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    E5 AM/FM S tereo/MW.S W.L W Dual Con version OWNER’S MANU A L www.et onc orp.c om re_inv enting r adio[...]

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    DO Y OU NEED HELP ? Thank you f or purchasing the E-5 AM/FM/Shortwa ve Radio. W e want you t o thoroughly enjo y the use of this product. T o take adv antage of its man y ex cellent and unique f ea tures, we ur ge you t o care fully read the o wner’s manual. If you need help while learning its oper ation, please con tact us, using the methods bel[...]

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    T ABLE OF CON T EN TS 2 E5 OWNER’S MANU AL WHA T THE E-5 INCLUDES........................................................................................................ E5 FEA TURES.................................................................................................................................... DIAGRAMS.........................[...]

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    3 E5 OWNER’S MANU AL E5 OWNER’S MANU AL T ABLE OF CON TEN TS • SETTING/ACTIV A TING/DEACTIV A TING THE ALARMS ............................. WORKING WITH MEMOR Y .................................................................................................... • ST ORING ST A TIOINS IN T O MEMOR Y ..........................................[...]

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    2 WHA T THE E-5 INCLUDES 4 • AC adap ter • S ter eo earphones • External wir e antenna • Carrying pouch • Carrying str ap (attached) • Owner’s manual Note: In the ins tructions below, numbers in par enthesis (), c or- respond t o the numbered diagr ams. E5 OWNER’S MANU AL • M-S ter eo, AM and Full-Shortwave Co ver age (1711-29999 [...]

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    5 3 FEAUTR ES continued POWER / SLEEP HOLD RESET P AGE/TIME VOL+/V OL - AUT O SCAN EDIT/BA CKLIGHT SWIT CH MONO/STEREO/SSB INDICA T OR 0-9 NUMBER BUTT ON METER B AND AM BAND FM BAND TIME-Z ONE BUTT ON CHECK BUTT ON ERASE BUTT ON ST ORE BUTTON BA TTER Y C OMP ARTMEN T (REAR) SPEAKER SUPPOR T ST AND (REAR) ALARM 1 ALARM 2 ALARM 3 ALARM 4 L CD DISPL Y[...]

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    6 3 DIAGRAMS c ontinued E5 OWNER’S MANU AL JOG DIAL WHEEL: T urn the jog dial wheel, combine with other butt on can adjust time, fr equency, v olume and memory operations. RIGHT SIDE LEFT SIDE L CD DISPLA Y Jog Dial Wheel News/Music Narro w/Wide Switch SSB Fine Knob Line Out T elescopic An tenna External An tenna Jack L OCAL/D X Switch Earphone J[...]

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    7 4 GETTING ST ART ED E5 OWNER’S MANU AL E5 OWNER’S MANU AL INST ALLING B A TTERIES The hinged batt ery compartmen t (17) is locat ed on the back of the E-5. T o open it, apply thumb pressure t o the ribbed, down poin ting triangle and slide it about 1/8 inch (about 3 mm) to wards the bo t- tom o f the radio, then pull up. Ins tall 4 AA batt er[...]

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    8 4 GETTING ST ART ED E5 OWNER’S MANU AL batt ery leakage warr anty pr ogram. CAUTION! Ne ver att empt to r echarge non-r echargeable batt eries! MORE IMPOR T ANT BA TTER Y USE INFORMA TION • When using batt eries for long periods o f time, disconnect the A C adapt er/charger . • Do not a ttemp t rechar ging non-rechargeable ba tteries. Only [...]

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    9 4 GETTING ST ART ED continued IMPORT ANT AC AD APTER/CHAR GER INFORMA TION AND PRECA UTIONS It is normal for the A C adapt er/charger t o feel warm during use. When the AC adap ter/char ger is connected, the E5 aut omatically switches t o the AC adap ter/char ger’s power and ins talled batt eries are no t used. Disconnect the A C adapter/char g[...]

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    4. Press the F7 butt on (25) for about 3 sec onds, or until CHG (39) appears in the upper right o f the display and the char ging hours appear in the display. 5. Use the tuning knob (40) to select the char ging time in hours (00-23). See chart below. Pr ess the P AGE/TIME butt on (4) when nished. Not e in the display tha t the batt ery symbol’[...]

