Page 2 - FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION
1 E1 AM/FM/Shortwave Radio E1 MANUAL FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION (See page 12) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 2 3 TOP PANEL DESCRIPTION (See page 16) 1 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY RESPONSIBLE PARTY : etón Corporation 1015 Corporation WayPalo Alto, CA 94303 USA TEL: (650) 903-3866 TRADE...
Page 3 - IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS; E1 DISPLAY DESCRIPTION
2 3 1. Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2. Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3. Heed Warnings - All warnings on the appliance should be adhered to. 4. Foll...
Page 4 - TABLE OF CONTENTS; IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS continued; ENVIRONMENT
4 5 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS E1 MANUAL THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE etón E1 RECEIVER. THIS RECEIVER HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED TO HIGH QUAL- ITY STANDARDS, AND WILL PROVIDE RELIABLE OPERATION FOR MANY YEARS. PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE OWNER’S MANUAL INORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MANY INTERESTIN...
Page 5 - GENERAL DESCRIPTION; POWER SUPPLY; The; TABLE OF CONTENTS continued
6 7 The etón E1 is a microprocessor controlled, synthesized, world band receiver with continuous coverage capabilityfrom 100 kHz through 30 MHz and from 76 MHzthrough 108 MHz which includes the AM broadcast andshortwave bands as well as the FM broadcast band.The receiver offers excellent sensitivity...
Page 6 - POWER SUPPLY continued; INSTALLATION
8 9 BATTERY CONDITION Battery condition can be observed when the unit isturned on or if the ‘LIGHT’ button is pressed if no ACADAPTER is connected to the receiver. W hen thePOWER key is pressed, or when the ‘LIGHT’ button ispressed, a screen will be observed similar to the follow-ing illustration du...
Page 7 - FIGURE 1: E1 INSTALLATION DIAGRAM; INSTALLATION continued; RIGHT SIDE AND REAR VIEWS; VIEWING ANGLE OPTION
10 11 FIGURE 1: E1 INSTALLATION DIAGRAM INSTALLATION continued E1 MANUAL Low Impedance Antenna To Tape Recorderor Stereo System From CD orTape Player PAL Connector TV/FM Splitter ExternalSpeaker Stereo Headphones REAR VIEW LEFT VIEW INSTALLATION continued 278-265B adapter, sold by Radio Shack, Mapli...
Page 8 - E1 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION continued; E1 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION
12 13 knob will be ineffective, and “LOCK” and “TUN LOCK“will appear on the LCD display. To return to normaloperating mode, once again press the ‘CLEAR/LOCK’ keyfor three seconds.This control can also be used whenthe receiver is turned off. Press ‘CLEAR/LOCK’ for 3 sec-onds. A message will appear co...
Page 9 - Shortwave Band Designators; Pressing this key toggles the unit on and off.; Telescopic Antenna
14 15 will be active. Pressing this softkey a second time tog-gles to the AUX function which causes the softkey labelto appear as “ FM / AUX ”. The AUX function allowsstereo audio fed into the LINE IN connector on the sidepanel to be fed to the internal speaker or to head-phones plugged into the ste...
Page 10 - SQUELCH LEVEL INDICATOR; This is the main frequency readout of the receiver.; TOP PANEL DESCRIPTION; TELESCOPIC ANTENNA
16 17 The following section describes the main display whichwill be seen when operating in the VFO mode, This isthe display which the user will see most of the time.There are several other screens which may appear onthis display under various conditions. These additionalconditions will be covered la...
Page 11 - SIDE PANEL DESCRIPTION; E1 DISPLAY DESCRIPTION continued
18 19 25. TIMER 1 2 This display appears when one or both of the eventtimers are enabled. 26. TIME DISPLAY This displays the time, which can be either GreenwichMean Time (GMT) or Local time (L). If the time displayis flashing, this is an indication that the time has notbeen set. See “Clock and Timer...
