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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD .............................................................. i
IMPORTANT ............................................................... i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ............................................ i
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES....................................... i
FCC INFORMATION .................................................. i
PRECAUTIONS ......................................................... ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................... iii
1 PANEL DESCRIPTION................................... 1
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Front panel ........................................................ 1
Rear panel ......................................................... 8
ACC socket information .............................. 10
LCD display ..................................................... 11
Function display .............................................. 13
M1 (Menu 1) ............................................... 13
Function keys on M1 (Menu 1) ................... 13
M2 (Menu 2) ............................................... 14
Function keys on M2 (Menu 2) ................... 14
2 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS ........ 15
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Selecting a location ......................................... 15
Grounding ....................................................... 15
Antenna connection ........................................ 15
Required connections ..................................... 16
Front panel .................................................. 16
Rear panel .................................................. 16
Advanced connections .................................... 17
Front panel .................................................. 17
Rear panel .................................................. 17
External keypad connections .......................... 18
External antenna tuner connection ................. 18
Connecting the AH-4 .................................. 18
Power supply connections ............................... 19
Connecting to a DC power supply ................... 19
Connecting to the PS-126 DC POWER
SUPPLY ...................................................... 19
Connecting to a non-Icom DC POWER
SUPPLY ...................................................... 19
Linear amplifier connections ........................... 20
Connecting the IC-PW1/PW1EURO ........... 20
Connecting a non-Icom linear amplifier ...... 21
Microphone connector information .................. 22
Microphones .................................................... 22
HM-36 ......................................................... 22
SM-50 (option) ............................................ 22
3 BASIC OPERATION ..................................... 23
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Before first applying power .............................. 23
Turning ON (CPU resetting) ............................ 23
VFO description ............................................... 24
Selecting the VFO A/B ................................ 24
VFO equalization ........................................ 24
Selecting VFO/Memory mode ......................... 24
Selecting a frequency band ............................. 25
Using the band stacking registers. .............. 25
Frequency setting ............................................ 26
Tuning with [DIAL] ...................................... 26
Direct frequency entry with the keypad ....... 26
Quick Tuning function .................................. 27
Selecting 1 Hz step ..................................... 27
Tuning Step function .............................. 27
Auto Tuning Step function .......................... 28
About the 5 MHz frequency band operation
(USA version only) ...................................... 28
Band edge warning beep ............................ 29
Programming the user band edge .............. 30
Operating mode selection ............................... 31
Volume setting ................................................. 31
Squelch and receive (RF) sensitivity ............... 32
Voice synthesizer operation ............................ 33
Meter Display selection ................................... 33
Basic transmit operation .................................. 34
Transmitting ................................................. 34