FIELD RADIO 550
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1. clockwise right down by turning the knob counterclockwise left Adjust Audio Tone Rotate Bass Treble knob to get desired Bass or Treble audio quality USING THE EARPHONE JACK The earphone jack can be used with stereo headphones using an 1 8 inch 3 5 millimeter plug FM sound is in Stereo If the signal is sent in stereo and the ST position is selected with the BANDWIDTH switch The internal speaker will be muted when a device is connected to the Earphone jack USING THE LINE IN OUT SOCKETS These sockets are on the right side of the FIELD an 1 8 inch stereo type 3 5 mm An external audio device Such as an MP3 player can be played by connecting an AUX line from the device into the Line In socket When a device 14 FIELD OWNER S MANUAL is connected to the Line in socket the word AUX will be displayed on the screen The Line Out socket can be used to feed audio from the FIELD to amplified external speakers The internal speaker will still be functional when a device is connected to the Line Out socket EXTERNAL ANTENNAS ANT SELECTOR SWITCH EXT or INT Use this switch to enable the use of FM or SW internal or external antennas MW EXT ANT This is a 500 ohm impedance socket for use with long wire antennas FM SW EXT ANT socket Located on the back of the radio is primarily for antennas designed to be fed with 50 or 75 ohm coaxial cable such as dipoles or comparable antennas It can also be used for2. Br Ge D gt Ge O gt 1 gt My With the radio on press Power amp Sleep button to turn off radio and display clock status When the ON icon is displayed the radio will remain on until it is manually turned off again SETTING DEFAULT BACKLIGHT BRIGHTNESS With the radio off press the Q TUNE button the display backlight will toggle between LOW MEDIUM and HIGH backlight brightness The last setting selected will be activated when the radio is playing Note The backlight will go to sleep after 10 seconds while the radio is playing To keep the backlight always on slide the BACKLIGHT switch on the Side of the radio to the ON setting USING THE LOCK BUTTON To lock all of the keys and buttons press and hold the LOCK button O rr front top of the radio until you see a symbol of a key appears in the top middle of the display Press the same button for 2 seconds to unlock it FIELD OWNER S MANUAL ENABLING AND DISABLING BUTTON FEEDBACK With the Radio off Press and hold the ALARM button the text BUZZER ON will be displayed In this mode a button press feedback beep will be played each time the user presses a button Release the ALARM button and press and hold again to turn the buzzer off BUZZER OFF will be displayed on the screen At this time the user feedback beeps will be disabled AUDIO VOLUME AND TONE CONTROLS Volume Control Turn up the volume by turning the volume knob lower left corner knob of radio
3. D batteries not included or plug in the supplied AC adapter into the DC jack for full power The battery strength indicator on the display will let you know when it s time for a change FEATURES e AM FM SW bands e FM with RDS Radio Data System e Dial in dial coarse fine digital tuning e Treble bass control e RF gain contro e Wide narrow bandwidth selection e 50 memory stations e External AM F e Local DX switch SW antenna connections e Rich orange LCD display e Line in line out and headphone jacks e FM telescopic antenna e Carrying strap e Reset lock button e Power supply BV DC adapter or 4 D batteries sold separately SHORTWAVE BANDS AM 520 1710 kHz FM 87 5 108 MHz SW 1711 29 999 MHz PRODUCT SETUP INFORMATION Color Item Number UPC Eton Field NGWFB 750254808807 What s Included Product Size amp Weight Et n Field Height 12 4 31 5 cm Owner s Manual Width 6 9 174 cm AC DC Adapter Depth 3 0 7 5 cm Weight 3 Ibs 11 oz 1 7 kg Packaging Dimensions Master Carton Dimensions Height 15 5 39 4 cm Height 22 8 58 0 cm Width 8 4 21 4 cm Width 15 9 40 5 cm Depth 4 5 11 4 cm Depth 8 8 22 5 cm Weight 5 lbs 7 0z 2 5kg Weight 22 7 lbs 10 3 kg Case Quantity 4 Copyright 2015 Et n Corporation All Rights Reserved
4. TUNING IN FM STATIONS The FM frequency range is from 87 5 to 108 Mhz Fully extend the telescopic antenna and turn on the radio Place the top BANDWIDTH control onto the MONO or STEREO position Stereo is needed only when you re using headphones and STEREO appears to the bottom left of the frequency in the display FM mono has better signal and noise ratio as well as anti multiplex interference RDS INFO The FIELD Radio supports RDS Data Streaming while tuning in the FM band short press of the RDS button will enable the display of RDS information as PS PTY RT DATA in cycle The icon will be displayed in the lower left corner of the display in RDS mode PS station name when no station information just display NO PS PTY program category no program just display NO PTY RT Radio text no text just display NO RT FIELD OWNER S MANUAL 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 SUNS 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
