Eton MINI 300PE User manual

MINI 300PE
AM/FM/Shortwave Radio
OWNER’S MANUAL

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WARNING
• Do not submerge or expose for extended period to water.
• Only operate within specied temperature range (0 °C to 40 °C).
• Unplug immediately if liquid has been spilled or object have fallen
into the apparatus.
• Clean only with a dry cloth. Do not use detergents or chemical
solvents as this might damage the nish.
• Unplug and disconnect external antennas during lightning storms.
• Do not remove cover [or back].
• Refer servicing to qualied service personnel.
Disposal
According to the European Directive 2002/96/EC all
electrical and electronic products must be collected
separately by a local collection system.
Please act according to your local rules and do not dispose of your old
products with your normal household waste.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BASIC CONTROLS...........................................................................................................................
BATTERIES.........................................................................................................................................
POWER ON/OFF/VOLUME.......................................................................................................
FM RADIO............................................................................................................................................
AM/SW1-7 RADIO.........................................................................................................................
ANTENNA............................................................................................................................................
CLOCK.....................................................................................................................................................
ALARM...................................................................................................................................................
SLEEP FUNCTION..........................................................................................................................
INTRODUCTION TO SHORTWAVE...................................................................................
SHORTWAVE BANDS................................................................................................................
GUIDELINES.....................................................................................................................................
STATIONS.........................................................................................................................................
SERVICE INFORMATION........................................................................................................
ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY.....................................................................................
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1 BASIC CONTROLS
ANTENNA
DISPLAY
HOUR
MINUTES
TUNING KNOB
VOLUME KNOB
POWER
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SLEEP
ALARM
TIME
BATTERY COVER
EAR PHONE JACK
BAND SWITCH
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2 BATTERIES
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Remove the battery compartment’s cover by pushing the cover in
the direction of arrow. Install two ‘AA’ batteries according to the po-
larity. For easy removal, place the batteries on top of lift out ribbon.
If the sound becomes low or distorted, replace with new batteries. If
the radio will not be used for a long time, remove all the batteries to
prevent possible battery leakage.
3 POWER ON/OFF/VOLUME
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Turn the radio on by pressing the POWER button (7). Use the volume
knob (6) to adjust the volume.
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4 FM RADIO
5 AM/SW1-7 RADIO
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Select the FM band by using the band selector switch (13). Use the
tuning knob (5) to tune the radio to the desired frequency.
Select the desired band, AM or SW 1-7, by using the band selector
switch (13). Turn the tuning knob (5) to the desired frequency, which
appears in the display (2) or just tune around and listen for stations.
Note that MW appears in the display when AM is selected, as the AM
band is called MW for medium wave in some parts of the world. SW
appears in the display when SW1-8 is selected.
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A. For AM (MW) the radio uses an internal, directional, ferrite bar
antenna. Rotate the radio for best reception.
B. For FM/SW, fully extend the telescopic antenna (1). For FM, rotate
the antenna for best reception.

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7 CLOCK
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The clock displays time in 12 hour, AM/PM format. While keeping the
TIME button (10) pressed, set the correct hour and minutes with the
HOUR (3) and MINUTE (4) buttons. They can be pressed with quick,
short presses to advance slowly or they can be kept pressed down to
advance rapidly. When nished, release the TIME button.
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With the radio turned off, keeping the ALARM button (9) pressed, set
the correct wake up hour and minutes with the HOUR (3) and MIN-
UTE (4). They can be pressed with quick, short presses to advance
slowly or they can be kept pressed rapidly. When nished, release the
ALARM button and this will cause the loudspeaker symbol appears
in the display. If you want to deactivate the alarm, press the ALARM
button (9) again and the loudspeaker symbol will disappear from the
display.
When the activated alarm turns the radio on, it can be turned off by
pressing the ALARM button (9) again. The Power button (7) cannot
be used for this purpose.
While the radio is playing in alarm mode and without any manual
interruption to deactivate the alarm, it will turn off automatically
after 60 minutes.
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8 ALARM
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9 SLEEP FUNCTION
The sleep function enables the radio to play for a specied time
before automatically shutting off (from 1 hour 59 minutes to just
one minute).
With the radio turned off, press and do not release the SLEEP button
(8). This turns the radio on and “0:59” appears in the display. This
also activates the sleep timer activation symbol in the display.
To set SLEEP function for 59 minutes, release the SLEEP button. To
set SLEEP function as desired, continue to keep the SLEEP button
pressed and use the HOUR and MINUTE buttons to adjust the sleep
time for you needs. When nished, release the SLEEP button.
While it is playing in sleep mode, it can be turned off by pressing
the SLEEP button. The power button (7) cannot be used for this
purpose. The sleep timer activation symbol will disappear from the
display. If the POWER button is pressed, you need to press SLEEP
button again to deactivate the SLEEP function (The symbol will
disappear from display) and press POWER button again to turn off
the radio.
Note: The sleep function cannot be activated again within 2 min-
utes after this function was deactivated before.
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