566 manual
Version 4 – October 2006
Part #74410
Printed in USA
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AGC action exactly where the operator
desires. See the description in chapter 3
under
(RX) RX MENU
for detail.
(34) ATTN
ORION II is equipped with a receive
attenuator that can be selected
independently for each receiver. There are
four selectable steps of (off) or 6 dB, 12 dB
and 18 dB of attenuation. To activate, press
the ATTN button. Pressing the ATTN button
will cycle through the four available settings
(OFF, 6 dB, 12 dB, 18 dB) and an
annunciator on the screen next to the ATTN
button will indicate the value selected.
(35) MENUS
ORION II has a number of user adjustable
settings that allow the operator to customize
preferences for their particular style of
operating. Several menus are present in
ORION II to facilitate this. To access them,
press and release the MENUS button.
Figure 2-9 Menu Screen
Figure 2-9 shows the menu screen. There
are seven selectable menus. To the right
side of the screen, there are seven choices.
They are: TX, CW, VOX, RX, Other, SSB,
Filtr. Each of these menus can be accessed
by pressing the corresponding button (
28
through
34
) next to the right edge of the
screen. In Figure 2-9, button
34
was
pressed to access the TX menu. The TX
annunciator on the screen is highlighted and
the menu options for TX are shown on the
screen. All seven of the menus are
explained in detail in Chapter 3 of this
manual.
To exit the menus and go back to normal
transceiver operation, press the MENUS
button again.
The MENUS button can also be used to
display the currently installed firmware
version in the transceiver. Push and hold
the MENUS button for two seconds. The
words TEN-TEC ORION II, the Ten-Tec
logo, and the firmware version number will
momentarily appear on the screen.
(36) AUDIO
ORION II has two audio sources (main
receiver and sub receiver) and each has
four potential destinations (SPEAKER, and
LEFT, RIGHT, or BOTH phones) that the
operator selects. The separate volume
controls (knobs MAIN AF and SUB AF) let
the operator adjust the audio mix to the
headphones or speaker.
To access the audio menu, press the
AUDIO button.
Figure 2-10 AUDIO Routing Submenu.
See Figure 2-10. Each selectable item uses
buttons
28
through
34
for selection.
“
Left:
” – is for routing audio to the left side
of stereo headphones. The available
choices are Main (main receiver audio), Sub
(sub receiver audio), and Both (main and
sub receiver audio). Press button
28
to
select as desired. “
Right:
” is for the right
