Eton G4 World Recorder Owner's Manual

G4 WORLD RECORDER

FM/AM/Shortwave Portable Radio with MP3 and SD Player

OWNER’S MANUAL

Grundig Radio Line By etón re_inventing radio www.etoncorp.com

G4 WORLD RECORDER OWNER’S MANUAL

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DO YOU NEED HELP?

If you need help, please contact us, 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; 650-903-3866, worldwide; FAX:
650-903-3867; web site, www.etoncorp.com; Etón Corporation,
1015 Corporation Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA

WARNING

• Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.

• Do not submerge or expose for extended period to water.

• Protect from high humidity and rain.

• Only operate within specified temperature range (0 °C to 40 °C).

• Unplug immediately if liquid has been spilled or objects have

fallen into the apparatus.

• Clean only with a dry cloth. Do not use detergents or chemical
solvents as this might damage the finish.

• Unplug and disconnect external antennas (not included) during
lightning storms.

• Do not remove cover [or back].

• Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

ENVIRONMENT

Please act according to your local rules and do not dispose of your
old products with your normal household waste.

Disposal

According to the European Directive 2002/96/EC

all electrical and electronic products must be col­lected separately by a local collection system.

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NOTES:

• Press: about 0.2 second; Long Press: about 2~3 seconds.

• When is on/under the button it means that it may need a ‘Long-

Press’.

• When in MP3 mode, after pressing a button, please wait up to 30

seconds for it to respond.

1. Long Press: Power On/Off; Press: Change between Radio and

MP3 mode

2. VOL –

3. VOL +

4. 0-9 Digital Button

5. Enter; Confirm

6. Space, Cancel, Mute

7. Delete

8. Function Button

9. MP3: Select the Music; Radio: Frequency+/-

10. Long Press: Lock keys; MP3: Change between Mp3 and Voice

11. Power Off: Charging; MP3: Change between SD Card and

FLASH; Radio: Input the Page No.

12. Power Off: Recording (long press); MP3: A-B Repeat; Radio:

Change between Stereo and Mono, Wide and Narrow Band

13. Radio: SW Band, Meter Band; MP3: Select EQ mode; Power

Off: Set Auto Play MP3 File

14. Radio: MW Band; MP3: Stop Playing; Power Off: Set Auto

Record of the Voice

15. Radio: FM Band; MP3: Play the Music; Power Off: Set Auto

Receive of the Radio

16. Telescopic Antenna

17. External Antenna Jack

18. DX-NOR.-LO Switch

19. Earphone Jack

20. USB Jack

21. SD Card Slot

22. Line-in Jack

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WHAT’S INCLUDED?

It includes the owner’s manual, carrying pouch and carrying strap
(attached).

POWER SOURCE

Power the G4 by plugging in the AC adapter or installing 3 AA al-

kaline, lithium or rechargeable Ni-MH batteries. A symbol appears in

the upper right of the LCD, indicating battery or AC adapter power.
When installing batteries, observe the polarity diagrams in the battery
compartment. Only charge Ni-MH batteries (see instructions below).
The AC adapter and batteries can both be in the unit at the same
time. Use only the supplied AC adapter for best results.

NOTE:When changing batteries, turn off the unit and change them

within 60 seconds. Otherwise, the clock will reset to 12:00. You can

also plug in the adaptor within 60 seconds to supply the power.

BATTERY POWER INDICATOR

The battery power indicator is in the upper left corner of the display.

When it looks like
replaced or recharged (if Ni-MH). A fully charged or new battery looks
like

or the battery is drained and should be

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PREVENTING BATTERY ACID LEAKAGE

To minimize the possibility of battery acid leakage, only use high qual­ity alkaline, lithium or rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries. To
minimize the possibility of battery acid leakage, only use high quality
alkaline, lithium or rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries. Never

intermix old with new, or different brands or types of batteries. Never
charge AA, non-rechargeable batteries. Damage caused by battery

acid leakage is not covered by this product’s warranty.

