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TECSUN

TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.

OPERATION MANUAL

PL-360

FM stereo / MW / SW DSP RECEIVER

TECSUN RADIO CO., LTD.

FACTORY: 189 GuanChang Road, DongCheng District,
DongGuan, GuangDong, P.R.China
E-mail: tecsun@on-nets.com
Website: www.tecsun.com.cn
www.tecsun.b2s.com

PL-360

FM STEREO

SW DSP RECEIVER

TECSUN

SLEEP

SPECIFICATIONS

PL-360

Functional Block Diagram

PL-360 is using DSP si4734 Microchips (from Silicon Labs in
USA) to digitalize the analog AM/FM broadcasting signal base
on the modern software technology and radio principles. It can
highly improve on radio's sensitivity, selectivity, S/N ratio and
anti-interference.

RFA

W L

/LW

PL-360

Functional Block Diagram

1. Frequency range

FM 87~108 MHz

Japan 76~108 MHz

Eu, USA 87.5~108 MHz

MW 522~1620 (150~1620) kHz

USA 520~1710 kHz

SW 2300~21950 kHz

2. Sensitivity

F M (S/N=30dB) Less than 3

MW (S/N=26dB) Less than 1mV/m

LW (S/N=26dB) Less than 10mV/m

SW (S/N=26dB) Less than 30

3.Selectivity

F M

＞

60 dB

＞

60 dB

＞

60 dB

＞

60 dB

4. FM Stereo crosstalk Less than 25 dB

5. Memory 450

6. Output 350 mW

7. Power UM3 or AA X 3

USB 5V DC

8. Speaker

0mm, 500mW/16 Ohm

9. Earphone Jack 3.5mm, 8~32 Ohm, Stereo type

10. Dimensions Approx. 53(W) X 159(H) X 26(D) mm

11. Weight 128g (Batteries not included)

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PL-360

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTROL LOCATIONS

................................................... 2

LCD DISPLAY

.....................................................................4

TURN ON / OFFTHE RADIO

.............................................5

TUNE INTO STATIONS

... ...................................................6

●

ETM (Easy Tuning Mode)

●

Manual tuning

●

Auto scan stations

WORKING WITH MEMORIES

............................................9

●

ATS - Auto Tuning Storage

●

Manually storing station

●

Semi-auto storing station

DELETE MEMORY

........................................................... 10

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Manual delete memory

●

Semi auto-delete memory

●

Delete all memory

SLEEP FUNCTION

........................................................... 11

CLOCK SETTING

.............................................................12

SETTING THE ALARM TIME

...........................................12

...................................................13

................................................................13

.....................................................13

.......................................13

............................................................14

USING THE EXTERNAL ANTENNA

................................16

......17

IMPORTANT MATTERS FOR USING BATTERIES

.........18

TROUBLE SHOOTING

.....................................................19

.............................................................21

TURN OFF THE ALARM

DISPLAY MODE

KEY LOCK FUNCTION

FM ST. (FM STEREO) BUTTON

SYSTEM SETTING

USING THE INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION

SPECIFICATIONS

QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS

-Did not set the
proper radio station
for the alarm.

-Or there are no
broadcasting at
that radio station.
-Or you are in
another city where
does not have a
radio station for
your preset
frequency.

When the alarm
activated (alarm
by radio), there is
only noise with
the broadcast.

-Preset your alarm
station properly
(see the above
setting).
-Make sure it has
radio broadcast in
your location.
-Or set the alarm by
buzzer.

radio malfunction.

This may caused
by interference,
and the computer
microchip not
function properly.

Remove the battery,
then you can reload.
If it is still not able to
work, please contact
your nearest dealer
for customer service.

PL-360

CONTROL LOCATIONS

PL-360

FM STEREO

SW DSP RECEIVER

TECSUN

POWER

ATS

SLEEP

10k

TIME

ALARM

FM ST.

MEM.

DISPLAY

SCAN

ETM

DEL.

