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Satellit 750
AM/FM-stereo/Shortwave/Airwave Band Radio
with SSB (Single Side Band)
OWNER’S MANUAL
Grundig Radio Line By etón re_inventing radio www.etoncorp.com
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL Grundig Radio Line By DO YOU NEED HELP? Contact Us Etón Corporation, 1015 Corporation Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA. 1-800-872-2228 (U.S.); 1-800-637-1648 (Canada); 650-903-3866 (worldwide); M-F, 8:30-4:00, Pacific Standard Time; www.etoncorp.com. WARNING • Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. • Do not submerge or expose for extended period to water. • Protect from high humidity and rain. • Only operate within specified temperature range (0 °C to
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL FEATURES Thank you for purchasing the Satellit 750. Its features and capabili- ties are shown below: • Shortwave (1711-30000 KHz) with SSB (single sideband), LW, AM, FM and Aircraft Band (118-137 MHz) • Set 9/10 KHz AM tuning; set FM tuning range starting at 87 or 88 MHz • Dual Conversion and Single Side Band (SSB) • 1000 station memories • 360 degree, rotating AM antenna • Auto/Manual/Direct frequency key-in and station memory tuning • Auto Tuning Storage funct
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL POWER SOURCES Power the SATELLIT 750 by installing 4 D alkaline, lithium or Ni-MH batteries or by plugging in the included 6 VDC AC adapter. The AC adapter plugs into the 6 Volt DC socket on the left side of the radio. A battery symbol appears in the lower right of the LCD, indicating battery or AC adapter power. If there’s a power failure with the AC adapter attached and batteries installed, the batteries will take over and supply power to the radio. PREVENTI
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL TURNING THE SATELLIT 750 ON AND OFF Press the POWER button to turn it on and off. VOLUME CONTROL With the SATELLIT 750 on, turn the VOLUME knob, located in the lower left front, clockwise to increase the volume, counterclockwise to decrease the volume. SELECTING FM, MW(AM), LW, SHORTWAVE AND AIRCRAFT BAND The Satellit 750 receives FM on 88-108 MHz, AM on 520-1710 KHz, Longwave on 100-519 KHz, Shortwave on 1711-29999 KHz and Aircraft on 118 -137 MHz. Turn t
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL SHORTWAVE LISTENING To learn about shortwave we recommend the two publications below, published yearly and available from major booksellers. Additionally, the Internet is a great resource for learning about shortwave. PASSPORT TO WORLD BAND RADIO Published by International Broadcasting Services (IBS); IBS North America, Box 300, Penn’s Park PA 18943. Phone: (215) 598-9018. www.passband.com. WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK Published in the USA by Watson- Guptill Public
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL SSB (SINGLE SIDE BAND) TUNING continued resources to learn more. Type ‘amateur radio frequencies’ or ‘side- band’ into an Internet search engine. To use the SSB control, turn on the SATELLIT 750 and go into Short- wave. Press the SSB button and notice that USB appears in the dis- play, to the right of SW. Press the SSB button again and notice that LSB appears to the right of SW. USB is the abbreviation for Upper Sideband, LSB is the abbreviation for Lower Sideband
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL RF GAIN CONTROL continued may improve the radio’s rejection of interference from adjacent frequencies that may interfere, especially on Shortwave. This switch does not work in FM. SQUELCH CONTROL Using the squelch control eliminates background noise. This control is used mainly in the aircraft band. It does not work in the FM band. This control is on the lower right front of the radio. To engage it, turn it on by turning the knob clockwise. Turn it off by cli
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL BUTTON TUNING Turn on the Satellit 750 and select the band of your choice. Quick, short, sequential presses of the buttons enables tuning up or down frequency. A longer press engages Auto Tuning. In Auto Tun- ing the radio scans from one station to the next, stays on the new station for 5 seconds and then moves on. To stop Auto Tuning, press either of the buttons. TUNING KNOB The tuning knob can also be used to tune stations. Select FAST or SLOW tuning
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL FM ST. (FM STEREO) BUTTON Press the FM ST. button when in the FM band to take the radio in or out of stereo reception mode. When it’s in stereo mode, STEREO appears under the left side of the frequency in the display, next to FM. As long as you are not using headphones or earphones, it can be left in mono mode. BASS AND TREBLE KNOBS Use these knobs to control the Bass and Treble to your liking. Turn- ing clockwise increases bass or treble. Turning counterclockw
