tuning dial
tuning knob

He turned on the radio and played with the tuning dial until he found some music.

This was an idea inspired by Herb's mother who had trouble reading the tuning dial.

He knew too little about it to do much more than turn it on and move the tuning dial across the band.

Fleming moved the tuning dial on the short-wave set, searching for More news.

She was tuned in to a different station from most people and the tuning dial was broken.

Another turn of the tuning dial brought it into place with a click that locked it.

He switched it on and twiddled the tuning dial.

"At registration, they cut off and solder the tuning dial to make sure you don't have a 'free' radio.

He spun the tuning dial of the Philco in an attempt to find any additional news about the bomb.

Thierry had been squatting by his radio, tinkering with the tuning dial.

Since the transmitter frequency was fixed, the large tuning dial was removed.

It even sports an old-fashioned tuning dial.

The S/Line tuning dial mechanism was unique when introduced.

There was no tuning dial or set of station buttons; all he would get from this thing would be an operative hum.

As he drove he turned the tuning dial on the radio until he found an easy-listening station.

There is no memory, no clock, no scanning, just an analog tuning dial.

The only significant shortcoming compared with pre-war radios was the absence of a long wave band and a simple tuning dial.

Breaking with tradition, the HRO-600 used a frequency counter instead of a micrometer tuning dial.

A tuning dial on the iPod's face lets you rapidly navigate your songs by title, playlist, album or performer with one hand.

The best example here is an analog radio tuning dial where one may make precise tuning movements both forwards and backwards.

Jiml" McCoy demanded, shaking the communicator and twisting the tuning dial, but there was no answer.

The large sized tuning dial turns smoothly and the 24" telescopic antenna brings in those hard-to-dial-in favorite stations.

Two tuning dials were on one side and, on the other, a glassite screen with concentric rings etched on its face.

He had switched on the receiver and he had the earphones over his head whilst his fingers played with the tuning dial.

One of the distinguishing design features of that generation of Swan transceivers was their dual rate, gear-driven tuning dial.

But it also has an old-fashioned tuning knob on the side.

'Cold,' he said as the tuning knob moved toward another station.

The loop antenna and the tuning knob were also visible.

Andrews reached for the tuning knob and twisted it around the dial.

He reached out and made a slight adjustment with a tuning knob. "

I sat up and fumbled with the tuning knobs.

Both usually have fine tuning knobs for precise adjustments.

I leaned forward quickly and fingered the tuning knob.

Then he twirled several tuning knobs on the console.

Hastily he turns the tuning knob until he finds a station playing music.

The Lincoln literature boasts that the new sound system is easier to use, but it still has no volume or tuning knobs.

Tom nodded as he studied the wave pattern on the scope and adjusted several tuning knobs.

The tuning knobs could be twiddled, the switches clicked!

The woman nodded, fiddling with her tuning knobs.

He quickly reached for the tuning knob on his radio after hearing what sounded like a strong signal just a tad bit off frequency.

One sounded sweet to her, but the tuning knobs were so worn that the strings would not keep their pitch through a song.

It has 12 keys with tuning knobs combined with three crackle-patches.

Getting the link to work wouldn't be as easy as twiddling the tuning knob of a radio to the correct position, however.

Twice I thought it was local interference or a plane passing overhead and twiddled the tuning knob.

It lacks the handy tuning knob but has the toggle switch and keypad.

Tom adjusted several tuning knobs, then gripped the repelatron control lever, ready to switch on power.

He kept an eye on George while cranking on the tuning knobs for a few seconds and cursing.

One thing I do wish is that the radio had a tuning knob rather than the small toggle switch for tuning.

Then he switched on the metal detector and carefully adjusted several tuning knobs as Bud watched with keen interest.

"What about this little tuning knob?"