TURNING THE G4 ON AND OFF

Turn the G4 on with a long-press of the button. If FM, AM or SW,
as well as a radio frequency, is in the display it’s on in radio mode. If
no radio frequency is in the display it’s in the MP3 mode. To switch
between these modes press the button.

CHARGING NI-MH BATTERIES WITH THE AC
ADAPTER/CHARGER

1. Install 3 Nickel-Metal-Hydride (Ni-MH) batteries of the same mil-

liamp hour value and brand.

2. With the radio off, plug-in the AC adaptor,

3. Turn off the unit and press

the charging light turns on and the charging starts.

4. When the battery is charged,

in the LCD. If you want to stop charging, press
NOTE: When charging, you can use the radio normally.

. The battery symbol is flowing,

stops flowing and displays

displays in theLCD.

once.

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CHARGE NI-MH BATTERIES BY CONNECTING TO
THE COMPUTER

1. Plug one port of the supplied USB cable into the USB jack of the

unit, plug the other port into the USB jack of the PC. displays

in the LCD.

2. Turn off the unit and press

and the charging starts.

3. When the battery is charged,

in the LCD. If you want to stop charging, press
NOTE: When charging, you can use the radio normally.

. The battery symbol is flowing

stops flowing and displays

once.

SETTING UP THE AM TUNING RATE AND CLOCK
SYSTEM

The G4 can be set up for a 9KHz or 10KHz MW (AM) tuning rate or

a 12-hour or 24- hour clock system. It has been set up at the factory

for use in North America (U.S. or Canada) with 10KHz tuning rate

and 12-hour clock system; no changes to the initial factory settings

are needed if you’re in North America.
To change these settings, use the instructions below.

To Change the Tuning Rate and Clock System

1. With the radio turned off remove one battery and disconnect the

AC adapter. Wait 60 seconds until the display goes completely

blank.

2. Reinstall the battery or connect the AC adapter. ‘SET’ appears in

the display for about 10 seconds. While it’s in the display press
the ‘ENTER’ button. 9 10 appears in the display. Press 1 to select
9KHz, 2 to select 10KHz.

3. 12 24 appears in the display. Press 1 to select 12 hour system, 2 to

select 24 hour system.

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VOLUME CONTROL

With the G4 on or off, use the buttons to adjust to volume
levels 00-26. The level number appears near the upper right of the

display.

MUTE FEATURE

Press the EXIT button to mute the audio. Press it again to resume
audio.

EARPHONE SOCKET AND USING EARPHONES
(NOT INCLUDED)

Turn the volume down before wearing the earphones, then turn up

the volume to your liking. Plug them into the earphone socket on the

right side of the radio.

SELECTING FM, MW (AM) AND SHORTWAVE

With the G4 turned on, press the FM, MW (AM) or SW button. Se­quentially press the SW button to cycle through the SW meter bands.

NOTE: When listening to FM or Shortwave fully extend the telescopic
antenna. It need not be extended when listening to MW (AM) sta-

tions (the AM ferrite-bar antenna is located inside the G4)

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SETTING THE SENSITIVITY SWITCH

On the left side of the G4 is the sensitivity switch. There are three
position, DX, NOR and LO. Always start with the DX position, as this
gives maximum sensitivity. If the station is extremely strong use the
NOR or LO position, the position with the least sensitivity. Basically,

use the position that makes the signal sound best.

TUNING IN STATIONS

With the G4 turned on, stations are tuned with the - + buttons in
manual or auto-tune mode and the Direct Frequency Entry System

(buttons 1-0). AM stations are in kiloherz, KHz; all other stations are

in megahertz, MHz.

Manual Tuning

Quick, short, sequential presses of the - + buttons enables tuning up

or down frequency.

Auto-Tuning

Pressing the - + buttons for longer than one second results in auto­tuning, where the next available station is automatically tuned.

Direct Frequency Entry
With the G4 turned on, use the ENTER button and 0-9 buttons when

the desired frequency of a radio station is known.

To enter an FM frequency, press ENTER, then punch in the frequency
number; for example if it’s 103.7MHz, press 1 0 3 70. Note that you
must enter a ‘0’ last.

