Page 118 FT DX 9000MP OPERATION MANUALMEMORY O PERATION1. Press the MCH/GRP key (# ) momentarily.The imbedded LED will glow Red, indicating thatyou are now ready to view memory channel con-tents.AdviceIf the Red LED imbedded in the MCH/GRPswitch does not light up, check to be sure that theorange lamp to the right of the CLAR/VFO-Bknob (# ) is not illuminated. It it is, press theA/B switch (# ) to make it go out, then pressthe MCH/GRP key again.2. Press the AM key (# ).The data stored in the currently-selected memorychannel will be displayed in the Sub (VFO-B) bandfrequency field. However, since you are only check-ing the contents of the memory channel, your radiowill not have moved to the memory channel's fre-quency.3. Rotate the CLAR/VFO-B knob to select othermemory channels. To exit from the Memory Checkmode, press the AM key once more.ERASING MEMORY C HANNEL DATA1. Press the MCH/GRP key (# ) momentarily. Theimbedded LED will glow Red, indicating that you arenow ready to view memory channel contents.AdviceIf the Red LED imbedded in the MCH/GRP switchdoes not light up, check to be sure that the orange lampto the right of the CLAR/VFO-B knob (# ) is notilluminated. It it is, press the A/B switch (# ) tomake it go out, then press the MCH/GRP key again.2. Press the AM key (# ).The data stored in the currently-selected memory chan-nel will be displayed in the Sub (VFO-B) band fre-quency field.3. Rotate the CLAR/VFO-B knob to select the memorychannel that you would like to erase.4. Press the LOCK switch (# ) to erase the contentsof the selected memory channel.Advice After erasure, only the memory channel number willremain; the frequency data will disappear from thedisplay. If you make a mistake and wish to restore the memory’scontents, just repeat steps (1) through (3) above.Advice While the Memory Check function is engaged, thememory channel number will blink. While operating in the VFO mode, using MemoryCheck, you may store the current contents of theVFO into the selected memory by pressing and hold-ing in the AM key for two seconds (until thedouble beep). Conversely, if you wish to write thecontents of the current memory into the Main (VFO-A) register, press and hold in the MA key (# )for two seconds.Checking a Memory Channel’s StatusBefore programming a channel into memory, you can check the current contents of that channel without the danger ofover-writing the data accidentally.MEMORY CHANNEL R ECALLCLAR/VFO-B KnobMCH-GRP KeyAM KeyMA KeyCLAR/VFO-B KnobMCH-GRP KeyAM KeyLOCK Key