Page 12 - GETTING STARTED continued; SHORTWAVE ‘METER' BAND DESIGNATOR ENTRY; SIDE PANEL DESCRIPTION continued; GENERAL OPERATING INFORMATION; FIRST STEPS
20 21 (B) The SW band (1.8 - 30.0 MHz) frequencies are dis-played and entered in kHz or MHz, depending uponthe user’s selection from item 5 of the RADIO SET-TINGS menu. A maximum of 7 digits may be entered.To make the menu selection, press the ‘MENU’ softkeyonce. Then press ‘Direct-Key-Input’ key ‘5...
Page 13 - SSB OPERATION; (1) You can enter a shortwave band ‘METER’ number; AM SYNCHRONOUS OPERATION; The E1 receive tunes in the following steps:
22 23 all AM (LW, MW and SW) broadcasting generally usesdouble-sideband transmission, detection of either ofthe two sidebands results in full reception of the trans-mitted information. The selectable sideband tuning anddetection not only aids reception by permitting tuningto the stronger or less dis...
Page 14 - MEMORY FUNCTIONS
24 25 MEMORY DESCRIPTION The E1 receiver contains 1700 memory channels thatcan be used to store and recall commonly monitoredfrequencies. The first 500 of these are referred to sim-ply as MEMORY channels. The remaining 1200 arereferred to as COUNTRY channels. More on COUNTRYin the next section. The ...
Page 15 - DELETING A MEMORY CHANNEL; COUNTRY FUNCTIONS; COUNTRY DESCRIPTION; MEMORY FUNCTIONS continued; Meter Band Identifier
26 27 want to receive, you can go to it directly by enteringthe number on the ‘Direct- Key-Input’ keypad. If lessthan a four digit number is entered, there may be aslight delay between the time you enter the numberand the time the channel change actually takes place.However, if you enter a four digi...
Page 16 - RECALLING A COUNTRY CHANNEL; DELETING A COUNTRY CHANNEL; COUNTRY FUNCTIONS continued; THE COUNTRY DISPLAY
28 29 ‘STORE’ key again. You will hear a confirmingbeep and “COUNTRY STORED” will briefly appearon the display. The ‘VFO’ softkey indicator willreturn to reverse video indicating that normalVFO mode has been restored. To store a memory channel from COUNTRY mode, firstenter COUNTRY mode by pressing t...
Page 17 - E1 MENUS continued; channels for both event timers can be set.; RADIO SETTINGS; E1 MENUS; MAIN MENU
30 31 E1 MANUAL E1 MENUS continued MAIN MENU 1. RADIO SETTINGS - Pressing ‘1' takes you to the RADIO SETTINGS menu which allows setting parameters for enhanced SSB, scan stop mode, FM band frequency range, MW band tuning step size, and whether the SW band isdisplayed in kilohertz (kHz) or megahertz ...
Page 18 - AUDIO SETTINGS; - Exits the menu loop and returns to the VFO, MEMORY or COUNTRY.
32 33 E1 MANUAL E1 MENUS continued AUDIO SETTINGS The AUDIO SETTINGS menu is reached either by pressing the MENU softkey thre times, or pressing the MENU softkeyonce and then pressing the ‘2' key. It appears as shown in the following illustration. 1. AUDIO OUTPUT MONO / STEREO - Pressing ‘1' selects...
Page 19 - - Pressing ‘6’ toggles between whether or not the timer, when enabled,; numbers will reappear.
34 35 E1 MANUAL E1 MENUS continued CLOCK MODES This menu is reached from the SET CLOCKS menu described above by pressing the ‘8' (MORE) key once, or from theMAIN MENU by pressing ‘4'. It is used to set several parameters pertaining to clock, snooze, and timer operation. Itappears as shown in the fol...
Page 20 - Memory or Country channel selected; TIMERS
36 37 E1 MANUAL 1. TIMER 1 - This display entry identifies this menu as being associated with Timer 1. 2. START TIME - This shows the time that Timer 1 is set up to turn on when enabled. 3. STOP TIME - This shows the time that Timer 1 is set to turn off when enabled. 4. Memory or Country channel sel...
Page 22 - CLOCK AND TIMER FUNCTIONS
TIME DISPLAY The E1 incorporates dual time clocks allowing two 24hour clocks to be set and maintained. During loss ofAC power, or during battery changing, clock operationis maintained for a period of approximately 10 min-utes, if the receiver has been connected to an ACpower source or had the batter...
