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E100
OPERATION MANUAL
AM/FM/SHORTWAVE RADIO
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL 1 INTRODUCTION 2 FEATURES Thank you for purchasing the E100 AM/FM/Shortwave Radio. MAJOR FEATURES OF THE E100 This radio has been designed and manufactured to high quality • SHORTWAVE: 1711 - 29.995 KHz standards, and will provide reliable operation for many years. Please • FM 87.0 - 108.0MHz; MW 520 - 1710 carefully read the Owner’s Manual in order to take advantage of • Manual and Auto-Scan Tuning the many interesting features of the E100. • Direct Keypad Frequency E
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL 4 GETTING STARTED 5 BASIC RADIO OPERATION WHAT THE E100 INCLUDES IMPORTANT INITIAL SET-UP • Earbud style earphones 1. Assure that the radio is unlocked, using the LOCK switch (24) on • Batteries right side of the radio by pushing it down, to the OFF position. This • Carrying pouch switch can be used to lock the radio when it is not in use or when traveling. (Note that this does not deactivate the alarm feature). NOTE: In the instructions below, numbers in parenthesis ( ),
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued 2. Timer-Defeat Method SETTING UP AM AND FM OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA This method defeats the automatic 120 minute timer and causes You can skip this section if you are in North America and just purchased the radio to stay on until deliberately turned off, until the batteries the E100. It is already set-up in the factory for use in North America. drain or indefinitely if used with an AC adaptor. Hold down the I
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL 6 CLOCK AND ALARM FEATURES BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued 3. DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY SETTING THE CLOCK When the desired frequency is known, it can be entered via the The factory has set the clock to function as a 24-hour format clock. numeric keypad (14) and the ‘Enter’ button (13). First, make sure If you prefer a 12 hour, AM/PM clock format, see the section titled that the correct band is selected - AM, FM or SW. CHANGING THE CLOCK FROM 24 TO 12 HOUR FORMAT, on page 2
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL 7 WORKING WITH MEMORY CLOCK AND ALARM FEATURES continued At the factory, the E100 is set up with 8 pages of memory, each To set the alarm: page holding 25 frequencies. This enables storing of 200 frequencies 1. Turn the radio off. The alarm clock digits (30) appear in the upper into memory. This factory setting can be changed and tailored to right corner of the display. your personal needs or can be left as-is. When first learning to store 2. Press/release the button la
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL WORKING WITH MEMORY continued WORKING WITH MEMORY continued ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO MEMORY SELECTING/CHANGING MEMORY PAGES There are three ways to access what has been stored into memory: If you are not interested in changing memory pages and wish to Direct Memory Access, Memory Search and Memory Auto-scan. These keep the original factory memory page setting, skip this section. three methods are described below. When the memory page and At the factory, the E100 is
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL WORKING WITH MEMORY continued WORKING WITH MEMORY continued Memory Auto-Scan MOVING A STORED FREQUENCY Memory Auto-scan enables scanning through the memories within If desired, a frequency that has been stored into a memory can be the selected memory page. Each filled memory is accessed for about moved to a different memory on the same page, or a different page. 5 seconds, after which the scan move on to the next used memory 1. Turn on the radio. automatically, staying o
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL 8 SYSTEM SET CODES AND THE SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE WORKING WITH MEMORY continued DELETING ALL MEMORY CONTENTS OF A PAGE Please review the System Set Code Table, below. System Set Codes 1. Press/release the M.Scan/Page button (7). allow the radio to be tailored to your needs by changing certain programmable functions. These functions and their descriptions are 2. Press/hold the Mem.&Edit button (15) for 4 seconds and then noted in the table. release it. ‘Del’ (39) appears
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL SYSTEM SET CODES AND THE SYSTEM SET SYSTEM SET CODES AND THE SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE continued CODE TABLE continued CHANGING SYSTEM SET CODES DEFAULT FACTORY SYSTEM SET CODES To enter a system code of your choice, use the procedure below. When shipped from the factory, the radio’s System Set Code Table is set up as follows. Changes can be made via the procedure shown in 1. Turn off the radio. the section titled CHANGING SYSTEM SET CODES. 2. Press/release the ‘Sys. Set’ but
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL 9 OTHER E100 INFORMATION OTHER E100 INFORMATION continued USING THE LIGHT PREVENTING BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE A quick, short press/release of the SNOOZE/LIGHT button (10), located To avoid battery acid leakage, only use high quality alkaline or at the top of the radio, will turn on the display light, shining from the rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries. Never intermix old with right side of the display, for about 10 seconds. A longer, 5 second new, or different brands
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL 10 TROUBLESHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING continued RESET PROCEDURE OPERATES ERRATICALLY When performing a ‘reset’, assure that the batteries in use are good. Perform a RESET, as described in the section titled RESET PROCEDURE. If the radio does not function and the solutions below do not resolve the problem, perform a ‘reset’. To do this, slide the RESET switch, on STATIONS ARE RECEIVED TOO WEAK the bottom of the E100, in the direction of the arrow. • Assure that the ANTENNA GA
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL 11 LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS continued Shortwave enables listening to stations from around the world. To get There are two ways to access a band. Each method places the tuner you started, some basics are noted below. Also see the SHORTWAVE at the beginning of the accessed band’s frequency range. LISTENING GUIDE in this manual. 1. Each successive quick, short press of the button labeled SW METER • Night shortwave reception is almost a
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS continued LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS continued SHORTWAVE BAND CHART OF AUTO-SCANING RANGES PUBLICATIONS THAT PROVIDE MORE DETAILED SHORTWAVE INFORMATION There are two excellent publication that provide very detailed short- BAND FREQUENCY wave information, including a listing of all world-wide shortwave METER RANGE (kilohertz) stations, their specific frequencies, broadcast times and target areas. 120 2250 - 2550 These publications ar
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL 12 SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE continued UNDERSTANDING SHORTWAVE BANDS: For example, the 19 meter shortwave band encompasses the frequency THE KEY TO ENJOYING YOUR SHORTWAVE RADIO range of 15100 to 15600 kilohertz. In the chart below is a list of the shortwave bands used for international shortwave broadcasts and their Introduction corresponding frequency ranges. Since some radios show frequency in Now that you have a shortwave radio, no doubt you’
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE continued SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE continued DAY BANDS AND NIGHT BANDS – THE DIFFERENCE IS IMPORTANT Because shortwave signals depend on such factors as the sun, the BAND MEGAHERTZ (MHz) KILOHERTZ (KHz) ionosphere and interaction with the earth itself, signals cannot be 120 m 2.300-2.500 MHz 2300-2500 KHz heard on all bands throughout the day. Some bands are best during 90 m 3.20-3.40 MHz 3200-3400 KHz the daylight hours, and some are best at n
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE continued SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE continued DAYTIME LISTENING EVENING/NIGHT LISTENING Shortwave listening is generally at its poorest during the daylight This is the best time to listen, because the broadcasters are deliberately hours of about 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The major reason for this is that the transmitting to North America. These bands may be extremely good broadcasters are not transmitting to North America at this time, around sunset and su
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL 14 LIMITED WARRANTY TO THE ORIGINAL 13 WARRANTY REGISTRATION CUSTOMER To ensure full warranty coverage or product updates, registration of This etón or Grundig brand product, as supplied and distributed by your etón or Grundig product should be complete as soon as possible etón Corporation (etón) is warranted by etón against manufacturing after purchase or receipt. To register your radio, please select one of defects in material and workmanship for the following limited th
