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AM/FM STEREO/

MW.SW.LW DUAL CONVERSION

OWNER’S MANUAL

Grundig Radio Line By

www.etoncorp.com

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Page 1: ...G5 AM FM STEREO MW SW LW DUAL CONVERSION OWNER S MANUAL Grundig Radio Line By www etoncorp com ...

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Page 3: ... read the owner s manual If you need help while learning its operation please contact us using the methods below Monday Friday 8 30 a m 4 00 p m North American Pacific Time 1 800 872 2228 from the U S 1 800 637 1648 from Canada 1 650 903 3866 worldwide FAX 650 903 3867 Web Site www etoncorp com Mailing Address Etón Corporation 1015 Corporation Way Palo Alto CA 94303 USA G5 OWNER S MANUAL 1 Grundig...

Page 4: ... SLEEP TIMER FEATURE USING THE LOCK FEATURE VOLUME CONTROLS USING THE DX LOCAL SWITCH SELECTING FM AM AND SHORTWAVE SW LISTENING IN FM STEREO SETTING UP AM AND FM OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA TUNING IN STATIONS BUTTONS TUNING KNOB DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY AUTO SCAN TUNING SHORTWAVE WITH THE G5 SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR CLOCK AND TIMER FEATURES SETTING THE CLOCK 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 4 5 7 8 8 9 11 11 12 12 13 1...

Page 5: ...GE COPY PASTE FUNCTION ERASING MEMORY USING THE ATS MEMORY FEATURE USING THE LIGHT USING THE EXTERNAL SHORTWAVE ANTENNA SOCKET STEREO MONO BUTTON MUSIC WIDE AND NEWS NARROW SWITCH LINE OUT SOCKET USING EARPHONES REAR FOLDING STAND RESET BUTTON INTRODUCTION TO SHORTWAVE TROUBLESHOOTING WARRANTY AND SERVICE INFORMATION 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 22 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 26 27 27 27 28 28 28 ...

Page 6: ...grammable Memory Presets FM Station Auto Tuning Storage ATS Alpha Numeric Four Character Memory Bank Labeling Tunes Via Auto Scan Manual Scan Direct Key in Entry and Tuning Knob Selectable 9 10 kHz AM Tuning Steps Clock Sleep Timer and Four Programmable Timers for alarm or wake up Weekday Setting World Time Zone Selection Shortwave Narrow Wide Bandwidth Selection AM FM News Music Tone Selection St...

Page 7: ...TON BATTERY COMPARTMENT REAR SPEAKER SUPPORT STAND REAR ALARM 1 ALARM 2 ALARM 3 ALARM 4 LCD DISPLAY CHARGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Button Lock Feature Included Owner s Manual One Year Warranty AC Adapter Charger and Protective Case Internally Recharges Ni MH Batteries Dimensions 6 5 8 W x 4 1 8 H x 1 1 8 D 167 x 105 x 27 mm Weight 12 2 oz 346 g 4 DIAGRAMS ...

Page 8: ...Y Jog Dial Wheel SSB Fine Knob Line Out Telescopic Antenna External Antenna Jack LOCAL DX Switch Earphone Jack External Power Jack SLEEP LOCK ALARM INDICATOR INFORMATION AREA AM FM USB WEEKDAYS STATION AREA FREQUENCY MHz KHz WIDE NARROW SIGNAL STRENGTH STEREO MONO CHARGE INDICATOR 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 6 G5 OWNER S MANUAL News Music Narrow Wide Switch ...

Page 9: ...n batteries are fresh or fully charged it appears solid black As batteries wear down the segments become clear from right to left CAUTION PREVENTING BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE To avoid battery acid leakage only use high quality alkaline lithium or rechargeable nickel metal hydride batteries Never use old batteries and never intermix old with new or different brands or types of batteries as this may caus...

Page 10: ...wer indicator indicates depleted Stations stored in memory are permanently stored However when power is removed or batteries deplete the clock reverts to the default 0 00 setting The clock time will not be lost if batteries are replaced quickly within 3 minutes of removal POWERING THE G5 WITH THE INCLUDED AC ADAPTER CHARGER To power the G5 with the included AC Adapter Charger first plug it into an...

