Eton YB550 operation manual Table of Contents

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1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

DIAGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-11

2 QUICK GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-18 3 DETAILED OWNER’S MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

INSTALLING BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 SELECTING AND USING AN AC ADAPTOR . . . . . . . . . . .20

SIGNAL STRENGTH AND

BATTERY STRENGTH INDICATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 IMPORTANT INITIAL SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

4 BASIC RADIO OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

TURNING ON AND OFF	22
VOLUME AND TONE CONTROLS	23
SELECTING AM, FM OR SHORTWAVE	23
SETTING UP AM AND FM OUTSIDE OF
NORTH AMERICA	24
FOUR WAYS TO TUNE IN STATIONS	25

5 USING SHORTWAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

SELECTING A SHORTWAVE METER BAND . . . . . . . . . . .27 AUTOSCAN TUNING WHILE IN SHORTWAVE . . . . . . . . .28

SHORTWAVE BAND CHART OF

AUTOSCANNING RANGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

6 CLOCK AND ALARM FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

SETTING THE CLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 SETTING THE ALARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 FAVORITE STATION WAKE-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 USING THE SNOOZE FEATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE ALARM . . . . . . . .31

7 WORKING WITH MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

SELECTING MEMORY PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 STORING STATIONS INTO MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO MEMORY . . . . . . . .34 DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 MEMORY SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 MEMORY AUTOSCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 MOVING A STORED FREQUENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 DELETING A STORED FREQUENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 DELETING ALL MEMORY CONTENTS OF A PAGE . . . . . .37 CUSTOMIZING MEMORY PAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

8 SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

CHANGING SYSTEM SET CODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 CHANGING THE CLOCK FORMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 DEFAULT FACTORY SYSTEM SET CODES . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 MONITORING CURRENT SET CODE STATUS . . . . . . . . . .40 SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

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