Grundig G4 WORLD RECORDER User manual

G4 WORLD RECORDER
FM/AM/Shortwave Portable Radio with MP3 and SD Player
OWNER’S MANUAL
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DO YOU NEED HELP?
If you need help, please contact us, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00
p.m., North American Pacific Time. 1-800-872-2228 from the U.S;
1-800-637-1648 from Canada; 650-903-3866, worldwide; FAX:
650-903-3867; web site, www.etoncorp.com; Etón Corporation,
1015 Corporation Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
WARNING
฀฀ot expose this appliance to rain or moisture.
฀not submerge or expose for extended period to water.
฀tect from high humidity and rain.
฀ly operate within specified temperature range (0 °C to 40 °C).
฀plug immediately if liquid has been spilled or objects have
fallen into the apparatus.
฀lean only with a dry cloth. Do not use detergents or chemical
solvents as this might damage the finish.
฀nplug and disconnect external antennas (not included) during
lightning storms.
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀er servicing to qualified service personnel.
Disposal
According to the European Directive 2002/96/EC
all electrical and electronic products must be col-
lected 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.
ENVIRONMENT
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NOTES:
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀is on/under the button it means that it may need a ‘Long-
Press’.
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀seconds for it to respond.
1. Long Press: Power On/Off; Press: Change between Radio and
MP3 mode
2. VOL –
3. VOL +
4. 0-9 Digital Button
5. Enter; Confirm
6. Space, Cancel, Mute
7. Delete
8. Function Button
9. MP3: Select the Music; Radio: Frequency+/-
10. Long Press:฀฀฀MP3: Change between Mp3 and Voice
11. Power Off: Charging; MP3: Change between SD Card and
FLASH; Radio: Input the Page No.
12. Power Off: Recording (long press); MP3: A-B Repeat; Radio:
Change between Stereo and Mono, Wide and Narrow Band
13. Radio: SW Band, Meter Band; MP3: Select EQ mode; Power
Off: Set Auto Play MP3 File
14. Radio: MW Band; MP3: Stop Playing; Power Off: Set Auto
Record of the Voice
15. Radio: FM Band; MP3: Play the Music; Power Off: Set Auto
Receive of the Radio
16. Telescopic Antenna
17. Ex฀฀18. DX-NOR.-LO Switch
19. Ea฀20. US฀21. SD Card Slot
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WHAT’S INCLUDED?
It includes the owner’s manual, carrying pouch and carrying strap
(attached).
POWER SOURCE
Power the G4 by plugging in the AC adapter or installing 3 AA al-
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀the upper right of the LCD, indicating battery or AC adapter power.
When installing batteries, observe the polarity diagrams in the battery
compartment. Only charge Ni-MH batteries (see instructions below).
The AC adapter and batteries can both be in the unit at the same
time. Use only the supplied AC adapter for best results.
NOTE:When changing batteries, turn off the unit and change them
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀also plug in the adaptor within 60 seconds to supply the power.
BATTERY POWER INDICATOR
The battery power indicator is in the upper left corner of the display.
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PREVENTING BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE
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฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀intermix old with new, or different brands or types of batteries. Never
charge AA, non-rechargeable batteries. Damage caused by battery
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀TURNING THE G4 ON AND OFF
Turn the G4 on with a long-press of the button. If FM, AM or SW,
as well as a radio frequency, is in the display it’s on in radio mode. If
no radio frequency is in the display it’s in the MP3 mode. To switch
between these modes press the button.
CHARGING NI-MH BATTERIES WITH THE AC
ADAPTER/CHARGER
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀-
liamp hour value and brand.
2. With the radio off, plug-in the AC adaptor, displays in theLCD.
3. Turn off the unit and press
0
. The battery symbol is flowing,
the charging light turns on and the charging starts.
4. When the battery is charged, stops flowing and displays
in the LCD. If you want to stop charging, press
%8)4
once.
NOTE: When charging, you can use the radio normally.