Page 11: ...rger or one specifically sug gested by Etón Corporation The backlight will remain illuminated when using the AC adapter char ger CHARGING Ni MH BATTERIES IN THE G5 With its included AC adapter charger connected the G5 internally recharges 4 Ni MH nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries Note that the G5 can still play while the batteries are charging and the alarm functions will work CAUTION Ne...

Page 12: ...y capacity in milliamp hours 100mA the charging current 4 GETTING STARTED continued Ni MH BATTERY CAPACITY in mAH CHARGING TIME hours 1100 1500 1800 2300 11 15 18 23 BATTERY CHARGING NOTES AND CAUTIONS Never attempt to recharge non rechargeable batteries The G5 can be played while charging Alarm settings and action are function while charging The AC adapter charger will not charge the batteries un...

Page 13: ...e lock button instructions below Place the DX LOCAL switch 46 on the left side of the G5 to the DX position TURNING THE G5 ON AND OFF The G5 is turned on and off with a quick short press of the POWER SLEEP button 1 USING THE SLEEP TIMER FEATURE The sleep timer feature enables the G5 to play for a specified number of minutes 00 99 then shut off The sleep timer feature can be activated and programme...

Page 14: ... all buttons Deactivate it with a longer press of about 2 seconds VOLUME CONTROL The volume control buttons 5 are labeled VOL To increase the volume push the button To decrease the volume push the button The G5 s volume is divided into levels 0 31 When adjust ing volume the corresponding level number appears in the display 5 BASIC RADIO OPERATION continued 12 G5 OWNER S MANUAL Method 1 1 Use the n...

Page 15: ...t AM press the AM BAND button 11 for FM press the FM BAND button 12 and for shortwave sequentially press the METERBAND button 10 until the shortwave band of your choice is selected The last used frequency is automatically displayed The most popular shortwave bands can also be accessed with the F1 F7 buttons F1 49m F2 41m F3 31m F4 25m F5 22m F6 19m and F7 16m See more specific information about th...

Page 16: ...5 in North America U S or Canada no changes are needed In North America AM stations are spaced by 10 KHz and the AM band extends from 520 kHz to 1710 kHz In most other world areas they are spaced by 9 KHz and the band extends from 522 1710 kHz Follow these steps to select the 9 kHz AM spacing for outside of North America 1 Turn off the G5 2 Press the F5 button for about 3 seconds or until 9 or 10 ...

Page 17: ...6 Quick short sequential presses of the buttons enables tuning up or down frequency 33 34 35 All normal tuning for AM FM and shortwave stations can be performed with the buttons The tuning steps used are 9 or 10 kHz in the AM band 5 kHz in the shortwave bands and 100 kHz in the FM band TUNING KNOB 40 The tuning steps are 1 kHz in AM SW and 25 kHz FM DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY 9 Use this method when th...

Page 18: ...ING 6 Auto scan tuning starts by pressing either the up frequency or down frequency button for about 2 seconds The G5 has 3 selectable auto scan modes STOP ATS or D 5 These are described below Tuning steps are 100 kHz FM 9 10 kHz AM and 5 kHz SW Auto scan tuning remains in the selected band AM FM or shortwave meter band STOP Auto scanning stops on the next encountered station D 5 Auto scanning sto...

Page 19: ...m In each method the last used frequency is automatically displayed To tune in shortwave stations use the tuning methods described earlier Below is a band chart showing the G5 s shortwave coverage G5 SHORTWAVE COVERAGE AND TUNING SUGGESTIONS The G5 has continuous frequency coverage from 150 to 29999 kilohertz kHz This includes Longwave 150 519 kHz Medium Wave the AM broadcast band 520 1710 kHz and...

Page 20: ...y of signals including amateur radio and other two way communications Morse code weather fax transmissions and other encoded signals often referred to as utility signals To use SSB turn on the SSB circuit by pressing the SSB button Note that SSB appears in the display 31 Tune to the shortwave frequency of your choice Use the tuning knob to coarse tune the SSB signal then fine tune with the FINE kn...

