Eton E1 manual

E1 MANU AL www .etoncorp.com AM/FM/SHORTW A VE RADIO E1_manual_eng_APR06.qrk 5/5/06 10:22 AM Page 1[...]

1 E1 AM/FM/Shortwave Radio E 1 M ANU AL FRONT P ANEL DESCRIPTION (See page 12) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 1 9 18 1 7 16 1 5 14 1 3 1 2 11 1 0 9 2 3 TOP P ANEL DESCRIPTION (See page 16) 1 DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY RESPONSIBLE P ARTY : etón Corporation 1015 Corporation W ay Palo Alto , CA 94303 USA TEL: (650) 903-3866 TRADE NAME: etón Corpor ation MODEL N[...]

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

4 5 2 T ABLE OF CONTENTS E 1 M ANU AL THANK Y OU FOR PURCHASING THE etón E1 RECEIVER. THIS RECEIVER HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND MANUF ACTURED TO HIGH QU AL- I TY ST ANDARDS, AND WILL PROVIDE RELIABLE OPERA TION FOR MANY YEARS. PLEASE CAREFULL Y READ THE OWNER’S MANU AL IN O RDER TO TAKE ADVANT AGE OF THE MANY INTERESTING FEATURES THAT WILL PROVIDE ENJ[...]

6 7 T he etón E1 is a microprocessor controlled, synthesized, world band receiver with continuous coverage capability from 100 kHz through 30 MHz and from 76 MHz through 108 MHz which includes the AM broadcast and shortwave bands as well as the FM broadcast band. T he receiver offers excellent sensitivity, selectivity , dynamic range , and feature[...]

8 9 BA TTER Y CONDITION Battery condition can be observed when the unit is turned on or if the ‘LIGHT’ button is pressed if no AC ADAPTER is connected to the receiver . W hen the POWER k ey is pressed, or when the ‘LIGHT’ button is pressed, a screen will be observed similar to the follow- ing illustration during the first two seconds after [...]

10 11 FIGURE 1: E1 INST ALLA TION DIAGRAM INST ALLA TION continued E 1 M ANU AL Low Impedance Antenna T o T ape Recorder or Stereo System F rom CD or T ape Player PA L Connector TV/FM Splitter External Speak er Stereo Headphones REAR VIEW LEFT VIEW INST ALLA TION continued 278-265B adapter , sold by Radio Shack, Maplin Electronic Supplies (www .map[...]

12 13 knob will be ineffective , and “LOCK” and “TUN LOCK“ will appear on the LCD display . T o return to normal operating mode , once again press the ‘CLEAR/LOCK’ key for three seconds .This control can also be used when the receiver is turned off . Press ‘CLEAR/LOCK’ for 3 sec- onds . A message will appear confirming lock. If powe[...]

14 15 will be active . Pressing this softk ey a second time tog- gles to the A UX function which causes the softkey label to appear as “ FM / AUX ”. The AUX function allows stereo audio fed into the LINE IN connector on the side panel to be fed to the internal speak er or to head- phones plugged into the stereo headphone jack, which is also on [...]

16 17 T he following section describes the main display which will be seen when operating in the VFO mode, This is the display which the user will see most of the time . T here are several other screens which may appear on this display under various conditions . These additional conditions will be covered later . 1. SIGNAL T he signal meter indicat[...]

18 19 25. TIMER 1 2 T his display appears when one or both of the event timers are enabled. 26. TIME DISPLA Y T his 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 Timer Functions” on page 52. 27a. LOW BA TT[...]

20 21 (B) T he 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. T o make the menu selection, press the ‘MENU’ softk ey once . Then press ‘Direct-Key-Input’ k ey ‘5'. Repeatedly pressing[...]

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

26 27 want to receive , you can go to it directly by entering the number on the ‘Direct- Key-Input’ k eypad. 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 tak es place. However , if you enter a four digit number , the channel change will oc[...]

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

30 31 E 1 M ANU AL 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 range , MW band tuning step size , and whether the SW band is displayed in kilohertz (kHz) or megahertz (MHz). 2. AUDIO SETTINGS - Pressin[...]

32 33 E 1 M ANU AL E1 MENUS continued AUDIO SETTINGS T he AUDIO SETTINGS menu is reached either by pressing the MENU softk ey thre times, or pressing the MENU softkey once and then pressing the ‘2' key . It appears as shown in the following illustration. 1. A UDIO OUTPUT MONO / STEREO - Pressing ‘1' selects between MONO and STEREO whe[...]

34 35 E 1 M ANU AL E1 MENUS continued CLOCK MODES T his menu is reached from the SET CLOCKS menu described above by pressing the ‘8' (MORE) k ey once , or from the MAIN MENU by pressing ‘4'. It is used to set sever al parameters pertaining to clock, snooze , and timer oper ation. It appears as shown in the following illustration. CLOC[...]

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

38 39 E 1 M ANU AL T his display is shown in the following illustration. LOCAL / GMT TIME SELECT 1. CLOCKS - T his 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 m[...]

TIME DISPLA Y T he E1 incorporates 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 AC power source or had the batteries installed. T he two- event timer func[...]

SETTING TIMER ON/OFF TIMES Enter the TIMERS menu by pressing the ‘MENU’ key to reach MAIN MENU , and then pressing the ‘5' key on the ‘Direct-K ey- Input’ keypad. This brings up the TIMERS menu as shown below . TIMERS (1) Press ‘1' on the ‘Direct-K ey-Input’ k eypad. T his will cause the menu numbers on the left to disappe[...]

ENABLING/DISABLING TIMER OPERA TION Press the ‘TIME’ button. T his will activate the TIMER 1 display . It will appear as shown in the “ENABLING/DISABLING TIMER” illustration which follows . ENABLING/DISABLING TIMER T his display shows the start time and stop time set for TIMER 1 as well as the MEMOR Y or COUNTR Y menu number , fre- quency ,[...]

• Pressing the ‘LIGHT’ key when the receiver is OFF will cause the display illumination to be toggled between being on and off . The 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[...]

Program ON/OFF timers (starting 53) • Press MENU to activate MAIN MENU • Press ‘5' to activate TIMERS menu. • Press ‘1' and set TIMER 1 ON time using Keypad. • Press ‘ST ORE’ to save . • Press ‘2' and set TIMER 1 OFF time using keypad. • Press ‘ST ORE’ to save . • Press ‘3' and set TIMER 1 Memory Ch[...]

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 etón Corporation Service Department for additional information or assistance by calling toll- free Monday through F riday, 8:30am -4:00pm Pacific Standard T ime: 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 want to return your unit for s[...]

D A Y BANDS vs. NIGHT BANDS - it’ s important Because shortwave signals depend on such factors as the sun, the ionosphere and interaction 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 r adios have a feature called SSB , a highly efficient w ay of electronically processing transmitted and received signals for two-w ay commu- nication. Examples of this are amateur radio (hams), maritime and aeronautical communication. Either upper side band (USB) or lower side ban[...]

INTRODUCTION T his 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 encour age you to refer to the owner’ s manual for a full understanding of the E1. SET -UP INFORMA TION P ower[...]

Sequentially press the button below MENU in the dis- play until CLOCK MODES appears . If AUT 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 M ANU AL Audio P ower (internal or external speaker): • 1.25 W nominal - battery operation • 3 W nominal - Operation from 9 VDC • AC Adapter Internal Speaker: 4" (10.16 cm). 8 Ohms Line Audio Output • Stereo left and right. • 300 mV , 1K ohms for each output. Line Audio Input: 300 mV , 47K ohms Line[...]

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