TROUBLE SHOOTING

QUESTIONS ANSWERS SOLUTIONS

Can not turn on
the radio.

Radio goes off
when you are
listening.

Can not store
some stations
using ATS
Some station
store with noise
using ATS.

Only limited FM
stations can be
received in Japan.

Received very
poor AM in USA.

-No power with the
batteries.
-Didn't install the
batteries properly.

-Power button is
locked.

-No power with the
batteries.
-Sleep timer is
activated.

-Frequency of
stations are too
weak.
-There are
interference near
by your area.

-FM frequency is
76~90MHz for
Japan.

-USA is using
10kHz step for AM.

-Replace the new
batteries.
-According to "+" or
"-" sign to install
the batteries again.
-Press [ ] button
to unlocked.

-Replace the
batteries.
-Turn on the radio
again.

-Search the station
manually.
- Low down the
antenna or move
to other location
and try again.

-Turn the radio off
and long press on
the [FM SET]
button

，

short press

[FM SET] button
again to select
76~108MHz.

-Turn off the radio
press the [9/10kHz]
button to select
10kHz.

PL-360

Earphone jack

MW Antenna Jac

TIME Setting

Display button

Memory button (Storing radio stations) /
Batteries type selector

DEL ETE & 9/10kHz MW step set button

ETM (Easy Tuning Mode) button

VF (View Frequency) & SCAN button (Frequency)

VM (View Memory) & Scan button (Memory)

Battery compartment

USB 5V DC-IN jack

Volume knob

Band selector and Auto Tuning Storage

Multifunctional tuning knob

Power on/off

ALARM On/Off & Setting

FM ST. / Lock button

FM & SW telescopic antenna

Removable Belt Clip

IMPORTANT MATTERS FOR USING BATTERIES

1. If no battery has been installed inside for long time, clock
of radio would stop to work. However, pre-stored
frequencies are still kept. Clock would work again after
new batteries being re-installed inside.
2. When the battery power is low, the " " symbol in the
display will flash to alert you for changing new batteries.
Besides it will turns off automatically when the power is
gone.
3. Mix using the used & new batteries would cause damage
of radio and also display the capacity of power incorrectly.
4. In case of radio not to be used for a long period, draw out
the batteries for preventing liquid leakage and damaging
the parts of radio.

PL-360

LCD DISPLAY

Battery consumption indicator /
Charging indicator

Sleep timer indicator

Alarm on/off indicator

Signal indicators
dBu: signal strength unit
dB : Signal to Noise Ratio
(S/N) unit

SW meter band indicator

ETM indicator

Temperature (Temp.)

kHz: frequency unit for
MW& SW
MHz: frequency unit for FM

Key-lock indicator

Digital number display (4 Digits)

With radio off: world time, alarm
time, temperature
With radio on: word time, signal
strength / SNR, alarm time,
temperature, local time, memory
address, meter band.

Digital number display
With radio off: local time
With radio on: frequency display,
band display

FM stereo status indicator

Band indicator

Alarm time indicator

Preset memory address

Rechargeable batteries indicator

2 3 4

SLEEP

Temp.

USING THE INTELLIGENT CHARGING FUNCTION

Connect USB 5V to external
power sources

With radio off, install 3 x UM3 (AA) rechargeable batteries
and then press & hold the [ ] key with " " &
" " displays to activate the built in charging function.

1. Use any 5V external adaptor with USB plug to connect
this radio, the symbol " " will advance from the bottom
to top during power charging. It stops when batteries are
fully charged.
2. You can also use any USB cable to connect the radio
with your PC for charging.

Notes for charging power:

1. Insisting to use up all power of rechargeable batteries
before charging again, this could extend the life time of
battery and keeping them in good conditions.
2. 3 pcs of batteries to be used as a group and don't
separate them to other usage. Also don't mix to use
batteries with different power capacity.

Caution:

Don't charge on any non-rechargeable batteries in

the radio, this will cause a hazard or damage to your radio.