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TUNING IN STATIONS continued

To enter an AM frequency, press ENTER, then punch in the frequency
number; for example if it’s 810KHz, press 8 1 0.

Shortwave can be tuned continually from 3 MHz to 30 MHz. To enter
a Shortwave frequency, press ENTER, then punch in the frequency
number in MHz; for example if it’s 5.965MHz, press 5 9 6 5. If the

frequency is 5.9 MHz, enter it in four digit mode, like 5 9 0 0 , or

press ENTER 5 9 ENTER. If the frequency is given in KHz, simply press
ENTER and punch it in, for example for 15125 KHz, press ENTER 1 5
1 2 5 ENTER. The G4 automatically converts it to MHz.

Note: If you wrongly enter any digit of the frequency, press EXIT and
re-enter it.

Entering Shortwave Bands

To enter shortwave bands, sequentially press the SW button. The
band number appears above the frequency to the right.

SHORTWAVE BROADCAST RECEPTION

Shortwave enables listening to broadcasts over vast distances includ­ing other countries and continents. The following information will
help you get started.

• During the day, frequencies above 11 MHz are usually best.

• At night, frequencies below 13 MHz are usually best.

• Around sunset and sunrise, the entire shortwave range may be

good.

SHORTWAVE BROADCAST RECEPTION continued

• Getting very close to a window and holding the radio improves

shortwave reception.

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LEARNING ABOUT SHORTWAVE LISTENING

To learn about shortwave we recommend the two publications be­low, published yearly and available from major booksellers. Addition­ally, the Internet is a great resource for learning about shortwave. Go
to your favorite search engine and type in ‘shortwave listening’.

PASSPORT TO WORLD BAND RADIO Published by International
Broadcasting Services (IBS); IBS North America, Box 300, Penn’s

Park PA 18943. Phone: [phone]. www.passband.com

WORLD RADIO TV HANDBOOK Published in the USA by Wat-

son-Guptill Publications, 770 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY

10003-9595. www.watsonguptill.com

STORING AND RECALLING STATIONS

The G4 has 1000 memories (also called presets), arranged in 10
pages (0-9), with each page holding 100 memories (00-99). All
memories are randomly programmable, meaning that any frequency
can be stored into any memory.

Note that when storing into an already occupied memory position, its
contents will be replaced with your new entry.

FREQUENCY STORAGE

1. Go to the frequency that you wish to store. Select the page by

pressing ‘P’, then pressing one of buttons 0-9.

2. Select the memory to store it in by pressing ‘M’, then one of the

numbers 00-99.

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FREQUENCY STORAGE continued

To Recall A Stored Frequency – method 1

1. If you’re already in the correct page, skip this step. Enter the page

by pressing ‘P’, then one of buttons 0-9.

2. Recall the frequency by entering the number 00-99, with the

numeric keypad that corresponds to the memory where the station
is located.

To Recall A Stored Frequency – method 2

1. Press the MEM button. Notice that MEM appears on the left side

of the display.

2. Press the P button and select the page by pressing one of

buttons 0-9.

3. Press the -+ button sequentially to go from one memory to an-

other. Notice that empty memories are skipped.

DELETING ONE MEMORY

1. Tune to the memory page.

2. Tune to the memory number on that page you wish to delete with

the numeric keypad or scan to them by pressing MEM and then

the - + buttons.

3. Press and release the DEL button; ‘d’ appears in the display.

4. Press and release the DEL button again.

DELETING THE ENTIRE MEMORY PAGE

1. Tune to the memory page.

2. Do a long press on the DEL button until the page number flashes.

3. Press the DEL button again.

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AUTO SAVING

The radio can auto save the strongest frequencies of the AM, FM or
Shortwave band into page 0.

1. Select the band.

2. Select page number 0; if 0 flashes wait until it stops.

3. Do a long press on the – or + button.

4. The radio scans the band and the memory numbers appear in the

display. When it stops and plays, the auto save is complete.

