Eton Yb550pe Am Fm Shortwave Radio Operation Manual

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YB550PE
OPERATION MANUAL
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6CLOCK AND ALARM FEATURES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
SETTING THE CLOCK  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
SETTING THE ALARM  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
FAVORITE STATION WAKEUP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE ALARM . . . . . . . .31
7WORKING WITH MEMORY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
SELECTING MEMORY PAGES  . . . . . . ....

Thank you for purchasing the YB 550PE AM/FM/Shortwave
Radio.This owner’s manual is conveniently divided into two
sections, BASIC OPERATION and INTRODUCTION TO SHORT
WAVE (both sections are important). If you are new to short
wave listening, the INTRODUCTION TO SHORTWAVE sectionwill give you all the information that you need to fully enjoy
broadcasts from around the world. This radio has been
designed and manufactured to high quality standards, and
will provide reliable operation for many years. Please...

ON/OFF/ Timer Button (2) Display (1)
FRONT TOP
LEFT SIDE RIGHT SIDE
Numeric Keypad (10A)
Snooze Light Button (22)
Stand (20)
BACK
Battery Compartment 
Cover (21)
Alarm Button (3)
Memory/Edit; Time Set (5)+ Tuning Button (7)
–Tuning Button (8) Enter; Sys. Set  (6)
AM/FM/SW Band Button (9)
Shortwave Meter Band Button (10)
Memory Scan/Page Button (4)
DX Local Switch 
(11)
Antenna Socket 
(12)
Earphone Socket 
(13)
Volume
Control(14)
DC Socket 
(15)
Fine Tuning  Control
(16)
Tone Control
(17)
Lock Switch...

RADIO OFF DISPLAY
Triangle Pointer (23)
Antenna Symbol (24)
Battery
Symbol(31)
RADIO ON DISPLAY
Time  AM/PM Indicator (29)
Frequency Digits (34)
Triangle Pointer (23)
Antenna Symbol (24)
15 Scale (30)
MEMORY DISPLAY
Refers only to the display’s upper right corner.
SHORTWAVE METER BAND  DISPLAY
SYSTEM SET CODE  DISPLAY
Refers only to the display’s upper right corner.
15 Scale (30) Sleep Timer Symbol (32)
Alarm AM/PM Indicator (25)
Clock
Digits(28)
Battery
Symbol(31)
FM,
MW,
SW,Indicators(35)
Alarm...

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SELECTING FM, AM OR SHORTWAVE
Use the FM/AM/SW Band button to select FM, AM or SW
(shortwave). AM is shown with the MW symbol in the display.
TUNING STATIONS
Use the +/ buttons. Quick, short presses for nonscan tuning;
long presses for autoscan tuning. If you know the frequency,
press the ‘Enter’ button, then key in the frequency with the
numeric keypad. Use the FINE TUNING control for fine tuning
or as you would a tuning knob.
SHORTWAVE...

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SELECTING A SHORTWAVE METER BAND
The following bands can be selected: 120, 90, 75, 60, 49, 31,
25, 22, 19, 16, 15, 13 and 11 meters. Pressing the SHORT
WAVE METER BAND BUTTON successively jumps it to the
beginning of bands. Alternately, press the same button fol
lowed by the +/ buttons to go up and down bands. Start
tuning after the clock reappears. When using autoscan tun
ing, it will jump to the next band automatically after tuning
through the band that was...

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STORING A FREQUENCY INTO MEMORY
200 frequencies can be stored into 8 pages of memory, each
page holding 25 frequencies. Turn on the radio. First, select a
memory page by pressing the M.Scan/Page button for about
3 seconds. The memory page then flashes in the upper right
corner of the display. Within 5 seconds select the desired
page with the +/ – buttons. Once selected, either
press/release the M.Scan/Page button or wait about 3 sec
onds, causing the memory page...

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DELETING MEMORIES AND MEMORY
PAGES
To delete a frequency stored in a memory, press/release the
M.Scan/Page button, then use the +/ buttons to select thememory preset location of the frequency that you wish to
delete. Then press/hold the Mem./Edit button for about 2 sec
onds and then release it. ‘dEL’ appears flashing in the display.
Within 2 seconds, press/release the Mem./Edit button. To
delete all contents of a page, press/release the M.Scan/Page
button,...