Eton Elite E100 manual

E1 00 AM/FM/Shortwa v e Radio OWNER’S MANU A L[...]

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DO Y OU NEED HELP ? W e want y ou t o thoroughly enjo y the use of y our E100 r adio. If you need help while learning its oper ation, please c ontact us, using the me thods below. Monda y-Friday , 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., North American P acic Time. 1-800-872-2228 fr om the U.S. 1-800-637-1648 fr om Canada 1-650-903-3866, w orldwide F AX: 650-903-[...]

T ABL E OF C ON TEN TS 2 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL IN TR ODUCTION................................................................................................................................ FEA TURES............................................................................................................................................ DIA GRAMS[...]

3 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL 1 IN TR ODUCTION Thank y ou for pur chasing the E100 AM/FM/Shortwav e Radio. This r adio has been designed and manufactur ed to high quality standar ds, and will pr ovide r eliable oper ation f or man y years. Please car efully r ead the Owner’s Manual in or der to tak e advan tage of the man y int [...]

2 FEA TUR ES 4 MAJOR FEA TURES OF THE E100 • SHOR TW A VE: 1711 - 29.995 KHz • FM 87.0 - 108.0MHz; MW 520 - 1710 • Manual and A uto-Scan T uning • Dir ect K eypad Fr equency Entry • Manual/A uto Scan t o scan the prese t sta tions • Fine-T uning Con tr ol Knob • 200 Random Pr ogr ammable Memories • Memory P age Cust omizing • 9/10[...]

5 3 DIA GRAMS T elescopic An tenna L CD Display POWER/SL EEP Fine T uning Con trol Up/Hour Down/Min. Memory Scan/Page Butt on FM ST . Alarm Button Light Snoo ze Button FM-MW-SW Band Butt on SW Me ter Band Butt on Ent er/Sys. Se t E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 FR ONT LEFT SIDE RIGHT SIDE Memory &[...]

6 3 DIA GRAMS con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL RADIO OFF DISPLA Y RADIO ON DISPLA Y MEMOR Y DISPLA Y SHOR TW A V E METER BAND DISPLA Y 2 6 2 7 2 8 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 3 0 2 9 3 3 3 7 2 6 2 7 2 8 3 6 3 4 3 1 3 5 3 8 3 9 4 2 4 1 4 0 Re fers only t o the display’s upper righ t corner . MEMOR Y DISPLA Y Re fers only t o the display’s upper righ t corn[...]

7 4 GETTING ST AR T ED E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL WHA T THE E100 INCL UDES • Earbud style earphones • Ba tteries • Carrying pouch No te: In the instructions belo w, numbers in paren thesis ( ), r ef er to the diagr ams. INST AL LING BA TTERIES Install 2 AA alk aline batt eries in to the ba ttery c ompartment (25), observing[...]

8 5 B ASIC RADIO OPERA TION E100 OWNER’S MANU AL IMPOR T ANT INITIA L SET -UP 1. Assur e that the r adio is unlocked, using the L OCK switch (24) on righ t side of the r adio by pushing it down, t o the OFF position. This swit ch can be used to lock the r adio when it is no t in use or when tr av eling. (Not e that this does no t deactiva t e the[...]

9 5 B ASIC RADIO OPERA TION con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL V OL UME AND TONE C ON TROL S • The v olume con tr ol (23), labeled VOL UME, is locat ed on the right side o f the radio. T o change the v olume, ro tat e the volume c ontr ol knob. • The t one con tr ol (22), on the right side o f the r adio is labeled L OW/HI[...]

5 B ASIC RADIO OPERA TION con tinued 10 TUNING IN ST A TIONS F our Wa ys to T une in S tations Belo w, four wa ys to tune s tations ar e described. The y are R egular T uning, Aut o-scan T uning, Dir ect Fr equency Entry and Fine T uning. 1. R EGULAR TUNING (also called manual tuning) Quick, short pr esses of the Up/Hour-Do wn/Min. buttons (5,6) en[...]

11 5 B ASIC RADIO OPERA TION con tinued 5.975 MHz), use the me thod described pre viously. 1. Pr ess/r elease the ‘Ent er’ (13) button. 2. En ter the fr equency using the numeric k eypad. 3. Pr ess/r elease the ‘Ent er’ button again. 4. FINE TUNING The FINE TUNING c ontr ol (4) is loca ted on the righ t side of the r adio. It tunes in 1 Kil[...]

12 6 CL OCK AND ALARM FEA TUR ES con tinued twice or just wait un til the clock digits st op ashing. SETTING THE A LARM Se t the alarm with the instructions belo w. Not e that the alarm mus t be activ at ed to function. A fter se tting the alarm time, be sur e to r ead the ne xt section titled A CTIV A TING AND DEA CTIV A TING THE A LARM. The al[...]

