Eton E100 manual

E1 00 AM/FM/Shortwa ve Radio OWNER’S MANU A L[...]

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DO Y OU NEED HELP ? W e want y ou to thor oughly enjoy the use of your E100 r adio. If you need help while learning its opera tion, please contact us, using the methods belo w. Monday-Frida y, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., North American Pacic Time. 1-800-872-2228 from the U.S. 1-800-637-1648 from Canada 1-650-903-3866, worldwide F AX: 650-903-3867 cus[...]

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3 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL 1 IN TRODUCTION Thank you f or purchasing the E100 AM/FM/Shortwav e Radio. This radio has been designed and manufactur ed to high quality standar ds, and will provide r eliable opera tion for man y years. Please care fully read the Owner’s Manual in or der to take adv antage of the many in teres tin[...]

2 FEA TURES 4 MAJOR FEA TURES OF THE E100 • SHOR TW A VE: 1711 - 29.995 KHz • FM 87.0 - 108.0MHz; MW 520 - 1710 • Manual and Aut o-Scan Tuning • Direct K eypad Fr equency Entry • Manual/Aut o Scan to scan the prese t sta tions • Fine-T uning Contr ol Knob • 200 Random Progr ammable Memories • Memory Page Cus tomizing • 9/10KHz st [...]

5 3 DIAGRAMS T elescopic Ant enna LCD Displa y POWER/SLEEP Fine T uning Contr ol Up/Hour Down/Min. Memory Scan/Page Button FM ST . Alarm Button Light Snooz e Button FM-MW-SW Band Button SW Met er Band Button Enter/S ys. Set E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 FRON T LEFT SIDE RIGHT SIDE Memory & Edit/[...]

6 3 DIAGRAMS c ontinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL RADIO OFF DISPLA Y RADIO ON DISPLA Y MEMOR Y DISPLA Y SHORTW A VE MET ER BAND DISPLA Y 2 6 2 7 2 8 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 3 0 2 9 3 3 3 7 2 6 2 7 2 8 3 6 3 4 3 1 3 5 3 8 3 9 4 2 4 1 4 0 Ref ers only to the display’s upper right c orner. MEMOR Y DISPLA Y Ref ers only to the display’s upper right c orner. R[...]

7 4 GETTING ST ART ED E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL WHA T THE E100 INCLUDES • Earbud style earphones • Batt eries • Carrying pouch Note: In the ins tructions below, numbers in par enthesis ( ), re fer to the diagr ams. INST AL LING BA TTERIES Install 2 AA alkaline ba tteries int o the battery c ompartment (25), observing the b[...]

8 5 BASIC RADIO OPERA TION E100 OWNER’S MANU AL IMPORT ANT INITIAL SET -UP 1. Assure tha t the radio is unlock ed, using the L OCK switch (24) on right side o f the radio by pushing it down, t o the OFF position. This switch can be used t o lock the radio when it is not in use or when tra veling. (Not e that this does not deactiv at e the alarm f[...]

9 5 BASIC RADIO OPERA TION con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL VOL UME AND TONE C ONTR OLS • The volume c ontrol (23), labeled V OLUME, is loca ted on the righ t side of the r adio. T o change the volume, r otat e the volume con trol knob. • The tone c ontrol (22), on the righ t side of the radio is labeled L OW/HIGH. Use t[...]

5 BASIC RADIO OPERA TION con tinued 10 TUNING IN ST A TIONS Four W ays to T une in Sta tions Below, f our ways to tune sta tions are described. They ar e Regular T uning, Auto-scan T uning, Dir ect Frequency En try and Fine Tuning. 1. REGULAR TUNING (also called manual tuning) Quick, short presses o f the Up/Hour-Down/Min. buttons (5,6) enables tun[...]

11 5 BASIC RADIO OPERA TION con tinued 5.975 MHz), use the method described pr eviously. 1. Press/r elease the ‘Enter’ (13) butt on. 2. Ent er the frequency using the numeric ke ypad. 3. Press/r elease the ‘Enter’ butt on again. 4. FINE TUNING The FINE TUNING con trol (4) is locat ed on the right side of the radio. It tunes in 1 Kilohertz s[...]

12 6 CL OCK AND ALARM FEA TURES con tinued twice or just wait un til the clock digits st op ashing. SETTING THE ALARM Set the alarm with the ins tructions below. No te that the alarm mus t be activa ted to function. A fter se tting the alarm time, be sure t o read the ne xt section titled A CTIV A TING AND DEACTIV A TING THE ALARM. The alarm wil[...]