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CHARGE NI-MH BATTERIES BY CONNECTING TO
THE COMPUTER
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฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀displays
in the LCD.
2. Turn off the unit and press
0
. The battery symbol is flowing
and the charging starts.
3. When the battery is charged, stops flowing and displays
in the LCD. If you want to stop charging, press
%8)4
once.
NOTE: When charging, you can use the radio normally.
SETTING UP THE AM TUNING RATE AND CLOCK
SYSTEM
The G4 can be set up for a 9KHz or 10KHz MW (AM) tuning rate or
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀for use in North America (U.S. or Canada) with 10KHz tuning rate
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀are needed if you’re in North America.
To change these settings, use the instructions below.
To Change the Tuning Rate and Clock System
1. With the radio turned off remove one battery and disconnect the
AC adapter. Wait 60 seconds until the display goes completely
฀2. Reinstall the battery or connect the AC adapter. ‘SET’ appears in
the display for about 10 seconds. While it’s in the display press
the ‘ENTER’ button. 9 10 appears in the display. Press 1 to select
9KHz, 2 to select 10KHz.
3. 12 24 appears in the display. Press 1 to select 12 hour system, 2 to
select 24 hour system.

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VOLUME CONTROL
With the G4 on or off, use the buttons to adjust to volume
levels 00-26. The level number appears near the upper right of the
display.
MUTE FEATURE
Press the EXIT button to mute the audio. Press it again to resume
audio.
EARPHONE SOCKET AND USING EARPHONES
(NOT INCLUDED)
Turn the volume down before wearing the earphones, then turn up
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀right side of the radio.
SELECTING FM, MW (AM) AND SHORTWAVE
With the G4 turned on, press the FM, MW (AM) or SW button. Se-
quentially press the SW button to cycle through the SW meter bands.
NOTE: When listening to FM or Shortwave fully extend the telescopic
antenna. It need not be extended when listening to MW (AM) sta-
tions (the AM ferrite-bar antenna is located inside the G4)

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SETTING THE SENSITIVITY SWITCH
On the left side of the G4 is the sensitivity switch. There are three
position, DX, NOR and LO. Always start with the DX position, as this
gives maximum sensitivity. If the station is extremely strong use the
NOR or LO position, the position with the least sensitivity. Basically,
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀TUNING IN STATIONS
With the G4 turned on, stations are tuned with the - + buttons in
manual or auto-tune mode and the Direct Frequency Entry System
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀in megahertz, MHz.
Manual Tuning
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀or down frequency.
Auto-Tuning
Pressing the - + buttons for longer than one second results in auto-
tuning, where the next available station is automatically tuned.
Direct Frequency Entry
With the G4 turned on, use the ENTER button and 0-9 buttons when
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀To enter an FM frequency, press ENTER, then punch in the frequency
number; for example if it’s 103.7MHz, press 1 0 3 70. Note that you
must enter a ‘0’ last.

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TUNING IN STATIONS continued
To enter an AM frequency, press ENTER, then punch in the frequency
number; for example if it’s 810KHz, press 8 1 0.
Shortwave can be tuned continually from 3 MHz to 30 MHz. To enter
a Shortwave frequency, press ENTER, then punch in the frequency
number in MHz; for example if it’s 5.965MHz, press 5 9 6 5. If the
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀press ENTER 5 9 ENTER. If the frequency is given in KHz, simply press
ENTER and punch it in, for example for 15125 KHz, press ENTER 1 5
1 2 5 ENTER. The G4 automatically converts it to MHz.
Note: If you wrongly enter any digit of the frequency, press EXIT and
re-enter it.
Entering Shortwave Bands
To enter shortwave bands, sequentially press the SW button. The
band number appears above the frequency to the right.
SHORTWAVE BROADCAST RECEPTION
Shortwave enables listening to broadcasts over vast distances includ-
ing other countries and continents. The following information will
help you get started.
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SHORTWAVE BROADCAST RECEPTION continued
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀shortwave reception.

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LEARNING ABOUT SHORTWAVE LISTENING
To learn about shortwave we recommend the two publications be-
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀-
ally, the Internet is a great resource for learning about shortwave. Go
to your favorite search engine and type in ‘shortwave listening’.
PASSPORT TO WORLD BAND RADIO Published by International
Broadcasting Services (IBS); IBS North America, Box 300, Penn’s
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK Published in the USA by Wat-
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀10003-9595. www.watsonguptill.com
STORING AND RECALLING STATIONS
The G4 has 1000 memories (also called presets), arranged in 10
pages (0-9), with each page holding 100 memories (00-99). All
memories are randomly programmable, meaning that any frequency
can be stored into any memory.
Note that when storing into an already occupied memory position, its
contents will be replaced with your new entry.
FREQUENCY STORAGE
1. Go to the frequency that you wish to store. Select the page by
pressing ‘P’, then pressing one of buttons 0-9.
2. Select the memory to store it in by pressing ‘M’, then one of the
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FREQUENCY STORAGE continued
To Recall A Stored Frequency – method 1
1฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀by pressing ‘P’, then one of buttons 0-9.
2. Recall the frequency by entering the number 00-99, with the
nu฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀is located.
To Recall A Stored Frequency – method 2
1. Press the MEM button. Notice that MEM appears on the left side
of the display.
2. Press the P button and select the page by pressing one of
buttons 0-9.
3. Press the -+ button sequentially to go from one memory to an-
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀DELETING ONE MEMORY
1. Tune to the memory page.
2. Tune to the memory number on that page you wish to delete with
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀the - + buttons.
3. Press and release the DEL button; ‘d’ appears in the display.
4. Press and release the DEL button again.
DELETING THE ENTIRE MEMORY PAGE
1. Tune to the memory page.
2. Do a long press on the DEL button until the page number flashes.
3. Press the DEL button again.

