FT-250R O PERATING M ANUAL20desired label. A total of seven characters may be used in the creation of a label.j When you have programmed a label which is under 7 characters, press and hold in the[F/L] key for one second to confirm the label (if the label is exactly 7 characters inlength, you do not need to press and hold in [F/L] key).k When you have completed the creation of the label, press the PTT to save the label andexit to normal operation.To activate Alphanumeric Tags:c Press the [F/L] key, then press the [6(A/N)] key.d Rotate the DIAL and select “ALPHAALPHAALPHAALPHAALPHA”.e When you have made your selection, press the PTT key to save the new setting andexit to normal operation.f To display the frequency again, select “FREQFREQFREQFREQFREQ” in step d above.MASKING M EMORIESThere may be situations where you want to “Mask” memories so they are not visibleduring memory selection or scanning. For example, several memories used only in a cityyou visit infrequently may be stored, then “Masked” until you visit that city, at which timeyou can “Unmask” them for normal use.c Press the [MR/MW(SKIP)] key, if needed, to enter the MR mode.d Press and hold in the [MR/MW(SKIP)] key for 1/2 second, then rotate the DIAL toselect the memory channel to be “Masked” from view.e Press the [F/L] key. The display will revert to memory channel #1. If you rotate theDIAL to the location you just “Masked,” you will observe that it is now invisible.f To Unmask the hidden memory, repeat the above procedure: press and hold in the[MR/MW(SKIP)] key for 1/2 second, rotate the DIAL to select the masked memory’snumber, then press [F/L] to restore the memory channel’s data.MEMORY O NLY M ODEThis allows operation only on stored memories, which are displayed by name (if any) atthe right, and the memory channel number to the left. No frequency is displayed, and only“CH.CH.CH.CH.CH.nnnnnnnnnn” will appear if you haven’t assigned an Alphanumeric name to a memory.Repeater shift and tone setting indicators are displayed in the Memory Only mode, al-though they cannot be changed.Here is the procedure for activating the Memory Only mode:c Turn the radio off.d Press and hold the PTT and LAMP key while turning the radio on.e Rotate the DIAL to select “MEM.ONLYMEM.ONLYMEM.ONLYMEM.ONLYMEM.ONLY”.f Press the [F/L] key momentarily to initialize the radio.g Repeat the previous step to return to normal operation.Memory Operation