13 6 CL OCK AND ALARM FEA TUR ES con tinued s ymbol (31) appears ashing in the display. While it is ashing, pr ess/ r elease the SNOO ZE/LIGHT button (10). The r adio will turn off and then turn on again in 10 minut es. This process can be r epeat ed 3 times. A CTIV A TING AND DEACTIV A TING THE ALARM The alarm is activ at ed and deactiva t e[...]

14 7 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL 2. T une to the desir ed sta tion. 3. Pr ess/r elease the Mem.&Edit button (15). No t e that the memory number digits (38) ash in the upper righ t corner o f the displa y. The memory page number, P#, also appears, but does no t ash. 4. Within 5 sec onds use the numeric k eypad t [...]

15 7 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL Do wn/Min. buttons (5,6). Y ou will see the memory page change with each pr ess. When the page of y our choice is r eached, st op pr essing. 3. When nished, either pr ess/r elease the M.Scan/Page butt on, or wait about 3 sec onds, causing the memory page to be en [...]

16 7 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL Memory Auto-Scan Memory A uto-scan enables scanning thr ough the memories within the select ed memory page. Each lled memory is accessed for about 5 sec onds, aft er which the scan mo ve on t o the ne xt used memory aut omatically , sta ying on it for about 5 sec onds. This c ontinues i[...]

17 7 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL 5. Pr ess/r elease the Mem.&Edit button (15). 6. Within 5 sec onds use the numeric k eypad t o ent er the memory number tha t you wish t o st ore the s tation in t o. 7. Within 5 sec onds pr ess/release the Mem.&Edit butt on. DEL ETING A FREQUENCY ST ORED IN [...]

18 7 WORKING WITH MEMOR Y con tinued C ODE NO. DESCRIPTION 8 SY ST EM SET C ODES AND THE SY STEM SET C ODE T ABL E E100 OWNER’S MANU AL page having 25 memories, f or a t otal o f 200 memories. Y ou can change this se t-up. The number of memory pages can be se t to y our choice of 4, 5, 8 or 20. This changes the number o f frequencies st or ed per[...]

19 8 SY ST EM SET C ODES AND THE SY STEM SET C ODE T ABL E con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL CHANGING SY STEM SET C ODES T o ent er a sys tem c ode o f your choice, use the pr ocedur e below. 1. T urn off the r adio. 2. Pr ess/r elease the ‘Sys. Se t’ button (13). No t e that ‘- - ‘ (41) appears in the upper righ t co[...]

20 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL 3. Within 5 sec onds, ent er 12 with the numeric k eypad, then immedia tely pr ess/r elease the button labeled EN T ER. ‘12H’ briey appears in the displa y. DEF AUL T F ACT ORY S YST EM SET C ODES When shipped fr om the factory , the r adio’s Sys tem Se t Code T able is se t up as follo ws. Changes can be made via[...]

21 9 O THER E100 INFORMA TION E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL USING THE LIGHT A quick, short pr ess/r elease of the SNOO ZE/LIGHT button (10), loca ted a t the top o f the r adio, will turn on the display ligh t, shining fr om the right side o f the display , for about 10 sec onds. A longer , 5 sec ond pr ess/release o f the butt on w[...]

22 9 O THER E100 INFORMA TION con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL PR EV EN TING BA TT ER Y ACID L EAKAGE T o av oid batt ery acid leakage, only use high quality alk aline or r echar geable nickel-me tal-h ydride batt eries. Nev er in termix old with new, or diff eren t br ands or types of ba tt eries. If the batt eries leak, don’t thr ow them awa y[...]

23 10 TR OUBLESHOO TING con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL CL OCK SHOWS IN DISPLA Y , BUT RADIO WIL L NOT TURN ON Ther e ar e two possibilities: dead ba tteries or the L OCK switch is ON. SHUTS OFF ABRUPTL Y WHILE PLA YING DURING BA TTER Y USE This is caused by deple ted ba tteries. R eplace them. SHUTS OFF ABRUPTL Y WHILE BEI[...]

24 10 TR OUBLESHOO TING con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL A ST A TION CAUSES SEV ERE A UDIO DIST ORTION, BUT SEEMS T O BE V ER Y STRONG IN SIGNA L STR ENGTH This is pr obably a str ong, local sta tion, very close t o your loca tion. Be - cause o f its close pro ximity t o you, its signal is t oo str ong. T o r educe signal str engths, place the AN [...]

25 11 LIST ENING T O SHOR TW A V E ST A TIONS c ontinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL • Ar ound sunset and sunrise, bo th the day and nigh t bands ma y be good, some times ex ceptionally good. Lis t ening at these times can o ften be quit e r ewar ding. • Signal str engths ar e oft en str onger when holding the r adio in your h[...]

