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E100 OPERATION MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS DO YOU NEED HELP? We want you to thoroughly enjoy the use of your E100 radio. If you need help while learning its operation, please contact us, using the methods below. 1 2 3 4 Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., North American Pacific Time. 1-800-872-2228 from the U.S. 1-800-637-1648 from Canada 1-650-903-3866, worldwide FAX: 650-903-3867 customersvc@etoncorp.com www.etoncorp.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL 1 INTRODUCTION 2 FEATURES Thank you for purchasing the E100 AM/FM/Shortwave Radio. This radio has been designed and manufactured to high quality standards, and will provide reliable operation for many years. Please carefully read the Owner’s Manual in order to take advantage of the many interesting features of the E100. MAJOR FEATURES OF THE E100 • SHORTWAVE: 1711 - 29.995 KHz • FM 87.0 - 108.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL 3 DIAGRAMS DIAGRAMS FRONT 1 Telescopic Antenna 2 LCD Display 3 POWER/SLEEP continued RADIO OFF DISPLAY RADIO ON DISPLAY Clock Digits 4 Fine Tuning Control 5 Up/Hour 6 Down/Min. Battery Symbol Battery Symbol 26 27 26 Memory Scan/Page Button FM ST.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL 4 GETTING STARTED 5 BASIC RADIO OPERATION WHAT THE E100 INCLUDES • Earbud style earphones • Batteries • Carrying pouch IMPORTANT INITIAL SET-UP 1. Assure that the radio is unlocked, using the LOCK switch (24) on right side of the radio by pushing it down, to the OFF position. This switch can be used to lock the radio when it is not in use or when traveling. (Note that this does not deactivate the alarm feature). NOTE: In the instructions below, numbers in parenthesis ( ), 2.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued 2. Timer-Defeat Method This method defeats the automatic 120 minute timer and causes the radio to stay on until deliberately turned off, until the batteries drain or indefinitely if used with an AC adaptor. Hold down the POWER button for about 3 seconds, then release. Note that ‘120’ and the sleep timer symbol do not appear when this method is used.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued 6 CLOCK AND ALARM FEATURES 3. DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY When the desired frequency is known, it can be entered via the numeric keypad (14) and the ‘Enter’ button (13). First, make sure that the correct band is selected - AM, FM or SW. SETTING THE CLOCK The factory has set the clock to function as a 24-hour format clock. If you prefer a 12 hour, AM/PM clock format, see the section titled CHANGING THE CLOCK FROM 24 TO 12 HOUR FORMAT, on page 22.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL CLOCK AND ALARM FEATURES continued 7 WORKING WITH MEMORY To set the alarm: 1. Turn the radio off. The alarm clock digits (30) appear in the upper right corner of the display. At the factory, the E100 is set up with 8 pages of memory, each page holding 25 frequencies. This enables storing of 200 frequencies into memory. This factory setting can be changed and tailored to your personal needs or can be left as-is.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL WORKING WITH MEMORY continued WORKING WITH MEMORY continued SELECTING/CHANGING MEMORY PAGES If you are not interested in changing memory pages and wish to keep the original factory memory page setting, skip this section. At the factory, the E100 is set up to access memory page 1 when storing a frequency. You can leave this as-is or change to a different memory page. We suggest learning first to store stations into memory page 1 before changing to other pages.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL WORKING WITH MEMORY continued WORKING WITH MEMORY continued Memory Auto-Scan Memory Auto-scan enables scanning through the memories within the selected memory page. Each filled memory is accessed for about 5 seconds, after which the scan move on to the next used memory automatically, staying on it for about 5 seconds. This continues indefinitely on the selected page until deliberately stopped. Unused memories are not accessed.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL WORKING WITH MEMORY continued DELETING ALL MEMORY CONTENTS OF A PAGE 1. Press/release the M.Scan/Page button (7). 2. Press/hold the Mem.&Edit button (15) for 4 seconds and then release it. ‘Del’ (39) appears flashing in the display. 8 SYSTEM SET CODES AND THE SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE Please review the System Set Code Table, below. System Set Codes allow the radio to be tailored to your needs by changing certain programmable functions.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL SYSTEM SET CODES AND THE SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE continued SYSTEM SET CODES AND THE SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE continued CHANGING SYSTEM SET CODES To enter a system code of your choice, use the procedure below. DEFAULT FACTORY SYSTEM SET CODES When shipped from the factory, the radio’s System Set Code Table is set up as follows. Changes can be made via the procedure shown in the section titled CHANGING SYSTEM SET CODES. 1. Turn off the radio. 2. Press/release the ‘Sys. Set’ button (13).
