VXA-700 S
PIRIT
O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
47
F
IELD
P
ROGRAMMING
M
ODE
The
VXA-700
’s “Book” Memories also allow the user to
store, label, and recall channel frequencies which you may
want to use frequently by placing the
VXA-700
into the
“
Field Programming mode
.”
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Press and hold in both the
PTT
switch and
key,
while turning the radio on, to activate the Field Pro-
gramming Mode. “
FD
” will appear at the upper left
corner on the display.
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Select the desired frequency to be stored in the Book
Memory.
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Press and hold in the
key for 2 seconds. The dis-
play will indicate a “Book” memory channel number
will blink on the LCD.
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Within five seconds of pressing the
key, rotate the
DIAL
selector knob to select the desired memory chan-
nel number for storage. In order to prevent writing
over memory channels, a “
” icon will appear at
the right of the channel number to indicate if the
memory channel is vacant.
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Now press and hold in the
key for 3 seconds; you
will now see the blinking “
A
” character on the LCD.
To attach an alpha/numeric name (label) to the
memory, proceed to the next step; otherwise press and
hold in the
key for 2 seconds to save the entry and
exit.
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To label a memory with an alpha/numeric name, the
next step is to use the
DIAL
selector knob to select
any of the 125 available characters (including letters,
numbers, and special symbols). When the desired first
character appears, press the
key momentarily to
select it and move on to the next character.
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Select succeeding characters in the same manner,
pressing the
key momentarily after each selec-
tion.
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After entering the entire name (eight characters maxi-
mum), press the
key for 2 seconds to save all data
for the channel.
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Turn the radio off, then turn the radio back on again to
begin normal operation.