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL STORING FREQUENCIES INTO MEMORY continued • Shortly press the MEMORY button (the address page will flash in the right corner of the LCD. • Shortly press the PAGE button and use the “ / ” buttons to select the page that you want to store into; press PAGE again to confirm. • Use “ / ” to select the memory location while it is flashing. • Press the MEMORY button to confirm it (or it will automatically confirm after 3 seconds). To automatically store a frequ
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL LISTENING TO WHAT’S STORED continued • To go from one memory to another give a quick, short press to either the up or down tuning button , or use the tuning knob. • To auto-scan memory press one of the up or down tuning buttons for about 2 seconds and notice that PRESET flashes. The radio scans from one memory to another, staying on each memory for about 5 seconds. To stop the scan give the up or down tuning button a quick, short press. DELETE ONE MEMORY •
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL ATS (AUTO TUNING STORAGE) MEMORY STORAGE One can automatically store the strongest LW, AM or FM stations into Page 0. Turn on the radio and select the band that you want ATS to take place in, either MW/LW or FM. Press the MW/LW or FM for 2 seconds. Notice that page 0 (P0) appears in the display’s upper right corner with the presets to the right increasing as the band is scanned and frequencies are stored into the memory. ACCESSING STORED MEMORIES The SATELL
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL ALARM SETTING The SATELLIT 750 has two, independently programmable alarm tim- ers to turn it on and off at a specified time. To set an alarm: 1. Press the AL.1 or AL.2 button for a second or until you see the alarm hour flashing in the upper right corner of the display. While it’s flashing adjust the hour with the TUNING knob and press the AL.1 or AL.2 button. Notice that the alarm minutes are flashing. 2. While it’s flashing adjust the alarm minutes with the
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL LIGHT/SNOOZE BUTTON When the alarm is activated, press the LIGHT/SNOOZE button to temporarily deactivate the timer for 10 minutes. You can press the LIGHT/SNOOZE button 3 times within the alarm period, after that you can turn off the alarm by press it again. ALARM ACTIVATION/DEACTIVATION For the alarm to turn on the radio, it must be activated. To activate the alarm the SATELLIT 750 can be turned on or off. To activate the alarm, look at the top of the displa
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL USING THE LIGHT BUTTON A quick press of the LIGHT button gives about 5 seconds of il- lumination to the SIGNAL strength indicator and the display. A long press lights these for as long as the radio is turned on, so be careful if you’re operating on batteries, because it will make them drain faster. If you’re AC adapter is connected, it’s fine to keep the light on while the radio plays. EARPHONE SOCKET The earphone socket is on the lower left front of the radio a
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL EXTERNAL ANTENNA SOCKETS On the right side of the radio are the 50 Ohm BNC sockets for FM and Shortwave. 50 or 75 Ohm coaxial cable can be used to feed the properly designed antenna. To find antennas we recommend that you perform a web search by typing ‘FM antennas’ or ‘shortwave antennas’ into an Internet search engine. There is also a black and red socket, labeled 500 Ohms, designed to work with a high impedance Shortwave antenna, 300-600 Ohms, such as a lon
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL RESET BUTTON The reset button is located to the left under the TUNING knob. Press it only when the radio seems to stop functioning properly. After it’s pressed the AM station spacing will have to be set again for North America. EMPTY COMPARTMENT ON BACK OF THE RADIO Use the small, empty compartment next to the battery compart- ment as you wish. SYSTEM CODE SETTING To enter different system codes turn off the radio and perform a quick, short press of the ENTER
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SATELLIT 750 OWNER’S MANUAL SYSTEM CODE SETTING continued For memory page setting (500 memories) CODE 00 10 pages; each page 50 memories 20 20 pages; each page 25 memories 25 25 pages; each page 20 memories 50 50 pages; each page 10 memories Step (AM) 09 9kHz 10 10kHz (North America) Type of batteries 29 Normal D size batteries (1.5V each battery) 28 Rechargeable batteries (1.2V each battery) FM frequency range 76 76-108 MHz (Japan) 87 87-108 MHz 20
