Hi Rich, No, the Sony 7600 series is a group of
shortwave/longwave/mediumWave/fm portables. Have run across a dream
machine, and found it as you said. Sorry to be of no more help, Danny Dyer,
wb4idu.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Sony ICF-SW7600GR
> Hi;
> Sorry to be out of the loop but is this a am/fm broadcast receiver,
scanner
> or both? Is there any speech for the clock at least? I purchased one of
> the sony "dream machines" because the clock and time are accessible. The
> clock and c d player are great. The a m receive isn't bad but the f m
> receive here is terrible. I love the fact that I can set the clock but
the
> f m receive is a pain. Also, if anyone else owns one of these, I haven't
> found a sleep timer and I can't believe there isn't one.
> Rich
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 6:12 AM
> Subject: Re: Sony ICF-SW7600GR
>
>
> I'm posting this to the list in case anyone else ever need this. BTW, I =
> got
> this from one of the 7600 lists on Yahoo. Here are the notes as I =
> received
> them from the Yahoo list.
> Regards, Ken -N5SWR
> From top to bottom, left to right:
>
> 1st row: HOLD slider (to block keys), SLEEP button, POWER button
>
> 2nd to 5th row: keypad in the order 1 - 2 - 3, 4 - 5 - 6, 7 - 8 - 9 and
> finally DIRECT - 0 - EXE. There's a small blip on the case next to the =
> 5.
>
> Rows 1 through 5 are right next to the display.
>
> 6th row: Below 0 and EXE, you find the PAGE and SCAN buttons for memory
> operation in a rather peculiarly shaped area.
>
> 7th row: A bit lower and to the left of the memory buttons you'll find =
> the
> FM/AM button in a slightly larger opening.
>
> 8th row: Right next to the speaker grille you can find the two longish
> rectangular STANDBY MEMORY A and B buttons.
>
> 9th row: Finally, near the bottom corner of the front panel there are =
> three
> little round buttons, namely ENTER (with a little hole in the center), =
> ERASE
> and AM BAND. The lower right corner is reserved for the tuning buttons =
> in a
> circle segment arrangement, two outer ones (usually for larger tuning =
> steps)
> and two inner ones (for smaller steps), the latter of which you can't =
> press
> both at the same time.=20
>
> All in all, I would say Sony's engineers have done a pretty good job in
> making the set suited for blind people. Only clock operation does not =
> seem
> very friendly in this regard (not really a new problem actually).
>
> For the sake of completeness, the controls at the sides are listed top =
> to
> bottom in the manual. And if you should be wondering what the only =
> button on
> the left side of the front is good for, that's the LIGHT button for =
> display
> lighting...
>
> Stephan
>
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