PL-360

USING THE EXTERNAL ANTENNA

WINDOW

WALL

Caution: Don't install external FM/SW antenna
in the frequent thunder area.

EXTERNAL FM/SW ANTENNA

Enhancing FM/SW reception

Attach the clip on type

“

external FM/SW antenna

”

to the

Telescopic antenna of PL360, then extend the wire and
hang on another end to the window or wall to enhance the
FM/SW reception.

PL-360

FM STEREO

SW DSP RECEIVER

TECSUN

POWER

ATS

SLEEP

10k

TIME

ALARM

FM ST.

MEM.

DISPLAY

SCAN

ETM

DEL.

High Sensitivity AM Antenna

Enhancing AM/LW reception

Plug in the AM/LW external antenna into the AM Antenna
jack, then rotate the antenna for better AM/LW reception.

2. Short press on [POWER] button to turn the radio on or off.

TURN ON / OFF THE RADIO

1. Installing batteries

The battery compartment is located on the back of the

PL-360. To remove the battery compartment cover, apply
thumb pressure and slide it towards the bottom of the
radio. Install 3 AA alkaline batteries into the battery
compartment, observing the battery polarity diagram on
the back of the radio. Display screen would show battery
capacity, time, etc.

Note:

If the radio is not able to be turned on. Please check if the
batteries were installed correctly, battery capacity is
sufficient or the lock function had been applied with symbol
" " displayed on screen.

Temp.

Short press

PL-360

Turn ON/OFF charging function & exchange battery
consumption display

Press & hold the [ ] key with " " & " "
shows up to activate the consumption display of
rechargeable batteries and the built-in charging system.
Press & hold the [ ] key with " " shows up &
" " disappear to activate the consumption display of
alkaline batteries and turn off the built-in charging function.

Note:

This radio is default to use alkaline batteries for

power supply. In case of using rechargeable batteries, you
should switch the radio in rechargeable batteries mode in
order to show the correct power capacity.

SLEEP

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TUNE INTO STATIONS

Short press [POWER] button to turn on your radio, then
select your desired band by short pressing the [FM], [MW],
SW [ ] or [ ] button. In case of receiving FM/SW
broadcasting, fully extend the telescopic antenna for a
better reception.
Now, you can turn into your favorite station with any of the
below tuning methods:

Method 1:

ETM (Easy Tuning Mode)

The ETM function allows you to tune into stations easily
and temporally store them into the ETM storage; 100
stations for FM/MW & 250 stations for SW.

Note:

Scanned stations will not be stored in the regular

450 memories, but will remain in the ETM temporary
storage until next ETM scanning within each band.

HOW TO USE ETM

1. Turn on the radio and select
your desired band by pressing
either the FM, MW or SW
[ ] or [ ] button.
2. Short press the [ETM] button
with [ETM] shows on the display
to enter Easy Tuning Mode.
3. Long press the [ETM] button
until the frequency running to
auto scan the stations within
present band.
4. When the frequency stop running, turn around the
[TUNING] knob for those scanned stations.
5. Short press either the [VF] & [VM] button with frequency
flashing and the disappearance of ETM on the display to
exist ETM mode.

Station

Notes:

FM station: When you are in a different city or country, you
should perform the ETM function again, because this will
not delete any of the stations already within the memory.

Frequency
running

PL-360

SYSTEM SETTING

Frequency range setting for FM

Turn off the radio, long press [FM] button, until 87.5-108MHz,
76-108MHz, or 87-108MHz appears in the display. Quickly
keep pressing on the [FM] button to select suitable frequency
range for your local FM.

