Eton FR250 manual

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    FR250 AM/FM/Shortwa ve Radio, Flashlight, and Cell Phone Char ger OWNER’S MANU A L[...]

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    DO Y OU NEED HELP? Contact Us. Etón Corpor ation, 1015 Corpor ation W ay , Palo Alt o, CA 94303, USA. 1-800-872-2228 (U.S.); 1-800-637-1648 (Canada); 650-903-3866 (worldwide); M-F , 8:30-4:30, Pacic S tandard Time; www.e tonc orp.com. WARNING • Do not e xpose this appliance to rain or moistur e. • Do not submer ge or expose for e xtended pe[...]

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    DIAGRAMS 2 1. Light 2. Dial 3. T uning Contr ol 4. Band Selector 5. Po wer Battery-Dynamio/A dapt or-Off 6. Siren/ON/OFF 7 . V olume 8. SW Band Select or 9. Light/OFF/Flash 10. Speaker 11. Crank FR250 OWNER’S MANU AL Light OFF DYNAMO ADAPTOR BATTERY OFF Siren Flash Light OFF FM AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 V O L U M E T U N I N G FR -2 50 RECYCLE POWER Cell [...]

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    3 DIAGRAMS FR250 OWNER’S MANU AL FR250 OWNER’S MANU AL 1. Batt ery Compartment Co ver 2. Earphone Jack 3. AC Adap ter Jack 4 . Cell Phone Charger Jack Light OFF DYNAMO ADAPTOR BATTERY OFF Siren Flash Light OFF FM AM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 V O L U M E T U N I N G FR -2 50 RECYCLE POWER Cell Phone Charger Radio Emergency FM 88 91 95 99 102 105 108 MHz AM [...]

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    INITIAL SETUP 4 1. Open the batt ery compartment; it slides do wnwar d with rm pressur e at cent er of hinge. 2. Connect the ba ttery pack. 1. Rechar geable battery pack (included). 2. 3 AA batt eries (not included). 3. AC adap ter/charger (no t included). 4. Con tinually turning the cr ank, ev en with no batt eries installed. 1. Swit ch the pow[...]

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    5 USING AN AC AD APTER (NO T INCLUDED) 1. Plug the adapt er into the DC 4.5 V sock et. 2. For pow er , set the po wer selector swit ch to the DYNAMO/AD APTER position. 1. Set po wer select or switch t o DYNAMO/AD APTOR. 2. While con tinually turning the dynamo crank, radio s tations can be tuned and the lights and sir en function. Because cell phon[...]

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    T urn it on with the POWER switch. 1. Select the BA TTER Y position when using AA batteries. 2. Select the DYNAMO/AD APTER position when powering via the AC adap ter or int ernal, rechar geable Ni-MH battery pack. 3. T o turn off , set power select or switch t o OFF . Set V OL UME knob to desired le vel. 1. Select AM, FM or SW with the band select [...]

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    7 SHOR TWA V E R ECEPTION c on tinue P ASSPORT T O WOR LD BAND RADIO Published by Int ernational Broadcasting Services (IBS); IBS North America, Box 300, P enn’s Park P A 18943. Phone: (215) 598-9018. www.passband.com. WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK Published in the USA by W atson-Guptill Publications, 770 Br oadway, 7th Floor, Ne w Y ork, NY 10003-9595[...]

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    8 AC AD APTER SPECIFICA TIONS Output 4.5 volt DC; nega tive polarity; 100 milliamper e; plug tip outer diamet er 3.4mm, inner diameter 1.3mm. A C adapt er use automati - cally charges the r echargeable batt ery pack. Only charge the batt ery pack with a 100 milliampere A C adapter . If an AC adapt er r at ed grea ter than 100 milliampere is used, d[...]

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    9 WARRAN TY REGISTRA TION con tinued 2. Mail in enclosed warran ty card. 3. Mail your r egistra tion car d or inf ormation to the follo wing address; Include y our name, full mailing address, phone number, model pur chased, dat e pur chased, r etail v endor name and product serial number (typically locat ed in or near the battery c ompart - ment): [...]

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    10 FR250 OWNER’S MANU AL WARRAN TY – If your product is s till in warran ty and the Etón service repr esentativ e det ermines that war - ran ty service is needed, a return authoriza tion will be issued and instructions f or shipment t o an authorized warran ty repair facility. Do Not ship y our radio back without obtaining the r eturn authoriz[...]

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    FR250 OWNER’S MANU AL Etón Corpora tion Corpor ate Headquart ers 1015 Corpor ation Way Palo Alt o, California 94303 US A tel +1 650-903-3866 tel +1 800-872-2228 fax +1 650-903-3867 Etón Eur ope/Lex tronix Germany Rosens trasse 2 D-10178 Berlin, Germany tel +49 [0]30 243102142 Etón Canada 1 Y onge Str eet, Suit e 1801 T oron to, Ontario M5E 1W7[...]