w w w. e t o n c o r p. c o m 33 DESCRIPTIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF FRONT YB550PE O P E R AT I O N M A N UA L AM/FM SHORTWAVE RADIO 1 YB 550PE OPERATION MANUAL DO YOU NEED HELP? Here's how to contact us: · From the United States: (800) 872-2228 · From Canada: (800) 637-1648 · From Everywhere Else: (650) 903-3866 · Email: customersvc@etoncorp.com · Internet: www.etoncorp.com 3 YB 550PE OPERATION MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS page 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 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 4 5 YB 550PE OPERATION MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS continued 9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 USING THE LIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 USING EARPHONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 USING THE DX/LOCAL SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 USING THE LOCK SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 PREVENTING BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 RESET PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 MAJOR FEATURES OF THE YB 550PE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 10 SERVICE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the YB 550PE AM/FM/Shortwave Radio. This owner's manual is conveniently divided into two sections, BASIC OPERATION and INTRODUCTION TO SHORTWAVE (both sections are important). If you are new to shortwave listening, the INTRODUCTION TO SHORTWAVE section will give you all the information that you need to fully enjoy broadcasts from around the world. This radio has been designed and manufactured to high quality standards, and will provide reliable operation for many years. Please carefully read the Owner's Manual in order to take advantage of the many interesting features of the YB 550PE. W H AT T H E Y B 5 5 0 P E I N C L U D E S · Earbud style earphones · Batteries · Carrying pouch QUICK GUIDE More experienced digital product users may want to use the quick guide, titled YB 550PE QUICK GUIDE, starting on page 12. NOTE: however, that the DETAILED OWNER'S MANUAL, starting on page 19, is the most thorough and comprehensive guide to the YB 550PE's operation. 6 7 YB 550PE OPERATION MANUAL DIAGRAMS FRONT Display (1) ON/OFF/ Timer Button (2) Alarm Button (3) Memory Scan/Page Button (4) + Tuning Button (7) Memory/Edit; Time Set (5) Enter; Sys. Set (6) ­ Tuning Button (8) AM/FM/SW Band Button (9) Shortwave Meter Band Button (10) TOP Snooze Light Button (22) LEFT SIDE RIGHT SIDE Numeric Keypad (10A) BACK DX Local Switch (11) Antenna Socket (12) Earphone Socket (13) Volume Control (14) Stand (20) Battery Compartment Cover (21) DC Socket (15) Fine Tuning Control (16) Tone Control (17) Lock Switch (18) Telescopic Antenna (19) 8 9 YB 550PE OPERATION MANUAL RADIO OFF DISPLAY Triangle Pointer (23) Antenna Symbol (24) 1-5 Scale (30) Battery Symbol (31) Clock Digits (28) MEMORY DISPLAY Refers only to the display's upper right corner. Alarm AM/PM Indicator (25) Alarm Clock Digits (26) Alarm Activation Symbol (27) Memory Display (36) Delete Indicator (38) SHORTWAVE METER BAND DISPLAY Refers only to the display's upper right corner. Shortwave Meter Band Display (37) Time AM/PM Indicator (29) RADIO ON DISPLAY Triangle Pointer (23) Antenna Symbol (24) 1-5 Scale (30) Battery Symbol (31) FM, MW, SW, Indicators (35) Frequency Digits (34) Sleep Timer Symbol (32) Clock Digits (33) Alarm Activation Symbol (27) SYSTEM SET CODE DISPLAY (39) (40) 10 11 YB 550PE OPERATION MANUAL 2 QUICK GUIDE The purpose of this Quick Guide is to enable immediate use of the radio. Please note that it is not a replacement for the Detailed Owner's Manual, a much more thorough document. Please refer to it for detailed operating instructions, starting on Page 19. I N S TA L L I N G B AT T E R I E S Remove the stand and battery compartment cover and install 3 AA alkaline batteries. P E R F O R M I N G I N I T I A L S E T- U P Assure that the radio is unlocked. The LOCK switch is on right side of the radio and should be OFF. Assure that the DX/LOCAL switch, on the left side of the radio is in the DX position. TURNING THE YB 550PE ON AND OFF A short press of the (ON/OFF-TIMER) button turns the radio on with a 90 minute, automatic turn-off timer engaged, with in the display. To defeat this timer, allowing indefinite turn-on and play, use a long press on the button. When defeating the timer `yb550' will appear in the display for 5 seconds before turning on. QUICK GUIDE continued S E L E C T I N G F M , A M O R S H O RT WAV E Use the FM/AM/SW Band button to select FM, AM or SW (shortwave). AM is shown with the MW symbol in the display. T U N I N G S TAT I O N S Use the +/- buttons. Quick, short presses for non-scan tuning; long presses for autoscan tuning. If you know the frequency, press the `Enter' button, then key in the frequency with the numeric keypad. Use the FINE TUNING control for fine tuning or as you would a tuning knob. S H O RT WAV E B A S I C S · Night shortwave reception is almost always better than daytime shortwave reception · During