20 Most Recent Eton FR300 AM/FM/Weather/TV Radio Questions & Answers

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Don't you have an automatic tuning system or ATS? By pressing a band switch for a while the ATS starts looking for stations and stores the ones that have a good enough signal. Even if a station broadcasts but the location of the radio is not adequate for a good signal to be received, the station won't register and it will appear to you that the tuner is skipping.

TAKE THE KNOB FO AND SEE IF IT WILL TURN BUY HAND IF SO JUST PUT A BIT OF PAPER ROUND IT AND PUSH THE KNOB BACK ON AND IT SHUOD GO

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You're right about the different bands having different components to choose the various frequencies, and that looks like where your problem lies. Not an easy fix. In the old days, each band was made up of discrete components that had tuning capabilites, so when you identified a circuit, you could tweek it, although it usually required complex signal generators and an oscilloscope, at least. These days, the components are largely ICs and surface mount ceramics- things that require replacement, versus re-tuning. It's probably cheaper to buy a new radio than have it fixed, but you can check. Eton's support page is here:
http://www.etoncorp.com/CustomerSupport
Hopefully, they will replace it for you, depending on how long you've had it, etc.
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On the back panel, there is a black decal located near the center. Warm this decal with a hair dryer (warm it, don't get it hot)Slip a knife blade under the right side and lift it up. Remove the hidden screw under the decal, and the the other five and the back will come off. replace the FM antenna and you are good to go. I had the same problem. mcarmich

Your TV band radio won't work anymore now that the US has switched to digital broadcasting. The frequencies now in use aren't the same now, so the radio can't receive them. Plus, the radio doesn't have the circuitry to decode the digital sound even if it could pick up the broadcasts.

Sad to say, you have a radio that now picks up only AM/FM/weather and static. Also, as far as I know, nobody is yet marketing a radio for TV sound with digital capability. All you can do during a power outage is use a new TV with battery capability and digital tuning.

Your radio does not offer the S.A.M.E. capability that would let you receive alerts for just your specific area, but it will let you receive all alerts broadcast by the NOAA station that your radio is tuned to. Here is a link to the owners manual where you can find more details:

http://www.etoncorp.com/upload/contents/307/U070165_FR300_Manual_US_053107_low.pdf

Bill B.
San Antonio