MW(AM) step setting

Turn off the radio, long press [9/10kHz] button until "9kHz"
or "10kHz" appears in the display. By long pressing again,
the alternative band step would be shown. The temperature
is also shown on screen at the same time.
In general practice, the frequency step of 10kHz is to be
used for broadcasting MW(AM) as well as the temperature
in the degree of Fahrenheit ( ) to be used in the North
America.
In order to provide convenience to the end users, the
"10kHz" of frequency step is default to be displayed with
temperature in the degree of Fahrenheit ( ) together as
well as "9kHz" to be displayed with temperature in the
degree of Centigrade ( ) together.
If the display shows "10kHz" with degree of Fahrenheit ( ),
which means this radio is set to 10 kHz step for MW(AM)
with temperature in Fahrenheit ( ) which is for the North
America region.

Turn On/Off LW

In radio off mode, long press the [9/10kHz] button to set the
AM tuning step to 9K, then long press the [MW] button and
notice

“

MW 150 ~ 1620

”

shows to activate the LW.

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Auto-scan with pre-listening

Frequency
running

Method 3:

AUTO BROWSE STATION

1. Turn on the radio and short
press the [VF] button with
the frequency flashing.
2. Long press the [VF] button
to scan from one station to
another, staying on each
stations for about 5 seconds.
3. To stop auto browse function,
simply press the [VF] button.

MW station: It is recommendable to perform the ETM
function during day time as well as night time, because
there usually are more stations that start broadcasting at
night

SW station: It is recommendable to perform the ETM
function in the morning, afternoon as well as night time,
because the transmitting signal of SW is very unstable and
there usually are more stations that start broadcasting in
the late afternoon.

Method 2:

MANUAL TUNING

Turn on the radio, short press the [VF] button to switch into
frequency mode. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select your
station.

FAST/SLOW tuning is shown in the chart below for each band.

0.01 MHz

1kHz

1 kHz

0.1 MHz

10kHz

5 kHz

step

band

turning step

Slow tuning mode

Fast tuning mode

turning step

Note:

When the radio search & stop to a station, just

press [MEM.] button once to store it.

SLEEP

PL-360

When the radio is turned on by the alarm function with radio,
you can short press [POWER] button to continue listening
radio afterwards.
Short press [POWER] again to turn off the radio.

TURN OFF THE ALARM

With radio OFF: Short press the [DISPLAY] button to view
on Temperature, Alarm time.

With radio ON: Short press the [DISPLAY] button to view on
Alarm time, Temperature, Local time, signal strength/ SNR.

DISPLAY MODE

Long press the [ ] button with " " symbol appears in
the display to lock up all keys / buttons. Long press it again
with the symbol disappears to unlock the keys/buttons.

KEY LOCK FUNCTION

While listening to FM station via stereo earphones, short
press the [FM.ST] button with " " appears over the left
side of the frequency in the display to activate the STEREO
mode once it receives the FM stereo station.

FM ST. (FM STEREO) BUTTON

Method 4:

AUTO BROWSE MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio, short press
the [VM] button with memory
page shows in the upper right
corner and disappears in 5
seconds.
2. Long press [VM] button with
" " flashing to scan
from one memory to another,
staying on each station
memory for about 5 seconds.
3. To stop auto search memory,
simply press the [VM] button.

Note:

Please first read [Working with Memory] in next

page before using this function.

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Auto-scan memory with
pre-listening

SLEEP

PL-360

SETTING THE CLOCK

1. Long press the [TIME] button until you see the hour
flashing. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to set the correct
hour, then short press the [TIME] button and notice the
minutes are flashing.
2. While it's flashing turn the [TUNING] knob to set the
correct minutes, then press [TIME].

Note:

You can also directly key-in the numeric key instead

of rotating the [TUNING] knob to set the correct clock.

SETTING THE ALARM TIME

1. Long press the [ALARM] button until both the HOUR &
AL flashing, rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the hour,
then short press [ALARM] with the minutes flashing.
2. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to adjust the minutes and
short press the [ALARM] button with the " " symbol
flashing.
3. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select 1 ~ 90 minutes to set
the Auto Alarm Off Timer.
4. Short press the [ALARM] button to confirm and notice
" " shows on display to activate the alarm by radio.
5. To turn off the alarm function, repeat short pressing the
[ALARM] button and notice " " disappear.

