User manual YAESU VR-500

[. . . ] COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER VR- 500 OPERATING MANUAL YAESU MUSEN CO. , LTD. 1-20-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-Ku, Tokyo 146-8649, Japan YAESU U. S. A. 17210 Edwards Rd. , Cerritos, CA 90703, U. S. A. YAESU EUROPE B. V. P. O. Box 75525 1118 ZN, Schiphol, The Netherlands YAESU UK LTD. Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Close Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U. K. YAESU GERMANY GmbH Am Kronberger Hang 2, D-65824 Schwalbach, Germany YAESU HK LTD. 11th Floor Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody Rd. , Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Controls & Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Display Icons & Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Rotate the DIAL one click clockwise while holding in the [FUNC] key to move on to the next character. Press the [0] key to enter "0" as the final digit of the alpha-numeric label. Press [ENT (SET/NAME)] to save the alpha-numeric information. Finally, press and hold in the [FUNC] key; while holding it in, press [0] è [1] è [0]. The display will indicate "010 Write!" momentarily, after which the display will revert to 162. 450 MHz, which is the current VFO frequency. You still are operating in the VFO mode, and you may store other channel frequencies into other memory channel registers in the same manner. To recall these memories, proceed to the next section. MEMORY RECALL Recall of memorized channels is very simple: · Press the [1(MEMO)] key momentarily while pressing the [FUNC] key. "MR" will appear in the bottom left-hand corner of the display, indicating that you are now operating in the Memory Recall mode. Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired memory channel, or enter the desired threedigit memory channel number from the keypad. , To return to the VFO mode from the Memory mode, just press the [CLR (P. SET)] key. "VFO" will appear in the bottom left-hand corner of the display. VR-500 OPERATING MANUAL 19 Memory Mode LABELING MEMORIES You may wish to append an alpha-numeric "Tag" (label) to a memory or memories, to aid in recollection of the channel frequency's significance (such as a Broadcast Station name, etc. ). Alpha-numeric labels may be appended at the time of storage of the frequency data, or at a later time. In either case, the storage process is basically identical. An example of alpha-numeric label programming was presented earlier in summary form. The section to follow will describe the process in more detail. To label a previously-stored memory channel: · Recall the memory channel on which you wish to append a label. , Press the [ENT(SET)] key while pressing the [FUNC] key to enable programming of the name tag. You will notice the first entry's place blink. In the upper right-hand corner of the LCD, you will also observe either "ABC" or "123. " If "ABC" is present, this indiBlinking cates that you are set up to enter letters; if "123" is present, this indicates that you are set up to enter numbers. Rotate the main tuning DIAL so that "ABC" or "123" appears, based on the label you wish to program. Press the keyboard to enter the desired letter or number. Example 1: If you selected "ABC" in the previous step, press the [2(MW/MC)] key repeatedly to toggle among the six available characters: AèBèCèaèbècèA··· Example 2: If you selected "123" in the previous step, press the [2(MW/MC)] key to enter the digit "2. " , , . . . Rotate the DIAL knob clockwise while pressing the [FUNC] key to move the next character. [. . . ] When you have completed the creation of the message, press the [ENT(SET)] key momentarily to save the message. 40 VR-500 OPERATING MANUAL Set Mode Set Item 26 [Clear Bank] Function: Clear (mask) all the Memory Channels in a particular Memory Bank. · After selecting Set Item 26, rotate the DIAL knob one click clock, , , wise while pressing the [FUNC] key to enable the Memory Bank Clear function. Key in the Memory Bank number (one digit) to be cleared (masked) from the keypad. You will see "Clear . . . " on the display for a few seconds. The selected Memory Bank is now cleared out. [. . . ]