26 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL righ t corner . A UTO-SCAN TUNING WHIL E IN SHOR TWA V E In shortwav e, aut o-scan tuning only auto-scans in the shortwav e fr equency r anges not ed in the Band Chart belo w. T o tune shortwav e fr equencies that ar e in-between these r anges, or outside of these r anges, use one of the o ther tuning me thods, e.g. Regula[...]

27 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL PUBLICA TIONS THA T PRO VIDE MOR E DET AILED SHOR TWA V E INFORMA TION Ther e ar e two e x cellent publica tion that pr ovide v ery de tailed short - wav e in forma tion, including a listing o f all world-wide shortwa ve sta tions, their specic fr equencies, br oadcast times and tar get ar eas. Th[...]

28 12 SHOR TW A V E LIST ENING GUIDE E100 OWNER’S MANU AL UNDERST ANDING SHORTW A VE B ANDS: THE K EY TO ENJO YING Y OUR SHOR TWA V E RADIO Intr oduction No w that y ou hav e a shortwav e radio, no doub t y ou’ll want t o hear w orldwide sta tions right awa y. If you’r e new t o shortwav e, please tak e some time to learn the basics outlined [...]

29 12 SHOR TW A V E LIST ENING GUIDE con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL sho wn here. L ook at y our r adio’s tuning scale or digital display (or o wner’s manual) to de termine which fr equency designation it uses in shortwav e. Most r adios use the abbre via tions KHz and MHz. On some shortwav e r adios these fr equencies [...]

30 12 SHOR TW A V E LIST ENING GUIDE con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL BAND MEGAHER TZ (MHz) KIL OHER TZ (KHz) 120 m 2.300-2.500 MHz 2300-2500 KHz 90 m 3.20-3.40 MHz 3200-3400 KHz 75 m 3.90-4.00 MHz 3900-4000 KHz 60 m 4.750-5.060 MHz 4750-5060 KHz 49 m 5.950-6.20 MHz 5950-6200 KHz 41 m 7.10-7.60 MHz 7100-7600 KHz 31 m 9.20-9.90 MHz 9500-9900 KHz 25[...]

31 12 SHOR TW A V E LIST ENING GUIDE con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL C onsult your o wner’s manual for ins truction on how t o access the bands on y our radio or call Etón C orpor ation if it’s no t clear t o you. SUNSET AND SUNRISE – OFT EN THE V ER Y BEST TIME TO LIST EN W e ar e oft en ask ed whether ther e is a t[...]

12 SHOR TW A V E LIST ENING GUIDE con tinued 32 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL D A Y B ANDS CHARACT ERISTICS 13m R esults vary. W orth trying. Some times e xtr emely good around sunrise and sunse t. 16m Similar t o 19m. 19m 22m Similar t o 19m. 25m Best ar ound sunrise and sunset. Ma y be good mid-da y in East ern North America. 31m Similar t o 25m. The be[...]

33 12 SHOR TW A V E LIST ENING GUIDE con tinued E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL EV ENING/NIGHT LIST ENING This is the best time t o list en, because the broadcas ters ar e deliber - a tely tr ansmitting t o North America. These bands may be e xtr emely good ar ound sunset and sunrise t oo. Best nigh t bands ar e shown in BOLD prin t i[...]

34 13 W arr anty R egistr a tion E100 OWNER’S MANU AL T o ensur e full warr anty c ov er age or pr oduct updat es, r egistr ation o f y our Etón or Grundig product should be c omple te as soon as possible a fter pur chase or receip t. T o r egist er your r adio, please select one of the f ollowing me thods: 1) R egist er by visiting our websit e[...]

35 14 LIMIT ED W ARRAN TY T O THE ORIGINA L CUST OMER E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL This Etón or Grundig br and pr oduct, as supplied and distribut ed by Etón C orpora tion (Etón) is warr ant ed by Etón against manufacturing de fects in ma t erial and workmanship f or the follo wing limit ed warr anty period: One (1) y ear parts[...]

14 LIMIT ED W ARRAN TY T O THE ORIGINA L CUST OMER 36 E100 OWNER’S MANU AL supplied by Etón; acciden ts, misuse, abuse, neglect, misapplication, r e, wat er , lightning, or o ther acts of na tur e; incorr ect line volt - age, uctua tions or surges; damage caused by impr oper or faulty installa tion (including ba tteries, which ma y cr eat [...]

37 15 SER VICE INFORMA TION E100 OWNER’S MANU AL E100 OWNER’S MANU AL SER VICE Y OUR ETÓN OR GRUNDIG PRODUCT T o obtain service f or y our Etón or Grundig product we r ec ommend rst c ontacting an Etón service r epr esenta tiv e at 800-872-2228 US, 800-637-1648 Canada or (650) 903-3866 f or problem de termina - tion and tr ouble-shooting.[...]

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