Page 21: ...ng clock and alarm features require that you work fast between steps If you don t the set mode will automatically exit If this occurs start over Carefully read through the procedure first SETTING THE CLOCK The G5 s clock is a 24 hour format clock For example midnight is 00 00 hours 6 am is 06 00 hours 1 pm is 13 00 hours and 11 pm is 23 00 hours Before setting the clock select and activate your ho...

Page 22: ...ocedure below while the hour or minute digits flash in steps 2 or 4 press one of the buttons 1 7 to select the day of the week 32 The 1 button represents Sunday The selected weekday will then be within a box 1 Press the PAGE TIME button 4 for about 2 seconds or until the hour digits 29 start flashing 2 Within 3 seconds use the tuning knob 40 to set the correct hour 3 Give the PAGE TIME button a qu...

Page 23: ... it on at a specified time Additionally each timer can be programmed for a specific weekday volume playtime and memory location To set an alarm In the procedure below while setting hour or minutes pressing one of the 1 7 buttons selects deselects the day of the week for the alarm to activate While the digits are flashing a box will appear around the selected day of the week The box will disappear ...

Page 24: ... selected page the square flashes 12 Press the PAGE TIME button to finish the set up ACTIVATING DEACTIVATING THE ALARMS For an alarm to turn on the radio it must be activated To activate the alarm to be used turn off the G5 and press the appropriate alarm button F1 4 This causes the timer activation symbol 28 to appear in the upper left corner of the display activating the selected alarm To deacti...

Page 25: ...o select the desired memory page 00 99 use the buttons or hold down the STORE button 16 and use the tuning knob 5 While holding down the STORE button 16 press one of buttons F1 7 storing the station into that memory Note that a box appears around the selected memory location 6 Release the STORE button 7 To store another station tune to the station and repeat steps 4 6 above 8 When finished storing...

Page 26: ...ress PAGE TIME when finished ACCESSING WHAT IS STORED INTO MEMORY 1 Enter MEMO mode by pressing the PAGE TIME button 4 causing MEMO to appear in the display 2 Select the desired memory page with the buttons 3 Select the desired memory with buttons F1 7 CHECKING MEMORY CAPACITY While holding down the CHECK button 14 turn the tuning knob to select memory pages Empty memories do not have the box arou...

Page 27: ...utton 4 causing PAGE to appear in the display 2 Press or hold down the CHECK button 14 and turn the tuning knob 40 to select the page to be copied 3 While holding down the CHECK button 14 press and release the PAGE TIME button 4 This copies the page 4 Press or hold down the STORE button 16 and turn the tuning knob 40 selecting the paste to page 5 While holding down STORE press and release PAGE Thi...

Page 28: ...ns into memory starting with page 99 and continuing downward until all are stored e g 99 98 97 etc To select and start ATS 3 Hold down the F6 button for about 2 seconds then release Note that the last chosen mode flashes in the screen 4 While the mode flashes perform quick short presses of the F6 button to select ATS then press the PAGE TIME 4 button 5 Press the Auto Tuning button for about two se...

Page 29: ...ket is used to connect the G5 to advanced performance antennas using a 50 or 75 Ohm coaxial cable feed line There are many such antennas on the market today Typing in shortwave antennas on your favorite Internet search site will provide further information Contact Etón Corporation if you have questions about such antennas When listening to FM stations this switch selects stereo or monaural Select ...

Page 30: ...put source for safely routing the G5 s audio to the line in socket of a ste reo system or recording device Follow your external device s line input instructions The G5 s volume control has no effect on this output Earphones headphones with a 1 8 inch stereo plug can be used Plug them into the earphone socket insert symbol on the left side of the radio Turn the volume down before wearing the earpho...

Page 31: ...s located inside the small hole 3 labeled RESET If the G5 operates erratically poke a paper clip into the reset hole to reset its microprocessor Performing a reset does not erase what is stored into the memory locations but does reset the clock to 0 00 14 REAR FOLDING STAND 19 15 RESET BUTTON 3 29 G5 OWNER S MANUAL ...

Page 32: ...ming including music Some programming is biased or propagandized Misconceptions Note that shortwave has nothing to do with picking up far away AM and FM stations or picking up local two way commu nications such as police fire ambulance local airport traffic and marine harbor traffic For example it is not possible to hear Los Angeles AM and FM stations in New York City Local two way communications ...

Page 33: ...15600 kilohertz Since some radios show frequency in megahertz mHz and some in kilohertz kHz both are shown here Look at your radio s tuning scale or its digital display to determine which frequency designation it uses in shortwave On some shortwave radios these frequencies will look like 15100 kHz 15105 kHz or 15110 kHz and on other radios they might look like 15 1 mHz 15 105 mHz or 15 11 mHz The ...

Page 34: ... kHz 11 m 25 67 26 1 MHz 25670 26100 kHz 16 INTRODUCTION TO SHORTWAVE continued SOME BASIC RULES OF THUMB In general the bands with frequencies below 13 mHz 13000 kHz are better at night and the bands with frequencies above 13 mHz 13000 kHz are best during the day The best daytime shortwave bands are 13 15 16 19 and 22 meters 16 and 19 usually the best At night the best bands are 25 31 41 and 49 m...

Page 35: ... Getting close to a window may substantially improve reception Short wave signals penetrate single level wood frame buildings easiest while concrete and brick buildings multi story and metal roofed structures often block signals In such situations position the radio as close to a window as possible Holding it may also help Use an external antenna if necessary SHORTWAVE ANTENNAS An external shortwa...

Page 36: ...e this is two way communications transmissions are often very short and sporadic Also most two way communication uses relatively low power 50 to 1000 watts The amateur radio operators are easiest to find Best results are experienced when using an outdoor shortwave antenna such as a dipole Follow your radio s instructions on how to engage its SSB feature Shown next are some selected frequency range...

Page 37: ...ING SHORTWAVE ANTENNAS Such resources are best found by performing a search using your favorite Internet search site searching for shortwave antennas or the specific antenna type e g shortwave dipole antennas Your local library and bookstores may also be helpful 16 INTRODUCTION TO SHORTWAVE continued 2850 3155 11175 11400 3400 3500 13200 13360 4650 4750 15010 15100 5480 5730 17900 18030 6525 6765 ...

Page 38: ...AND RADIO Published by International Broadcasting Services IBS IBS North America Box 300 Penn s Park PA 18943 Phone 215 598 9018 www passband com WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK Published in the USA by Watson Guptill Publications 770 Broadway 7th Floor New York NY 10003 9595 www watsonguptill com 16 INTRODUCTION TO SHORTWAVE continued RESET PROCEDURE Perform a reset if the solutions outlined below don t r...

Page 39: ...eted batteries Replace them SHUTS OFF ABRUPTLY WHILE BEING MOVED DURING AC ADAPTER USE This is usually caused by a broken wire or loose connection in the AC adapter s cord or if the AC adapter s plug tip is of the wrong diameter OPERATES ERRATICALLY Perform a RESET as described in the section titled RESET PROCEDURE STATIONS ARE RECEIVED TOO WEAK Assure that the ANTENNA GAIN switch is set to the DX...

Page 40: ... of the batteries and don t throw them away Damage caused by bat tery acid leakage is not covered under warranty You may contact Etón Corporation Service Department for additional information or assistance by calling toll free Monday through Friday 8 30am 4 00pm Pacific Standard Time 1 800 872 2228 US 1 800 673 1648 CN 650 903 3866 World wide Call for a Return Authorization prior to shipping your ...

Page 41: ...discovery of a possible defect Have ready a the model and serial number b the identity of the seller and the approximate date of purchase c a detailed description of the problem including details on the electrical connection to associated equipment and the list of such equipment 3 Etón will issue a Return Authorization number and the address to which the unit can be shipped Ship the unit in its or...

Page 42: ...riginal purchaser shall have no other remedy and no claim for incidental or consequential damages losses or expenses Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts or do not allow the exclusions or limitation of incidental or consequential damages so the above limitation and exclusion may not apply to you This warranty give you specific legal rights and you may also hav...

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