Tony M Nov 7, 2013:

@ Asker OK, Japlish = US as far as most spellings are concerned; hence we can assume it is indeed meter = metre, and talking about wavelengths; expressing it this way "changing the meter band" is not really terribly normal usage in technical EN.

Laurent Cattin (asker) Nov 7, 2013:

Tony The device is a portable radio.

And it is neither US nor GB. It is Japanese English...

Other occurrences in the same text:
- Once changing the meter band, the unit receives the lowest frequency in the selected meter band and starts tuning from that frequency among the whole SW band.

- Automatic tuning mode will only be available within the range of the current meter band.

Tony M Nov 7, 2013:

Context? What device is being discussed here? Is this US or GB? 'meter' is potentially ambiguous, so we need more context to clarify.