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FT
DX
5000 O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
M
UTE
F
EATURE
(
VFO-A B
AND
)
T
OOLS
FOR
C
OMFORTABLE
AND
E
FFECTIVE
R
ECEPTION
There may be occasions during Dual Receive operation
when you want to silence the VFO-A receiver temporarily,
to concentrate on the signal being received on the VFO-B
receiver. The Mute feature makes this simple to accom-
plish.
Press the (
VFO-A
)[
RX
] button briefly, located to the up-
per left of the Main Tuning Dial knob. The VFO-A re-
ceiver will be silenced, and the green LED in the (
VFO-
A
)[
RX
] button will blink.
To restore reception on the VFO-A receiver, just press the
blinking (
VFO-A
)[
RX
] button once more.
A
DVICE
:
If you press the [
POWER
] switch briefly while the trans-
ceiver is turned on, the transceiver audio will be muted for
three seconds.
[A] Button
[POWER] Switch
A
DJUSTABLE
R
ECEIVER
A
UDIO
F
ILTER
The
FT
DX
5000
includes a adjustable receiver audio filter, that provides precise, independent control of the low- and upper-
ranges.
1. Press the [
MENU
] button briefly, to enter the Menu
mode.
2. Rotate the (
VFO-A
)[
SELECT
] knob to find Menu
items “
047
” through “
050
”; these parameters apply to
the adjustment of the receiver audio filter in the AM
mode, Menu items “
053
” through “
056
” apply to the
adjustment of the RX audio filter in the CW mode,
Menu items “
075
” through “
078
” apply to the adjust-
ment of the RX audio filter in the FM mode, Menu
items “
089
” through “
092
” apply to the adjustment of
the RX audio filter in the RTTY mode, and Menu items
“
099
” through “
102
” apply to the adjustment of the
RX audio filter in the SSB mode.
3. Rotate the (
VFO-B
)[
SELECT
] knob to perform ad-
justments to a particular Menu item.
You may confirm the change of the sound quality from
the speaker or headphones.
4. When you have completed all adjustments, press and
hold in the [
MENU
] button for two seconds to save
the new settings and exit to normal operation. If you
only press the [
MENU
] button momentarily to exit,
any changes you performed will not be stored.
AM
047 A3E LCUT FRQ
OFF / 100 (Hz) ~ 1000 (Hz)
048 A3E LCUT SLP
6dB/oct or 18dB/oct
049 A3E HCUT FRQ
700 (Hz) ~ 4000 (Hz) / OFF
050 A3E HCUT SLP
6dB/oct or 18dB/oct
CW
053 A1A LCUT FRQ
OFF / 100 (Hz) ~ 1000 (Hz)
054 A1A LCUT SLP
6dB/oct or 18dB/oct
055 A1A HCUT FRQ
700 (Hz) ~ 4000 (Hz) / OFF
056 A1A HCUT SLP
6dB/oct or 18dB/oct
FM
075 F3E LCUT FRQ
OFF / 100 (Hz) ~ 1000 (Hz)
076 F3E LCUT SLP
6dB/oct or 18dB/oct
077 F3E HCUT FRQ
700 (Hz) ~ 4000 (Hz) / OFF
078 F3E HCUT SLP
6dB/oct or 18dB/oct
RTTY
089 RTTY LCUT FRQ
OFF / 100 (Hz) ~ 1000 (Hz)
090 RTTY LCUT SLP
6dB/oct or 18dB/oct
091 RTTY HCUT FRQ 700 (Hz) ~ 4000 (Hz) / OFF
092 RTTY HCUT SLP
6dB/oct or 18dB/oct
SSB
099 A3J LCUT FRQ
OFF / 100 (Hz) ~ 1000 (Hz)
100 A3J LCUT SLP
6dB/oct or 18dB/oct
101 A3J HCUT FRQ
700 (Hz) ~ 4000 (Hz) / OFF
102 A3J HCUT SLP
6dB/oct or 18dB/oct
(VFO-B)[SELECT] Knob
[MENU] Button
(VFO-A)[SELECT] Knob
