Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product E10 Eton
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E10 OPERA TION MANU AL www .etoncorp .com AM/FM/SHOR TW A VE RADIO.
DO Y OU NEED HELP?.....................................................2 T ABLE OF CONTENTS.....................................................3 MAJOR FEA TURES OF THE etón E10............................. 4 DIAGRAMS ................................
4 E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 5 3 MAJOR FEA TURES OF THE etón E10 • FM F requency Range: 87 – 108 MHz (F or America); 76 – 108 MHz (For Japan) • Shortwave F requency Range: 1711 – 29999KHz • 9.
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 7 6 5 GETTING ST AR TED WHA T THE E10 INCLUDES • Earbud style earphones • Carrying pouch • AC adaptor/charger • 4 - 1100 mAh, Ni-MH rechargeable batteries. • Owner’ s manual NOTE: In the instructions below , numbers in parenthesis ( ), refer to the diagrams .
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 9 8 6 B ASIC RADIO OPERA TION TURNING THE E10 ON AND OFF T he E10 can be turned on by the two methods shown below . To turn it off , press the POWER/SLEEP button (1). 1. BA TTER Y SA VER/TIMER METHOD: P erform a quick, short press of the POWER/SLEEP button (1).
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 11 10 B ASIC RADIO OPERA TION continued LOCKING THE TUNING KNOB T o prevent accidentally tuning off of the radio sta- tion, the tuning knob can be locked while the r adio is turned on. T o lock it, press and hold the TUNING MODE button for about three seconds .
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 13 12 CLOCK AND TIMER FEA TURES continued When the timer activates , it turns on the radio , with the timer activation symbol appear flashing in the display . The radio will play the station stored into timer memory for 30 minutes or until you turn the radio off with the POWER/SLEEP button.
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 15 14 W ORKING WITH MEMOR Y continued ACCESSING WHA T IS STORED INTO MEMOR Y T here are three ways to access what has been stored into memory: Direct Memory Access , Manual Memory Search and Memory Auto-scan. These three methods are described below .
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 17 16 9 SY STEM SET CODES CODE NUMBER 00 (factory default setting) 20 25 50 09 10 12 24 22 28 29 76 87 (factory default setting) IN DISPLA Y 10:50 20:25 25:20 50:10 9kHz 10kHz 1.
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 19 18 10 ADDITIONAL E10 CONTROLS USING THE LIGHT A quick, short press/release of the SNOOZE/LIGHT button (7), located on the front of the radio’ s upper right corner , will turn on the display light, shining from the left side of the display , for about 5 seconds .
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 21 20 LISTENING T O SHORTW A VE ST A TIONS continued SELECTING A SHORTW A VE METER BAND WITH THE E10 All 14 of the international broadcast bands can be accessed with the E10. T he bands are numbered 120, 90, 75, 60, 49, 31, 25, 22, 19, 16, 15, 13 and 11 meters and are commonly called ‘Meter Bands’.
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 23 22 LISTENING T O SHORTW A VE ST A TIONS continued SHORTW A VE PUBLICA TIONS: FINDING SPECIFIC ST A TIONS T o help find specific stations and their broadcast times , frequencies and target areas , review the two excellent publications shown below .
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 25 24 UNDERST ANDING SHOR TW A VE BANDS continued THE GENERAL SHORTW A VE BAND CHART , SHOWN BELOW , SHOWS ALL OFFICIALL Y ALLOCA TED SHORTWA VE BANDS. 120m 90m 75m 60m 49m 41m 31m 25m 22m 19m 16m 13m 11m 2.300-2.500MHz 3.20-3.40 MHz 3.
UNDERST ANDING SHOR TW A VE BANDS continued E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 27 26 NIGHT BAND CHART NIGHT BANDS 25m 31m 41m 49m CHARACTERISTICS Similar to 31m Good all night everywhere . Often extremely good at sunrise and sunset. Good results often start about an hour before sunset.
14 W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 29 28 13 TROUBLESHOO TING RESET PROCEDURE T he RESET button is on the bottom of the E10. When performing a reset, have good batteries in the radio or power it with an AC adaptor and turn it off . P erform a reset if the solutions outlined below don’t resolve the issue .
E10 OPERA TION MANU AL 31 30 16 SER VICE INFORMA TION SERVICE YOUR ETÓN OR GRUNDIG PRODUCT T o obtain service for your etón or Grundig product we recommend first contacting an etón service representative at 800-872-2228 US , 800-637-1648 Canada or (650) 903-3866 for problem determination and trouble-shooting.
F rom the United States: (800) 872-2228 F rom Canada: (800) 637-1648 F rom Everywhere Else: (650) 903-3866 Email: customersvc@etoncorp .com Internet: www .etoncorp.com etón Corporation 1015 Corporation W ay P alo Alto , California 94303 USA www .etoncorp .
An important point after buying a device Eton E10 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Eton E10 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Eton E10 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Eton E10 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Eton E10 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Eton E10, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Eton E10.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Eton E10. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Eton E10 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
