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FT
DX
5000 O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
LOCK
You may lock the setting of the Main Tuning Dial knob, to prevent accidental frequency change.
To lock out the Main Tuning Dial knob, just press the
[
LOCK
] button that is located to the right of the Main
Tuning Dial knob. To unlock the Dial setting, and restore
normal tuning, just press the [
LOCK
] button once more.
When the Main Tuning Dial knob is “locked”, the blue
“
” icon will appear on the display.
DIM
The illumination level of the analog meter and frequency display may be reduced, if you are using the transceiver in a dark
environment where high brightness is not desired.
To reduce the illumination level, press the [
DIM
] button,
located to the left of the analog meter. To restore full bright-
ness, press the [
DIM
] button once more.
A
DVICE
:
The amount of brightness may be customized for different
front panel areas. The follwing menu settings are effective
when the [
DIM
] button is depresses:
008 DISP DIM MTR
: for analog meter
009 DISP DIM VFD
: for frequency dispaly
010 DISP DIM OLE
:
SUB DISPLAY
windows
011 DISP DIM ELCD
: for Spectrum Scope display
of the optional
SM-5000
Sta-
tion Monitor
[LOCK] Button
[LOCK] Button
O
PERATION
ON
60-M
ETER
(
5 MH
Z
)
B
AND
(
U.S.
VERSION
ONLY
)
The recently-released 60-meter band is covered, in the
FT
DX
5000
, by five special, fixed memory channels. These channels are
set to USB, and they appear between the “last” PMS channel (“
P-9U
P-9U
P-9U
P-9U
P-9U
”) and the first “regular” memory channel (Channel 1).
To operate on the 60-meter (5 MHz) band:
1. Press the [
V/M
] button once, if neccessary, to enter the
“Memory” mode (the “
” icon will appear on the
display.
2. Press and hold in the [
BAND/MCH
] button for two
seconds. The button will glow yellow to signify that
rotation of the [
CLAR
(
VFO-B
)] knob will allow se-
lection of the memory channel.
3. Memory channels “
US-1
US-1
US-1
US-1
US-1
” through “
US-5
US-5
US-5
US-5
US-5
” are pre-pro-
grammed, at the factory, with the permitted frequen-
cies in the 5 MHz band, and the USB mode is auto-
matically selected on these channels.
4. To exit from 60-meter operation and return to the VFO
mode, just press the [
V/M
] button.
N
OTE
:
The frequencies and operating mode for 5 MHz band op-
eration are both fixed, and may not be changed.
[CLAR(VFO-B)] Knob
[V/M] Button
[BAND/MCH] Button
C
HANNEL
N
UMBER
US-1
US-2
US-3
US-4
US-5
F
REQUENCY
5.3320 MHz
5,3480 MHz
5.3680 MHz
5.3730 MHz
5.4050 MHz
B
ASIC
O
PERATION
:
R
ECEIVING
ON
A
MATEUR
B
ANDS
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