off.
1. Under the off mode, press the Enter button to enter into setting mode.
2. Press any Timer button (1-3) , you will see timer icon blinking.
3. Enter the alarm time by the numeric buttons e.g 7:30 a.m. ,enter 7-3-0.
4. Enter the frequency eg. 95.8MHz , enter 9-5-8-0.
5. Set the volume through the tuning knob at the right side of the radio.
6. Set the sleep time.
Note : The radio will then turn on at the preset time , station , volume and turn off in preset time.
Alarm Time Checking
Under the off mode, press the Timer button (1-3) to check the alarm time.
Turn Off Timer
Under the off mode, press the Timer button , you will see the icon blinking. Press the Exit button to
turn off the timer function.
Recall Last Timer Setting
Press any one Timer button and then the Enter button to turn on the timer setting as per last operation.
VOLUME CONTROL
1. Long press the Vol button until you see the VOL message. Adjust the volume (32 levels) with the

turning knob at the right side of the radio.
2. Or long press the Vol button until the VOL message disappears. You can set the volume by the
volume tuning knob located on the top of the radio.
BAND SELECTION
Press the FM , MW , SW button to switch among FM , AM or SW bands.
METER BAND SELECTION
Under the SW band, press the SW button again to switch between different meter bands.
SEARCH STATION
1. Manual Search – Press the Step button , then “+” or “-“ to locate the required station.
2. Auto Search – Press the Step button , then long press “+” or “-“ to search the required station. The
searching process will end when the radio finds a station.
Direct Frequency Input
1. Turn on the radio and select the band.
2. Press Enter button.
3. Enter the frequency by the numeric buttons e.g. 95.80MHz , enter 9-5-8-0 (You can have the
chance to switch to other band by pressing any band button before entering the frequency)
Wildcard Input
Press number 1 and then press the Enter button and you will get 100.00MHz
Tuning Knob
1. Turn on the radio and select the band.
2. Short press “Fast/Slow button” to select different tuning options. (Slow : FM-50K, AM-1K,
SW-1K, Fast : FM-100K, AM-9K/10K, SW-5K)
3. Search the required station through the tuning knob.
Memory Recall
1. Power on the radio, Short press “STEP” button and you will see “MEM” message.
2. Short press “+” or “-“ to switch between different channels.
3. You can also switch to the channel by pressing the numeric button, e.g channel 8 - enter 0-8 ,
channel 25 – enter 2-5 .

PAGE
The radio can store 10 Pages (0-9) x 100 stations (00-99), total 1000 stations.
1. Power on the radio. Short press “PAGE” button and you will see “P” icon blinking.
2. Short press 0 to 9 to turn to any page.
MEMORY PRESET
1. Find the desired frequency with any search method.
2. Select the page.
3. Short press the M button.
4. Short press the numeric buttons for the channel(00 -99) you would like to store.
ATS SCAN AND STORE
1. Turn on the radio and select the band.
2. Turn to 0 page.
3. Short press the “STEP” button.
4. Press “+” or “-“ until you see the frequency moving. The radio will begin to search and store
stations starting from the current channel) . Any previous channels stored will be covered.
PAGE 0 EDITING
Whole Page Transfer
1. Under Page 0 , short press the “P” button.
2. Short press “0” button.
3. Press 1-9 button to copy channels from page 0 to other page.
MEMORY DELETE
Delete One Channel
1. Locate the desired channel.
2. Short press the DEL button.
3. Press the DEL button again to confirm.
(Page 0 : any channel deleted will be filled by the next station. Other Page : any channel deleted will be
empty for use)

Delete Whole Page
1. Locate the desired page.
2. Long press the DEL button.
3. Press the DEL button again to confirm.
ALARM SETTING
Turn On Alarm Function
1. Under the off mode, short press ENTER button three times. You can see the bell icon blinking.
2. Press the numeric buttons to set the alarm time e.g. 22:30 , enter 2-2-3-0.
3. The radio will beep for 30 seconds at the alarm time. Press any button to stop.
Turn Off Alarm Function
1. Under off mode, short press ENTER button three times.
2. Short press the EXIT button to turn off the function.
MISCELLANOUS
System Reset
Remove the batteries and reinstall them again to reset the radio. Channel memories will not be erased.
(But you need to set the time again)
Key Lock
Long press the key lock button to turn on this function. Do the same to cancel the function.
Backlight
Long press the Backlight button to turn on the backlight function. Do the same to turn it off. When the
function is on, the backlight will be turn on for 8 seconds when any button is pressed.
Sound Quality Selection
Under FM reception, short press the ST/BASS button to switch among stereo , mono or bass quality.
TECHNICAL INDEX
1. Frequency Range :
oFM 70-108 MHz
oAM 531 - 1602 KHz
oSW 5.800 – 26.100MHz

2. Meter Band
o49m: 5.800-6.400 MHz , 41m: 6.900-7.400 MHz
o31m: 9.100-9.990 MHz , 25m: 11.500-12.200 MHz
o22m: 13.510-13.9000 MHz , 19m: 15.000-15.700 MHz
o16m 17.260-18.085 MHz , 13m: 21.410-21.950 MHz
o11m 25.610-26.100 MHz
3. Memory Presets (1000)
4. Noise Limit Sensitivity
oFM <= 10uv
oAM <= 1mV/m
oSW <=20uV
5. Single Signal Selectivity >= 40dB
6. Power : 2 x AA batteries or 5-6V D.C.
7. Speaker : D50mm
8. Unit Size : 118 x 75 x 23.5 mm
9. Weight : 165g ( without battery)