At 05:27 PM 2/28/2015, you wrote:
>         (Readers' Note, This document is a cobbling together of notes from
>several people;
>
>One, a very kind, sighted, Volunteer, who gave a "key by key description;
>and at least two blind ham users, who added observations as they used this
>receiver.
>
>While a more complete accessible manual would be helpful,
>
>this should get a blind user up and running:
>
>(Note, as of 2-28-2015, this receiver was still available, new, from
>Amazon.com, and, in my experience, is one of the best performing, simplest
>to use, and most blind friendly and accessible portable communications
>receiver available;
>
>And I have nothing to gain financially by saying so:
>
>Danny Dyer, Wb4idu, Toccoa, GA, USA.)
>
>
>
>
>
>Description/Keypad/Instructions For Sony ICF-SW7600GR
>
>
>Part One,
>Section A, Front Of Radio.
>I will describe the whole layout of the 7600GR
>
>Starting front top right, The first button is the Power ON/OFF button, it is
>slightly bigger than the others and is square.
>Going left, the one next to it is the sleep button it is slightly smaller
>and if you press once it will sleep after 60 minutes, if you press it the
>second time 45 minutes, then 30 minutes, 15 minutes, if you press it again
>you hear a beep, which means its back to 60 minutes.
>If you dont want it to sleep after that just press the ON/OFF button.
>Going left, next is the hold or Lock =utton,/LeftRightSlideSwitch,
>it has a rough surface,
>When Switch is to the left, Unit Is Unlocked,
>When Switch Is To The Right, Unit Is Locked.
>
>Below This Row Of Three Controls,
>Is The "Direct Frequency Entry Keypad,"
>A Group Of12 Round Buttons,
>Laid Out Like A Telephone Keypad,
>  of four rows of 3keys each,
>With A Dot On TheLower Mid Right Edge Of The 5.
>Plus An Additional ThreeSimilar Buttons
>Which Are Staggered A Little.
>
>The Keys Are, From Left To Right,
>And Top To Botttom,
>1, 2, 3,
>4, 5, 6,
>7, 8, 9,
>D i r/Star, 0, E x e.
>So basically from the power
>button right down to the direct button everything is arranged as a 5
>by 3 grid. 5 rows and 3 columns.
>
>Now right below the EXE button is the scan button, going left is the
>page button. going left more than usual and down a little is the
>FM/AM button. Below the scan button is the tuning button for going
>up the frequncy in increments of +5 khz for AM and +0.05 Mhz for FM.
>Next going left in a curve downwards is a big tuning button, (printed below
>it is Time Diff and there are lines bracketing that button only.)
>If you press on the right edge it goes up the frequency in +1khz and +0.05
>Mhz increments, if you press on the left edge it goes down the
>frequency in -1khz and -0.05 Mhz decrements;
>And if you hold down this button, it will not auto tune for any modulation
>FM or AM unlike the button before and the button after this:
>
>To the left and curving downwards, is the final tuning button, which goes
>down the frequency in -5khz or -0.05Mhz decrements.
>
>Then, slightly to the left, there are 3 round small buttons, each of which
>has two functions printed above them. The first button once you go
>left is the world time and AM Band button. Go left next is the DST/Daylight
>Saving Time,
>and erase button. Go left and the third round small button is the
>Local Time Set and Enter button,/Used To Enter Or Store Memories.)
>{This button has a small round dent or crater at its' center.} Above the 3
>small round buttons are 2 rectangular buttons, which are used both to set
>standby memories, and for time set and timer set functions.
>The left most is labeled A, the right most is labeled B.
>
>There is one more button left on the front panel. You can feel the speaker
>which
>has lots of holes on it, from the top left edge if you feel around it you'll
>find the SONY emblem.
>when you go left you encounter a drain, which
>is the frame of the lcd display and as you come out of the drain
>you'll feel the light button. Dont worry is you accidently press it,
>the light goes off after a few seconds.
>Section B, Right Side Of Radio,
>
>Now for the side buttons and switches. The right side starting from
>the top you'll find a wheel, thats the SSB Fine Tune wheel.  If you
>spin it up theres a plus arrow printed pointing upwards and
>minus arrow printed pointing downwards, also printed is SSB Fine
>Tune. Below it is a switch switching up and down two positions. Top
>is USB bottom is LSB. There printed also is a line from USB and LSB
>going to the next switch below connecting to the SSB and SYNC words.
>So below the USB and LSB switch is the AM Mode switch which has
>three positions top, middle and bottom. Top means towards the power button
>or the SSB find tune wheel. Top is SSB, middle is SYNC and
>bottom is NORM. Below this switch is the Tone switch which moves in
>two positions top and bottom. Top is Music and bottom is News. Below
>it is the Volume wheel spin upwards to increase and downwards to
>decrease volume.
