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BASIC OPERATION
■
Volume setting
➥
Rotate the [AF] control clockwise to increase the
audio output level, counterclockwise to decrease it.
Increases
Decreases
■
Voice synthesizer operation
The IC-9100 has a built-in voice synthesizer to an-
nounce the operating frequency, mode and S-meter
level in clear, electronically-generated voice, in English
(or Japanese).
First, select the desired parameters to be announced
in the Set mode. (p. 164)
Initial values for the voice synthesizer parameters
• SPEECH Level
: 50%
• SPEECH Language : English
• SPEECH Speed
: HIGH
• SPEECH S-Level
: ON
• SPEECH [MODE] SW : OFF
• [SPEECH/LOCK] SW : SPEECH/LOCK
(
See NOTE as described below.
)
➥
Push [SPEECH/LOCK] to announce the currently
selected frequency, mode and S-meter level*.
* The S-meter level announcement can be turned OFF. (p.
164)
NOTE:
If “SPEECH/LOCK” is not selected in the
“[SPEECH/LOCK] SW” item of the Set mode,
you should hold down [SPEECH/LOCK] for 1
second to activate the voice synthesizer. (p. 164)
➥
Push a mode switch to announce the appropriate
mode, when the “SPEECH [MODE] SW” item is set
to “ON” in the Set mode. (p. 164)
■
Meter Display selection
The transmit meter can be toggled between three
functions for your convenience.
The RF power meter is always displayed.
➥
Hold down [ANT•METER] for 1 second to toggle the
transmit meter function between SWR, ALC and
COMP.
• SWR : Displays the SWR of the antenna at the fre
-
quency.
• ALC :
Displays the ALC level. When the meter move-
ment shows the input signal level exceeds the
allowable level, the ALC limits the RF power. In
such cases, decrease the microphone gain level.
• COMP : Displays the compression level when the
speech compressor is in use.
[
AF
]
(MAIN Band)
[
AF
]
(SUB Band)
Mode switches
[SPEECH/LOCK]
[ANT•METER
]
When ALC meter
is selected.
RF output power is
displayed in % (per
-
cent), and it becomes
the S-meter in receive.