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AUTO SAVING
The radio can auto save the strongest frequencies of the AM, FM or
Shortwave band into page 0.
1. Select the band.
2. Select page number 0; if 0 flashes wait until it stops.
3. Do a long press on the – or + button.
4. The radio scans the band and the memory numbers appear in the
display. When it stops and plays, the auto save is complete.
TRANSFERRING AUTO SAVED FREQUENCIES TO
A DIFFERENT MEMORY PAGE
1. Select page number 0; the 0 flashes; if it doesn’t flash select page
0 again.
2. While it’s flashing press the page number that you want to copy it
into, for example 9.
SETTING THE TIME AND DATE
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀-
tering the time 24 hour format must be used. To change the format,
see the instructions in the section titled SETTING UP THE AM TUNING
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀1. With the radio turned off, press ENTER; ‘Set’ appears in the display.
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀the time; if it’s already set, press ENTER.
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀digits of the current year; if it’s already set, press ENTER.

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SETTING THE TIME AND DATE continued
4. The month flash฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀two digits; if it’s already set, press ENTER.
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀SETTING THE ALARM
The time, volume, length of time the alarm activates and method that
the alarm activates can be set.
The alarm can activate three ways:
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀See below for instructions to set the alarms.
NOTE: ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀will exit the alarm setting mode. If a button isn’t pressed within 10
seconds, it will exit the setting mode. If it exits, simply start over.
SETTING ALARM BY TURNING ON A RADIO
STATION
1. With the radio turned off press ENTER, then press the FM button.
flashes in the top of the display.
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀you wish to use the existing alarm time. The display shows the
frequency.
3. Press FM, MW(AM) or SW and enter the frequency with the nu-
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀the existing frequency. Note that the volume appears in the right
side of the display.

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SETTING ALARM BY TURNING ON A RADIO
STATION continued
4. Press the volume buttons to set the desired volume at alarm time
and press ENTER or press ENTER if you choose to use the existing
volume. Note that the sleep timer appears in the display.
5. Use฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀activated, from 00-99 minutes, or press ENTER to use the existing
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀SETTING THE ALARM TO TURN ON A RADIO
STATION AND RECORD IT
1. Turn on the radio and select SD/MMC or flash memory to record
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀SD/MMC CARD, below.
2. With the radio turned off press ENTER, then press MW. flashes
in the top of the display.
3. Enter฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀you wish to use the existing alarm time. The display shows the
frequency.
4. Press FM, MW(AM) or SW and enter the frequency with the
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀the existing frequency. Note that the volume appears in the right
side of the display.
5. Press the volume buttons to set the desired volume at the alarm
time and press ENTER or press ENTER if you choose to use the
existing volume. Note that the sleep timer appears in the display.
6. Use the฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀from 00-99 minutes, or press ENTER to use the existing time. The
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀in the top of
the display indicating that the alarm is activated.

