Eton FIELD RADIO 550 Manual de usuario

OWNER’S MANUAL

The AM/FM/Shortwave radio that’s outstanding in its eld

FIELD RADIO 550

FIELD OWNER’S MANUAL

MEET THE FIELD

Thank you for purchasing the Etón 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 4 D 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, will be displayed in the

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LCD; if ashes, it indicates that batteries are low and

the radio will soon turn 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 & SLEEP

button on the front top right corner of the radio. When

the unit is on, press the POWER & SLEEP again to turn the

radio off.

TUNING

There are several ways to tune the radio to a desired

station:

•Rotate the tuning knob to select the frequency

•Short press the UP or DOWN button to step by step

change the frequency higher or lower

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•Long press the UP or DOWN button to seek the next

station up or down in frequency

•Press 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.

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. A 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”

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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.

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Long press to switch 9K or 10K, the LCD displays 9K 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:

For“SLOW” mode, rotate tuning knob to increase or

decrease frequency for FM at 10kHz, MW at 1kHz, SW at

1kHz;

For “FAST” mode,rotate tuning knob to increase or

decrease frequency for FM at 100kHz, MW at 9kHz or

10kHz, SW at 5kHz;

For “STOP” mode, the rotating tuning knob is disabled.

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ANTENNA DX/LOCAL SWITCH

If the station you’re 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 aid in 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.

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Meter Band (m) Frequency Best Time of Day

90m 3,200-3,400 kHz

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 11,650-12,200 kHz

19m 15,100-15,800 kHz day

16m 17,550-17,900 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.

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To learn about shortwave we recommend the publication

below, published yearly and available 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, 7th 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 select your

desired station. Press ALARM button, “ ” icon will

ash in the display. Press UP/DOWN arrow buttons to

select memory address (1~10) ” ”, 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.

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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

ashing.

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 ash, turn the tuning knob to set the minutes

5. Quick press the T.SET button to nalize the entry.

Note: If the above steps are not completed quickly enough the time set

mode will exit. If it exits, if this occurs, 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.

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