Page 23 - CLOCK AND TIMER FUNCTIONS continued
SETTING TIMER ON/OFF TIMES Enter the TIMERS menu by pressing the ‘MENU’ key to reach MAIN MENU, and then pressing the ‘5' key on the‘Direct-Key- Input’ keypad. This brings up the TIMERS menu as shown below. TIMERS (1) Press ‘1' on the ‘Direct-Key-Input’ keypad. This will cause the menu numbers on th...
Page 24 - SPECIAL USE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS; LOCK ALL ENTRY TO KEYPAD; MENU – TIMERS
ENABLING/DISABLING TIMER OPERATION Press the ‘TIME’ button. This will activate the TIMER 1 display. It will appear as shown in the “ENABLING/DISABLINGTIMER” illustration which follows. ENABLING/DISABLING TIMER This display shows the start time and stop time set for TIMER 1 as well as the MEMORY or C...
Page 25 - Turn the receiver ‘POWER’ OFF and back ON.; SPECIAL USE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS continued; BROADCAST BAND TUNING STEP SIZE
• Pressing the ‘LIGHT’ key when the receiver is OFFwill cause the display illumination to be toggledbetween being on and off. The LCD display and any illumination will turn off after 10 seconds.When the unit is OFF, pressing the ‘TIME’ key once will activate the LCD “TIME” display and additional pre...
Page 26 - QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE continued
Program ON/OFF timers (starting 53) • Press MENU to activate MAIN MENU• Press ‘5' to activate TIMERS menu.• Press ‘1' and set TIMER 1 ON time using Keypad.• Press ‘STORE’ to save.• Press ‘2' and set TIMER 1 OFF time using keypad.• Press ‘STORE’ to save.• Press ‘3' and set TIMER 1 Memory Channel usin...
Page 27 - GLOSSARY OF TERMS
AC Input - Alternating Current power source available at wall outlet sockets. AM - Signals in which the information is conveyed by amplitude changes of the signal. AmplitudeModulation is used for the AM broadcast bands. AGC - Automatic Gain Control which is employed in receivers to adjust the amount...
Page 28 - ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY; SERVICE INFORMATION
You may contact etón Corporation Service Department for additional information or assistance by calling toll-free Monday through Friday, 8:30am -4:00pm PacificStandard Time: 1(800) 872-2228 (US) 1(800) 673-1648 (CN) 650-903-3866 (World-wide) Call for a Return Authorization prior to shipping yourunit...
Page 29 - APPENDIX - UNDERSTANDING SHORTWAVE BANDS continued
DAY BANDS vs. NIGHT BANDS - it’s important Because shortwave signals depend on such factors asthe sun, the ionosphere and interaction with the earthitself, signals cannot be heard on all bands throughoutthe day. Some bands are best during the daylighthours, and some are best at night. In general, th...
Page 31 - E1 QUICK GUIDE continued; E1 QUICK GUIDE; This procedure shows how set the clock automatically.
INTRODUCTION This Quick Guide outlines the basics for listening toAM, FM and Shortwave. It also covers setting the clockand timers and storing stations into memory. Not allfeatures and capabilities of the E1 are addressed here.We encourage you to refer to the owner’s manual for afull understanding o...
Page 32 - SETTING THE DISPLAY FOR LOCAL OR GMT TIME; The timers will reference the time that has; USING TIMER 2 AS A SLEEP TIMER
Sequentially press the button below MENU in the dis-play until CLOCK MODES appears. If AUTO CLOCK SETis OFF, press 1 to turn it ON. If AUTO CLOCK DST isOFF, press 2 to turn it on if you want automatic day-light saving time (recommended). For LOCAL TIMEOFFSET, if your country is east of the Internati...
Page 33 - E1 SPECIFICATIONS
62 63 etón E1 SPECIFICATIONS E1 MANUAL Audio Power (internal or external speaker): • 1.25 W nominal - battery operation• 3 W nominal - Operation from 9 VDC• AC Adapter Internal Speaker: 4" (10.16 cm). 8 OhmsLine Audio Output • Stereo left and right.• 300 mV, 1K ohms for each output. Line Audio I...
Page 34 - E1 SIGNAL FLOW BLOCK DIAGRAM
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