>
>Section C, Left Side Of Radio,
>On the left panel starting from the top is a 35mm socket i think
>printed above it is AM EXT ANT for an external antenna. Next below
>theres a wheel if you spin upwards is MIN and downwards is MAX and
>printed from MIN and MAX is a line connecting to the next switch
>below which is the ATT or Attenuator switch which moves in two
>positions top and bottom top is ON, bottom is OFF. You can't work the
>wheel without ON-ing the Attenuator switch. Below the anttenuator
>switch is the line out socket 35mm and below that is the headphone
>jack 35mm and below that is the power jack printed above right the
>jack is DC IN 6V, polarities left to right, negative female, male
>positive. Above the DC jack going upwards towards the front panel
>written from left to right is ICF-SW7600GR, above it in smaller
>words are FM Stereo/SW/MW/LW PLL Synthesized Receiver, just for your
>info. One more thing just above your external antenna jack is the
>strap to carry your 7600GR and if you follow the strap backwords
>perpendicularly you'll feel the base of the telescopic antenna.
>***********When it is extended
>fully, you'll feel 8,  sections, ending in a very short cylinder at the top.
>Also the antenna opens up till
>90 degrees and does not bend towards the back of the receiver.
>
>Section D, Back Of Radio.
>At the back there is the stand which opens up 85 degrees and printed on
>it is a map of the worlds with vertical timezone lines and on the
>right on the stand theres a table with popular city UTC +/-
>differences. Below the left part of the stand is the battery cover,
>you can feel three horizontal lines and and arrow pointing downwards.
>The battery cover is opened by pushing it down slowly and it opens
>upwards with a hinge at the top, opens 95 degrees. It takes 4 2AA batteries.
>The top compartment positive on the left and negative on
>the right for both batteries. Bottom compartment negative on the left and
>positive on the right for both batteries.
>
>Part II, Direct Frequency And Memory Entry.
>
>***Section A, Frequency Entry!
>(To Directly Input A Frequency Into This Receiver,
>1, Press the "Direct/* Key,
>2, Enter The Desired Frequency, IE, 3.485,
>3, Press Enter/Pound,
>And The Radio Tunes To That Frequency.
>
>At That Point You Can Then Enter
>Mode, Page, Memory, And Any Other Information.)
>
>
>Section B, Memory Entry,
>There are 100 memories, 10 pages (0-9) with 10 memories per page.
>The 7600___GRs' memories ARE___ ___non-volatile,  so you don't have to worry
>about
>loosing memory when changing batteries or disconnecting power.  You can
>store any frequency (AM/FM/shortwave) in any memory location and mix them up
>any way you like.
>
>You store memories by first selecting the page you want to program. The page
>button is under the 0 key.  To program memories in page 1 press page then
>press 1.  Each page has 10 memories (0-9).  To store memory 0 press and hold
>the cratered enter or memory key and press 0.  You'll hear two quick beeps
>to confirm the
>memory has been stored.  If you've previously stored any other memory on
>page one, and assuming you are still on page one, you can select its' digit,
>then select zero to return to the memory you'd just stored.
>
>To select memory 3 of page 6 first press page then 6 then 3.  To scan all 10
>memories on page 3 press the scan button, which is to the right of the page
>key.
>To program a frequency into one of the two standby memories,
>Perform steps in section A, then press and hold the Memory key followed by
>either standby memory A or B, you'll hear the 2 quick beeps indicating
>storage of that standby memory.
>
>Part 3, Additional Notes
>Note A,
>F Y I, the FM range starts at 76 MHz, and covers the old analog channels 5
>(81.75 Mhz) and
>channel 6 (87.75 MHz).  Sometimes the FM reception can be improved by
>turning down the rf attenuator (thumb control on left side of radio near
>antenna input).  If reception seems really bad when you think it should be a
>clear signal, remember to check the rf attenuator.  Oh, and remember the
>attenuator
>is switched on/off with the little  switch near the thumb control.
>Note B,
>
>
>If the radio ever starts to beep it means you have turned on one of the
>alarms.  There's no way to set the time but you can turn off the alarms by
>pressing any key (or press the power button).  Then I think you need to turn
>the radio off, then press and hold the alarm key for about 5 seconds, then
>release it and tap it once.  Do this for both alarms.  The alarm buttons are
>the flat buttons between the display and the 3 little buttons to the left of
>the tuning controls.
>(This in no way should effect standby memories you have previously
>programmed.
>Note C.
>There is a "total or "hard reset just a very small hole into which you'd
>insert a paper clip or something similar, thereby wiping out all previous
>settings; Either somewhere on the front, back, or bottom of the radio,
>(but  not having had one of these receivers in hand for a couple of years,
>the "where" of that reset hole escapes me.