Eton Yb550pe Am Fm Shortwave Radio Operation Manual
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33DESCRIPTIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF FRONT 1 YB550PE OPERATION MANUAL www.etoncorp.com AM/FM SHORTWAVE RADIO
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5 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO MEMORY . . . . . . . .34 DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 MEMORY SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 MEMORY AUTOSCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 MOVING A STORED FREQUENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 DELETING A STORED FREQUENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 DELETING ALL MEMORY CONTENTS OF A PAGE . . . . . .37 CUSTOMIZING MEMORY PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 8SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 CHANGING SYSTEM SET CODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 CHANGING THE CLOCK FORMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 DEFAULT FACTORY SYSTEM SET CODES . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 MONITORING CURRENT SET CODE STATUS . . . . . . . . . .40 SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 page 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 DIAGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .811 2QUICK GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1218 3DETAILED OWNER’S MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 INSTALLING BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 SELECTING AND USING AN AC ADAPTOR . . . . . . . . . . .20 SIGNAL STRENGTH AND BATTERY STRENGTH INDICATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 IMPORTANT INITIAL SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 4BASIC RADIO OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 TURNING ON AND OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 VOLUME AND TONE CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 SELECTING AM, FM OR SHORTWAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 SETTING UP AM AND FM OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 FOUR WAYS TO TUNE IN STATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 5USING SHORTWAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 SELECTING A SHORTWAVE METER BAND . . . . . . . . . . .27 AUTOSCAN TUNING WHILE IN SHORTWAVE . . . . . . . . .28 SHORTWAVE BAND CHART OF AUTOSCANNING RANGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 4 YB 550PEOPERATION MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 careful ly read the Owner’s Manual in order to take advantage of the many interesting features of the YB 550PE. WHAT THE YB 550PE INCLUDES• Earbud style earphones • Batteries• Carrying pouch QUICK GUIDEMore experienced digital product users may want to use the quick guide, titled YB 550PE QUICK GUIDE, starting on page 12. NOTE:however, that the DETAILED OWNER’S MANUAL, starting on page 19, is the most thorough and comprehensive guide to the YB 550PE’s operation. 7 9ADDITIONAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 USING THE LIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 USING EARPHONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 USING THE DX/LOCAL SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 USING THE LOCK SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 PREVENTING BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 RESET PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE YB 550PE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 10SERVICE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 6 YB 550PEOPERATION MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS continued1INTRODUCTION
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 (18) Telescopic Antenna (19) 98 YB 550PEOPERATION MANUAL DIAGRAMS
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 Activation Symbol (27) Alarm Clock Digits (26) Memory Display (36) Shortwave Meter Band Display (37) (39) (40) Delete Indicator (38) Alarm Activation Symbol (27) Clock Digits (33) 1110 YB 550PEOPERATION MANUAL
QUICK GUIDE continued 1213 YB 550PEOPERATION MANUAL 2QUICK GUIDE 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 BASICS • Night shortwave reception is almost always better than daytime shortwave reception • During daytime, the most active shortwave bands are 13, 15, 16, 19, and 22 meters, 16 and 19 usually best. At night, the most active bands are 25, 31, 41 and 49 meters, with 31 and 49 usually best • Around sunset and sunrise, both the day and night bands may be good. It pays to experiment with this • Getting very close to a window often helps signal strengths • Holding the radio often helps signal strengths (this may also be true for AM and FM reception) The purpose of this Quick Guide is to enable immediate use of the radio. Please note that it is not a replacement for the Detailed Owner’s Manual, a much more thorough document. Please refer to it for detailed operating instructions, starting on Page 19. INSTALLING BATTERIES Remove the stand and battery compartment cover and install 3 AA alkaline batteries. PERFORMING INITIAL SETUP Assure that the radio is unlocked. The LOCK switch is on right side of the radio and should be OFF. Assure that the DX/LOCAL switch, on the left side of the radio is in the DXposition. TURNING THE YB 550PE ON AND OFF A short press of the (ON/OFFTIMER) button turns the radio on with a 90 minute, automatic turnoff timer engaged, with in the display. To defeat this timer, allowing indef inite turnon and play, use a long press on the button. When defeating the timer ‘yb550’ will appear in the display for 5seconds before turning on.
QUICK GUIDE continuedQUICK GUIDE continued 15 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 initially selected. 14 YB 550PEOPERATION MANUAL SHORTWAVE BAND CHART OF AUTOSCANING RANGES BAND (meters} FREQUENCY RANGE (kilohertz) 120 2250 2550 90 3150 3450 75 3850 4050 60 4700 5100 49 5800 6300 41 7100 7500 31 9400 1000 25 11500 12150 22 13500 13900 19 15000 15900 16 17450 18000 15 18850 19100 13 21450 21950 11 25600 – 26100
QUICK GUIDE continuedQUICK GUIDE continued 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 to be entered. Next, tune to the desired radio station, then press/release the Mem./Edit button and note that the ‘PRESET’ digits flash in the upper right corner of the display. Within 5 seconds use the numeric keypad to enter the memory preset number that you wish to store the station into (in the factory default setting, there are 25 presets per page). Punch in a number from 1 to 25. Within5 seconds press the Mem./Edit button. 1716 YB 550PEOPERATION MANUAL ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO MEMORY Once a page number has been selected or changed, even if it is not seen on the screen, you can access any memory preset on that page by keying in the memory number with the numeric keypad. To change pages, use the procedure described previously. Memory Search enables searching through the memory presets within a memory page. Press/release the M.Scan/Page button, then use quick, shortpresses on the +/– buttons to search through the memory presets. Using a longer, 3 second press of +/ engages Memory Autoscan, allowing about 5 seconds on each memo ry before automatically moving on to the next one. To stop memory preset autoscan, press/release one of the +/– buttons.
QUICK GUIDE continued3DETAILED OWNERS MANUAL 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, then press/hold the Mem./Edit button for 4 seconds and then release it. ‘dEL’ appears flashing in the display. Within 2 seconds, press/release the Mem./Edit button. LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE YB 550PE All of the YB 550PE’s capabilities cannot be addressed in this Quick Guide. You can tailor the radio to your own liking with System Set Codes. To do this, see the section titled SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE, pages 4142. 1918 YB 550PEOPERATION MANUAL NOTE: In the instructions below, numbers in parenthesis ( ), refer to the diagrams and appear only at the first use or description of the item. See the previous section titled DIAGRAMS. INSTALLING BATTERIES Install 3 AA alkaline batteries into the battery compartment (21), observing the battery polarity diagram on the back of the radio. To remove the battery compartment cover, first remove the STAND (20) by pulling its locking tabs away fromthe lower sides of the radio and then removing it from theback. USING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES: Rechargeable bat teries must be charged in their own charger. They will not charge inside the YB 550PE.We suggest nickelmetalhydride batteries (NiMH). Be sure to change the SYSTEM SET CODE accordingly. See the section titled SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE,on pages 4142.