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MAINTENANCE
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Adjusting the Main dial brake
The tension of [MAIN DIAL] may be adjusted to suit
your preference.
The brake adjustment is located on the bottom side of
the front panel. See the figure to the right.
Slide the brake adjustment for a comfortable tension
level while turning the dial continuously and evenly in
one direction.
The transceiver has built-in Voice synthesizer to
announce the operating frequency, mode, as well as
the S-meter level in clear electronically-generated
voice in English (or Japanese).
The announcement can be independently made for
both the Main and Sub bands.
First, set the announcement language, speed, and
mode in
the Others set mode
(p. 15-14)
.
➥
Push [SPEECH] to announce the currently selected
frequency (or frequency and S-meter level).
• Hold down [SPEECH] for 1 second to additionally an
-
nounce the selected operating mode.
➥
Pushing a
Mode key
also announces the appropri-
ate mode.
(p. 15-15)
The output level of the voice synthesizer can be ad-
justed in Level set mode.
(p. 15-5)
(SET [F-7] > LEVEL [F-1] > Speech Level)
Brake adjustment
Heavy
[MAIN DIAL]
Light
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Using the Voice synthesizer operation
[SPEECH]
MAIN, SUB
Mode keys