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YOU ARE WORKING IN THE RADIO ROOM OF YOUR COUNTY EOC, AND THE
EMERGENCY MANAGER COMES IN TO GIVE YOU AN EMERGENCY MESSAGE TO SEND,
YOU CAN SIMPLY PUSH THE BANK OPT KEY TO IMMEDIATELY REDUCE THE
VOLUME LEVEL OF THE RADIO SO THAT YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE MANAGER
GIVING YOU THE MESSAGE.  PUSH THE BANK OPT BUTTON AGAIN TO RETURN TO
THE ORIGINAL VOLUME SETTING.  USING THE ICV3500 THE RADIO IS EASY TO
PROGRAM AND USE.  THE SET MODES, INCLUDING THE INITIAL SET MODE, ARE
STRAIGHTFORWARD AN FOR SCANNING PURPOSES, SELECT THE TUNING STEP TO
MATCH THE REPEATER CHANNEL SCHEME FOR YOUR AREA, WHICH IS USUALLY 15
KHZ.  PUSH THE SET LOCK BUTTON TO ENTER THE SET MODE, AND PUSH IT
AGAIN REPEATEDLY UNTIL TS IS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN.  TURN THE DIAL
KNOB TO SELECT THE DESIRED TUNING STEP FOR SCANNING PURPOSES IT
SHOULD MATCH THE REPEATER OUTPUTS BAND PLAN FOR THE AREA OF
OPERATION.  TO RESET THE SET MODE ITEMS TO THEIR FACTORY DEFAULT
VALUES, A PARTIAL RESET CAN BE PERFORMED THAT ALSO RETAINS THE
MEMORY CHANNEL CONTENTS THAT WERE SET BY THE OPERATOR.  THE CALL
CHANNEL IS SET TO THE USERS PREFERENCE FOR EXAMPLE, THE LOCAL, MOST
FREQUENTLY USED REPEATER, OR THE MOST USED SIMPLEX FREQUENCY PER
LOCAL CUSTOM.  ONCE PROGRAMMED, SIMPLY PUSH THE M/CALL PRIO BUTTON
TO CYCLE THROUGH THE PROGRAMMED MEMORY CHANNEL, AND THE PROGRAMMED
LOUDEST WX CHANNEL IN THE 162 MHZ RANGE, TO GET TO THE CALL CHANNEL.
WHILE OPERATING ON A VFO FREQUENCY, THE PRIORITY WATCH SEARCHES FOR
SIGNALS ON A SELECTED FREQUENCY EVERY 5 SECONDS.  FOR EXAMPLE, IF AN
OPERATOR IS MONITORING A MAJOR LOCAL REPEATER FOR A POSSIBLE ARES
ACTIVATION, ENABLING THE PRIORITY WATCH FUNCTION WILL CAUSE THE
RADIO TO MOMENTARILY CHECK FOR ANY SIGNALS ON A FREQUENCY OF
SECONDARY IMPORTANCE, PROGRAMMED OR SELECTED BY THE OPERATOR.  TO
ENABLE A MONITOR FUNCTION TO LISTEN TO WEAK SIGNALS OR TO MANUALLY
OPEN THE SQUELCH, PUSH THE MONI ANM PA BUTTON TO TURN IT ON OR OFF.
FOR A REPEATER PAIR, THE FUNCTION MONITORS THE REPEATERS INPUT
FREQUENCY.  A LOCK FUNCTION IS USED TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL CHANGES IN
CHANNEL, FREQUENCY, OR FUNCTIONS.  WHEN TURNED ON IN THE INITIAL
PARAMETERS SET, THE SQUELCH ATTENUATOR USES THE SQUELCH KNOB TO
EFFECT UP TO 20 DB OF ATTENUATION WHEN THE SQUELCH KNOB IS TURNED
ALL THE WAY UP.  AN S METER SQUELCH FUNCTION DISABLES THE RADIOS
AUDIO OUTPUT WHEN THE RECEIVED SIGNAL IS WEAKER THAN THE SPECIFIED S
METER SQUELCH LEVEL.  THE OPERATOR ROTATES THE SQUELCH KNOB
CLOCKWISE PAST THE TWELVE OCLOCK POSITION TO TURN ON THE FUNCTION.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AN ADVANCED MANUAL FROM THE ICOM
WEBSITE SEE WWW. ICOM JAPAN.  COM/ SUPPORT/ MANUAL/ 3572.  SCANNING
OPERATIONS TO PREPARE FOR SCANNING, SET THE SCAN RESUME OPTION TO
THE DESIRED LEVEL I. E., THE NUMBER OF SECONDS OF HOLDING ON A BUSY
CHANNEL PRIOR TO RESUMPTION OF THE SCAN.  TO STOP THE RESUMPTION OF
A SCAN, SIMPLY KEY THE MIC BRIEFLY.  FOR A FULL ALL FREQUENCIES
SCAN, OR A PARTIAL SCAN PROGRAMMED INTO THE REGISTER BY THE USER BY
SETTING THE LOWER AND UPPER
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