Grundig E100 Shortwave Radio Operation Manual
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E100 OPERATION MANUAL www.etoncorp.com AM/FM/SHORTWAVE RADIO
DO YOU NEED HELP? We want you to thoroughly enjoy the use of your E100 radio. If you need help while learning its operation, please contact us, using the methods below. MondayFriday, 8:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m., North American Pacific Time. 18008722228 from the U.S. 18006371648 from Canada 16509033866, worldwide FAX: 6509033867 [email protected] www.etoncorp.com Mailing Address: etónCorporation 1015 Corporation Way Palo Alto, CA 94303USA 23 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................... 4 FEATURES ............................................................................................. 5 DIAGRAMS ........................................................................................... 6 GETTING STARTED ................................................................................ 8 • WHAT THE E100 INCLUDES ............................................................... 8 • INSTALLING BATTERIES ......................................................................8 • SELECTING AND USING AN AC ADAPTOR .......................................... 8 • SIGNAL STRENGTH AND BATTERY STRENGTH INDICATOR ................. 8 BASIC RADIO OPERATION .....................................................................9 • IMPORTANT INITIAL SETUP ............................................................... 9 • TURNING THE E100 ON AND OFF ...................................................... 9 • VOLUME AND TONE CONTROLS .........................................................10 • SELECTING THE FM, AM OR SHORTWAVE .......................................... 10 • SETTING UP AM AND FM OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA ................... 11 • TUNING IN STATIONS ........................................................................ 11 CLOCK AND ALARM FEATURES ............................................................. 13 WORKING WITH MEMORY .................................................................... 15 SYSTEM SET CODES AND THE SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE ....................... 21 OTHER E100 INFORMATION ................................................................. 24 TROUBLESHOOTING ..............................................................................26 LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS .................................................. 28 SHORTWAVE LISTENING GUIDE ............................................................ 32 WARRANTY REGISTRATION................................................................... 38 LIMITED WARRANTY TO THE ORIGINAL CUSTOMER............................... 39 SERVICE INFORMATION......................................................................... 41 TABLE OF CONTENTS E100OPERATION MANUAL 1 234 5 6 789 101112131415
5 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE E100 • SHORTWAVE: 1711 29.995 KHz • FM 87.0 108.0MHz; MW 520 1710 • Manual and AutoScan Tuning • Direct Keypad Frequency Entry • Manual/Auto Scan to scan the preset stations • FineTuning Control Knob • 200 Random Programmable Memories • Memory Page Customizing • 9/10KHz step size selector for correct worldwide Medium Wave (AM) reception • FMStereo/Signal Strength/Power Level Indicators • Digital Clock • Selectable 12/24 hour clock display format • Simultaneous display of frequency and clock • Favorite Station WakeUp • Programmable Alarm • Programmable Sleep Timer (10 90min.) functions • LCD display light • Built in antennas for AM, FM and SW reception • Earphone socket (earbud style earphones included) • AC adaptor socket (adaptor not included) • Includes carrying pouch 2FEATURES E100OPERATION MANUAL 4 Thank you for purchasing the E100 AM/FM/Shortwave Radio. This radio has been designed and manufactured to high quality standards, and will provide reliable operation for many years. Please carefully read the Owner’s Manual in order to take advantage of the many interesting features of the E100. 1INTRODUCTION
7 E100OPERATION MANUAL 67 DIAGRAMScontinued RADIO OFF DISPLAYRADIO ON DISPLAY Battery Symbol Antenna Symbol 15 ScaleAlarm AM/PM Indicator Alarm ClockDigits Alarm ActivationSymbol Clock Digits Time AM/PM Indicator Triangle PointerClock Digits Alarm Activation Symbol Battery Symbol Antenna Symbol 15 Scale Triangle Pointer FM, MW, SHORTWAVE,Indicators Frequency DigitsSleep Timer Symbol MEMORY DISPLAYSHORTWAVE METER BAND DISPLAYRefers only to the display’s upper right corner. Memory Display Delete Indicator Refers only to the display’s upper right corner. MEMORY DISPLAYRefers only to the display’s upper right corner. 2627282930 31433233 262728 34 31 35363733 383940Shortwave Meter BandDisplay 41 42 6 3DIAGRAMS FRONTTelescopic Antenna LCD Display POWER/SLEEP Fine Tuning Control Up/Hour Down/Min. Memory Scan/Page Button FM ST.Alarm Button Light Snooze Button FMMWSW Band Button SW Meter Band Button Enter/Sys. Set Hand Carry Belt ANT. GAIN H/M/L DC Jack Earphone Socket Reset Button LEFT SIDERIGHT SIDE Stand Tone Control Volume Control Lock Switch Battery Compartment Cover Memory & Edit/Time Set Numeric Keypad 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 89 10 11 12 13 15 14 1617 1819 212223242520