TRANSFERRING AUTO SAVED FREQUENCIES TO
A DIFFERENT MEMORY PAGE

1. Select page number 0; the 0 flashes; if it doesn’t flash select page

0 again.

2. While it’s flashing press the page number that you want to copy it

into, for example 9.

SETTING THE TIME AND DATE

The G4’s clock can be viewed in 12 or 24-hour format, but when en­tering the time 24 hour format must be used. To change the format,
see the instructions in the section titled SETTING UP THE AM TUNING

RATE AND CLOCK SYSTEM.

To set the clock:

1. With the radio turned off, press ENTER; ‘Set’ appears in the display.

2. Quickly press ENTER again and use the numeric keypad to enter

the time; if it’s already set, press ENTER.

3. The date ashes; using the numeric keypad, enter the last two

digits of the current year; if it’s already set, press ENTER.

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SETTING THE TIME AND DATE continued

4. The month flashes; using the numeric keypad, enter the month as

two digits; if it’s already set, press ENTER.

5. The day of the week ashes; using the numeric keypad, enter the

day of the week; if it’s already set, press ENTER.

SETTING THE ALARM

The time, volume, length of time the alarm activates and method that
the alarm activates can be set.
The alarm can activate three ways:

• By turning on a radio station.

• By turning on a radio station and recording it.

• By playing from an SD/MMC card or ash memory.

See below for instructions to set the alarms.

NOTE: Setting the alarm requires that you work fast or the system

will exit the alarm setting mode. If a button isn’t pressed within 10
seconds, it will exit the setting mode. If it exits, simply start over.

SETTING ALARM BY TURNING ON A RADIO
STATION

1. With the radio turned off press ENTER, then press the FM button.
flashes in the top of the display.

2. Enter the alarm time with the numeric keypad or press ENTER if

you wish to use the existing alarm time. The display shows the
frequency.

3. Press FM, MW(AM) or SW and enter the frequency with the nu-

meric keypad, then press ENTER. Or press ENTER if you wish to use

the existing frequency. Note that the volume appears in the right
side of the display.

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SETTING ALARM BY TURNING ON A RADIO
STATION continued

4. Press the volume buttons to set the desired volume at alarm time
and press ENTER or press ENTER if you choose to use the existing
volume. Note that the sleep timer appears in the display.

5. Use the numeric key to set the length of time that the alarm is
activated, from 00-99 minutes, or press ENTER to use the existing

time. The display goes back to the normal clock display.

SETTING THE ALARM TO TURN ON A RADIO
STATION AND RECORD IT

1. Turn on the radio and select SD/MMC or flash memory to record

to. See the section titled SWITCH BETWEEN FLASH MEMORY AND

SD/MMC CARD, below.

2. With the radio turned off press ENTER, then press MW.

in the top of the display.

3. Enter the alarm time with the numeric keypad or press ENTER if

you wish to use the existing alarm time. The display shows the
frequency.

4. Press FM, MW(AM) or SW and enter the frequency with the

numeric keypad and press ENTER or press ENTER if you wish to use

the existing frequency. Note that the volume appears in the right
side of the display.

5. Press the volume buttons to set the desired volume at the alarm
time and press ENTER or press ENTER if you choose to use the
existing volume. Note that the sleep timer appears in the display.

6. Use the numeric key to set the time that the alarm is activated,
from 00-99 minutes, or press ENTER to use the existing time. The

display goes back to the normal clock display, with

the display indicating that the alarm is activated.

flashes

in the top of

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SETTING THE ALARM TO PLAY MUSIC FROM A
SD/MMC CARD OR FLASH MEMORY

1. Turn on the radio and select SD/MMC or flash memory mode to

play. See the section titled SWITCH BETWEEN FLASH MEMORY

AND SD/MMC CARD, below.

2. With the radio turned off press ENTER, then press SW.
flashes in the top of the display.

3. Enter the alarm time with the numeric keypad and press ENTER or
press ENTER if you wish to use the existing alarm time.

