Eton Yb550pe Am Fm Shortwave Radio Operation Manual

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SELECTING AND  USING AN AC ADAPTOR 
Use an adaptor with the following specifications: output of
4.5 volts DC, negative polarity; rated at 100 milliamperes or
greater; coaxial plug tip inner diameter of 3.4 millimeter,
inner diameter of 1.3 millimeters. An appropriate adaptor for
use in North America is available for purchase from Eton
Corporation/Grundig. For details, visit www.etoncorp.com or
contact us via phone. Plug it into the DC...

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VOLUME AND TONE  CONTROLS
The volume control (14), labeled VOLUME, is located on the
left side of the radio. The tone control (17), on the right side
of the radio is labeled NEWS/MUSIC. Use the position that
you like best.
SELECTING FM, AM OR SHORTWAVE
Pressing the button labeled ‘FM/AM/SW Band’ (9), allows selec
tion of FM,AM and SW (35). The frequency digits (34) appear in
the lower portion of the display. The local stations of your area
will be...

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FOUR WAYS TO TUNE  IN  STATIONS
There are four ways to tune in stations, described in detail
below:
1. REGULAR TUNING (MANUAL TUNING)
Quick, short presses of the +/ buttons enables tuning up or
down frequency.
2. AUTOSCAN TUNING
Pressing the + or – buttons for just over 1 second enables
automatic scantuning. The radio will then automatically stop
on the next station encountered. Use the + button to
autoscan upward in frequency and the –...

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SELECTING A SHORTWAVE METER BAND
All 14 of the international broadcast bands can be
accessed.The bands are numbered 120, 90, 75, 60, 49, 31, 25,
22, 19, 16, 15, 13 and 11 meters. See the section below titled
SHORTWAVE BAND CHART OF AUTOSCANNING RANGESwhich shows the full frequency range of each band used by
the radio’s autoscan system.
There are two ways to access a band, each method placing
the tuner at the beginning of the band that has beenaccessed.
1. Each...

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AUTOSCAN TUNING WHILE IN SHORTWAVE
In shortwave, autoscan tuning only autoscans in the short
wave frequency ranges noted below in the SHORTWAVE
BAND CHART OF AUTOSCANNING RANGES. To tune short
wave frequencies that are inbetween these ranges, or out
side of these ranges, use one of the other tuning methods.
SHORTWAVE BAND CHART 
OF AUTOSCANING  RANGES 
BAND (meters}  FREQUENCY RANGE (kilohertz)
120  2250  2550
90  3150  3450
75  3850  4050
60  4700...

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USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE
When the alarm activates and turns the radio on, the 
symbol appears flashing in the display. While it is flashing,
press/release the SNOOZE/LIGHT button (22). 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
For the alarm to function, it must be activated by pressing the
button labeled ALARM (3). The  symbol (27) appears...

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STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY
In the instructions below, the term ‘preset’ and ‘memory pre
set’ refer to memory locations.
1. Turn on the radio.
2. Select the memory page that you wish to use, using the
procedure titled SELECTING MEMORY PAGES, above. If
you know that it’s already on the correct memory page,
skip this step.
3.Tune to the desired station.
4. Press/release the Mem./Edit button. Note that the ‘PRE
SET’ digits (36) flash in the upper right...

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MEMORY SEARCH 
Memory Search enables searching through the memory pre
sets within a memory page, as shown below:
1.Press/release the M.Scan/Page button.
2.Use quick, short presses on the + or – buttons to search
through the memory presets.
MEMORY AUTOSCAN 
Memory Autoscan enables scanning through the memory pre
sets within a memory page. The memory being scannedenables listening to the station for about 5 seconds and will
then move on to the...

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DELETING ALL  MEMORY 
CONTENTS OF A PAGE
1. Press/release the M.Scan/Page button.
2. Press/hold the Mem./Edit button for 4 seconds and then
release it. ‘Del’ (38) appears flashing in the display.
3.Within 2 seconds, press/release the Mem./Edit button.
CUSTOMIZING MEMORY PAGES
The number of memory pages can be changed from 8 to 4, 5,
or 20. While this changes the number of frequencies stored
per page, in all cases 200 total frequencies can be...

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CHANGING THE CLOCK FORMAT
The instructions below serve as an excellent example of how
to change a system set code, in this case changing the clocksystem to a 12 hour format:
1. Turn off the radio.
2.Press/release the ‘Sys. Set’ button. Note that ‘  ‘ appears
in the upper right corner of the display and the clock dig
its disappear.
3.Within 5 seconds, enter 12 with the numeric keypad, then
immediately press/release the button labeled ENTER.
‘12H’...