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E10
AM/FM/Shortwave Radio
OWNER’S MANUAL
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 1 DO YOU NEED HELP?............................................................................... DELETING ALL MEMORY PAGE CONTENTS........................13 2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................................... MOVING A STORED FREQUENCY................................................13 3 3 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE ETÓN E10........................................ CUSTOMIZING MEMORY PAGES.........................
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 3 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE ETÓN 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/M
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 4 DIAGRAMS 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 Memory & Edit/Time set Button SW (SW Meter) Band Button Charger On/Off Button Numeric Keypad Enter/Sys. Set Button Hand Carry Belt Tuning Knob FM/SW ANT. Socket ANT. Gain DX/Normal/Local Stand ANT. Trim Tone Control Earphone Socket DC 6V Socket Volume Knob Re
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 4 DIAGRAMS continued RADIO ON DISPLAY RADIO OFF DISPLAY Triangle Pointer Triangle Pointer Battery Symbol Battery Symbol Clock Digits Antenna Symbol Antenna Symbol Alarm AM/PM Indicator Sleep Timer Symbol 1-5 Scale 1-5 Scale Alarm Clock Digits Alarm Activation Symbol Bandwidth FM, MW, Frequency Digits Clock Digits Shortwave 450K IF Alarm Indicators Time AM/PM Indicator Activation Ni-MH Battery Symbol
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 5 GETTING STARTED CHARGING BATTERIES IN THE E10 WHAT THE E10 INCLUDES The E10 will play using whatever type of AA batteries • Earbud style earphones are in the battery compartment, but only nickel- • Carrying pouch metal-hydride batteries can be charged within it. If • AC adaptor/charger non-rechargeable batteries are installed, the E10 has • 4 - 1100 mAh, Ni-MH rechargeable batteries. a built-in safeguard system that will prevent them • Owner’s manual from be
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 5 GETTING STARTED continued indication bars will advance from left to right automatically senses the milliamp-hour rating of on the 0 – 5 scale in the upper left corner of the batteries and will charge them for the correct the display. The digits in the upper right corner amount of time. Charging time can take from 6 hours of the display will change to 00:00 and will for 1100 mAh batteries to 13 hours for 2300 mAh count up in minutes and hours unt
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 6 BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued SELECTING FM, AM or SHORTWAVE MANUAL TUNING When listening to FM or shortwave, fully extend Quick, short presses of the Up/Hour-Down/Min. the telescopic antenna (5). It need not be extended buttons (9,10) enables tuning up or down frequency. when listening to AM stations. After turning on the E10, perform quick, short presses of the ‘FM/AM- AUTO-SCAN TUNING ATS’ button (15) to select FM or AM. Note that Pressing the Up/Hour or Down/Min.
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 6 BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued TUNING KNOB CANCELLING TUNE-MUTE The TUNING knob control (28) is located on the right The tune-mute cancellation capability makes the side of the radio. Use it to ‘fine-tune’ stations or as E10 ‘feel’ more like an analog tuned radio, even you would a tuning knob. though it’s a high-tech digital tuner. The difference is somewhat subtle and is mainly noticeable in slow LOCKING THE TUNING KNOB tuning mode using the tuni
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 7 CLOCK AND TIMER FEATURES SETTING THE CLOCK 3. Within 5 seconds, press/release the Up/Hour button, then use the tuning knob to set the hour. The factory has set the clock to function as a 24- hour format clock. If you prefer a 12 hour, AM/PM 4. Within 5 seconds, press/release the Down/Min clock format, see the section titled CHANGING THE button, then use the tuning knob to set the CLOCK FROM 24 TO 12 HOUR FORMAT in the minutes. section titled SYSTEM SET CODES. 5
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 7 CLOCK AND TIMER FEATURES continued ton. Within 5 seconds of finishing, press the A or The timer symbol flashes in the display twice. B button once or just wait until the timer digits stop flashing. NOTE: To monitor the frequencies stored into timer memory A and B, perform a three second press of the TIMER SET METHOD 2 – NUMERIC KEYPAD: SYSTEM SET button while the radio is turned off. The set code information and the 1. Turn the radio off. The ti
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 8 WORKING WITH MEMORY 3. Press/release the PAGE button to finalize the page At the factory, the E10 is set up with 10 pages of change. memory, each page holding 50 frequencies. This enables storing of 500 frequencies into memory. ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO MEMORY This factory setting can be changed and tailored to your personal needs or can be left as-is. When There are three ways to access what has been stored first learning to store stations into memory, we
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 8 WORKING WITH MEMORY continued 1. Press/release SCAN MODE (12) button. 3. Within 3 seconds, use the UP/HOUR or DOWN/ MIN button to select the required 2. Press/hold either the Up/Hour or Down/Min. memory page. button for about a second. Then release it. Note that PRESET flashes under the memory number, 4. Press/release the MEMORY button twice. indicating that memory scanning is functioning with each memory being scanned for about 4 5. Within
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 9 SYSTEM SET CODES System Set Codes allow the radio to be tailored to your needs by changing certain programmable functions. These functions and their descriptions are noted in the table. SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE CODE NUMBER IN DISPLAY FUNCTION Divide the memories into 10 pages with 10:50 00 (factory default setting) 50 locations Divide the memories into 20 pages with 20:25 20 25 locations Divide the memories into 25 pages with 25:20 25 20 locations Divide the memories int
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 9 SYSTEM SET CODES continued • Rechargeable batteries to be used. Code 28. CHANGING SYSTEM SET CODES To enter a system code of your choice, use the • 87-108 MHz FM frequency coverage. Code 87. procedure below. MONITORING THE CURRENT STATUS OF SET 1. Turn off the radio. CODES AND OTHER SETTINGS Performing a three second press of the SYSTEM SET 2. Press/release the SYSTEM SET button (20). Note button, with the E10 turned off, allows monitorin
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 10 ADDITONAL E10 CONTROLS play. A quick, short press engages the LOCK feature. A USING THE LIGHT longer press disengages it and the symbol disappears. A quick, short press/release of the SNOOZE/LIGHT This is an excellent feature to use when traveling, button (7), located on the front of the radio’s upper as it keeps the radio from being accidentally turned right corner, will turn on the display light, shining on. Before placing the radio into a suitcase, purse or fr
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 11 LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS Are you new to shortwave listening? If so, you’ll • Around sunset and sunrise, both the day and want to read this section and the next section night bands may be good, sometimes exception- called UNDERSTANDING SHORTWAVE BANDS. ally good. Listening at these times can often be quite rewarding. WHAT ARE SHORTWAVE STATIONS? These are radio broadcast stations around the world • The construction materials of some build
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E10 OWNER’S MANUAL 11 LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS continued BAND CHART OF SHORTWAVE AUTO-SCANING RANGES 31 9400 – 10000 BAND FREQUENCY RANGE FREQUENCY RANGE (METERS) 25 11500 – 12150 2250 – 2550 120 22 13500 – 13900 3150 - 3450 90 19 15000 – 15900 3850 - 4050 75 16 17450 - 18000 4700 - 5100 60 15 18850 - 19100 5800 – 6300 49 13 21450 - 21950 7100 – 7500 41 11 25600 - 26100 SHORTWAVE TIME STATIONS (North America) The United States and Canada have shortwave time stations. The time of day is