5. 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 FIELD OWNER S MANUAL Long press to switch SK or 10K the LCD displays SK or 10K USING THE SW RF GAIN KNOB When listening to SW broadcast stations this control knob should be dialed to or near position 5 If you are listening to a weak Station increase the gain when listening to extremely strong stations decrease the gain For listening to Shortwave stations place this control to maximum gain and decrease the gain as necessary CHANGING THE TUNING SPEED USING THE TIMER A TUNING STEP BUTTON With the radio on short press TIMER A TUNING STEP button the LCD will display Slow Fast Stop For SLOW mode rotate tuning knob to increase or decrease frequency for FM at 10kHz MW at IkHz SW at IkHz For FAST mode rotate tuning knob to in
6. Best Time of Day o a 75m 3 900 4 000 kHz 60m 4 750 5 050 kHz night 49m 5 800 6 200 kHz night 41m 7 100 7 500 kHz night 31m 9 500 10 000 kHz night 25m 11 650 1 2 200 kHz 19m 15 100 15 800 kHz day 16m 17 550 1 7 900 kHz day 15m 18 900 19 020 kHz 13m 21 450 21 850 kHz day 11m 25 600 26 100 kHz day OPTIMIZING SHORTWAVE RECEPTION Shortwave enables listening to broadcasts over vast distances including other countries and continents The following information will help you get the best results During the day frequencies above 13 MHz are usually best At night frequencies below 13 MHz are usually best Around sunset and sunrise the entire shortwave range may be good Getting very close to a window and holding the radio improves shortwave reception FIELD OWNER S MANUAL To learn about shortwave we recommend the publication below published yearly and avallable from major booksellers Additionally the Internet is a great resource for learning about shortwave Type shortwave reception into your favorite search engine WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK Published in the USA by Watson Guptill Publications 770 Broadway th Floor New York NY 10003 9595 www watsonguptill com STORING STATIONS TO PRESET LOCATIONS With the radio on press ALARM button to preset stations in to memory When listening to radio rotate the tuning knob or press the UP DOWN arrow or Q TUN buttons to
7. FIELD RADIO 550 The AM FM Shortwave radio that s outstanding in its field T N EMPOWERED BY NATURE FIELD OWNER S MANUAL MEET THE FIELD Thank you for purchasing the Eton FIELD AM FM SW Radio We want you to thoroughly enjoy the use of this product To take advantage of its many excellent and unique features we urge you to carefully read the user s manual INSTALLING BATTERIES The battery compartment is on the back of the radio Remove it by pressing the two tabs and pulling up To prevent battery acid leakage follow these instructions Battery acid leakage is not covered by the radio s warranty Install only fresh new alkaline D cells all of the same brand and type Never install or replace with batteries of different brands and types Never mix old batteries with new ones When not using the radio for more than 30 days remove the batteries BATTERY TYPE AND OPERATION Use 4D size alkaline batteries Install them with correct polarity using the diagram inside the battery compartment Replace them if the battery strength indicator in the display shows one bar or the sound becomes distorted The radio will turn off automatically if the batteries become too weak BATTERY LEVEL INDICATOR The battery level indicator is in the upper left corner of the display When batteries are full Pwill be displayed in the FIELD OWNER S MANUAL LCD if __ flashes it indicates that batteries are low and the radio will Soon tu
8. Snooze function can be enabled 4 times after the 4th time the press of any button will disable the Timer alarm To immediately disable the Timer alarm press the Power button SETTING AND DEACTIVATING THE SLEEP TIMER Press the red POWER amp SLEEP button on the front top right corner of the radio When the radio turns on you will briefly see the word ON on the display Press the POWER amp SLEEP button agiain to activate the sleep timer the e icon will appear in the upper left of the display and a number will appear in the center of the display this is the Sleep time The radio will play for this amount of minutes and then shut off lt can be deactivated by repeatedly pressing the power button until on appears in the bottom of the display with each press you will see the numbers going down from 90 to 60 to 45 to 30 to 15 to 10 to 5 to 1 minute and then to on When on appears stop pressing the button The sleep timer is now deactivated lt Alternatively you can mix and match the text below for the sleep timer description gt Press Power amp Sleep button the LCD will display 60 FIELD OWNER S MANUAL PE icon which indicates the unit will turn off automatically after 60 seconds If you want to change sleep timer press Power amp Sleep button continuously when the 60 and BEE icon is displayed the digit will be changed to your desired time The ON icon indicates the power is on M
