Memory Mode
You may wish to append an alpha-numeric "Tag" (label) to a memory or memories, to aid
in recollection of the channel's use (such as a club name, etc.). This is easily accomplished
using the Set mode.
Recall the memory channel on which you wish to append a label.
Press the [ F/W ] key, then press the [ BAND ( SET ) AR ] key, to enter the Menu mode.
Rotate the DIAL to select Menu #03 ("
Press the [ BAND ( SET ) AR ] key momentarily to enable programming of the name tag.
Rotate the DIAL to select the first digit of the desired label. When you have made your
selection, press the [ BAND ( SET ) AR ] key momentarily to move to the next character.
Repeat the previous step to program the remaining letters , numbers, or symbols of the
desired label. A total of eight characters may be used in the creation of a label.
When you have completed the creation of the label, press the PTT key to save the
label and exit.
During "MR" (Memory Recall) operation, press and hold in the [ 2 ( CD ) TAG ] key for one
second to activate the alphanumeric Tag. Repeatedly pressing and holding in this key will
toggle operation between "Frequency only" display and "Frequency + Tag" display.
Once you have recalled a particular memory channel, you may easily tune off that channel,
as though you were in the "VFO" mode.
With the VX-5R in the "MR" (Memory Recall) mode, select the desired memory chan-
nel.
Now press the [ MR ( SKP ) SC ] key momentarily. The "
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Rotate the DIAL, as desired, to tune to a new frequency. The synthesizer steps selected
for VFO operation on the current band will be the steps used during Memory Tuning.
If you wish to return to the original memory frequency, press the [ MR ( SKP ) SC ] key
momentarily. The "
If you wish to store a new frequency set during Memory Tuning, just press and hold in
the [ F/W ] key for one second, per normal memory storage procedure. The micropro-
cessor will automatically set itself to the next-available clear memory location, and
you then press [ F/W ] again to lock in the new frequency.
If you want to replace the original memory contents with those of the new fre-
quency, be sure to rotate the DIAL to the original memory channel number!
Any required CTCSS/DCS changes, or repeater offset modifications, must be
done before storing the data into the new (or original) memory channel location.
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