E100 OPERATION MANUAL 9 OTHER E100 INFORMATION OTHER E100 INFORMATION USING THE LIGHT A quick, short press/release of the SNOOZE/LIGHT button (10), located at the top of the radio, will turn on the display light, shining from the right side of the display, for about 10 seconds. A longer, 5 second press/release of the button will cause it to stay on indefinitely (note that this will greatly decrease battery life). Turn off the light with a quick short press of the button.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL 10 TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING RESET PROCEDURE When performing a ‘reset’, assure that the batteries in use are good. If the radio does not function and the solutions below do not resolve the problem, perform a ‘reset’. To do this, slide the RESET switch, on the bottom of the E100, in the direction of the arrow. OPERATES ERRATICALLY Perform a RESET, as described in the section titled RESET PROCEDURE. WILL NOT TURN ON 1.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL 11 LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS Shortwave enables listening to stations from around the world. To get you started, some basics are noted below. Also see the SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE in this manual. There are two ways to access a band. Each method places the tuner at the beginning of the accessed band’s frequency range. • Night shortwave reception is almost always better than daytime shortwave.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS continued SHORTWAVE BAND CHART OF AUTO-SCANING RANGES BAND METER 30 FREQUENCY RANGE (kilohertz) 120 2250 - 2550 90 3150 - 3450 75 3850 - 4050 60 4700 - 5100 49 5800 - 6300 41 7100 - 7500 31 9400 - 1000 25 11500 - 12150 22 13500 - 13900 19 15000 - 15900 16 17450 - 18000 15 18850 - 19100 13 21450 - 21950 11 25600 - 26100 LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS continued PUBLICATIONS THAT PROVIDE MORE DETAILED SHORTWAVE INFORMATI
E100 OPERATION MANUAL 12 SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE UNDERSTANDING SHORTWAVE BANDS: THE KEY TO ENJOYING YOUR SHORTWAVE RADIO For example, the 19 meter shortwave band encompasses the frequency range of 15100 to 15600 kilohertz. In the chart below is a list of the shortwave bands used for international shortwave broadcasts and their corresponding frequency ranges. Since some radios show frequency in megahertz and some in kilohertz, both are shown here.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE 34 continued BAND MEGAHERTZ (MHz) KILOHERTZ (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 m 11.600-12.200 MHz 11600-12100 KHz 22 m 13.570-13.870 MHz 13570-13870 KHz 19 m 15.10-15.80 MHz 15100-15800 KHz 16 m 17.480-17.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE continued DAYTIME LISTENING Shortwave listening is generally at its poorest during the daylight hours of about 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The major reason for this is that the broadcasters are not transmitting to North America at this time, assuming that we are all either at work or at school and are not able to listen during the day. If you want to try daytime listening, use the guidelines below.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL 13 WARRANTY REGISTRATION 14 LIMITED WARRANTY TO THE ORIGINAL CUSTOMER To ensure full warranty coverage or product updates, registration of your etón or Grundig product should be complete as soon as possible after purchase or receipt.
E100 OPERATION MANUAL LIMITED WARRANTY TO THE ORIGINAL CUSTOMER continued This limited warranty covers manufacturing defects in material and workmanship encountered in normal, noncommercial use of this product and shall not apply to the following, including, but not limited to: damage which occurs due to applications and uses for which the product was not intended; failures or problems which are caused by products or equipment not supplied by etón; accidents, misuse, abuse, neglect, misapplication, fire, w
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