9. crease or decrease frequency for FM at 100kHz MW at 9kHz or 10kHz SW at 5kHz For STOP mode the rotating tuning knob Is disabled 6 FIELD OWNER S MANUAL ANTENNA DX LOCAL SWITCH If the station youre listening to is so strong that it sounds distorted turn this switch to the LOCAL position Otherwise leave it on DX which stands for maximum distance TUNING IN SW shortwave STATIONS Turn on radio Place the upper BANDWIDTH switch in the W or N position Place the lower switch into SW1 SW2 or SW3 Initially set the SW RF Gain dial to the max position for the highest sensitivity This will aidin picking up even the weakest of signals However if the signal of desired station is strong the maximum gain setting will cause Signal to be overloaded and distorted in this case rotate RF Gain knob counterclockwise to reduce the gain until the distortion is eliminated The SW RF gain can be adjusted to increase or decrease Sensitivity as necessary to minimize interference SW appears in frequency range of 1711 to 29999 KHz 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 TUNING TO SW FREQUENCY RANGES BANDS Tune to these frequency ranges for best results The radio can also tune between these ranges FIELD OWNER S MANUAL Meter Band m Frequency
10. curs simply start over 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 alarms FIELD OWNER S MANUAL Display Timer A Timer B Short press TIMER A or TIMER B button Timer A or Timer B icon will flash indicating which timer s time is Currently being displayed SETTING TIMER A TIMER B values Long press TIMERA or TIMER B until the timer is flashing Press A button to change hour then rotate tuning knob to adjust hour Press W button to change hour then rotate tuning knob to adjust hour Finally press TIMER A or TIMER B to confirm timer adjustment Select Alarm by Radio or Buzzer While in TIMER A or TIMER B adjust mode press the 4 to select between buzzer and radio alarm MA indicates buzzer alarm q indicates radio alarm If neither the a or dy icons are displayed the ALARM is off Buzzer or Radio Alarm via TIMER function When buzzer timer alarm is activated the buzzer signal will last 2 minutes the 4 con will flash When the radio timer alarm is activated the radio will play for 60 minutes the icon will flash FIELD OWNER S MANUAL Pressing any button other than the power button will activate the Snooze function The 4 or icons will continue to flash but the buzzer or radio will be off during the Snooze time After 5 minutes the buzzer or radio will come on again The
11. gh sensitivity strong anti interference low background noise and even lower distortion listening on the Et n Field is a real pleasure Plus its wide narrow bandwidth selection improves audio fidelity and minimizes noise Listen out loud or plug in your favorite headphones FYI IT S GOT RDS The Et n Field radio features RDS for FM RDS stands for Radio Data System and it enables FM broadcasters to deliver more than just an analog audio signal but also to transmit digital data like the station s call letters style of music song title artist and more Nice am fm Receives AM FM Band Receives RDS fa N Alarm Clock Audio Line Input et n EMPOWERED BY NATURE NA SW Receives Shortwave Band digital tuning Digital Tuner Ca Headphone Jack AM FM with RDS Shortwave Radio et n EMPOWERED BY NATURE WAKE UP With local and world time settings radio and buzzer alarm clock settings sleep timer and snooze light the Et n Field keeps you in time in any time zone And if you want to prevent the radio or alarm from turning on all together just hit Lock UP TO SPEED When it comes to tuning in to your favorite frequency you can take it fast or slow The dial in dial tuning knob lets you select your speed fast slow or stop to keep it in a locked position FIELD READY The Et n Field radio includes a built in hand strap for carrying your radio with ease GET POWERED UP Use 4
12. long wire antennas Use F plugs for feeding this socket USING THE GRUNDIG AN200 ANTENNA FOR IMPROVED AM MW PERFORMANCE NOT INCLUDED The AN200 AM broadcast band MW loop antenna or any similar model does not need to be plugged in simply set it next to the radio and tune It to the same frequency that the radio is tuned to Swivel the radio and the antenna FIELD OWNER S MANUAL to achieve maximum performance This antenna can be purchased by contacting Eton or one of our distributors Call us for details TO RESET THE FIELD If the radio malfunctions or doesn t work properly insert a paper clip into the hole on the front lower right side Make sure the paper clip is inserted until the display reappears NEED HELP CONTACT US Et n Corporation 1015 Corporation Way Palo Alto CA 94303 USA 1 800 872 2228 US 1 800 637 1648 Canada 650 903 3866 worldwide M F 8 00AM 4 30PM Pacific Standard Time www etoncorp com FIELD OWNER S MANUAL WARNING eDo not expose this appliance to rain or moisture eDo not submerge or expose for extended period to water eProtect from high humidity and rain eOnly operate within specified temperature range 0 C to 40 C eUnplug immediately if liquid has been spilled or any object has fallen into the apparatus eClean only with a dry cloth Do not use detergents or chemical solvents as this might damage the finish eUnplug and disconnect external antennas during lightning
