VX-8DR O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
50
L
ABELING
M
EMORIES
You may wish to append an alpha-numeric “Tag” (label) to a memory or memories, to aid
in recollection of the channel’s use (such as a club name, etc.). This is easily accomplished
using the Set Mode.
1.
Recall the memory channel on which you wish to append a
label.
2.
Press and hold the
key for one second to enter the Set
Mode.
3.
Rotate the
DIAL
knob to select Set Mode Item
53: MEMORY
NAME
.
4.
Press the
key briefly to enable programming of the name
tag. Press and hold the
key for two seconds to clear
any previous name, if desired.
5.
Rotate the
DIAL
knob, or press one of the keyboard keys,
to select the first digit of the desired label.
Example 1
: Rotate the
DIAL
knob to select any of the 61
available characters.
Example 2
: Press the
key repeatedly to toggle among
the seven available characters associated with
that key:
t
u
v
8
T
U
V
6.
Press the
key to move to the next character, if needed.
7.
Repeat steps 5 and 6 to program the remaining letters, num-
bers, or symbols of the desired label. A total of 16 charac-
ters may be used in the creation of a label.
8.
Press and hold the
key for two seconds to delete all
data after the cursor that may have been previously stored.
9.
If you make a mistake, press the
key to backspace the cursor, then re-enter the
correct letter, number, or symbol.
10. When you have completed the creation of the label, press the
PTT
switch briefly to
save the label and exit to normal operation.
During Memory Recall (“MR”) with Mono Band operation, the
alphanumeric Tag will appear below the frequency display.
The alphanumeric Tag does not appear if you activate
the Dual Receive Operation.
M
EMORY
M
ODE
(
R
EGULAR
M
EMORY
C
HANNEL
O
PERATION
)
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