FOREWORDThank you for purchasing this Icom product. The IC-V8000VHF FM TRANSCEIVER is designed and built with Icom’s supe-rior technology and craftsmanship. With proper care, this prod-uct should provide you with years of trouble-free operation.We understand making you have a choice of many differentradios in the market place. I want to take a couple of mo-ments of your time to thank you for making your IC-V8000your radio of choice, and hope you agree with ICOM’s philos-ophy of “technology first.” Many hours of research and devel-opment went into the design of your IC-V8000.FEATURES❍ 75 W* of high transmit output power(except Taiwan version)❍ Front mounted speaker for clear readability❍ Tone squelch, DTCS squelch standard❍ Dual color (amber & green) LCD backlight❍ Remote control microphone available(optional for some versions)❍ Optional DTMF decoderIMPORTANTREAD ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and completelybefore using the transceiver.SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL— This in-struction manual contains important operating instructions forthe IC-V8000.EXPLICIT DEFINITIONSiWORD DEFINITIONR WARNING!CAUTIONNOTEPersonal injury, fire hazard or electric shockmay occur.Equipment damage may occur.Recommended for optimum use. No risk ofpersonal injury, fire or electric shock.Icom, Icom Inc. and the are registered trademarks of Icom In-corporated (Japan) in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ger-many, France, Spain, Russia and/or other countries.