AR5000 OPERATING MANUAL PAGE 7
The display is split into 28 specific areas, a summary
of which follows:
1 “BUSY” legend appears when the squelch is open
(signal present).
2 “FUNC” as a reverse legend appears when the
key is pressed signifying that the receiver’s microprocessor
is awaiting the press of another key, where the SECOND
FUNCTION shown in white (not orange) adjacent to the
keys will be activated... an example is
to
activate the keylock. When the second function is
activated, the “FUNC” legend disappears and often a new
LCD legend appears to confirm selection.
3 “ANT” aerial (ANTENNA) number currently in use. As
standard this will be “ANT
1
1
1
1
1
” or “ANT
2
2
2
2
2
” but may be higher
if the optional aerial switch AS5000 is in use.
4 “RMT” signifies whether the receiver is under normal
keypad control or by a REMOTE device such as the
optional SDU5000 spectrum display unit or computer.
RMT = ReMoTe, no legend indicates standard keypad
operation.
5 “KEY” indicates that KEY LOCK has been selected,
this is activated by the key sequence
. Key
lock prevents accidental changing of the receiver’s front
panel controls. When in the locked condition only the
Volume, Squelch, Power and
controls will respond.
6 “ALARM” indicates that the alarm facility has been
activated. The legend “ALARM” will be displayed on the
LCD even when the AR5000 is switched off (as long as
power is maintained to the receiver). At the prescribed
time, the receiver will automatically switch on. It is possible
to program the switch on time, select radio or beep, volume
level and duration before switch off.
To activate the alarm use the sequence
, the
same sequence cancels the alarm as a toggle. This is
very useful for setting up unattended recording or when
using the AR5000 as an alarm clock!
7 “SLEEP” indicates that the sleep timer circuit has been
activated. When the prescribed time for sleep has elapsed
the receiver will switch off automatically... very useful when
listening to the radio in bed.
To program the sleep time press
then press and
hold
for more than one second. A sleep selection
menu will be displayed, use the
MAIN DIAL
or
SUB DIAL
to
select the required time (between 1 & 120 minutes) then
press
To activate / deactivate the SLEEP facility use the toggle
sequence
8 “PRIO” indicates when the PRIORITY facility has been
activated by pressing the
key.
9 “
N
N
N
N
N
-SQL” and “
L
L
L
L
L
-SQL” indicate that the receiver is set
to operate from its squelch circuit, the “BUSY” legend
appearing during activity. In normal use “
N
N
N
N
N
-SQL” noise
squelch is used but “
L
L
L
L
L
-SQL” (level squelch) may be
selected for search and scan operations. If neither legend
is displayed, the RF GAIN facility has been activated.
10 “TONE” is displayed when the optional CTCSS board
has been selected for tone decoding, often used by
amateur radio repeaters and utility users.
11 “
FM
FM
FM
FM
FM
”, “
AM
AM
AM
AM
AM
”, “
LSB
LSB
LSB
LSB
LSB
”, “
USB
USB
USB
USB
USB
” or “
CW
CW
CW
CW
CW
” - indicates AR5000
receive mode.
12 “SCAN” is displayed when the memory banks are
SCANNED (automatically checked for activity).
13 “PAUSE” is a selectable parameter for SCAN and
SEARCH modes, the legend indicates that the facility is
in operation. The AR5000 will wait the specified duration
of pause time on a busy frequency before moving off again
even if the frequency is still busy.
14 “VCS” is a selectable parameter (VOICE) for SCAN
and SEARCH modes, the legend indicates that the facility
is in operation. The AR5000 may be programmed to
ignore certain types of blank carriers and unwanted signals.
The value may be selected between 1 to 255 and OFF
while in the scan and search parameter program sub
menus.
15 “L-BANK” as opposed to “BANK” indicates that more
than one scan or search bank has been selected to be
scanned or searched as a group. In other works the banks
have been LINKED, bank link.
16 “BANK” indicates that the receiver is currently in
memory recall mode (no SCAN legend), scan mode (two
lines of bank & channel numbers) or search mode.