4. Press the volume buttons to set the desired volume at the alarm
time and press ENTER or press ENTER if you choose to use the
existing volume. Note that the sleep timer appears in the display.

5. Use the numeric key to set the time that the alarm is activated,

from 00-99 minutes, or press ENTER to use the existing time. The

display goes back to the normal clock display.

ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE ALARM

After setting the alarm with any of the methods described above,
it’s activated. To deactivate it, turn the radio off and press FM, MW
or SW corresponding to the symbol you wish to choose (the symbol
flashes at the top of the display), then press EXIT. To reactivate it, turn
the radio off and press FM or MW or SW, then press ENTER.

SLEEP TIMER

With the radio on, do a long press of the EXIT button. The sleep timer
symbol and - - flash in the upper right corner of the display. Enter
the time that you want the radio to play in minutes, 01-99, with the

numeric keys. The radio plays for that amount of time, with the sleep

timer symbol and the number of minutes in the display, after which
it turns off.

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SLEEP TIMER continued

To Exit the Sleep Timer:

With the radio on, do a long press of the EXIT button. The sleep timer
symbol and the number of minutes flash in the upper right corner

of the display. Do a quick press of EXIT. The sleep timer symbol and

number of minutes disappear.

MP3 MODE WITH SD/MMC CARDS OR FLASH
MEMORY

This unit uses SD/MMC cards with up to 2GB of memory or flash
memory, the radio’s built-in 1GB of memory, to record and play
music.

To install the SD/MMC card open the door on the right side of the
unit, plug the card in with the contacts facing the front of the unit
and close the door.

Some Notes About Playing From SD/MMC Cards

• If the unit won’t connect to the PC when it’s powered off or in

radio power on mode, change to MP3 mode and try again.

• When playing music files on the SD/MMC card or flash memory,
the unit can’t be connected to the PC.

• After connecting to a PC, if you copy and update the files or fold­ers, the playing location and number will probably change.

• If you add or delete folders, after unplugging the USB cable
please turn off the G4 and then turn it on again.

SWITCHING BETWEEN MUSIC AND VOICE FILES

NOTE: The radio may take up to 30 seconds when switching be-

tween music and voice files. Wait until switching is finished before
performing the next function.

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SWITCHING BETWEEN MUSIC AND VOICE FILES
continued

Using a long press of the power button, turn on the unit, then, if

necessary, do a quick, short press of the power button to switch it to

MP3 mode. Press ‘M’ to switch between music and voice files. ’to’
appears and in the upper left corner a musical note appears for music
files or microphone appears for voice files.

SWITCH BETWEEN FLASH MEMORY AND SD/
MMC CARD

NOTE: The radio may take up to 30 seconds when switching

between flash memory and SD/MMC cards. Wait until switching is
finished before performing the next function.Under the display, if
the green light is on over SD, it’s in SD mode. If the red light is on
over FLASH, it’s in flash memory mode. To change from one mode to
another press the ‘P’ button. The flash memory, which is the internal
memory of the radio, is 1GB. The SD/MMC card can be up to 2GB.

TRANSFERRING MUSIC TO THE SSD/MMC CARD
OR FLASH MEMORY

Turn the radio off or stop play from the SD/MMC card and connect
to the PC with the supplied USB cable. The computer will recognize
the card and memory and you’ll see it in the ‘My Computer’ section,

where you’ll nd two removable disk symbols. One is the ash disk,

the internal memory of the G4, and the other is the SD/MMC card

disk, the removable memory.

Open the removable SD/MMC disk, set up a folder named VOICE,

which you will be using later. The unit can play MP# and WMA
format files. Copy the music files from your computer into the root

directory of the disk.

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TRANSFERRING MUSIC TO THE SSD/MMC CARD
OR FLASH MEMORY continued

After copying click the computer’s ‘Safely Remove Hardware’

icon,

, and unplug the cable when prompted to do so.

TO PLAY THE MUSIC THAT YOU’VE TRANSFERRED

Turn on the radio, go into the MP3 mode and select where you
transferred your music to, SD/MMC card or flash memory. Press the
play button (the FM button). The music plays in the order that the
files were transferred. Note that folder and file names have automati­cally been replaced with numbers on the bottom of the display, 01,
02, 03, etc.

