To take advantage of its many excellent and unique features, we urge you to carefully read the owner’s manual. If you need help while learning its operation, please contact us, using the methods below. 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 Web Site: Mailing Address: eton Corporation 1015 Corporation Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA 1 DO YOU NEED HELP?.....................................................2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS.....................................................3 3 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE eton E10............................. 4 4 DIAGRAMS.................................................................... 5 5 GETTING STARTED......................................................... 7 WHAT THE E10 INCLUDES........................................ 7 INSTALLING BATTERIES............................................ 7 PREVENTING BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE..................... 7 USING THE INCLUDED AC ADAPTOR/CHARGER........ 7 CHARGING BATTERIES IN THE E10........................... 7 6 BASIC RADIO OPERATION..............................................9 7 CLOCK AND TIMER FEATURES........................................12 SETTING THE CLOCK................................................ 12 SETTING THE TIMERS................................................12 STORING A RADIO STATION INTO TIMER MEMORY... 13 ACTIVATING/DEACTIVATING THE TIMER................... 14 USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE.................................. 14 8 WORKING WITH MEMORY............................................. 14 STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY...........................14 SELECTING/CHANGING MEMORY PAGES..................14 ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO MEMORY........... 15 DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS........................................ 15 MANUAL MEMORY SEARCH.....................................15 MEMORY AUTO-SCAN.............................................. 15 DELETING A MEMORY’S CONTENTS......................... 15 DELETING ALL MEMORY PAGE CONTENTS............... 16 MOVING A STORED FREQUENCY.............................. 16 9 CUSTOMIZING MEMORY PAGES.....................................16 SYSTEM SET CODES....................................................... 17 SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE.........................................17 CHANGING SYSTEM SET CODES...............................18 CHANGING THE CLOCK FROM 24 TO 12 HOUR FORMAT....................................................18 DEFAULT FACTORY SYSTEM SET CODES.................... 18 MONITORING THE CURRENT STATUS OF SET CODES AND OTHER SETTINGS.................................. 18 10 ADDITIONAL E10 CONTROLS......................................... 19 11 LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS............................20 SELECTING A SHORTWAVE METER BAND WITH THE E10..........................................................21 SHORTWAVE TIME STATIONS....................................22 SHORTWAVE PUBLICATIONS: FINDING SPECIFIC STATIONS.................................................. 23 12 UNDERSTANDING SHORTWAVE BANDS......................... 24 13 TROUBLESHOOTING.......................................................28 14 WARRANTY REGISTRATION........................................... 29 15 LIMITED WARRANTY TO THE ORIGINAL CUSTOMER.......30 16 SERVICE INFORMATION.................................................31 2 3 E10 OPERATION MANU AL E10 OPERATION MANU AL 3 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE eton E10 • FM Frequency Range: 87 – 108 MHz (For America); 76 – 108 MHz (For Japan) • Shortwave Frequency Range: 1711 – 29999KHz • 9/10KHz step selector for Medium Wave (AM) reception • 1KHz step for the display of Medium wave and Shortwave • SW IF SET feature, shifts the intermediate frequency to minimize interference during shortwave reception. • Shortwave antenna trimmer • ATS (Auto tuning system) for the memory storage of FM/MW reception • Manual Tuning • Auto Scan Tuning • Direct Keypad Frequency Entry • Digital Tuning Knob • 550 Programmable Memories • Memory Page Customization • Auto-Scan and manually scan stations stored into memory • Direct Memory Access • Fast/Slow tuning rate selection for manual tuning • Sleep Function • Two Turn-On Timers With Station Memory • Snooze Function: 10 minutes, repeated three times. • FM Stereo/Mono selection • High/Low Tone Control • LCD Backlight • Key Lock • 12/24 Hr Format selection • Built-in Ni-MH battery charger • SYSTEM SET CODES 4 DIAGRAMS Charger On/Off Button Enter/Sys. Set Button Hand Carry Belt FM/SW ANT. Socket ANT. Gain DX/Normal/Local Tone Control Earphone Socket DC 6V Socket Vertical Stand Memory & Edit/Time set Button POWER/SLEEP Lock Button Timer A Button Timer B Button LCD Display Light Snooze Button Tuning Mode Button Up/Hour Down/Min Page Button Scan Mode Button SWIF Set Button Bandwidth Button FM/AM Band (ATS) Button SW (SW Meter) Band Button Numeric Keypad Tuning Knob Stand ANT. Tri...