User's Manual

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The row of yellow squares under the Tuning Pad serves a similar purpose,
providing convenient increment sizes in a narrower band between 1 Hz and
10 kHz. These increments are selected by placing the mouse cursor over
the yellow squares, and using the left or right mouse buttons for
incrementing or decrementing.
Power Switch
The Power switch, located at the bottom-right corner of the application
window, controls the receiver power. When it is off, the receiver circuitry will
be powered down and no sound will be heard in the speaker or
headphones.
When you exit and restart WiNRADiO application, the power on/off status at
exit will be remembered.
Date and Time Displays
The clock displays, located under the Tuning Bar, indicate the current time
and date.
The
UTC
clock shows
Universal Coordinated Time
, formerly called
GMT
(Greenwich Mean Time), which is the standard time used around the world.
This is provided because most shortwave stations announce their broadcast
times in UTC. Both displays derive their information from the PC clock. The
time difference is determined by Windows
Time Zone
setting (
Start |
Settings | Control Panel | Date/Time Properties | Time Zone tab
).
Spectrum Scope
Click on the yellow triangle button on the left of the On/Off switch and the
Spectrum Scope
display will slide out at the bottom: