Eton E1 User Manual

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This display is shown in the following illustration.

LOCAL / GMT TIME SELECT

1. CLOCKS - This identifies the menu as being the CLOCK GMT / LOCAL selection menu.
2. LOCAL- Press this softkey to cause Local time to be shown on all menus and displays.
3. GMT - Press this softkey to cause universal (GMT) time to be shown on all menus and displays.
4. TIMER 1 2 - This indicates that either timer 1, 2, or both are enabled.
5. L / GMT - Indicates that the time displayed is either Local (L) or universal (GMT) time.

E1 MENUS continued

SEEK FUNCTION continued

MANUAL

SEEK FUNCTION

DESCRIPTION
The

etón E1 incorporates a SEEK function which

allows the user to search for signals in VFO, MEMORY
or COUNTRY mode which have signal strengths that
exceed a predetermined level which the user deter-
mines by the setting of the SQUELCH knob.

VFO MODE
To use SEEK in VFO mode, proceed as follows:
(1) Select the frequency range you would like to scan.

This can be FM, MW, LW, or SW.

(2) Set the SQUELCH control so that the Squelch Level

Indicator (located below the signal strength indica-
tor) is set at the desired level.

(3) Press the ‘SEEK’ key. The receiver will scan through

the selected band in 5 kHz steps on LW band, 9 or
10 kHz steps on MW band, 5 kHz steps on SW
band, and 200 kHz steps on FM band. Signals that
are strong enough to cause the signal strength
indicator display bars to extend further to the right

than the Squelch Level indicator will cause SEEK to
stop on that signal, and the signal will be heard.

(4) The receiver will remain on that signal until the

‘SEEK’ key is pressed again.

(5) If the receiver continues to SEEK but cannot find a

signal, you may press ‘SEEK’ again to stop the
SEEK.

MEMORY & COUNTRY MODE
To use SEEK in MEMORY and COUNTRY modes, select-
ed frequencies must be programmed into several of
the MEMORY and/or COUNTRY channels. Programming
of MEMORY channels is covered on page 26 and pro-
gramming of COUNTRY channels is covered on page
28. Once MEMORY and/or COUNTRY channels are pro-
grammed as desired, proceed as follows:
(1) Press the ‘MEMORY’ or ‘COUNTRY’ softkey to enter

the desired mode.

(2) Set the ‘SQUELCH’ knob to the desired level. (HINT:

Set the ‘SQUELCH’ control high enough (clockwise)

that signals breaking the squelch are not noisy.)

(3) Press the ‘SEEK’ key. The receiver will step through

all programmed MEMORY or COUNTRY locations
until it finds a signal that exceeds the squelch set-
ting. It will stop on that signal and will stay there
until the ‘SEEK’ key is pressed again.

XM SATELLITE RADIO MODE
In XM mode, pressing the ‘SEEK’ key will cause the
receiver to advance to the next available channel in
the XM-ALL, CATEGORIES, or FAVORITES grouping you
are currently using. It will not proceed beyond this
channel until the ‘SEEK’ key is pressed again.
Repeatedly pressing the ‘SEEK’ key will advance
numerically through all available XM channels in that
grouping, one channel at a time.

T.SCAN FUNCTION

DESCRIPTION
The T.SCAN function of the

etón E1 allows the user to

mark numerous channels in the MEMORY, and/or
COUNTRY, memories as well as XM Satellite Radio
channels for selective scanning. Once the channels are
marked, pressing the T.SCAN key when in MEMORY,
COUNTRY, or XM mode will cause the unit to scan
through each of the marked channels in that mode,
and to stop on each one which has a signal strength
greater than a predetermined level which the user
determines by the setting of the SQUELCH knob.
(Squelch does not apply to XM channels).

The user then has two options as to how the T.SCAN
will proceed. It can remain on the marked channel as
long as the signal level exceeds the SQUELCH setting,
or it can remain on the channel for 5 seconds and then
resume the scan regardless of signal level. The selec-
tion of which of these options is chosen is made from
the RADIO SETTINGS menu, item 2 by selecting either
TIME or CARRIER. The T.SCAN function works on
MEMORY and COUNTRY modes. It does not work on
the VFO mode.

In XM mode, the SQUELCH control has no affect.
Therefore, if T.SCAN is enabled, the scan will proceed
through marked channels in XM-ALL, CATEGORY, or
FAVORITES mode, whichever is currently active when
the ‘T.SCAN’ key is pressed, and will remain on each
one for approximately five seconds, regardless of
whether TIME or CARRIER is selected on the RADIO
SETTINGS menu item 2.

MARKING CHANNELS FOR T.SCAN
This discussion assumes that the user has already pro-
grammed numerous channels in MEMORY or COUN-
TRY modes. Programming in MEMORY and COUNTRY
modes is covered on pages 26 and 28 respectively.
(1) Select either MEMORY, COUNTRY, or XM mode. The

choice will depend entirely on the user’s preference
and the number of channels programmed in MEM-
ORY or COUNTRY modes.

(2) Using the ‘TUNING’ knob or the ‘< SELECT >’ key,

scroll through the programmed MEMORY, COUN-
TRY or XM channels until the reverse video curser
is on the one you want to mark for scan.

(3) To mark the channel for T.SCAN, press the ‘TAG’

key. (Number 11 on the Front Panel Description
drawing on page 13.) You will hear a beep tone
and see a “T” appear to the left of the channel
number.

UNMARKING T.SCAN CHANNELS
(1) To exclude a marked channel from a T.SCAN, select

that channel in MEMORY, COUNTRY, or XM modes
as described previously.

(2) With the reverse video curser on the selected chan-

nel, simply press the ‘TAG’ key again. You will hear
a beep tone and see the “T” disappear from the
left of the selected channel number.

SELECTING THE SCAN STOP METHOD
(1) Press the ‘MENU’ softkey twice to bring up the

RADIO SETTINGS menu.

(2) Note that item 2 on the RADIO SETTINGS menu

reads: “2 SCAN STOP MODE TIME / CARRIER” OR
“2 SCAN STOP MODE TIME / CARRIER”

(3) Repeatedly pressing the ‘2' key on the ‘Direct-Key-

Input’ keypad will cause the reverse video curser to
toggle back and forth between “TIME” and “CAR-
RIER”. Leave the curser on the desired option, and
press ‘9' to exit the menu.

(4) If “TIME” is chosen, the scan will stop on a channel

that has a signal strength that exceeds the
SQUELCH setting, will remain there for 5 seconds,
and will resume scanning. If CARRIER is chosen,
the scan will stop on a carrier that has a signal
strength that exceeds the SQUELCH setting, and
will remain there until the carrier strength drops
below the squelch setting.

(5) If in XM mode, the scan will stop in each marked

channel for 5 seconds and proceed to the next
channel regardless of whether “TIME” or “CARRI-
ER” was chosen in the RADIO SETTINGS menu
item 2.