13 6 CL OCK AND ALARM FEA TURES con tinued symbol (31) appears ashing in the displa y. While it is ashing, press/ release the SNOO ZE/LIGHT button (10). The r adio will turn off and then turn on again in 10 minutes. This pr ocess can be repeat ed 3 times. ACTIV A TING AND DEACTIV A TING THE ALARM The alarm is activa ted and deactivat ed by pr[...]

14 7 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y continued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL 2. T une to the desired s tation. 3. Press/r elease the Mem.&Edit button (15). Not e that the memory number digits (38) ash in the upper right c orner of the display. The memory page number , P#, also appears, but does not ash. 4. Within 5 seconds use the numeric k eypad to en ter[...]

15 7 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y continued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL Down/Min. butt ons (5,6). Y ou will see the memory page change with each press. When the page o f your choice is reached, s top pressing. 3. When nished, either press/r elease the M.Scan/Page button, or wait about 3 seconds, causing the memory page t o be enter ed.[...]

16 7 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y continued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL Memory Auto-Scan Memory Aut o-scan enables scanning through the memories within the selected memory page. Each lled memory is accessed f or about 5 seconds, a fter which the scan mov e on to the next used memory automa tically, staying on it f or about 5 seconds. This con tinues inden[...]

17 7 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y continued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL 5. Press/r elease the Mem.&Edit button (15). 6. Within 5 seconds use the numeric k eypad to en ter the memory number that y ou wish to stor e the station in to. 7. Within 5 seconds pr ess/release the Mem.&Edit butt on. DELETING A FR EQUENCY STORED IN MEMOR Y 1[...]

18 7 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y continued CODE NO. DESCRIPTION 8 SYST EM SET CODES AND THE S YSTEM SET CODE T ABLE E100 OWNER’S MANU AL page having 25 memories, f or a to tal of 200 memories. Y ou can change this set-up. The number o f memory pages can be set to your choice o f 4, 5, 8 or 20. This changes the number of frequencies st ored per page, but[...]

19 8 SYST EM SET CODES AND THE S YSTEM SET CODE T ABLE c ontinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL CHANGING SYST EM SET CODES T o en ter a s ystem c ode of your choice, use the pr ocedure below. 1. T urn off the radio. 2. Press/r elease the ‘Sys. Set’ butt on (13). Note tha t ‘- - ‘ (41) appears in the upper right c orner of th[...]

20 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL 3. Within 5 seconds, en ter 12 with the numeric ke ypad, then immediat ely press/release the butt on labeled ENT ER. ‘12H’ briey appears in the display. DEF AUL T F ACTOR Y SYST EM SET CODES When shipped from the fact ory, the radio’s S ystem Set C ode T able is set up as f ollows. Changes can be made via the proc[...]

21 9 O THER E100 INFORMA TION E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL USING THE LIGHT A quick, short press/r elease of the SNOO ZE/LIGHT button (10), locat ed at the top of the r adio, will turn on the display light, shining from the righ t side of the display, f or about 10 seconds. A longer , 5 second pr ess/release o f the button will caus[...]

22 9 O THER E100 INFORMA TION c ontinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL PREV ENTING B A TTER Y ACID LEAKA GE T o av oid battery acid leak age, only use high quality alkaline or rechar geable nickel-me tal-hydride ba tteries. Nev er int ermix old with new, or diff erent br ands or types of batt eries. If the batteries leak, don’t thro w them away and imme[...]

23 10 TROUBL ESHOOTING c ontinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL CLOCK SHO WS IN DISPLA Y , BUT RADIO WILL NO T TURN ON There ar e two possibilities: dead batt eries or the L OCK switch is ON. SHUTS OFF ABRUPTL Y WHILE PLA YING DURING BA TTER Y USE This is caused by deplet ed batteries. R eplace them. SHUTS OFF ABRUPTL Y WHILE BEING [...]

24 10 TROUBL ESHOOTING c ontinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL A ST A TION CAUSES SEV ERE AUDIO DIST ORTION, BUT SEEMS TO BE V ERY STR ONG IN SIGNAL STRENGTH This is probably a s trong, local station, v ery close to your loca tion. Be - cause of its close pr oximity to y ou, its signal is too strong. T o reduce signal str engths, place the ANT ENNA GAIN [...]

25 11 LISTENING T O SHOR TWA V E ST A TIONS con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL • Around sunse t and sunrise, both the day and nigh t bands may be good, sometimes e xcep tionally good. List ening at these times can oft en be quite re war ding. • Signal str engths are oft en stronger when holding the r adio in your hands and[...]

