Appears while transmitting. Appears while using the External data band. Appears while using the Internal data band. Appears when the data terminal is set as 9600 bps. Appears when mute function is ON. Appears while making a continuous recording. Appears while in EchoLink Sysop mode. Appears when the Key Lock function is ON. Displays the PM channel number. Appears when Weather Alert is ON. Blinks when receiving a signal. (with TM-V71(A) K type only) Appears when a message is received. Appears when the Beacon type is set to “APRS”. Appears when the Beacon type is set to “NAVITRA. Appears while in PACKET mode. Appears when the packet transfer rate is set to 1200 bps. Appears when the packet transfer rate is set to 9600 bps. Appears when the Beacon function is ON. Appears when the GPS port input is set to “GPS”. Blinks while positioning. Appears when the GPS port input is set to Weather Station. Appears when Voice Alert is set to “ON”. Appears when Voice Alert is set to “RX ONLY”. 12 OPERATION PANEL (FRONT) ¦ IN NORMALMODE q Tuning Control Press [F], then press the Tuning control to enter Menu mode. w F Press [F] to enter Function mode. e TNC Each time you press [TNC], the mode toggles between APRS (or NAVITRA) mode ON and PACKET mode ON. • When “OPENING TNC” appears on the display, the mode cannot be changed. r PM Press [PM] to enters the PM (Programmable Memory) channel selection mode. t Press [ ] to turn the transceiver power ON and OFF. Note: For [MSG], [LIST], [BCON], [POS], and [P.MON] keys, refer to the APRS explanation. ¦ IN FUNCTION MODE 13 q Tuning Control Press the Tuning control to enter Menu mode. w F OFF Press [F OFF] to return Normal mode. e DX Press [DX] to turn the DX PacketClusters Monitor ON and OFF. r P.IN Press [P.IN] to enter PM Channel registration mode. t Press [ ] to turn the transceiver power ON and OFF. Note: For [WXi] key, refer to the APRS explanation. DISPLAY Indicator Description Clock display (Setting Time: Menu 525) Appears when a message is received. Appears when the Beacon type is set to “APRS”. Appears when the Beacon type is set to “NAVITRA. Appears while in PACKET mode. Appears when the packet transfer rate is set to 1200 bps. Appears when the packet transfer rate is set to 9600 bps. Appears when the Beacon function is ON. Appears when the GPS port input is set to “GPS”. Blinks while positioning. Appears when the GPS port input is set to Weather Station. 14 BASIC OPERATIONS (RC-D710 + TM-V71) SWITCHING THE POWER ON/ OFF Press the [ ] switch to switch the transceiver ON. Press the [ ] switch again to switch the transceiver OFF. ADJUSTING THE VOLUME Rotate the [BAND SEL] (VOL) control of your selected band clockwise to increase the volume and counterclockwise to decrease the volume. ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH Rotate the [SQL] control of your selected band, when no signals are present, and select the squelch level at which the background noise is just eliminated. 15 SELECTING A BAND Press the left [BAND SEL] control to select band A and the right [BAND SEL] control to select band B. • The icon appears at the top of the band on which you are operating and the icon appears at the top of the band on which you are currently set to transmit. Band A (left [BAND SEL] control): Band B (right [BAND SEL] control): 16 Pressing [PF2] allows you to switch the operating band between bands A and B, while maintaining the original band as the transmit band. Band A is the transmit band and band B is the operating band: Band A is both the transmit and operating band: SELECTING DUAL BAND MODE/ SINGLE BAND MODE You can switch the transceiver between dual band operation and single band operation by pressing [BAND SEL] (1s) of your selected band. Dual band mode: 17 Single band mode (band A only): Note: You can also turn the center partition bar display off {Menu No. 527}. SELECTING A FREQUENCY BAND You can change the default frequency bands for bands A and B. 1 Select band A or B by pressing the [BAND SEL] control or [PF2]. 2 Press [F], [BAND SEL] of your selected band. • Each time you press [F], [BAND SEL], you cycle to the next frequency band. 18 SELECTING AN OPERATING MODE There are 3 operating modes available to choose from: VFO mode, Memory Channel mode, and Call Channel mode. ¦ VFO Mode VFO mode allows you to manually change the operating frequency. 1 Press [VFO] to enter VFO mode. 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired operating frequency. ¦ Memory Channel Mode Memory Channel mode allows you to quickly select a frequently used frequency and related data which you have saved in the transceiver memory. 1 Press [MR] to enter Memory Channel mode. 2 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Memory channel. 19 ¦ Call Channel Mode Call Channel mode allows you to quickly select a preset channel to allow immediate calls on that frequency. The Call channel can be conveniently used as an emergency channel within your group. 1 Select your desired band (A ...
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