13. on warranty service WARRANTY If your product is still in warranty and the Eton service representative determines that warranty service is needed a return authorization will be issued and instructions for shipment to an authorized warranty repair facility Do not ship your radio back without obtaining the return authorization number NON WARRANTY If your product is no longer under warranty and requires Service our technical staff will refer you to the nearest repair facility that will be able to best handle the repair For service outside of North America please refer to the distributor information included at time of purchase receipt et n EMPOWERED BY NATURE Et n Corporation Corporate Headquarters 1015 Corporation Way Palo Alto California 94303 USA tel 1 650 903 3866 tel 1 800 872 2228 fax 1 650 903 3867 Eton Canada 5580 Explorer Drive Suite 503 Mississauga Ontario L4W 4Y1 Canada tel 1 416 214 6885 tel 1 800 637 1648 fax 1 416 214 6886 www etoncorp com Designed by Et n Corporation and assembled in China O Copyright 2014 Et n Corporation All rights reserved v06132014 AM FM with RDS Shortwave Radio NOW BROADCASTING Field ready and field tested the Eton Field receives most every radio wavelength AM MW FM and Shortwave SW at home or abroad And it s easy to set the station spacing and frequency so your stations come in loud and clear wherever you are LISTEN UP With hi
14. rn off automatically USING AC POWER Plug AC adapter into the socket on the right side of the radio Use only the AC adapter supplied When the AC adapter is plugged in the will show in the upper left corner of the display If you lose the AC adapter that came with the radio use one with 6 Volt DC output negative polarity 500 milliampere and a plug with 5 5 millimeter outer diameter 2 1 millimeter inner diameter POWER FAILURE BACKUP FEATURE If batteries are in the unit and it is powered via its AC adapter it will automatically switch to battery use if there is an AC power failure TURNING THE FIELD ON AND OFF Turn on the radio by pressing the red POWER amp SLEEP button on the front top right corner of the radio when the unit is on press the POWER amp SLEEP again to turn the radio off TUNING There are several ways to tune the radio to a desired Station eRotate the tuning knob to select the frequency eShort press the UP or DOWN button to step by step change the frequency higher or lower FIELD OWNER S MANUAL eL ong press the UP or DOWN button to seek the next station up or down in frequency ePress the PRESET button to tune to the next preset station Short press the Q TUNE button to increment quickly up the frequency range The Q TUNE button steps up In frequency by 1000kHz in FM mode and SW modes and 100kHz in MW AM mode Long press the Q TUNE button to continuously increment by the steps noted above
15. select your desired station Press ALARM button Preset icon will flash in the display Press UP DOWN arrow buttons to select memory address 1 10 8 press the ALARM button again to store station to selected address and exit memory status The user can repeat this procedure to Store other favorites then press PRESET button to recall memorized stations Note The radio can store a total 50 memories 10 presets for each band FIELD OWNER S MANUAL RETRIEVING STATIONS FROM PRESETS With the radio on press the PRESET button continuously to retrieve the stations that have been stored Notice that the frequency in the display changes and the Preset number shows on the right side of the display A station cannot be erased from memory Simply store another station over it SETTING THE CLOCK The FIELD s clock works in either the 12 hour or 24 hour mode To change the clock from one mode to another turn the radio off press and hold the UP button for 1 second To set the clock 1 Turn radio off 2 Press and hold the T SET button until the hour starts flashing 3 Turn the tuning knob in either direction or press the UP button to set the hour 4 Quick press the DOWN button and the minutes will begin to flash turn the tuning knob to set the minutes 5 Quick press the T SET button to finalize the entry Note f the above steps are not completed quickly enough the time set mode will exit If it exits if this oc
16. storms eDo not remove cover or back eRefer servicing to qualified service personnel FIELD OWNER S MANUAL ENVIRONMENT FE CE E 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 Please dispose of all types of batteries per your Government State or Local rules and or regulations If you are unsure please call the appropriate local authority to find out how to dispose of them safely and help protect the environment WARRANTY REGISTRATION To ensure full warranty coverage or product updates registration of your product should be completed as soon as possible after purchase or receipt Please go to http www etoncorp com productregistration to register your product LIMITED WARRANTY Retain your proof of purchase or the receipt Limited Warranty information can be viewed at www etoncorp com in the Support section FIELD OWNER S MANUAL SERVICE FOR YOUR PRODUCT To obtain service for your product we recommend first contacting an Et n service representative at 800 872 2228 US 800 637 1648 Canada or 650 903 3866 for problem determination and trouble shooting If further service is required the technical staff will instruct how to proceed based on whether the radio is still under warranty or needs n
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