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    11 4 GETTING ST ART ED continued always s tart with four , fresh, new Ni-MH ba tteries. CAUTION! Ne ver att empt to r echarge non-r echargeable batt eries! BEFOR E USING THE E5 Assure tha t it is power ed with the AC adapt er or batt eries. Assure tha t it is unlocked. See lock butt on instructions below. Place the DX/L OCAL swit ch (46), on the le[...]

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    12 2. Within 3 seconds, use the tuning knob (40) t o select the sleep time (in minutes) o f your choice. 3. Within 3 seconds, pr ess the P AGE/TIME butt on (4) when nished. USING THE L OCK FEA TURE (2) With the E5 turned off , the lock fea ture pr events un want ed turn-on. When it is turned on, the lock fea ture pr even ts unwant ed frequency c[...]

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    13 USING THE DX/L OCAL SWIT CH (46) The DX/L OCAL swit ch is locat ed on the left side of the E5 and is labeled DX/L O. Use DX as the de fault setting. This giv es the E-5 maximum sensitivity to signals. If s trong sta tions seem dist orted, then use the local setting (labeled L O). This switch does no t function in FM mode. SELECTING FM, AM and SH[...]

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    14 button (8) while tuned t o a FM station. No te that ‘ST EREO’ appears in the display (38) when the s ter eo mode is selected. SETTING UP AM AND FM OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA NOT E: The E-5 is factory set-up for use in North America. T o use the E5 in North America (U.S. or Canada), no changes are needed. In North America, AM sta tions are spac[...]

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    15 4. Sequentially pr ess the F5 button un til the beginning FM frequency o f your ar ea appears. 5. Give the P AGE/TIME button (4) a quick, short pr ess. TUNING IN ST A TIONS Described below ar e four me thods of tuning-in sta tions: Buttons (6), T uning-Knob (40), Direct Frequency En try (9) and Aut o-Scan (6). BUTTONS (6) Quick, short, sequentia[...]

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    16 1. Press 8 1 0. 2. Within 3 seconds, pr ess the AM enter butt on (10). NOT E: Regardless o f what type o f station is curr ently tuned (AM, FM or SW), dir ect frequency en try can be used to en ter an y type of frequency. AUT O-SCAN TUNING (6) Aut o-scan tuning starts by pr essing either the (up frequency) or (down fr equency) button f or about [...]

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    17 SHORTW AV E WITH THE E5 SHORTW AV E NOTE : If y ou’re comple tely ne w to shortwav e or need a ‘re fresher’, see the special shortwa ve section t owar d the end of this manual. There ar e two ways t o select shortwave. 1. Sequentially pr ess the ‘METERB AND’ button (10) until the short wav e band of your choice is select ed. 2. The sev[...]

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    18 5 BASIC RADIO OPERA TION con tinued SW BAND (meters) E5 FREQ. RANGE (kilohertz) 120m 90m 75m 60m 49m 41m 31m 25m 22m 19m 16m 13m 11m 2300-2495 3200-3400 3900-4000 4700-5100 5700-6500 6800-7700 9200-10000 11400-12200 13500-13900 15000-15800 17450-17950 21400-21900 25650-26150 E5 Auto-Tuning USING THE E5’s SSB (Single Side Band) FEA TURE (8) SSB[...]

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    19 lower sideband signals. F or best SSB signal clarity, placing the D X/LO- CAL swit ch in the L OCAL position ma y be desirable. SSB NOT E: If you’re new t o SSB, see the SSB chart in the LISTENING T O SHORTW A VE section, lat er in this manual. SIGNAL STR ENGTH INDICA TOR (37) The signal str ength indicat or (37) shows r elativ e str ength of [...]

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    20 3. L ong, 3 second pr ess of TIME Z ONE button. ‘T zone disappears from the displa y. Time Zone Abbr evia tion List ANC-Anchorage HNL -Honolulu BEG-Beijing JED-Jeddah BKK -Bangkok KHI-Kashi CAI-Cairo LAX-Los Angeles CCS-Car acas L ON-London CHI-Chicago NOU-Noumea DA C-Dhaka NY C-New Y ork City DEL - Delhi P AR-Paris DEN-Denv er RIO-De Janeiro [...]