4GETTING STARTED 9 E100OPERATION MANUAL 89 5BASIC RADIO OPERATION IMPORTANT INITIAL SETUP 1. Assure that the radio is unlocked, using the LOCK switch (24) on right side of the radio by pushing it down, to the OFF position. This 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). 2. Assure that the antenna gain switch (17), on the left side of the radio is in the highgain, H, position. TURNING THE E100 ON AND OFF The E100 can be turned on by the two methods shown below. To turn it off, press the POWER/SLEEP button (3). 1. Battery Saver/Timer Method Perform a quick, short press of the POWER/SLEEP button (3). This turns the radio on with 120 in the display and causes the radio to shut off automatically after 120 minutes. The sleep timer symbol, (35), also appears in the display. To change the automatic shut off time from 120 minutes to a time of your preference, use the Up/Hour or Down/Min. buttons (5,6) immediately after turning on the radio. This allows selection of 1 – 120 minutes of playtime before automatic shutoff occurs. The number of minutes that you last set are also used the next time the radio is turned on. 8 WHAT THE E100 INCLUDES • Earbud style earphones • Batteries• Carrying pouch NOTE:In the instructions below, numbers in parenthesis ( ), refer to the diagrams. INSTALLING BATTERIES Install 2 AA alkaline batteries into the battery compartment (25), observing the battery polarity diagram on the back of the radio. To remove the battery compartment cover, apply thumb pressure and slide it towards the bottom of the radio. SELECTING AND USING AN AC ADAPTOR (MAINS ADAPTOR) (not included) Visit our web site, www.etoncorp.com, or Contact etónCorporation for information regarding selection of a proper AC adaptor. SIGNAL STRENGTH AND BATTERY STRENGTH INDICATOR When the radio is turned off, the upper left corner of the display (2) shows battery strength on the 1–5 scale (28), with the triangle pointer (33) under the battery symbol (26) on the far left side of the scale. When the radio is turned on, the pointer is under the antenna symbol(27) and the 15 scale shows relative signal strength.
11 E100OPERATION MANUAL 10 BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued SETTING UP AM AND FM OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA You can skip this section if you are in North America and just purchased the E100. It is already setup in the factory for use in North America. If you travel to other world regions, make the changes below as necessary. Outside of North America, AM stations (MW in the E100’s display) are spaced in 9 KHz tuning steps. The FM frequency range may be different from that used in North America, e.g. like that used in Japan, 76108MHz. To make these changes please see the instructions titled SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE, on pages 2122. TUNING IN STATIONS Four Ways to Tune in Stations Below, four ways to tune stations are described. They are Regular Tuning, Autoscan Tuning, Direct Frequency Entry and Fine Tuning. 1. REGULAR TUNING (also called manual tuning)Quick, short presses of the Up/HourDown/Min. buttons (5,6) enables tuning up or down frequency. 2. AUTOSCAN TUNINGPressing the Up/Hour or Down/Min. buttons (5,6) for just over 1 second enables automatic scantuning. The radio will then auto matically stop on the next station encountered. Use the Up/Hour button to autoscan upward in frequency and the Down/Min. button to autoscan downward in frequency. 2. TimerDefeat Method This method defeats the automatic 120 minute timer and causes the radio to stay on until deliberately turned off, until the batteries drain or indefinitely if used with an AC adaptor. Hold down the POWER button for about 3 seconds, then release. Note that ‘120’and the sleep timer symbol do not appear when this method isused. SELECTING FM, AM OR SHORTWAVE After turning on the E100, pressing the button labeled ‘FM/MW/SW Band’ (11), allows selection of FM, AM and SW. Note that when the AM band is selected, the display shows MW, not AM. The frequency digits (36) appear in the lower portion of the display.. The local stations of the area that you are currently in will be heard on AM and FM. Shortwave stations from around the world will be heard on SW. BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued
