Table Of Contents - Eton E1 User Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE E1 RECEIVER. THIS RECEIVER HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED TO HIGH QUAL-
ITY 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 THAT WILL PROVIDE ENJOYABLE LISTENING TO RADIO BROAD-
CASTS AROUND THE WORLD.
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS p.2
TABLE OF CONTENTS p.4
GENERAL DESCRIPTION p.6
POWER SUPPLY p.6
• AC ADAPTER and EXTERNAL DC POWERING
• BATTERY INSTALLATION
• BATTERY OPERATION
• BATTERY CONDITION
INSTALLATION p.8
• UNPACKING
• LOCATION
• FIXED INSTALLATION
• PORTABLE OPERATION
• ANTENNA REQUIREMENTS
• VIEWING ANGLE
• INSTALLATION DIAGRAM
E1 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION p.11
TOP PANEL DESCRIPTION p.15
E1 DISPLAY DESCRIPTION p.16
SIDE PANEL DESCRIPTION p.18
GETTING STARTED p.19
• GENERAL OPERATING INFORMATION
• FIRST STEPS
• DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY
• SHORTWAVE 'METER' BAND DESIGNATOR ENTRY
• FREQUENCY RESOLUTION
• FRONT PANEL LOCK (UNLOCK)
• AM SYNCHRONOUS OPERATION
• SSB OPERATION
• PASSBAND TUNING
• FM OPERATION
• AGC OPERATION
• BEEP TONES
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MEMORY FUNCTIONS p.24
• MEMORY DESCRIPTION
• THE MEMORY DISPLAY
• STORING A MEMORY CHANNEL
• RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL
• DELETING A MEMORY CHANNEL
COUNTRY FUNCTIONS p.26
• COUNTRY DESCRIPTION
• THE COUNTRY DISPLAY
• STORING A COUNTRY CHANNEL
• RECALLING A COUNTRY CHANNEL
• DELETING A COUNTRY CHANNEL
• CHANGING OR ADDING COUNTRY NAMES
XM OPTION DISPLAY DESCRIPTION p.29
INTRODUCTION TO XM SATELLITE RADIO p.32
• GETTING STARTED IN XM RADIO
• XM DISPLAY OPTIONS
• THE XM 'LAST' SOFTKEY
• XM FAVORITES
E1 MENUS p.36
• MAIN MENU
• RADIO SETTINGS
• AUDIO SETTINGS
• SET CLOCKS
• CLOCK MODES
• TIMERS
• XM
• TIMER 1 ENABLE / DISABLE
• TIMER 2 ENABLE / DISABLE
• LOCAL / GMT TIME SELECT
SEEK FUNCTION p.48
• DESCRIPTION
• VFO MODE
• MEMORY & COUNTRY MODE
• XM SATELLITE RADIO MODE
T.SCAN FUNCTION p.49
• DESCRIPTION
• MARKING CHANNELS FOR T.SCAN
• UNMARKING T.SCAN CHANNELS
• SELECTING THE SCAN STOP METHOD
• INITIATING AND STOPPING THE T.SCAN
CLOCK AND TIMER FUNCTIONS p.50
• TIME DISPLAY
• SETTING 24 HOUR CLOCKS AUTOMATICALLY
• SETTING THE 24 HOUR CLOCKS MANUALLY
• TIMER OPERATION
• SETTING TIMER ON/OFF TIMES
• SETTING A W AKE OR SLEEP TIMER
• SETTING TIMER MEMORY CHANNELS
• ENABLING/DISABLING TIMER OPERATION
SPECIAL USE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS p.54
• LOCK ALL ENTRY TO KEYPAD
• BROADCAST BAND TUNING STEP SIZE
• DELETE ALL MEMORY OR COUNTRY CHANNELS
• DELETE ALL MEMORY AND COUNTRY CHANNELS
• DISPLAY LIGHTING
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE p.57
GLOSSARY OF TERMS p.60
TROUBLESHOOTING p.61
SUGGESTED REFERENCES p.61
WARRANTY REGISTRATION p.62
LIMITED WARRANTY p.62
SERVICE INFORMATION p.62
APPENDIX p.63
• UNDERSTANDING SHORTWAVE BANDS p.63
- WHAT IS SHORTWAVE?
- SOME BASIC RULES OF THUMB
- WHAT ARE BANDS?
E1XM MANUAL
- A HELPFUL ANALOGY ABOUT BANDS
- DAY BANDS v s. NIGHT BANDS
- SUNSET AND SUNRISE
- DAYTIME LISTENING
- EVENING/NIGHT LISTENING
- SHORTWAVE DIRECTORY
- SHORTWAVE ANTENNAS
- FULL-SIZED PASSIVE SHORTWAVE ANTENNAS
- ACTIVE SHORTWAVE ANTENNAS
- SHORTWAVE ANTENNAS FOR USE ON BOATS
- LONG-WIRE SHORTWAVE ANTENNAS
- AM ANTENNAS
- FINDING ANTENNAS
- TIME STATIONS
- GETTING STARTED W ITH SINGLE SIDEBAND (SSB)
- WEATHER FAX FREQUENCIES
- MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SSB
- MONTHLY MAGAZINES W ITH SSB RELATED INFO
- TIME STATIONS (not SSB)
• ETON E1 QUICK GUIDE p.68
- INTRODUCTION
- SET-UP INFORMATION
- LISTENING TO XM SATELLITE RADIO
- TUNING-IN FM AND MW STATIONS
- USING DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY
- USING THE SEEK FEATURE
- LISTENING TO SHORTWAVE STATIONS
- CHOOSING THE BEST SHORTWAVE BAND
- GETTING INTO A SHORTWAVE BAND
- TUNING AROUND IN A SHORTWAVE BAND
- STORING FREQUENCIES INTO MEMORY
- ACCESSING W HAT YOU HAVE STORED INTO MEMORY
- DELETING THE CONTENTS OF A MEMORY
- SETTING THE CLOCK TO YOUR LOCAL TIME
- SETTING THE DISPLAY FOR LOCAL OR GMT TIME
- SETTING THE TIMER AS AN ALARM CLOCK
- USING TIMER 1 AS A W AKE-UP TIMER
- USING TIMER 2 AS A SLEEP TIMER
- TO ENABLE OR DISABLE THE TIMERS
SPECIFICATIONS p.72
BLOCK DIAGRAM p.74
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