18
Front Panel Controls & Switches
FT-891 Operating Manual
[
BAND
(
MODE
)] key
● Press this key to display the “BAND SELECT” screen (Operating band selection
screen).
Rotate the
MAIN DIAL
knob to select the desired frequency band (operating
band).
The selected frequency band will be set automatically in one second and the display
will return to normal operation.
● Press and hold this key to display the “MODE SELECT” screen.
Rotate the
MAIN DIAL
knob to select the radio modulation form (operating
mode).
The selected operating mode will be set automatically in one second and the dis-
play will return to normal operation in the selected operating mode. (The mode is
automatically preset for each operating band, it is only necessary to set “MODE
SELECT” when a change is desired).
[
A/B
] key
Pressing this key momentarily, exchanges the frequency and memory channel data
of VFO-A and VFO-B.
Press and hold this key for one second to set VFO-A and VFO-B to the same frequen-
cy and data values.
[
V/M
] key
This key toggles frequency control between the VFO and the memory systems.
● When the memory channel data is recalled, the previously selected Memory channel
number is displayed like “
”.
● Rotate the
MULTI
function knob to change the memory channel number.
● While operating on a memory channel, if the
MAIN DIAL
knob is turned, the
“Memory Channel Number” will be replaced by the MEMORY TUNE indicator “
”;
this indicates that the operating frequency of the Memory Channel is temporarily
changed. Pressing the [
V/M
] key while in the MEMORY TUNE state will restore the
previous memory channel data.
[
V
u
M
] key
This key is used to save the data from VFO-A to a memory channel.
Press this key to display the “MEMORY CHANNEL” list screen.
Rotate the
MULTI
function knob to select the desired memory channel.
Press this key again
to copy the VFO-A operating data to the selected memory
channel.
● When the “MEMORY CHANNEL” list screen is displayed, press the
[
A
]/[
B
]/[
C
]
key to edit the
selected memory channel.
[
M
u
V
] key
This key will copy the saved data from a written memory channel to VFO-A.
Press this key to display the “MEMORY CHANNEL” list screen.
Rotate the
MULTI
function knob to select the desired previously written memory