6CLOCK AND ALARM FEATURES BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued 13 E100OPERATION MANUAL 12 SETTING THE CLOCK The factory has set the clock to function as a 24hour format clock. If you prefer a 12 hour, AM/PM clock format, see the section titled CHANGING THE CLOCK FROM 24 TO 12 HOUR FORMAT, on page 22. To set the clock:1. Turn the radio off. The clock digits appear in the lower part of the display (43). 2. Press/release the button labeled ‘Time Set’ (15). The clock’s digits flash in the display. 3. Within 5 seconds, set the hour using the Up/Hour button and the minutes using the Down/Min. button. Make sure that AM or PM (32) appear in the display, to the left of the time, if your clock is set up in the 12 hr. AM/PM format. 4. Within 5 seconds of finishing, press/release the ‘Time Set’ button twice or just wait until the clock digits stop flashing. SETTING THE ALARM Set the alarm with the instructions below. Note that the alarm must be activated to function. After setting the alarm time, be sure to read the next section titled ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE ALARM. The alarm will wake you to the last radio station tuned, unless set for Favorite Station WakeUp (Use system set code 01. See page 21). When the alarm activates, it turns the radio on and the alarm activation symbol (31) appears flashing in the display. The radio will play for 30 minutes, until you turn it off or until you press the SNOOZE/LIGHT button (see USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE, below). 3. DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY When the desired frequency is known, it can be entered via the numeric keypad (14) and the ‘Enter’ button (13). First, make sure that the correct band is selected AM, FM or SW. Most AM and Shortwave frequencies are designated in kilohertz (KHz), e.g. 810 KHz or 9475 KHz. All FM frequencies are designated in megahertz (MHz), e.g. 102.9 MHz. To enter such frequencies: 1. Press/release the ‘Enter’ (13) button. 2. Enter the frequency using the numeric keypad. Sometimes Shortwave frequencies are designated in megahertz (MHz). If you encounter such a shortwave frequency and it has less than three digits after the decimal point (e.g. 15.10 MHz or 6.92 MHz), then use the following method to enter it. However, if there are three digits after the decimal point (e.g. 15110 MHz or 5.975 MHz), use the method described previously. 1. Press/release the ‘Enter’ (13) button. 2. Enter the frequency using the numeric keypad. 3. Press/release the ‘Enter’ button again. 4. FINE TUNING The FINE TUNING control (4) is located on the right side of the radio. It tunes in 1 Kilohertz steps in AM and Shortwave and .05 Megahertz steps in FM. Use it to ‘finetune’ stations to your liking, or use it as you would a tuning knob.
7WORKING WITH MEMORY CLOCK AND ALARM FEATURES continued To set the alarm: 1. Turn the radio off. The alarm clock digits (30) appear in the upper right corner of the display. 2. Press/release the button labeled ‘Time Set’ twice. The alarm clock’s digits flash in the display. 3. Within 5 seconds, set the hour using the Up/Hour button and the minutes using the – button. Make sure that AM or PM (29) appear in the display if your clock is set up in the 12 hr. AM/PM format. 4. Within 5 seconds of finishing, press the ‘Time Set’ button once or just wait until the alarm digits stop flashing. USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE When the alarm activates and turns the radio on, the alarm activation symbol (31) appears flashing in the display. While it is flashing, press/release the SNOOZE/LIGHT button (10). The radio will turn off and then turn on again in 10 minutes. This process can be repeated 3 times. ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE ALARM The alarm is activated and deactivated by pressing the button labeled ‘Alarm’ (9). When it is activated, the alarm activation symbol (31) appears in the display. When this symbol is not in the display, it is deactivated. Note that once the alarm turns the radio on, with the alarm symbol flashing, except for the SNOOZE/LIGHT button, the radio’s controls will not function until the ON/OFFTIMER buttonis pressed. 15 E100OPERATION MANUAL 14 At the factory, the E100 is set up with 8 pages of memory, each page holding 25 frequencies. This enables storing of 200 frequencies into memory. This factory setting can be changed and tailored to your personal needs or can be left asis. When first learning to store stations into memory, we suggest using the factory setting. To change the factory setting, see the section CUSTOMIZING MEMORY PAGES on page 20. Otherwise, follow the instructions below to storeyour favorite frequencies into memory using this original factory memory setup. STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY The instructions below show you how to store stations (frequencies) into the currently selected memory page. 1. Turn on the radio. 2. Tune to the desired station. 3. Press/release the Mem.&Edit button (15). Note that the memory number digits (38) flash in the upper right corner of the display. The memory page number, P#, also appears, but does not flash. 4. Within 5 seconds use the numeric keypad to enter the memory number that you wish to store the station into (In the factory’s original memory setting, there are 25 memories per page. Youwould therefore enter a number between 01 and 25). 5. Within 5 seconds press the Mem.&Edit button, or wait 5 seconds. After a few seconds, the upper right corner’s display returns to the clock.