daytime, the most active shortwave bands are 13, 15, 16, 19, and 22 meters, 16 and 19 usually best. At night, the most active bands are 25, 31, 41 and 49 meters, with 31 and 49 usually best · Around sunset and sunrise, both the day and night bands may be good. It pays to experiment with this · Getting very close to a window often helps signal strengths · Holding the radio often helps signal strengths (this may also be true for AM and FM reception) 12 13 YB 550PE OPERATION MANUAL QUICK GUIDE continued S E L E C T I N G A S H O RT WAV E M E T E R B A N D The following bands can be selected: 120, 90, 75, 60, 49, 31, 25, 22, 19, 16, 15, 13 and 11 meters. Pressing the SHORTWAVE METER BAND BUTTON successively jumps it to the beginning of bands. Alternately, press the same button followed by the +/- buttons to go up and down bands. Start tuning after the clock reappears. When using autoscan tuning, it will jump to the next band automatically after tuning through the band that was initially selected. QUICK GUIDE continued S H O RT WAV E B A N D C H A RT O F AUTOSCANING RANGES BAND (meters} 120 90 75 60 49 41 31 25 22 19 16 15 13 11 FREQUENCY RANGE (kilohertz) 2250 - 2550 3150 - 3450 3850 - 4050 4700 - 5100 5800 - 6300 7100 - 7500 9400 - 1000 11500 - 12150 13500 - 13900 15000 - 15900 17450 - 18000 18850 - 19100 21450 - 21950 25600 ­ 26100 14 15 YB 550PE OPERATION MANUAL QUICK GUIDE continued S T O R I N G A F R E Q U E N C Y I N T O M E M O RY 200 frequencies can be stored into 8 pages of memory, each page holding 25 frequencies. Turn on the radio. First, select a memory page by pressing the M.Scan/Page button for about 3 seconds. The memory page then flashes in the upper right corner of the display. Within 5 seconds select the desired page with the +/ ­ buttons. Once selected, either press/release the M.Scan/Page button or wait about 3 seconds, causing the memory page to be entered. Next, tune to the desired radio station, then press/release the Mem./Edit button and note that the `PRESET' digits flash in the upper right corner of the display. Within 5 seconds use the numeric keypad to enter the memory preset number that you wish to store the station into (in the factory default setting, there are 25 presets per page). Punch in a number from 1 to 25. Within 5 seconds press the Mem./Edit button. QUICK GUIDE continued A C C E S S I N G W H AT I S S T O R E D I N T O M E M O RY Once a page number has been selected or changed, even if it is not seen on the screen, you can access any memory preset on that page by keying in the memory number with the numeric keypad. To change pages, use the procedure described previously. Memory Search enables searching through the memory presets within a memory page. Press/release the M.Scan/Page button, then use quick, short presses on the +/­ buttons to search through the memory presets. Using a longer, 3 second press of +/- engages Memory Autoscan, allowing about 5 seconds on each memory before automatically moving on to the next one. To stop memory preset autoscan, press/release one of the +/­ buttons. 16 17 YB 550PE OPERATION MANUAL QUICK GUIDE continued D E L E T I N G M E M O R I E S A N D M E M O RY PA G E S To delete a frequency stored in a memory, press/release the M.Scan/Page button, then use the +/- buttons to select the memory preset location of the frequency that you wish to delete. Then press/hold the Mem./Edit button for about 2 seconds and then release it. `dEL' appears flashing in the display. Within 2 seconds, press/release the Mem./Edit button. To delete all contents of a page, press/release the M.Scan/Page button, then press/hold the Mem./Edit button for 4 seconds and then release it. `dEL' appears flashing in the display. Within 2 seconds, press/release the Mem./Edit button. LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE YB 550PE All of the YB 550PE's capabilities cannot be addressed in this Quick Guide. You can tailor the radio to your own liking with System Set Codes. To do this, see the section titled SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE, pages 41-42. 3 DETAILED OWNERS MANUAL NOTE: In the instructions below, numbers in parenthesis ( ), refer to the diagrams and appear only at the first use or description of the item. See the previous section titled DIAGRAMS. INSTALLING BATTERIES Install 3 AA alkaline batteries into the battery compartment (21), observing the battery polarity diagram on the back of the radio. To remove the battery compartment cover, first remove the STAND (20) by pulling its locking tabs away from the lower sides of the radio and then removing it from the back. USING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES: Rechargeable batteries must be charged in their own charger. They will not charge inside the YB 550PE.We suggest nickelmetal-hydride batteries (Ni-MH). Be sure to change the SYSTEM SET CODE accordingly. See the section titled SYSTEM SET CODE TABLE, on pages 41-42. 18 19 YB 550PE OPERATION MANUAL DETAILED OWNERS MANUAL continued SELECTING AND USING AN AC ADAPTOR Use an adaptor with the following specifications: output of 4.5 volts DC, negative polarity; ra ...