Eton E1 E1 manual

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1 E1 AM/FM/Shortwave Radio E 1 MANUAL FRONT P ANEL DESCRIPTION (See page 12) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 0 1 9 1 8 1 7 1 6 1 5 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 9 2 3 TOP P ANEL DESCRIPTION (See page 16) 1 DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY RESPONSIBLE P ARTY : etón Corpor ation 1015 Corporation W ay Palo Alto , CA 94303 USA TEL: (650) 903-3866 TRADE NAME: etón Corpor ation MOD[...]

2 3 1. Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Heed Warnings - All warnings on the appliance should be adhered to. 4. Follow Instructions - All operating and use instructio[...]

4 5 2 T ABLE OF CONTENTS E 1 MANUAL THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE etón E1 RECEIVER. THIS RECEIVER HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED TO HIGH QU AL- I TY STANDARDS , AND WILL PRO VIDE RELIABLE OPERA TION FOR MANY YEARS. PLEASE CAREFULL Y READ THE OWNER’S MANUAL IN O RDER TO TAKE ADVANT A GE OF THE MANY INTERESTING FEATURES THAT WILL PROVIDE ENJO Y[...]

6 7 T he etó n E1 is a micro proc essor cont rolle d, syn thesi zed, world b and re ceive r with c ontin uous c over age ca pabi lity from 10 0 kHz th rough 3 0 MHz an d from 76 M Hz throu gh 108 MHz which includes the AM broadc ast and short wa ve band s as well a s the FM b roadc ast ba nd. T he receive r offers excell ent sensit ivity , selecti[...]

8 9 BA TTER Y CO NDIT ION Batte ry con ditio n can be o bserv ed when t he uni t is turne d on or if t he ‘LI GHT’ bu tton i s press ed if no AC ADAPT ER is connecte d to th e receiver . W hen the POWER k ey is p ress ed, or when the ‘LIG HT’ button is press ed, a screen will be observe d similar to the f ollow - ing ill ustr ati on dur ing[...]

10 11 FIGU RE 1: E1 IN ST ALLA TI ON DIAGR AM INST ALLA TION continued E 1 MANUAL Low Imp edan ce Antenna T o T ape Re corde r or Ster eo Sys tem F rom CD o r T ape Player P AL Conne ctor TV/FM Split ter Exter nal Speak er Stere o Head phone s REAR VI EW LEFT VI EW INST ALLA TION continued 278-2 65B adapte r , sold by R adio Shack, M apli n Elect r[...]

12 13 knob wi ll be in effe ctive , and “LOCK” and “TUN LOCK “ will appea r on t he LCD display . T o retu rn to normal oper ati ng mode , once again press the ‘CL EAR/ LOCK’ k ey for thr ee sec onds . T his con trol c an also b e used w hen the receiv er is tu rned off . Press ‘CL EAR/L OCK’ for 3 se c- onds . A message will appear[...]

14 15 will be active . Pr essin g this softk ey a se cond time tog- gles to t he A UX function which causes the softk ey label to app ear as “ FM / A UX ”. The A UX fun ction a llow s stere o audi o fed int o the LI NE IN con nect or on the s ide panel t o be fed t o the int erna l speak er or to head- phone s plugged into the stereo headph one[...]

16 17 The following section describes the main display which will be seen when operating in the VFO mode, T his is the display which the user will see most of the time. There are sever al other screens which may appear on this display under various conditions. T hese additional conditions will be covered later . 1. SIGNAL The signal meter indicates[...]

18 19 25. TIMER 1 2 This display appears when one or both of the event timers are enabled. 26. TIME DISPLA Y This displays the time , which can be either Greenwich Mean T ime (GMT) or Local time (L). If the time display is flashing, this is an indication that the time has not been set. See “Clock and T imer Functions” on page 52. 27a. LOW BA TT[...]