SLEEP

Setting the alarm by radio

1. Turn on the radio, tune into your favorite alarm radio
station. Please set the volume at the noticeable level.
2. Short press [MEM.] button and notice the PRESET
number flashing in the upper right corner of the display.
2. While it flashing, press the [ALARM] button and notice
" " symbol is flashing for couple seconds. Now this
alarm radio station is set.

SLEEP

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WORKING WITH MEMORIES

There are total 450 preset memories within PL-360. For FM
and LW, each band has 100 preset memories; and 250
preset memories for SW.

Method 1:

number

ATS - Auto Tuning Storage

Turn on the radio and select the
band that you want to ATS to take
place in, either FM or MW.
Long press the [FM] or [MW]
button and notice that the " "

(001) appears in the

display's upper right corner with the
presets to the right increasing as
the band is scanned and frequencies
are stored into memory.

There are two modes for SW ATS function:
Mode A: In SW band, long press the [A / ] button to ATS
the stations within all meter bands.
Mode B: In SW band, long press the [B / ] button to ATS
the stations within present meter band only.

Note:

During ATS process in FM, MW or SW (mode A), pre-stored
radio stations will be replaced automatically by the new
searched stations.
With ATS in SW (mode B), those existing memories will
not be replaced; all the newly found radio stations would
be stored in the blank memories addresses.

Auto Tuning Storage

PL-360

SLEEP FUNCTION

With sleep function, you can adjust the length of time for
the radio to turn off automatically.
The default setting for the auto-turn off time is 30 minutes if
the radio being turned on by short pressing the [POWER]
button.
To change the sleep timer, long press the [POWER] button
with [ON / 01~120] & [SLEEP] appear on the display, rotate
the [TUNING] knob to select sleep timer from 1 ~ 120
minutes or permanently " " Wait for 3 seconds until
" " symbol stops flashing to confirm.

Note:

Short press the [POWER] button to directly turn on

the radio with previous preset sleep timer; long press it to
change the timer.

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Delete all memories

Method 2:

Method 3:

SEMI AUTO-DELETE MEMORY

In VM mode, long press the [VM] button to activate the
Auto-Browse function of memory. Once previewing your
unwanted station, simply press the [DEL.] button with
" " shows for 2 seconds and then keep on browsing
other stations. To stop the browsing function, short press
the [VM] button to exist.

DELETE ALL MEMORY

Short press the [VM] button to
enter VM / Memory mode, long
press the [DEL.] button for
3 seconds with " " shows on
the upper right corner of the
display, press again the
[DEL.] button to remove all
memory.

Note:

If " " is flashing more than 3 seconds without

confirmation, it will exit the delete function automatically.

SLEEP

Method 2:

MANUALLY STORING STATION

1. Tune to your desired station, press the [MEM.] button
once and notice the PRESET number flashing in the
upper right corner of the display.
2. While it flashing, press the [MEM.] button to store it into
the memory or wait for 3 seconds to store it automatically.
If you want to store it into another PRESET memory, just
rotate the tuning knob of your choice, and press the [M]
button to confirm.

Method 3:

SEMI-AUTO STORING STATION

1. Short press the [VF] button to enter frequency status.
2. Long press [VF] button to activate the Auto-browse
function.
3. While tuning to your favor station, you can direct store it
into the next available memory by pressing on the [MEM.]
button with PRESET flashing. The Auto frequency
browsing keeps on going unless you short press the [VF]
button again.

DELETE MEMORY

Method 1:

MANUAL DELETE MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio and press the [VM] button causing
PRESET stations appears in the display's upper right
corner.
2. Rotate the [TUNING] knob to select the memory that you
want to delete.
3. Long press [DEL.] button with " " flashing in the
display, press the [DEL.] button again to confirm.

Note:

If " " is flashing more than 3 seconds without

confirmation, it will exit the delete function automatically.

PL-360

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