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SETTING THE ALARM TO PLAY MUSIC FROM A
SD/MMC CARD OR FLASH MEMORY
1. Turn on the radio and select SD/MMC or flash memory mode to
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀AND SD/MMC CARD, below.
2. With the radio turned off press ENTER, then press SW.
flashes in the top of the display.
3. En฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀press ENTER if you wish to use the existing alarm time.
4. Press the volume buttons to set the desired volume at the alarm
time and press ENTER or press ENTER if you choose to use the
existing volume. Note that the sleep timer appears in the display.
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀from 00-99 minutes, or press ENTER to use the existing time. The
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE ALARM
After setting the alarm with any of the methods described above,
it’s activated. To deactivate it, turn the radio off and press FM, MW
or SW corresponding to the symbol you wish to choose (the symbol
flashes at the top of the display), then press EXIT. To reactivate it, turn
the radio off and press FM or MW or SW, then press ENTER.
SLEEP TIMER
With the radio on, do a long press of the EXIT button. The sleep timer
symbol and - - flash in the upper right corner of the display. Enter
the time that you want the radio to play in minutes, 01-99, with the
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀timer symbol and the number of minutes in the display, after which
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SLEEP TIMER continued
To Exit the Sleep Timer:
With the radio on, do a long press of the EXIT button. The sleep timer
symbol and the number of minutes flash in the upper right corner
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀number of minutes disappear.
MP3 MODE WITH SD/MMC CARDS OR FLASH
MEMORY
This unit uses SD/MMC cards with up to 2GB of memory or flash
memory, the radio’s built-in 1GB of memory, to record and play
music.
To install the SD/MMC card open the door on the right side of the
unit, plug the card in with the contacts facing the front of the unit
and close the door.
Some Notes About Playing From SD/MMC Cards
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀radio power on mode, change to MP3 mode and try again.
฀When playing music files on the SD/MMC card or flash memory,
the unit can’t be connected to the PC.
฀฀connecting to a PC, if you copy and update the files or fold-
ers, the playing location and number will probably change.
฀you add or delete folders, after unplugging the USB cable
please turn off the G4 and then turn it on again.
SWITCHING BETWEEN MUSIC AND VOICE FILES
NOTE:฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀-
tween music and voice files. Wait until switching is finished before
performing the next function.

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SWITCHING BETWEEN MUSIC AND VOICE FILES
continued
Using a long press of the power button, turn on the unit, then, if
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀MP3 mode. Press ‘M’ to switch between music and voice files. ’to’
appears and in the upper left corner a musical note appears for music
files or microphone appears for voice files.
SWITCH BETWEEN FLASH MEMORY AND SD/
MMC CARD
NOTE:฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀between flash memory and SD/MMC cards. Wait until switching is
finished before performing the next function.Under the display, if
the green light is on over SD, it’s in SD mode. If the red light is on
over FLASH, it’s in flash memory mode. To change from one mode to
another press the ‘P’ button. The flash memory, which is the internal
memory of the radio, is 1GB. The SD/MMC card can be up to 2GB.
TRANSFERRING MUSIC TO THE SSD/MMC CARD
OR FLASH MEMORY
Turn the radio off or stop play from the SD/MMC card and connect
to the PC with the supplied USB cable. The computer will recognize
the card and memory and you’ll see it in the ‘My Computer’ section,
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฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀which you will be using later. The unit can play MP# and WMA
format files. Copy the music files from your computer into the root
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TRANSFERRING MUSIC TO THE SSD/MMC CARD
OR FLASH MEMORY continued
฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀icon, , and unplug the cable when prompted to do so.
TO PLAY THE MUSIC THAT YOU’VE TRANSFERRED
Turn on the radio, go into the MP3 mode and select where you
transferred your music to, SD/MMC card or flash memory. Press the
play button (the FM button). The music plays in the order that the
files were transferred. Note that folder and file names have automati-
cally been replaced with numbers on the bottom of the display, 01,
02, 03, etc.
Note: To fast rewind or fast forward (RW/FF) what is being played
press and hold the -+ buttons. RW/FF is not applicable to songs on
the SD/MMC card.
SELECTING THE REPEAT MODE
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the display, all files are repeated; if “R” displays one file is repeated; if
“FR” displays, all files in this folder are repeated.
SELECTING THE A-B REPEAT MODE
Use this mode to repeat a section of a song. While it’s playing press
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to set the start point, A appears at the bottom of the display. Then
press it again to set the end point, Ab appears at the bottom of the
display and the repeat process starts and continues over and over.
Press it again to cancel the repeat process.

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SELECTING THE EQUALIZATION MODE (EQ)
To fully hear the effect of selecting equalization modes, use head-
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While playing music, press the EQ button
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to select the desired EQ
mode. The voice record files don’t have the EQ modes.)
“N”: Natural
฀“P”: Pop
“C”: Classic
“S”: Soft
“D”: DBB
“J”: Jazz
2.) SET 3D EQ. 3D SRS DOUBLE TRACK STEREO THREE-DIMEN-
SIONAL EQ
To learn more about SRS go to www.srslabs.com. Includes two
parts: SRS and SRS Hd. There are 3 options in every part (1-5th op-
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SRS:
1. SRS 3D - SRS EQ, “d” displays.
2. TruBass - Bourdon, “b” displays.
3. FOCUS - Alt, “f” displays.