WORKING WITH MEMORY continuedWORKING WITH MEMORY continued 17 E100OPERATION MANUAL 16 ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO MEMORY There are three ways to access what has been stored into memory: Direct Memory Access, Memory Search and Memory Autoscan. These three methods are described below. When the memory 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 time with a press/release of the M.Scan/Page button (7). Direct Memory AccessIf you are already on the desired memory page, simply key in the memory number with the numeric keypad. For example, if the desired radio station is in memory number 01, just press ‘0’, then ‘1’, and itwill go to memory 01. If you first need to change memory pages, see the previous section, SELECTING/CHANGING MEMORY PAGES. Memory SearchMemory Search enables manual searching through the memories within a memory page, as shown below: 1. Press/release the M.Scan/Page button. 2. Use quick, short presses on the Up/Hour or Down/Min. buttons to search through the memories. SELECTING/CHANGING MEMORY PAGESIf you are not interested in changing memory pages and wish to keep the original factory memory page setting, skip this section. At the factory, the E100 is set up to access memory page 1 when storing a frequency. You can leave this asis or change to a different memory page. We suggest learning first to store stations into memory page 1 before changing to other pages. To do this, go to the previous section, STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY. To change to the memory page, follow the directions below. 1. Press/hold the M.Scan/Page button (7) for about 3 seconds. Then release it. Note that the memory page (38) is flashing in the upper right corner of the display. 2. Within 5 seconds select the desired page with the Up/Hour and Down/Min. buttons (5,6). You will see the memory page change with each press. When the page of your choice is reached, stoppressing. 3. When finished, either press/release the M.Scan/Page button, or wait about 3 seconds, causing the memory page to be entered. The clock (34) will reappear in the display’s upper right corner.
WORKING WITH MEMORY continuedWORKING WITH MEMORY continued 19 E100OPERATION MANUAL 18 MOVING A STORED FREQUENCY If desired, a frequency that has been stored into a memory can be moved to a different memory on the same page, or a different page. 1. Turn on the radio. 2. Press/hold the M.Scan/Page button (7) for about 3 seconds and release it. 3. Use the Up/Hour or Down/Min. button (5,6) to select the required memory page. 4. Press/release the M.Scan/Page button twice. 5. Press/release the Mem.&Edit button (15). 6. Within 5 seconds use the numeric keypad to enter the memory number that you wish to store the station into. 7. Within 5 seconds press/release the Mem.&Edit button. DELETING A FREQUENCY STORED IN MEMORY1. Press/release the M.Scan/Page button (7). 2. Use the Up/Hour or Down/Min. button (5,6) to select the memory preset location of the frequency that you wish to delete. 3. Press/hold the Mem.&Edit button (15) for about 2 seconds and then release it. ‘dEL’ appears flashing in the display. 4. Within 2 seconds, press/release the Mem.&Edit button. Memory AutoScanMemory Autoscan enables scanning through the memories within the selected memory page. Each filled memory is accessed for about 5 seconds, after which the scan move on to the next used memory automatically, staying on it for about 5 seconds. This continues indefinitely on the selected page until deliberately stopped. Unusedmemories are not accessed. 1. Press/release the M.Scan/Page button. 2. Press/hold either the Up/Hour or Down/Min. button for about 3 seconds. Then release it. Note that the memory number in theupper right corner of the display flashes and the preset being scanned remains for about 5 seconds. It then moves on to the next memory preset for another 5 seconds. To stop memory preset autoscan, press/release either the Up/Hour or Down/Min. button.