Eton S350DL manual

S350DL AM/FM/Shortwa v e Radio OWNER’S MANU A L[...]

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1 S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL DO Y OU NEED HELP? Contact Us. Etón Corpor ation 1015 Corpor ation Way 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. W ARNING • Do not submer ge or expose for e xtended period t o wat er. • Only opera [...]

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1 IN TRODUCTION S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL 3 S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL This owner’s manual is c onveniently divided in to tw o sections, BA SIC OPERA TION and INTR ODUCTION T O SHOR TW A VE. Both sections ar e important. If you ar e new to shortwav e listening, the IN TRODUCTION T O SHOR TW A VE section will giv e you all the inf ormation tha t you [...]

3 CON TROL L OCA TIONS 4 S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL Po wer & Sleep Button Alarm Set Butt on Time Set Butt on Hour Set Butt on Minute Se t Button Alarm On/Off Button Backlight/Snoo ze Button Batt ery Po wer Indicat or Signal/S trength Indica tor Digital Frequency R eadout L CD Display T urning Knob (fast) T urning Knob (slow) Rese t Button MW/SW R[...]

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6 4 CONNECTING T O POWER USING BA TTERIES Open the batt ery compartmen t and insert 4 size D batt eries (also called UM-1) accor ding to the polar - ity diagram imprin ted on the batt ery compartmen t oor. Please not e the following r egarding batt ery opera tion: • The S350DL has a batt ery power indica tor in the L CD. Fresh ba tteries will [...]

7 6 TURNING THE RADIO ON AND OFF 7 SIGNAL STR ENGTH INDICA T OR When you ar e listening to s tations, the signal s trength me ter , in the upper right ar ea of the displa y, will show the str ength lev el of r eception. S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL There ar e two ways t o turn the radio on, with the 90-minute timer f eature or [...]

8 9 TUNING IN AM ST A TIONS S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL TUNING IN AM ST A TIONS (MW) T urn on the radio and set the AM/S W BAND switch to the AM position and the bandwidth swit ch to wide or narro w. MW appears in the display. Use the outer ‘ fast’ tuning knob t o nd stations, ne tuning with the inner ‘slow’ knob when needed. • If ther[...]

9 10 TUNING IN SHOR TWA V E ST A TIONS continued S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL place the BAND WID TH con trol in the NARR OW position. If there is no in terfer ence, leave it in the WIDE position. If there is e xcess backgr ound noise, turn on the SW LPF swit ch, which may minimize the noise. If a sta tion is so strong tha t aud[...]

12 USING THE SLEEP TIMER 10 The S350DL includes a sleep timer, which le ts you se t the radio t o turn off a fter an amount o f time of y our choice. On the S350DL, the sleep timer is automa tically activat ed for 90 minutes whenev er the radio is turned on. A fter pr essing the POWER&SLEEP butt on to turn on the radio, no tice that ‘90’ ap[...]

11 14 USING THE BA CKLIGHT S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL The S350DL has a backlight t o light the display in low ligh t situations. It can be activa ted with the follo wing two me thods. 1. T o tempor arily light the display , perform a quick, short press on the B ACKLIGHT butt on. The backlight aut omatically turns o ff after e[...]

12 16 USING THE LINE OUT SOCK ETS The line out socke ts (RCA socke ts), labeled L, R, pro vide industry standar d left and right s ter eo line lev el outputs that can be used t o feed audio t o a tape rec order , st ereo s yst em, or any device with audio line lev el inputs. The output is st ereo when the r adio is tuned to an FM s tation br oadcas[...]

13 19 IN TRODUCTION T O SHORTW A V E S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL Shortwav e enables you to hear s tations fr om around the w orld. Now tha t you hav e a shortwave radio, no doub t you’ll want to hear worldwide s tations right awa y. If you’r e new to shortwav e, please take some time t o learn the basics outlined below. T [...]

14 22 SHOR TWA V E BANDS BAND MEGAHER TZ (MHz) (as on some models) S350DL switch se tting S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL 120 met ers 2,300-2,500 MHz 2300- 2500 KHz SW1 90 met ers 3,20-3,40 MHz 3200-3400 KHz SW1 75 met ers 3,90-4,00 MHz 3900-4000 KHz SW1 60 met ers 4,750-5,060 MHz 4750-5060 KHz SW1 49 met ers 5,950-6,20 MHz 5950-6200 KHz SW1 41 met ers 7,[...]

15 23 DA Y BANDS / NIGHT B ANDS DA Y BANDS / NIGHT BANDS – THE DIFFERENCE IS V ERY IMPOR T ANT Because shortwav e signals depend on such factors as the sun, the ionosphere and in teraction with the earth itself , signals cannot be hear d on all bands throughout the da y. Some bands are bes t during the dayligh t hours, and some are bes t at night[...]

25 EV ENING/NIGHT LISTENING This is the best time t o listen, because the br oadcasters ar e delibera tely tr ansmitting to North America. These bands may be e xtremely good around sunse t and sunrise too. IMPOR T ANT NOT E: Getting close to a window ma y substantially impro ve your r eception. The c onstruction mat erials of some buildings simply [...]

S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL This Etón product, as supplied and dis tributed by Etón is warran ted by Etón against manufacturing def ects in material and w orkmanship for the f ollowing limit ed warran ty period: One (1) year parts and labor This limited warr anty begins on the original dat e of pur chase, and is valid only [...]

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