Kenwood TH-F6A Instruction Manual

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168 MEMORY CHANNELSRECALLING A MEMORY CHANNELThere are 2 ways of recalling the desired memorychannel.n Using the Tuning control or / keys1 Press [MR] to enter Memory Recall mode.• The memory channel used last is recalled.2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to selectyour desired memory channel.• You cannot recall an empty memory channel.• To restore VFO mode, press [VFO].Note: If the “CURRENT BAND” is selected for Menu No. 3 (MRMETHOD), only memory channels that have the same band data canbe recalled {see below}.n Using a Numeric keypadYou can also recall a memory channel by entering adesired memory channel number with the keypad.1 Select the desired band.2 Press [MR] to enter Memory Recall mode.3 Press [ENT], then enter the channel number using3 digits.• For example, to recall channel 12, press [ENT],[0], [1], [2].• You can shorten the entry for memory channelsthat are less than 100 by pressing [ENT] afterentering the channel number. For example, torecall memory channel 9, press [ENT], [9],[ENT].Note:uYou cannot recall an empty memory channel. An error beepsounds.uWhen you recall an odd-split memory channel, “+” and “–” appearon the display. Press [REV] to display the transmit frequency.uAfter recalling a memory channel, you may program data such asTone or CTCSS. These settings, however, are cleared once youselect another channel or the VFO mode. To permanently storethe data, overwrite the channel contents {page 15}.CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNELTo clear an individual memory channel:1 Recall the memory channel you want to erase.2 Switch the transceiver OFF.3 Press [MR]+ [ ].• An erase confirmation message appears.4 Press [MR] to erase the channel data.• The contents of the memory channel areerased.• To quit clearing the memory channel, press anykey other than [MR].Note:uIf you clear the information channel data, the data will be set tothe factory default values.uYou can also clear the Priority channel data, and L0/U0 ~ L9/U9data.MEMORY RECALL MODESince the transceiver has more than 400 memorychannels, it sometimes takes time to search for yourdesired memory channel. By default, the transceivercan recall all memory channels when [MR] ispressed, regardless of the current operating band.However, you can configure the transceiver to recallonly the memory channels that have the same bandinformation. For example, when you operate on the144 MHz band in VFO mode, pressing [MR] recallsonly the memory channels that have 144 MHz bandinformation. To change the memory recall mode:1 Press [MNU].2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to selectMenu No. 3 (MR METHOD).3 Press [sssss] or [MNU].4 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select“CURRENT BAND”.5 Press [sssss] or [MNU] to store the setting.When you press [MR] in VFO mode, only memorychannels that have the same band data are recalled.To return to the default memory recall mode, repeatstep 1 to 5 {above} and select “ALL BANDS” in step4.