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6 BASIC RADIO OPERATION

The included AC Adaptor/Charger may be used to charge 4 Ni-MH rechargeable batteries (included) when installed onto the E10’s battery compart- ment. Before charging, the E10 must be set up for use with Ni-MH batteries and the correct charging rate must be selected for them to be charged. Ni-MH batteries are manufactured with specific capacities rated in milliamp-hours (mAh). These capacities vary from about 1100 mAh up to 2400 mAh at the time of this writing (usually printed on the batteries). For proper charging without damage to the batteries, the correct charging rate must be set. To set the charging rate, plug in the AC adaptor and turn the E10 off. Then follow the instructions below.

1.Enter SYSTEM SET CODE 28. See instructions in the section titled SYSTEM SET CODES.

2.While ‘1100’ flashes in the display, use the UP HOUR/DOWN MIN buttons to select the mAh rating of your Ni-MH batteries.

To charge Ni-MH batteries:

1.Install 4 Ni-MH AA batteries.

2.Connect the adaptor/charger to the AC wall

3.Press/release the CHARGER ON/OFF button. ‘CHARGE’ will flash in the display and the charge indication bars will advance from left to right on the 0 – 5 scale in the upper left corner of the display. The digits in the upper right corner of the display will change to 00:00 and will count up in minutes and hours until charging is finished.

Once charging is finished, ‘CHARGE’ will stop flashing and the charging indicator bars in the upper left corner will stay on 5.

Charging time varies depending on the milliamp- hour rating of the batteries. The charging circuit automatically senses the milliamp-hour rating of the batteries and will charge them for the correct amount of time. Charging time can take from 6 hours for 1100 mAh batteries to 13 hours for 2300 mAh batteries. The charging circuit will sense when the batteries are fully charged and automatically

go into trickle-charge mode, thus safeguarding the batteries from being overcharged. Disconnecting the adaptor/charger ACG-10 from the E10 or pressing the CHARGER ON/OFF button will also stop charging.

TURNING THE E10 ON AND OFF

The E10 can be turned on by the two methods shown below. To turn it off, press the POWER/SLEEP button (1).

1. BATTERY SAVER/TIMER METHOD:

Perform a quick, short press of the POWER/SLEEP button (1). This turns the radio on with 90 in the display and causes the radio to shut off automatically after 90 minutes. The sleep timer symbol, , also appears in the display. To change the automatic shut off time from 90 minutes to the number of minutes-to-play of your preference, use the Up/Hour or Down/Min. buttons (9, 10) immediately after turning on the radio. This allows selection of 1 – 480 minutes of playtime before automatic shut-off occurs. The number of minutes that you last set are also used the next time the radio is turned on.

2. TIMER-DEFEAT METHOD:

This method defeats the automatic minute timer and causes the radio to stay on until deliberately turned off, until the batteries drain or indefinitely if used with an AC adaptor. Hold down the POWER button for about 3 seconds, then release. Note that ‘On’ appears in the display and that he sleep timer symbol does not appear when this method is used.

SIGNAL STRENGTH AND BATTERY STRENGTH INDICATOR

When the radio is turned off, the upper left corner of the display (6) shows battery strength on the 1–5 scale (36), with the triangle pointer (33) under the battery symbol (34) on the far left side of the scale. When the radio is turned on, the pointer is under the antenna symbol (35) and the 1-5 scale shows relative signal strength.

VOLUME AND TONE CONTROLS

•The volume control (31), labeled VOLUME, is located on the right side of the radio. To change the volume, rotate the volume control knob.

•The tone control (24), on the left side of the radio is labeled TREBLE/BASS. Use the position producing the sound that you like best.

USING EARPHONES

Earphones/headphones with a 1/8 inch stereo plug can be used. Plug them into the earphone socket (25) on the left side of the radio.

SELECTING FM, AM OR

SHORTWAVE

When listening to FM or shortwave, fully extend the telescopic antenna (5). It need not be extended when listening to AM stations. After turning on the E10, perform quick, short presses of the ‘FM/AM-ATS’ button (15) to select FM or AM. Note that when the AM band is selected, the display shows MW, not AM. To select SW press the ‘SW METER BAND’

button (16). Each sequential press of the SW METER BAND button or of the UP/HOUR or DOWN/MIN buttons places the radio at the beginning of a specific shortwave meter band. The frequency digits (46) appear toward the center portion of the display. The local stations of the area that you are currently in will be heard on AM and FM, while shortwave stations from around the world can be heard on SW.

NOTE: If you are new to shortwave, see the special shortwave sections later in this manual.

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