Icom IC-M23 Instruction Manual

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8BASIC OPERATION4■ Channel selectionIMPORTANT: Prior to using the transceiver for the firsttime, the battery pack must be fully charged for optimumlife and operation (p. 23). To avoid damage to the trans-ceiver, turn OFF the power while charging.D Channel 16Channel 16 is the distress and safety channel. It is used forestablishing initial contact with a station, and for emergencycommunications. Channel 16 is monitored during both Du-alwatch and Tri-watch. While in the standby mode, you mustmonitor Channel 16.q Push [16] momentarily to select Channel 16.w Push [CH] to return to the channel used before selectingChannel 16, or push [Y] or [Z] to select a different chan-nel.Convenient!While holding down [FAV], push [Y] or [Z] to select the fa-vorite (TAG) channels.• Pushing [FAV] only advances the displayed TAG channel.• The favorite channels are selected using the TAG channel setting.(p. 15)D Call channelEach regular channel group has a separate leisure-use Callchannel. The Call channel is monitored during Tri-watch. TheCall channels can be programmed, and are used to storeyour most often used channel in each channel group, forquick recall. (p. 12)q Hold down [C] (16) for 1 second to select the Call chan-nel of the selected channel group.• “CALL” and the Call channel number appear.w Push [CH] to return to the channel used before selectingthe Call channel, or push [Y] or [Z] to select a differentchannel.PushHold downfor 1 second