20 21 (B) The SW band (1.8 - 30.0 MHz) frequencies are dis- played and entered in kHz or MHz, depending upon the user’ s selection from item 5 of the RADIO SET- TINGS menu. A maximum of 7 digits may be entered. To make the menu selection, press the ‘MENU’ softkey once. T hen press ‘Direct-Key-Input’ k ey ‘5'. Repeatedly pressing th[...]

22 23 all AM (L W , MW and SW) broadcasting generally uses double-sideband transmission, detection of either of the two sidebands results in full reception of the trans- mitted information. T he selectable sideband tuning and detection not only aids reception by permitting tuning to the stronger or less distorted sideband, but also per- mits reject[...]

24 25 MEMOR Y DESCRIPTION The E1 receiver contains 1700 memory channels that can be used to store and recall commonly monitored frequencies. T he first 500 of these are referred to sim- ply as MEMORY channels. T he remaining 1200 are referred to as COUNTR Y channels. More on COUNTR Y in the next section. T he 500 MEMORY channels are displayed in gr[...]

26 27 want to receive , you can go to it directly by entering the number on the ‘Direct- Key-Input’ keypad. If less than a four digit number is entered, there may be a slight delay between the time you enter the number and the time the channel change actually takes place . However , if you enter a four digit number , the channel change will occ[...]

28 29 ‘ST ORE’ k ey again. Y ou will hear a confirming beep and “COUNTRY STORED” will briefly appear on the display. T he ‘VFO’ softkey indicator will return to reverse video indicating that normal VFO mode has been restored. To store a memory channel from COUNTR Y mode, first enter COUNTRY mode by pressing the ‘COUNTR Y’ soft- key [...]

30 31 E 1 MANUAL E1 MENUS continued MAIN MENU 1. RADIO SETTINGS - Pressing ‘1' tak es you to the RADIO SETTINGS menu which allows setting parameters for enhanced SSB, scan stop mode, FM band frequency r ange , MW band tuning step size, and whether the SW band is displayed in kilohertz (kHz) or megahertz (MHz). 2. AUDIO SETTINGS - Pressing ?[...]

32 33 E 1 MANUAL E1 MENUS continued AUDIO SETTINGS The AUDIO SETTINGS menu is reached either by pressing the MENU softk ey thre times , or pressing the MENU softk ey once and then pressing the ‘2' k ey . It appears as shown in the following illustration. 1. AUDIO OUTPUT MONO / STEREO - Pressing ‘1' selects between MONO and STEREO when[...]

34 35 E 1 MANUAL E1 MENUS continued CLOCK MODES This menu is reached from the SET CLOCKS menu described above by pressing the ‘8' (MORE) key once, or from the MAIN MENU by pressing ‘4'. It is used to set several parameters pertaining to clock, snooze, and timer operation. It appears as shown in the following illustration. CLOCK MODES [...]

36 37 E 1 MANUAL 1. TIMER 1 - T his display entry identifies this menu as being associated with Timer 1. 2. ST ART TIME - T his shows the time that Timer 1 is set up to turn on when enabled. 3. STOP TIME - This shows the time that Timer 1 is set to turn off when enabled. 4. Memory or Country channel selected - This menu entry identifies the MEMOR Y[...]

38 39 E 1 MANUAL This display is shown in the following illustr ation. LOCAL / GMT TIME SELECT 1. CLOCKS - This identifies the menu as being the CLOCK GMT / LOCAL selection menu. 2. LOCAL - Press this softkey to cause Local time to be shown on all menus and displays . 3. GMT - Press this softkey to cause universal (GMT) time to be shown on all menu[...]

TIME DISPLA Y The E1 incorpor ates dual time clocks allowing two 24 hour clocks to be set and maintained. During loss of AC power , or during battery changing, clock operation is maintained for a period of approximately 10 min- utes, if the receiver has been connected to an A C power source or had the batteries installed. T he two- event timer func[...]

