Eton E1 manual

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1 E1 AM/FM/Shortwave Radio E 1 MANU AL 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 AR TY : etón Corpor ation 1015 Corporation W ay Palo Alto , CA 94303 USA TEL: (650) 903-3866 TRADE NAME: etón Corpor ation M[...]

2 3 1. Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions - T he 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 instructi[...]

4 5 2 T ABLE OF CONTENTS E 1 MANU AL THANK Y OU FOR PURCHASING THE etón E1 RECEIVER. THIS RECEIVER HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND MANUF ACTURED T O HIGH QUAL- I TY ST ANDARDS, AND WILL PRO VIDE RELIABLE OPERATION FOR MANY YEARS . PLEASE CAREFULL Y READ THE OWNER’S MANU AL IN O RDER TO TAKE ADV ANTA GE OF THE MANY INTERESTING FEA TURES THA T WILL PRO VIDE[...]

6 7 T he et ón E1 is a micr opro cesso r cont roll ed, syn thes ized, worl d band r eceiv er wit h conti nuou s cover age capa bilit y from 1 00 kHz t hroug h 30 MHz a nd from 7 6 MHz thro ugh 108 MHz whic h inc ludes the AM broadca st and shor tw ave ban ds as wel l as the F M broad cast b and. T he receiv er offers excel lent sensi tivit y , sel[...]

8 9 B A TTER Y CONDI TION Batt ery co nditi on can b e obser ved whe n the un it is turn ed on or i f the ‘L IGHT’ b utto n is pres sed if n o A C ADAP TER is conn ecte d to the rec eiver . W hen the POWE R k ey is pres sed, or when the ‘LI GHT’ butto n is pres sed, a scree n wil l be observe d simi lar to the follo w- ing il lust rat ion d[...]

10 11 FIG URE 1: E1 INST ALLA TION DIA GRAM INST ALLA TION continued E 1 MANU AL Low Im peda nce Antenn a T o T ape Rec orde r or Ste reo Sy stem F rom CD o r T ape P layer P AL Conn ecto r TV/F M Spli tter Exte rnal Spea k er Ster eo Hea dphon es REAR V IEW LEFT V IEW INST ALLA TION continued 278- 265B adapt er , sold by Radio Shac k, Mapl in Elec[...]

12 13 knob w ill be i neffe ctiv e , a nd “LO CK” an d “TUN L OCK“ will appe ar on the LCD display . T o return to normal oper ating mode , once again press the ‘CLE AR/LO CK’ ke y for th ree se conds .T his contr ol can a lso be us ed whe n the recei ver is turne d off . Press ‘C LEAR /LOCK ’ for 3 sec- onds . A mes sage will appea[...]

14 15 will be active . Press ing this softk ey a seco nd time tog - gles to the A UX func tion which causes the softk ey lab el to app ear as “ FM / A UX ”. T he A UX fun ction a llow s ster eo aud io fed in to the L INE IN co nnec tor on th e side pane l to be fe d to the in tern al spea k er or to h ead- phon es plugge d into the stereo headp[...]

16 17 T he 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 . T here are several other screens which may appear on this display under various conditions. T hese additional conditions will be covered later . 1. SIGNAL T he signal meter indica[...]

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’ softkey once . Then press ‘Direct-K ey-Input’ key ‘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. The selectable sideband tuning and detection not only aids reception by permitting tuning to the stronger or less distorted sideband, but also per- mits rejecti[...]

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. T he remaining 1200 are referred to as COUNTRY channels. More on COUNTRY in the next section. T he 500 MEMOR Y channels are displayed in g[...]

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 tak es place. However , if you enter a four digit number , the channel change will occ[...]

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

30 31 E 1 MANU AL E1 MENUS continued MAIN MENU 1. RADIO SETTINGS - Pressing ‘1' takes you to the RADIO SETTINGS menu which allows setting par ameters 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 - Pressin[...]

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

34 35 E 1 MANU 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 operation. It appears as shown in the following illustration. CLOCK M[...]

36 37 E 1 MANU AL 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 T imer 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 MEM[...]

38 39 E 1 MANU 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 me[...]

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. The two- event timer funct[...]

SETT ING TI MER ON/ OFF TIM ES Ente r the TIMER S menu by pressin g the ‘ MENU’ k ey to reach MAIN MENU , and the n pres sing the ‘5' k ey on the ‘Dir ect- K ey- Input’ k eypa d. T his brin gs up the TIMERS menu as shown below . TIME RS (1) Press ‘ 1' on the ‘Direc t-K ey-Inp ut’ k eyp ad. T his will c ause th e menu n umb[...]

ENAB LING /DIS ABLI NG TIME R OPERA TIO N Pres s the ‘ TIME’ butto n. T his will activ ate the T IMER 1 displ ay . It will appea r as shown in the “E NABLI NG/D ISABL ING TIME R” ill ustr ati on whi ch fol lows . ENAB LING /DIS ABLI NG TIME R T his d ispla y shows t he sta rt time a nd sto p time se t for TIMER 1 as w ell as th e MEMO R Y o[...]

• Pressing the ‘LIGHT’ k ey 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’ k ey wi[...]

Prog ra m ON/OF F time rs (sta rtin g 53) • Press ME NU to ac tiv ate MAI N MENU • Press ‘5' to activ ate TIME RS men u. • Press ‘1' and set TIM ER 1 ON time using Key pad. • Press ‘ ST ORE’ to save . • Press ‘2' and set TIM ER 1 OFF time using ke ypad . • Press ‘ ST ORE’ to save . • Press ‘3' and s[...]

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 pre[...]

Y ou may contact etón Corpor ation Service Department for additional information or assistance by calling toll- free Monday through Friday , 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 [...]

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 A UTO CLOCK DST is OFF , press 2 to turn it on if you want automatic day- light saving time (recommended). F or 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 MANU AL Aud io P ower ( inte rnal o r exter nal sp eak er): • 1.25 W nomina l - bat tery oper ati on • 3 W nominal - Oper atio n from 9 VDC • AC A dapt er Int ernal Spea ker: 4 " (10.1 6 cm). 8 Ohms Lin e Audi o Output • Ster eo lef t and rig ht. • 300 mV , 1K ohms for each output. Lin e Audi o Inpu[...]

BLOCK DIAGRAM - etón E1 SIGNAL FLOW BLOCK DIAGRAM 64 65 E 1 MANU AL[...]

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