Eton FIELD RADIO 550 User manual

OWNER’S MANUAL
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MEET THE FIELD
Thank you for purchasing the Etón FIELD AM/FM/SW
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INSTALLING BATTERIES
The battery compartment is on the back of the radio.
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batteries with new ones. When not using the radio for
more than 30 days, remove the batteries.
BATTERY TYPE AND OPERATION
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the batteries become too weak.
BATTERY LEVEL INDICATOR
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USING AC POWER
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POWER FAILURE BACKUP FEATURE
If batteries are in the unit and it is powered via its AC
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TURNING THE FIELD ON AND OFF
Turn on the radio by pressing the red POWER & SLEEP
button on the front top right corner of the radio. When
the unit is on, press the POWER & SLEEP again to turn the
radio off.
TUNING
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station:
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station up or down in frequency
•Press the PRESET button to tune to the next preset
station
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the frequency range. The Q.TUNE button steps up in
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TUNING IN FM STATIONS
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TUNING INTO MW (AM) STATIONS
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the MW position.
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necessary.
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CHANGING THE TUNING STEPS (9kHz or 10kHz)
MW, or medium wave stations, known as AM stations in
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and decrease the gain as necessary.
CHANGING THE TUNING SPEED USING THE TIMER
A / TUNING STEP BUTTON
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ANTENNA DX/LOCAL SWITCH
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sounds distorted, turn this switch to the LOCAL position.
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distance.
TUNING IN SW (shortwave) STATIONS
Turn on radio.
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TUNING TO SW FREQUENCY RANGES (BANDS)
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Meter Band (m) Frequency Best Time of Day
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60m !U2d night
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41m !!U2d night
31m #U2d night
W  U2d
#W "U2d day
16m !!#U2d day
W "##U2d
13m "U2d day
11m   U2d day
OPTIMIZING SHORTWAVE RECEPTION
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best.
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Around sunset and sunrise, the entire shortwave range
may be good.
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improves shortwave reception.

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LYYU]OVVO\]+NNS^SYXKVVc^RO3X^O\XO^S]KQ\OK^\O]Y_\MO
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into your favorite search engine.
WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK
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:_LVSMK^SYX]!!,\YKNaKc!^R0VYY\8OaCY\U8C
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STORING STATIONS TO PRESET LOCATIONS
With the radio on, press ALARM button to preset stations
in to memory.
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memory status. The user can repeat this procedure to
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WOWY\SdON]^K^SYX]
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RETRIEVING STATIONS FROM PRESETS
AS^R^RO\KNSYYXZ\O]]^RO:</=/>L_^^YXMYX^SX_Y_]Vc
to retrieve the stations that have been stored. Notice
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X_WLO\]RYa]YX^RO\SQR^]SNOYP^RONS]ZVKc
+]^K^SYXMKXXY^LOO\K]ONP\YWWOWY\c=SWZVc]^Y\O
another station over it.
SETTING THE CLOCK
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WYNO>YMRKXQO^ROMVYMUP\YWYXOWYNO^YKXY^RO\
^_\X^RO\KNSYYPPZ\O]]KXNRYVN^RO?:L_^^YXPY\
second.
To set the clock:
1. Turn radio off.
2. :\O]]KXNRYVN^RO>=/>L_^^YX_X^SV^RORY_\]^K\^]
K]RSXQ
3. Turn the tuning knob in either direction or press the UP
button to set the hour.
4. ;_SMUZ\O]]^RO.9A8L_^^YXKXN^ROWSX_^O]aSVV
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 ;_SMUZ\O]]^RO>=/>L_^^YX^YXKVSdO^ROOX^\c
Note: 3P^ROKLY`O]^OZ]K\OXY^MYWZVO^ON[_SMUVcOXY_QR^RO^SWO]O^
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SETTING, ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE
ALARM CLOCK
With the radio off, both buttons have the TIMER A/TIMER
B function meaning that they can set two different
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