Eton E10 Shortwave Radio Operation Manual

E10
OPERATION MANUAL
www.etoncorp.com
AM/FM/SHORTWAVE RADIO 

DO YOU NEED HELP?.....................................................2
TABLE OF CONTENTS..................................................... 3
MAJOR FEATURES OF THE 
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DIAGRAMS.................................................................... 5
GETTING STARTED......................................................... 7
WHAT THE E10 INCLUDES........................................ 7
INSTALLING BATTERIES............................................ 7
PREVENTING...

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3MAJOR FEATURES OF THE etónE10
• 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...

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5GETTING STARTED
WHAT THE E10 INCLUDES 
• Earbud style earphones
• Carrying pouch
• AC adaptor/charger
• 4  1100 mAh, NiMH rechargeable batteries.
• Owner’s manual
NOTE:In the instructions below, numbers in
parenthesis ( ), refer to the diagrams.
INSTALLING BATTERIES 
The battery compartment is located on the back of
the E10. Its cover is on the lower right corner of the
back. To remove the battery compartment cover,
apply thumb pressure and slide it towards the bottom
of the...

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6BASIC RADIO OPERATION
TURNING THE E10 ON AND OFF 
The E10 can be turned on by the two methods 
shown below. To turn it off, press thePOWER/SLEEP button (1).
1. BATTERY SAVER/TIMER METHOD:
Perform a quick, short press of the POWER/SLEEP
button (1). This turns the radio on with 90 in the
display and causes the radio to shut off automatically
after 90 minutes. The sleep timer symbol, , also
appears in the display. To change the automaticshut off time from 90 minutes to the number of...

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BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued
LOCKING THE TUNING KNOB
To prevent accidentally tuning off of the radio sta
tion, the tuning knob can be locked while the radio
is turned on. To lock it, press and hold the TUNING
MODE button for about three seconds. Notice that
the keylock symbol flashed twice in the lower right
side of the display. The tuning knob is now locked.
If turned, the frequency does not change and the
keylock symbol flashes. To unlock it, press the
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CLOCK AND TIMER  FEATURES continued
When the timer activates, it turns on the radio,
with the timer activation symbol appear flashing in
the display. The radio will play the station storedinto timer memory for 30 minutes or until you turn
the radio off with the POWER/SLEEP button. The‘snooze’ feature can also be used (see section
titled USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE).
There are three methods to set the timer.
TIMER SET METHOD 1 – UP/DOWN
MIN BUTTONS:
1. Turn the radio off. The timer...

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WORKING WITH  MEMORY continued
ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED
INTO MEMORY 
There are three ways to access what has been
stored into memory: Direct Memory Access, Manual
Memory Search and Memory Autoscan. These
three methods are described below. When thememory page and memory preset numbers appear
in the upper right corner of the display, as it will in
the descriptions below, the radio is in MEMORY
ACCESS MODE. This mode can be exited any timewith a press/release of the SCAN MODE button...

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9SYSTEM SET CODES
CODE NUMBER
00 (factory default setting)
202550091012242228297687 (factory default setting)
IN DISPLAY
10:50
20:2525:2050:109kHz10kHz12H24H
NiMH76 108
87 108
FUNCTION
Divide the memories into 10 pages
with 50 locations
Divide the memories into 20 pages
with 25 locations
Divide the memories into 25 pages
with 20 locations
Divide the memories into 50 pages
with 10 locations
Set the tuning steps for MW (AM)
to 9KHz
Set the tuning steps for MW (AM)
to 10KHz
Set the...

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10ADDITIONAL E10 CONTROLS
USING THE LIGHT 
A quick, short press/release of the SNOOZE/LIGHT
button (7), located on the front of the radio’s upper
right corner, will turn on the display light, shining
from the left side of the display, for about 5 seconds.A longer press/release of the button (about 3 seconds) will cause it to stay on indefinitely (note
that this will decrease battery life). Turn off thelight with a quick short press of the button.
The E10 has a ‘timed backlight’...