26 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL right c orner. AUT O-SCAN TUNING WHILE IN SHORTW A V E In shortwav e, auto-scan tuning only aut o-scans in the shortwave frequency r anges not ed in the Band Chart below. T o tune shortwave frequencies tha t are in-betw een these ranges, or outside o f these ranges, use one o f the other tuning methods, e.g. R egular Tunin[...]

27 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL PUBLICA TIONS THA T PRO VIDE MORE DET AILED SHOR TWA V E INFORMA TION There ar e two e x cellent publication that pr ovide very de tailed short - wav e inf ormation, including a listing of all w orld-wide shortwave sta tions, their specic frequencies, br oadcast times and targe t areas. These publ[...]

28 12 SHOR TWA V E LISTENING GUIDE E100 OWNER’S MANU AL UNDERST ANDING SHOR TWA V E BANDS: THE K EY TO ENJO YING YOUR SHOR TWA VE RADIO Introduction Now tha t you have a shortwa ve r adio, no doubt you’ll wan t to hear worldwide s tations righ t away. If you’r e new to shortwa ve, please take some time t o learn the basics outlined below. T o[...]

29 12 SHOR TWA V E LISTENING GUIDE c ontinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL shown her e. Look at y our radio’s tuning scale or digital display (or owner’s manual) t o determine which fr equency designation it uses in shortwav e. Most r adios use the abbrevia tions KHz and MHz. On some shortwav e radios these fr equencies will lo[...]

30 12 SHOR TWA V E LISTENING GUIDE c ontinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL BAND MEGAHER TZ (MHz) KILOHER TZ (KHz) 120 m 2.300-2.500 MHz 2300-2500 KHz 90 m 3.20-3.40 MHz 3200-3400 KHz 75 m 3.90-4.00 MHz 3900-4000 KHz 60 m 4.750-5.060 MHz 4750-5060 KHz 49 m 5.950-6.20 MHz 5950-6200 KHz 41 m 7.10-7.60 MHz 7100-7600 KHz 31 m 9.20-9.90 MHz 9500-9900 KHz 25 m [...]

31 12 SHOR TWA V E LISTENING GUIDE c ontinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL Consult y our owner’s manual for instruction on ho w to access the bands on your r adio or call Etón Corpora tion if it’s not clear to y ou. SUNSET AND SUNRISE – OFTEN THE V ERY BEST TIME T O LISTEN W e are o ften asked whe ther there is a truly best [...]

12 SHOR TWA V E LISTENING GUIDE c ontinued 32 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL DA Y BANDS CHARA CTERISTICS 13m Results v ary. Worth trying. Sometimes e xtremely good ar ound sunrise and sunset. 16m Similar to 19m. 19m 22m Similar to 19m. 25m Best ar ound sunrise and sunset. May be good mid-da y in Eastern North America. 31m Similar to 25m. The best o ver all[...]

33 12 SHOR TWA V E LISTENING GUIDE c ontinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL EVENING/NIGHT LIST ENING This is the best time t o list en, because the broadcast ers are deliber - at ely transmitting to North America. These bands ma y be extremely good around sunse t and sunrise too. Best night bands ar e shown in BOLD print in the tabl[...]

34 13 Warr anty R egistra tion E100 OWNER’S MANU AL T o ensur e full warranty c over age or product updat es, registr ation of your Etón or Grundig pr oduct should be complet e as soon as possible aft er purchase or r eceipt. T o regis ter y our radio, please select one of the follo wing methods: 1) Regis ter by visiting our websit e at http:/ /[...]

35 14 LIMITED W ARRANTY T O THE ORIGINAL CUST OMER E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL This Etón or Grundig brand pr oduct, as supplied and distributed by Etón Corpor ation (Etón) is warran ted by Etón against manufacturing def ects in material and w orkmanship for the following limit ed warran ty period: One (1) year parts and labor [...]

14 LIMITED W ARRANTY T O THE ORIGINAL CUST OMER 36 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL supplied by Etón; accidents, misuse, abuse, neglect, misapplica tion, re, wa ter, ligh tning, or other acts of na ture; inc orrect line v olt - age, uctuations or sur ges; damage caused by improper or faulty installa tion (including batt eries, which may crea te an aci[...]

37 15 SER VICE INFORMA TION E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL SERVICE Y OUR ETÓN OR GRUNDIG PRODUCT T o ob tain service for y our Etón or Grundig product we r ecommend rst c ontacting an Etón service repr esentativ e at 800-872-2228 US, 800-637-1648 Canada or (650) 903-3866 for pr oblem determina- tion and trouble-shoo ting. Many [...]

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