SETTI NG TIM ER ON/OFF TIM ES Enter the TIMERS menu by pressing the ‘ME NU’ key to reach MAIN MENU , and then pressin g the ‘5' key on the ‘Dire ct-K e y- Input’ k eypad . T his bring s up th e TIMERS menu as shown below . TIME RS (1) Pre ss ‘1' o n the ‘Direct- K ey-In put’ k e ypad. Th is wil l cause t he menu n umbe rs [...]

ENAB LING/ DISA BLIN G TIMER OPERA TION Press the ‘T IME’ button . T his will activ ate the TI MER 1 d ispla y . It will appear as shown in th e “ENAB LING /DISA BLIN G TIMER ” illu str atio n which follows . ENAB LING/ DISA BLIN G TIMER T his di splay s hows th e star t time an d stop t ime set f or TIMER 1 as we ll as the M EMOR Y or COUN[...]

• Pressing the ‘LIGHT’ k ey when the receiver is OFF will cause the display illumination to be toggled between being on and off. T he LCD display and any illumination will turn off after 10 seconds. When the unit is OFF , pressing the ‘TIME’ key once will activate the LCD “TIME” display and additional presses of the ‘TIME’ key wil[...]

Progr am O N/OFF t imer s (star ting 5 3) • Press MEN U to act iva te MAI N MENU • Press ‘5' to ac tiv ate TI MERS menu. • Press ‘1' and s et TIM ER 1 ON time using Keypa d. • Press ‘S T ORE’ to save . • Press ‘2' and s et TIM ER 1 OF F time using key pad. • Press ‘S T ORE’ to save . • Press ‘3' and[...]

AC Input - Alternating Current power source available at wall outlet sock ets . AM - Signals in which the information is conveyed by amplitude changes of the signal. Amplitude Modulation is used for the AM broadcast bands . AGC - Automatic Gain Control which is employed in receivers to adjust the amount of gain in the receiver's circuitry to p[...]

Y ou may contact et ón Corporation Service Department for additional information or assistance by calling toll- free Monday through F riday , 8:30am -4:00pm P acific Standard Time: 1(800) 872-2228 (US) 1(800) 673-1648 (CN) 650-903-3866 (World-wide) Call for a Return Authorization prior to shipping your unit. Should you w ant to return your unit fo[...]

DA Y BANDS vs . NIGHT BANDS - it’ s important Because shortwave signals depend on such factors as the sun, the ionosphere and inter action with the earth itself , signals cannot be heard on all bands throughout the day. Some bands are best during the daylight hours, and some are best at night. In general, the bands with frequencies below 13 MHz ([...]

GETTING ST ARTED WITH SINGLE SIDEBAND (SSB) Many high-end shortwave radios have a feature called SSB, a highly efficient way of electronically processing transmitted and received signals for two-way commu- nication. Examples of this are amateur radio (hams), maritime and aeronautical communication. Either upper side band (USB) or lower side band (L[...]

INTRODUCTION This Quick Guide outlines the basics for listening to AM, FM and Shortwave . It also covers setting the clock and timers and storing stations into memory . Not all features and capabilities of the E1 are addressed here. We encourage you to refer to the owner’ s manual for a full understanding of the E1. SET -UP INFORMATION Power the [...]

Sequentially press the button below MENU in the dis- play until CLOCK MODES appears. If A UT O CLOCK SET is OFF , press 1 to turn it ON. If AUT O CLOCK DST is OFF , press 2 to turn it on if you want automatic day- light saving time (recommended). For LOCAL TIME OFFSET , if your country is east of the International Dateline, press 3 to set it to +. [...]

62 63 etón E1 SPECIFICA TIONS E 1 MANUAL Audi o P ower (i nter nal or e xtern al spe ake r): • 1 .25 W nominal - ba ttery oper ation • 3 W nomina l - Ope rat ion from 9 VDC • A C Ad apter Inte rnal Speak er: 4" (10. 16 cm). 8 Ohms Line A udio Output • Stere o left a nd righ t. • 300 m V , 1K oh ms for each output. Line A udio Input:[...]

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