Note: To fast rewind or fast forward (RW/FF) what is being played
press and hold the -+ buttons. RW/FF is not applicable to songs on
the SD/MMC card.

SELECTING THE REPEAT MODE

While playing the music or voice les, press the waist basket button

to select the repeat mode. If the time of day is on the bottom of
the display, all files are repeated; if “R” displays one file is repeated; if
“FR” displays, all files in this folder are repeated.

SELECTING THE A-B REPEAT MODE

Use this mode to repeat a section of a song. While it’s playing press
to set the start point, A appears at the bottom of the display. Then
press it again to set the end point, Ab appears at the bottom of the
display and the repeat process starts and continues over and over.
Press it again to cancel the repeat process.

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SELECTING THE EQUALIZATION MODE (EQ)

To fully hear the effect of selecting equalization modes, use head-

phones or hook up the audio to an external stereo source via the
earphone jack.

1.) Select the EQ Mode

While playing music, press the EQ button

to select the desired EQ

mode. The voice record files don’t have the EQ modes.)
“N”: Natural

“R”: Rock

“P”: Pop
“C”: Classic
“S”: Soft
“D”: DBB
“J”: Jazz

2.) SET 3D EQ. 3D SRS DOUBLE TRACK STEREO THREE-DIMEN­SIONAL EQ

To learn more about SRS go to www.srslabs.com. Includes two
parts: SRS and SRS Hd. There are 3 options in every part (1-5th op-

tion: 0~10; 6th option: 0~2). The number is larger and the effect is

stronger.

SRS:

1. SRS 3D - SRS EQ, “d” displays.

2. TruBass - Bourdon, “b” displays.

3. FOCUS - Alt, “f” displays.

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SELECTING THE EQUALIZATION MODE (EQ)
continued

Set SRS

1. When playing the music, press the ENTER button

the 3D setting, “d” is flashing. Press or to set 3D.

2. Then press

, “b” is flashing. Press or to set

the bourdon.

3. Then press

, “f” is flashing. Press or to set alt.

SRS Hd:

4. CENTER - Far and near of voice, “C” displays.

5. DEFINITION - Alt stands out, “d” displays.

6. Speaker Size - Wave crest frequency of bourdon wave band, “p”

displays.

Set SRS Hd

4. Then press

, “C” is flashing. Press or to set the effect of

the near or the distant voice.

5. Then press

, “d” is flashing. Press or to set the effect

of alt.

6. Then press

, “p” is flashing. Press or to set the effect of

bourdon.

to enter

NOTE: If changing to EQ mode, 3D EQ will cancel automatically and
vice versa. 3D SRS and EQ mode is effective only when the formats of
files are MP3 and WMA.

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RECORDING FROM THE RADIO OR LINE-IN

Before recording you must decide whether you want to record onto
the SD/MMC card or onto flash memory.

To record from the radio, turn it on and tune to the station that you
wish to record from. Switch to the MP3 mode and select weather

you want to record to the SD or ash memory, then switch back to

the radio mode and press red colored REC button. Stop recording by
pressing the red colored stop button (the MW button).

To record your voice from the radio’s built-in microphone, turn on the
radio, select the MP3 player, where you want to record to and press
the red colored REC button (the STEREO button). Stop recording by
pressing the red colored stop button (the MW button).

TO PLAY WHAT YOU’VE RECORDED FROM THE
RADIO OR LINE-IN

Turn on the radio, then go to the MP3 player, select the SD/MMC
card or flash memory and select VOICE file mode with the M button.
Press the folder button (MEM button) and while the folder is in the
display, press the -+ button to select the file that you wish to play and
press the play button (the FM button), or simply press the play button
(the FM button) and play will be sequential. Note that folder names
have automatically been replaced with numbers, e.g. 01, 02, 03, etc.

LINE-IN JACK OF G4

You can play from another audio source by connecting it to the line-

in of the G4. This audio source can be an MP3 player, CD, cassette
recorder, etc.

