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Kchibo KK-C55 radio - AM tuning steps wrong

I purchased this radio at Sharper Image some time ago. It's great for FM and shortwave reception, but AM (aka MW) reception is kinda' weird because of the 9 khz tuning steps which are used outside North America. Even if you key in the correct frequency, the radio rounds up/ down to the next 9 khz step. I looked inside this thing expecting to find a DIP switch or something like that for getting the AM tuning steps to the normal 10 khz but I didn't see one. Any hints out there?

Jeff Louisville, KY

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JazzyJeff
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It's imaginable that The Sharper Image may have some information about this.

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mc

Do you have the manual? Sometimes there is information on how to change the stepping. It may often be a series of button pushes while powering up or something like that.

I found it on Autralian eBay, so it may not be designed for the US:

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A Google search found these:

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(seems to imply only 9KHz.)
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(appears to be dead.)
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(if you do this through google, the Translate option gives you something as readable as the typical Chinese/English manual!)

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Andrew Rossmann

JazzyJeff wrote in news:1180750519.198279.169310 @h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

Check for a row of diodes connected to the key scan matrix, jumpers, or bridgeable/bridged solder pads.

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Gary Tait

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