FT-250R O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
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desired label. A total of seven characters may be used in the creation of a label.
j
When you have programmed a label which is under 7 characters, press and hold in the
[
F/L
] key for one second to confirm the label (if the label is exactly 7 characters in
length, you do not need to press and hold in [
F/L
] key).
k
When you have completed the creation of the label, press the
PTT
to save the label and
exit to normal operation.
To activate Alphanumeric Tags:
c
Press the [
F/L
] key, then press the [
6
(
A/N
)] key.
d
Rotate the
DIAL
and select “
ALPHA
ALPHA
ALPHA
ALPHA
ALPHA
”.
e
When you have made your selection, press the
PTT
key to save the new setting and
exit to normal operation.
f
To display the frequency again, select “
FREQ
FREQ
FREQ
FREQ
FREQ
” in step
d
above.
M
ASKING
M
EMORIES
There may be situations where you want to “Mask” memories so they are not visible
during memory selection or scanning. For example, several memories used only in a city
you visit infrequently may be stored, then “Masked” until you visit that city, at which time
you can “Unmask” them for normal use.
c
Press the [
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)] key, if needed, to enter the MR mode.
d
Press and hold in the [
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)] key for 1/2 second, then rotate the
DIAL
to
select the memory channel to be “Masked” from view.
e
Press the [
F/L
] key. The display will revert to memory channel #1. If you rotate the
DIAL
to the location you just “Masked,” you will observe that it is now invisible.
f
To Unmask the hidden memory, repeat the above procedure: press and hold in the
[
MR/MW
(
SKIP
)] key for 1/2 second, rotate the
DIAL
to select the masked memory’s
number, then press [
F/L
] to restore the memory channel’s data.
M
EMORY
O
NLY
M
ODE
This allows operation only on stored memories, which are displayed by name (if any) at
the right, and the memory channel number to the left. No frequency is displayed, and only
“
CH.
CH.
CH.
CH.
CH.
nn
nn
nn
nn
nn
” will appear if you haven’t assigned an Alphanumeric name to a memory.
Repeater shift and tone setting indicators are displayed in the Memory Only mode, al-
though they cannot be changed.
Here is the procedure for activating the Memory Only mode:
c
Turn the radio off.
d
Press and hold the
PTT
and
LAMP
key while turning the radio on.
e
Rotate the
DIAL
to select “
MEM.ONLY
MEM.ONLY
MEM.ONLY
MEM.ONLY
MEM.ONLY
”.
f
Press the [
F/L
] key momentarily to initialize the radio.
g
Repeat the previous step to return to normal operation.
Memory Operation