Grundig E10 manual

E1 0 AM/FM/Shortwa v e Radio OWNER’S MANU A L[...]

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1 E10 OWNER’S MANU AL DO Y OU NEED HELP? Thank you f or purchasing the E10 AM/FM/Shortwa ve Radio. W e want y ou to thor oughly enjoy the use o f this product. T o tak e advantage o f its many e xcellen t and unique featur es, we urge y ou to car efully r ead the owner’s manual. If y ou need help while learning its oper ation, please c ontact u[...]

T ABL E OF CON TEN TS 2 DO YOU NEED HELP?............................................................................... T ABL E OF CON TEN TS............................................................................... MAJOR FEA TURES OF THE ETÓN E10........................................ DIAGRAMS...............................................[...]

3 MAJOR FEA TUR ES OF THE ET ÓN E10 3 • FM Frequency Range: 87 – 108 MHz (F or America); 76 – 108 MHz (For Japan) • Shortwav e Frequency Range: 1711 – 29999KHz • 9/10KHz st ep selector f or Medium Wav e (AM) recep tion • 1KHz st ep for the displa y of Medium wav e and Shortwave • SW IF SET f eatur e, shifts the int ermediat e frequ[...]

4 DIAGRAMS 4 E10 OWNER’S MANU AL POWER/SLEEP Lock Butt on Timer A Button Timer B Button L CD Display Light Snoo ze Button T uning Mode Button Up/Hour Down/Min Page Butt on Scan Mode Button SWIF Set Butt on Bandwidth Button FM/AM Band (A TS) Button SW (SW Me ter) Band Butt on Numeric K eypad Memory & Edit/Time set Butt on Charger On/Off Butt o[...]

5 4 DIAGRAMS c ontinued E10 OWNER’S MANU AL E10 OWNER’S MANU AL RADIO OFF DISPLA Y RADIO ON DISPLA Y MEMOR Y DISPLA Y SHOR TWA VE MET ER BAND DISPLA Y SYST EM SET CODE DISPLA Y Re fers only t o the display’s upper right c orner. Re fers only t o the display’s upper right c orner. T riangle Poin ter Batt ery Symbol Ant enna Symbol 1-5 Scale [...]

6 5 GETTING ST AR TED E10 OWNER’S MANU AL WHA T THE E10 INCLUDES • Earbud style earphones • Carrying pouch • AC adap tor/char ger • 4 - 1100 mAh, Ni-MH rechar geable batteries. • Owner’s manual NOT E: In the instructions below, numbers in par en- thesis ( ), re fer to the diagr ams. INST ALLING B A TTERIES The batt ery compartmen t is[...]

7 5 GETTING ST AR TED con tinued 6 BASIC RADIO OPERA TION TURNING THE E10 ON AND OFF The E10 can be turned on by the two me thods shown belo w. T o turn it off , press the PO WER/SLEEP button (1). 1. BA TTER Y SA VER/TIMER METHOD: Perf orm a quick, short press o f the POWER/SLEEP button (1). This turns the r adio on with 90 in the display and cause[...]

8 6 BASIC RADIO OPERA TION continued E10 OWNER’S MANU AL SELECTING FM, AM or SHOR TWA V E When list ening to FM or shortwav e, fully ext end the telesc opic antenna (5). It need no t be ext ended when list ening to AM sta tions. A fter turning on the E10, perform quick, short pr esses of the ‘FM/AM- A TS’ button (15) to select FM or AM. No te[...]

9 6 BASIC RADIO OPERA TION continued E10 OWNER’S MANU AL E10 OWNER’S MANU AL TUNING KNOB The TUNING knob con trol (28) is locat ed on the right side of the r adio. Use it to ‘ne-tune’ stations or as you w ould a tuning knob. LOCKING THE TUNING KNOB T o pr even t accidentally tuning off of the r adio sta tion, the tuning knob can be locke[...]

7 CL OCK AND TIMER FEA TUR ES 10 SETTING THE CLOCK The factory has se t the clock to function as a 24- hour forma t clock. If you pr ef er a 12 hour, AM/PM clock forma t, see the section titled CHANGING THE CL OCK FROM 24 T O 12 HOUR FORMA T in the section titled SY STEM SET C ODES. There ar e three methods f or setting the clock. CLOCK SET METHOD [...]

11 7 CL OCK AND TIMER FEA TUR ES con tinued ton. Within 5 sec onds of nishing, press the A or B button once or jus t wait until the timer digits st op ashing. TIMER SET METHOD 2 – NUMERIC K EYP AD: 1. T urn the radio off . The timer digits (38) appear in the upper right c orner of the display. 2. Press and hold do wn TIMER A or B button for[...]

12 8 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y E10 OWNER’S MANU AL A t the factory, the E10 is set up with 10 pages o f memory, each page holding 50 fr equencies. This enables st oring of 500 fr equencies into memory. This factory se tting can be changed and tailored to y our personal needs or can be left as-is. When rst learning t o stor e stations int o memory, [...]

13 8 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y continued E10 OWNER’S MANU AL E10 OWNER’S MANU AL 1. Press/r elease SCAN MODE (12) button. 2. Press/hold either the Up/Hour or Do wn/Min. button f or about a second. Then r elease it. Note that PRESET ashes under the memory number , indicating tha t memory scanning is functioning with each memory being scanned for a[...]