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    21 5. Allow the minut es to s top ashing. The clock is set. T o view other time zones: This allows viewing o ther time zones without changing the home time zone. 1. Quick, short press o f TIME Z ONE button. ‘T zone’ appears in the display. 2. Use tuning knob to select desir ed time zone. Once select ed, that time zone’s time appears in the[...]

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    22 4. Use the tuning knob to se t the minutes. 5. Press the P AGE/TIME button. 6. Use the tuning knob to se t the wake-up v olume. 7. Press the P AGE/TIME button. 8. Use the tuning knob to se t the wake-up alarm’s pla y minutes. 9. Press the P AGE/TIME button. 10. Use the tuning knob to se t the page number. 11. Press one o f the F1-7 buttons t o[...]

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    23 The E5 has 700 memories (also called prese ts), arranged in 100 pages, with each page holding 7 memories. Buttons F1-7 r epresen t memory locations. STORING ST A TIONS INT O MEMORY Not e that when s toring int o an already occupied memory position, its con ten ts will be replaced with y our new entry. 1. T urn on the E5. 2. T une to the desired [...]

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    24 1. Select memory mode with the P AGE/TIME button (4). MEMO appears in the display. 2. Use the buttons t o select the desired memory page. 3. Press the EDIT butt on (7) until ‘_’ appears in the displa y (about 3 seconds). 4. Use the tuning knob to select the desir ed number or lett er. 5. Press the P AGE/TIME button t o select the next ‘_?[...]

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    25 1. Press and r elease the P AGE/TIME butt on (4), causing P AGE to appear in the display. 2. Press or hold do wn the CHECK button (14) and turn the tuning knob (40) to select the desir ed page. 3. While holding down the CHECK butt on press one o f the F1-F7 buttons no ting that the s tor ed frequency sho ws in the display. USING THE P AGE COPY /[...]

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    26 3. While holding down the ERA SE button (15), press the F1-7 butt on that y ou wish to er ase. Not e that the bo x surrounding the memory location disappears. 4. Release the ERA SE button. DELETING A LL MEMOR Y CON TEN TS Hold down the EDIT and SSB butt ons simultaneously, then pr ess RESET (2). This delet es the con ten ts of all memory pages. [...]

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    27 The light illumina tes the displa y and buttons. Ther e are thr ee light modes. Normal Mode: Pressing an y button activ at es the light. The ligh t automa tically turns off aft er 15 seconds. Always-On Mode: When po wer ed by its AC adap ter , the light remains alwa ys-on when the E5 is turned on. Manual Light-On/Off Mode: If the ligh t is off ,[...]

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    28 Not e the wide/narro w diagram in the displa y (36). AM/FM – The MUSIC/WIDE position crea tes a ‘brigh ter’ music sound. The NEWS/NARRO W position crea tes a less ‘brigh t’ sound. Shortwav e – The MUSIC/WIDE position crea tes the best audio del - ity. The NEWS/NARRO W position helps to minimize in terf erence from other s tations.[...]

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    29 Pull the folding s tand from the r ear of the E5, allowing viewing a t a com fortable angle. (see below) The rese t button is loca ted inside the small hole (3) labeled RESET . If the E5 opera tes err atically, pok e a paper clip int o the rese t hole to r eset its micr oprocessor . Performing a r eset does no t erase wha t is st ored in to the [...]

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    30 SW BANDS, SSB AND O THER SHORTWA VE HELP NEED HELP? CON T ACT US. Eton C orpora tion 1015 Corpor ation W ay Palo Alt o, CA 94030 USA U.S. S tat es: 1-800-872-2228 Canada: 1-800-637-1648 W orldwide: 650-903-3866 www.et oncorp.c om Hours of Oper ation: M-F , 8:30-4, Pacic Time. WHA T IS SHORTW A VE? Shortwav e is a broadcast fr equency range th[...]

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    31 is. In North America, the AM band is a frequency r ange stre tching from 530 t o 1710 kilohertz; the FM band is 88-108 megahertz. A band is a frequency r ange in which stations ar e locat ed. T o nd AM or FM sta tions you tune ar ound with the tuning buttons (or the tuning knob on an analog radio) un til you nd a s tation you lik e. Shortw[...]