Plug the other source’s line-out jack or earphone output jack into the

G4’s line-in jack. Turn the other source on and its sound is heard from
the G4’s speaker.

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DISPLAY LIGHT

The display light illuminates any time a button is pressed and the raio

is not locked.

EXTERNAL ANTENNA SOCKET

The external antenna socket is used to connect the G4 to external FM
antennas and advanced performance shortwave antennas using a 50
or 75-Ohm coaxial cable feed-line or to a long wire antenna. When
using a 50 to 75 Ohm feedline for shortwave, it may be necessary to
attenuate the signal using an antenna tuner or other method.

STEREO/AM: W/N BUTTON

When listening to FM stations this button selects stereo, ‘S’, or
monaural, ‘N’. Select stereo when using earphones. When not using
earphones, it’s OK to leave it on stereo. In either case, if the FM signal
is poor, selecting mono may improve it. When this is turned on ‘S’
appears in the display.

When listening to AM or shortwave use this button to go into narrow
(4Khz) or wide (6KHz) filtering mode as necessary. When narrow
filtering mode is used, ‘N’ appears in the display.

REAR FOLDING STAND

Pull the folding stand from the rear of the G4 and lean the G4 on it.
This allows viewing at a comfortable angle.

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USING THE LOCK FEATURE

With the G4 turned on or off, a one-second press of the lock button
(under the M button) locks the buttons, preventing turn-on or press­ing of the other buttons. A key symbol appears in the display.

Deactivate it with a one-second press of the LOCK button.

RESET FEATURE

To reset the G4 remove the batteries for one minute, then replace
them. Memory is not lost by doing the reset procedure.

ERROR CODES

• E01 Order parameter error (e.g.: Delete the file error, Appointed ID

error, Not finding the file)

• E02 No file (includes: MUSIC, VOICE mode)

• E03 The extended card is not inserted

• E04 Set up folder error (While recording, if it does not have a

RECORD folder, it will set it up)

• E05 No response

• E06 Folder full (e.g.: The file number is 99 in RECORD folder)

• E07 The disk is not large enough (While recording, testing that the

disk is not large enough)

• E08 Flash error (e.g.: The disk is not formated, clue while entering

MUSIC, VOICE, RING, RECORD)

• E09 Card error

• E10 Recording error

• E11 USB cable is not plugged in

• E12 Folder does not exist

• E53 In voice folder, no record files or record files error

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WARRANTY REGISTRATION

To ensure full warranty coverage or product updates, registration of
your product should be completed as soon as possible after purchase

or receipt. You may use one of the following options to register your

product:

1. By visiting our website at http://www.etoncorp.com.

2. Mail in enclosed warranty card.

3. Mail your warranty card or information to following address;

include your name, full mailing address, phone number, email ad-

dress, model purchased, date purchased, retail vendor name:

Etón Corporation
1015 Corporation Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA

LIMITED WARRANTY

Retain the warranty information from your warranty card with your
proof of purchase or the Limited Warranty information can also be
viewed at www.etoncorp.com.

SERVICE FOR YOUR PRODUCT

To obtain service for your product, we recommend first contacting
an Etón service representative at 1-800-872-2228 US, 1-800-637­1648 Canada, [phone], [e-mail] or your
respective country distributor in Europe (see enclosed list) for problem
determination and trouble-shooting. If further service is required,
the technical staff will instruct how to proceed based on whether the
radio is still under warranty or needs non-warranty service.

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WARRANTY

If your product is still in warranty and the Etón service representative
determines warranty service is needed, a return authorization will be

issued and instructions will be given. DO NOT ship your radio back

without obtaining the return authorization.

NON-WARRANTY

If your product is no longer under warranty and requires service, the
Etón service representative will refer you to the nearest repair facility
that will best handle the repair.
For service outside North America, please refer to the distributor
information included at time of purchase/receipt.

FCC NOTE

The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or tv interference
caused by unauthorized modifications to this equipment. Such modi­fications could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

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