14 9 SY STEM SET C ODES C ODE NUMBER FUNCTION 00 (factory de fault setting) 20 25 50 09 10 12 24 22 28 29 76 87 (factory de fault setting) IN DISPLA Y E10 OWNER’S MANU AL Sys tem Se t Codes allow the r adio to be tailored t o your needs by changing certain pr ogrammable functions. These functions and their descriptions ar e noted in the table. SY[...]

15 9 SY STEM SET C ODES con tinued E10 OWNER’S MANU AL E10 OWNER’S MANU AL CHANGING SYST EM SET CODES T o ent er a syst em code o f your choice, use the procedur e below. 1. T urn off the radio. 2. Press/r elease the SY STEM SET butt on (20). Not e that ‘- - ‘ (51) appears in the upper righ t corner o f the display and the clock digits disa[...]

10 ADDIT ONAL E10 C ONTR OLS E10 OWNER’S MANU AL USING THE LIGHT A quick, short press/r elease of the SNOO ZE/LIGHT button (7), loca ted on the fr ont o f the radio’s upper right c orner, will turn on the display ligh t, shining from the le ft side of the displa y, for about 5 sec- onds. A longer press/r elease of the button (about 3 seconds) w[...]

11 LISTENING T O SHOR TWA V E ST A TIONS E10 OWNER’S MANU AL E10 OWNER’S MANU AL Are y ou new to shortwav e listening? If so, y ou’ll want t o read this section and the ne xt section called UNDERST ANDING SHORTW A VE B ANDS. WHA T ARE SHOR TWA VE ST A TIONS? These are r adio broadcast s tations ar ound the world broadcas ting on frequencies t[...]

E10 OWNER’S MANU AL 18 11 LISTENING T O SHOR TWA V E ST A TIONS con tinued BAND (METERS) FREQUENCY RANGE 120 90 75 60 49 41 2250 – 2550 3150 - 3450 3850 - 4050 4700 - 5100 5800 – 6300 7100 – 7500 Best a t night Day/nigh t Best during da ylight Best a t night Best a t night Day/nigh t Best during da ylight Best during da ylight 3330 7335 146[...]

E10 OWNER’S MANU AL E10 OWNER’S MANU AL 19 11 LISTENING T O SHOR TWA V E ST A TIONS con tinued SHOR TWA VE PUBLICA TIONS: FINDING SPECIFIC ST A TIONS T o help nd specic sta tions and their broadcas t times, frequencies and tar get areas, r eview the two ex cellent publications sho wn below. The y are av ailable from major bookst ores and [...]

E10 OWNER’S MANU AL 20 bands may v ary somewhat fr om one radio model to ano ther. This is perf ectly OK. On some radios the bands are clearly mark ed, on others they ar e not marked a t all. If it is not apparen t how t o get int o a band on your r adio, consult the owner’s manual, the Etón Corpor ation web sit e (www.etonc orp.com) or con ta[...]

E10 OWNER’S MANU AL E10 OWNER’S MANU AL 21 DA Y BANDS AND NIGHT B ANDS THE DIFFERENCE IS IMPOR T AN T Because shortwav e signals depend on such factors as the sun, the ionospher e and int eraction with the earth itself , signals cannot be hear d on all bands throughout the da y. Some bands are bes t during the daylight hours, and some are bes t[...]

E10 OWNER’S MANU AL 22 12 UNDERST ANDING SHORTW A V E BANDS c ontinued IF Y OUR BUILDING BLOCKS SIGNA LS: If you no tice that the signal s trength o f a stations substan tially impro ves when you ge t very close t o a window or when y ou go outside, then it is certain that y our building blocks shortwave signals. This blockage is due to the c ons[...]

E10 OWNER’S MANU AL E10 OWNER’S MANU AL 23 13 TROUBL ESHOOTING c ontinued str engths, place the AN TENNA GAIN swit ch into the NORMAL or L OCAL position. THE BA TTER Y COMP ARTMEN T HAS A STICKY LIQUID OR DRIED WHITE PO WDER IN IT This is the result o f battery acid leakage. T o avoid batt ery acid leakage, only use high quality alkaline 14 WAR[...]

E10 OWNER’S MANU AL 24 This Etón or Grundig brand pr oduct, as supplied and distributed by Etón C orpora tion (Etón) is warran ted by Etón against manufacturing de fects in ma terial and w orkmanship for the follo wing limited warr anty period: One (1) year parts and labor This limited warr anty begins on the original dat e of pur chase, and [...]

E10 OWNER’S MANU AL E10 OWNER’S MANU AL 25 Service y our Etón or Grundig product T o obtain service f or your Etón or Grundig pr oduct we r ecommend rs t con tacting an Etón service repr e - senta tive a t 800-872-2228 US, 800-637-1648 Canada or (650) 903-3866 for problem de termina tion and trouble-shoo ting. Many of the c ommon question[...]

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E10 OWNER’S MANU AL Etón Corpora tion Corpor at e Headquarters 1015 Corpor ation Wa y Palo Alt o, California 94303 USA tel +1 650-903-3866 tel +1 800-872-2228 fax +1 650-903-3867 Etón Eur ope/Lex tronix German y Rosens trasse 2 D-10178 Berlin, Germany tel +49 [0]30 243102142 Etón Canada 1 Y onge S tree t, Suite 1801 T oron to, Ontario M5E 1W7 [...]