Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product S350DL Eton
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S350DL AM/FM/Shortwa v e Radio OWNER’S MANU A L.
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1 S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL DO Y OU NEED HELP? Contact Us. Etón Corpor ation 1015 Corpor ation Way Palo Alt o, CA 94303, USA. 1-800-872-2228 (U.S.); 1-800-637-1648 (Canada); 650-903-3866 (worldwide); M-F , 8:30-4:30, Pacic S tandard TIme; www.e tonc orp.
T ABL E OF CON TEN TS 2 S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL IN TRODUCTION...................................................................................................... MAJOR FEA TURES OF THE MODEL S30DL........................................ C ON TROL L OCA TIONS.
1 IN TRODUCTION S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL 3 S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL This owner’s manual is c onveniently divided in to tw o sections, BA SIC OPERA TION and INTR ODUCTION T O SHOR TW A VE.
3 CON TROL L OCA TIONS 4 S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL Po wer & Sleep Button Alarm Set Butt on Time Set Butt on Hour Set Butt on Minute Se t Button Alarm On/Off Button Backlight/Snoo ze Button Batt ery.
5 3 C ONTR OL L OCA TIONS continued S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL.
6 4 CONNECTING T O POWER USING BA TTERIES Open the batt ery compartmen t and insert 4 size D batt eries (also called UM-1) accor ding to the polar - ity diagram imprin ted on the batt ery compartmen t oor. Please not e the following r egarding batt ery opera tion: • The S350DL has a batt ery power indica tor in the L CD.
7 6 TURNING THE RADIO ON AND OFF 7 SIGNAL STR ENGTH INDICA T OR When you ar e listening to s tations, the signal s trength me ter , in the upper right ar ea of the displa y, will show the str ength lev el of r eception.
8 9 TUNING IN AM ST A TIONS S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL TUNING IN AM ST A TIONS (MW) T urn on the radio and set the AM/S W BAND switch to the AM position and the bandwidth swit ch to wide or narro w. MW appears in the display. Use the outer ‘ fast’ tuning knob t o nd stations, ne tuning with the inner ‘slow’ knob when needed.
9 10 TUNING IN SHOR TWA V E ST A TIONS continued S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL place the BAND WID TH con trol in the NARR OW position. If there is no in terfer ence, leave it in the WIDE position. If there is e xcess backgr ound noise, turn on the SW LPF swit ch, which may minimize the noise.
12 USING THE SLEEP TIMER 10 The S350DL includes a sleep timer, which le ts you se t the radio t o turn off a fter an amount o f time of y our choice. On the S350DL, the sleep timer is automa tically activat ed for 90 minutes whenev er the radio is turned on.
11 14 USING THE BA CKLIGHT S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL The S350DL has a backlight t o light the display in low ligh t situations. It can be activa ted with the follo wing two me thods. 1. T o tempor arily light the display , perform a quick, short press on the B ACKLIGHT butt on.
12 16 USING THE LINE OUT SOCK ETS The line out socke ts (RCA socke ts), labeled L, R, pro vide industry standar d left and right s ter eo line lev el outputs that can be used t o feed audio t o a tape rec order , st ereo s yst em, or any device with audio line lev el inputs.
13 19 IN TRODUCTION T O SHORTW A V E S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL Shortwav e enables you to hear s tations fr om around the w orld. Now tha t you hav e a shortwave radio, no doub t you’ll want to hear worldwide s tations right awa y.
14 22 SHOR TWA V E BANDS BAND MEGAHER TZ (MHz) (as on some models) S350DL switch se tting S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL 120 met ers 2,300-2,500 MHz 2300- 2500 KHz SW1 90 met ers 3,20-3,40 MHz 3200-3400 KHz.
15 23 DA Y BANDS / NIGHT B ANDS DA Y BANDS / NIGHT BANDS – THE DIFFERENCE IS V ERY IMPOR T ANT Because shortwav e signals depend on such factors as the sun, the ionosphere and in teraction with the earth itself , signals cannot be hear d on all bands throughout the da y.
25 EV ENING/NIGHT LISTENING This is the best time t o listen, because the br oadcasters ar e delibera tely tr ansmitting to North America. These bands may be e xtremely good around sunse t and sunrise too. IMPOR T ANT NOT E: Getting close to a window ma y substantially impro ve your r eception.
S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL This Etón product, as supplied and dis tributed by Etón is warran ted by Etón against manufacturing def ects in material and w orkmanship for the f.
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S350DL OWNER’S MANU AL Etón Corpora tion Corpor at e Headquarters 1015 Corpor ation Wa y Palo Alt o, California 94303 USA tel +1 650-903-3866 tel +1 800-872-2228 fax +1 650-903-3867 Etón Eur ope/L.
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