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    BAND KIL OHERTZ (kHz) MEGAHERTZ (MHz) 120 m 2,300 - 2,495 MHz 2300 - 2495 kHz 90 m 3,20 - 3,40 MHz 3200 - 3400 kHz 75 m 3,90 - 4,05 MHz 3900 - 4050 kHz 60 m 4,750 - 5,1 MHz 4750 - 5100 kHz 49 m 5,73 - 6,3 MHz 5730 - 6300 kHz 41 m 6,89 - 7,60 MHz 6890 - 7600 kHz 31 m 9,25 - 9,95 MHz 9250 - 9995 kHz 25 m 11,5 - 12,2 MHz 11500 - 12200 kHz 22 m 13,57 -[...]

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    33 block shortwav e signals, it may be best t o hold the radio in y our hands and get v ery close to a window or use an e xternal ant enna mount ed next t o the window or outside. SHORTW AV E TIME ST A TIONS These sta tions broadcast Univ ersal Time (GMT), usually 24 hours per day. CHU-time(Canada) 3330 Best a t night CHU-time(Canada) 7335 Day/Nigh[...]

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    INTR ODUCTION TO SINGL E SIDEBAND (SSB ) Many higher-end shortwa ve r adios have special cir cuitry enabling SSB, a highly efcien t way of electr onically processing transmitt ed and receiv ed signals for tw o-way c ommunication. Ex amples of this are ama teur r adio (hams), maritime and aeronautical communica tion. Either upper side band (USB) [...]

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    Aeronautical SW Fr equency Ranges (usually USB) Maritime SW Frequency Ranges (usually USB) SHORTW AV E SSB WEA THER FREQUENCIES AND WEA THER F AX FREQUENCIES These are bes t found online by perf orming a search using y our fav or- ite In terne t search sit e, searching for ‘shortwa ve wea ther frequencies’; ‘w eather fax fr equencies’. Y ou[...]

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    SHORTW AV E MAGAZINES Monitoring Times: 7540 Highwa y 64 Wes t, Brass to wn, NC 28902, T elephone: (828) 837-9200/800-438-8155. W ebsite: http:/ /www.monitoringtimes.c om. Popular C ommunications: A publica tion of C Q Communica tions, Inc. 25 Newbridge Road, Hicks ville, N Y 11801-2953, USA. T elephone: 516-681-2922. www.popular-communications.c o[...]

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    37 WILL NO T TURN ON 1. Assure tha t the L OCK featur e is not engaged. 2. Assure tha t the radio has po wer (batteries ins talled or AC adap ter plugged in). 3. Assure tha t batt eries are insert ed with correct polarity 4. Assure tha t the batt eries are no t depleted 5. If using an AC adap ter , assure that it is plugged in to the household outl[...]

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    38 A ST A TION CAUSES SEVER E AUDIO DIST OR TION, BUT SEEMS TO BE V ERY STR ONG IN SIGNAL STR ENGTH This is probably a s trong, local s tation, very close t o your loca tion. Be- cause of its close pr oximity , its signal is too s trong. T o reduce signal str engths, place the DX/L OCAL swit ch into the L OCAL position. THE BA TTER Y COMP AR TMENT [...]

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    39 The receiv er will be serviced under the terms o f the Eton C orpora tion Limited W arran ty and re turned to you. ONE Y EAR LIMITED W ARRANTY Etón warran ts to the original pur chaser this product shall be free from de fects in ma terial or w orkmanship for one y ear from the da te of original pur chase. During the warran ty period Etón or an[...]

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    (2) Misuse, abuse, neglect or improper ins tallation. (3) Acciden tal or int entional damage. (4) Batt ery leakage. All implied warran ties, if any , including warran ties of mer chantability and tness for a particular purpose, t erminat e one (1) year fr om the dat e of the original pur chase. The foregoing c onstitut es Eton Corpor ation en ti[...]

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    Etón Corpora tion Corpor at e Headquarters 1015 Corpor ation W ay Palo Alt o, California 94303 US A 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 Str eet, Suit e 1801 T oron to, Ontario M5E 1W7 Canada tel + 1 416-21[...]