Eton 550 Radio User Manual


 
FIELD OWNER’S MANUAL
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DATA: Clock/Date/program call information, if no
information, just display “NO DATA”. If the information is
available, the display format is:
Station call Weekly Month-Day-Year Hour:Minute
Weekly format:
“MON”, “TUE”, “WED” “THU”, “FRI” “SAT”, “SUN”,
For example, the LCD will roll to display as WGSS, TUE 03-
25-2014 02:15,
TUNING INTO MW (AM) STATIONS
Place the top BANDWIDTH switch into the W or N position
(wide or narrow). Place bottom BANDWIDTH switch into
the MW position.
Place SW RF GAIN switch into the 5 position, higher if
necessary.
Tune in the station with the TUNING knob or by pressing
the UP/DOWN button or by pressing and holding the UP/
DOWN button for one second to engage auto tuning.
Use WIDE if no interference is present. Use NARROW
if interference is present.
CHANGING THE TUNING STEPS (9kHz or 10kHz)
MW, or medium wave stations, known as AM stations in
North America, range from 520 to 1710 KHz in North
America and from 522 to 1620 KHz in other parts of the
world. In North America they tune in 10 KHz steps and in
other parts of the world they may tune in 9 KHz steps.
The radio is set up for 10 KHz tuning by default, but to
change the steps to 9 KHz, With the radio off, long press
the PRESET button to select.