Assigning Channels Numbers - Icom IC-R8500 Instruction Manual

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MEMORY CHANNELS
■ Assigning channel numbers
The IC-R8500 has 20 banks in which memory chan-
nels can be programmed and arranged. By default,
each bank contains 40 memory channels, however,
channels can be deleted from or added (inserted) to
banks to suit your preferences and operating style.
Deleted channels are stored temporarily in the
"FREE" bank.
NOTE: When shipped from the factory or after
resetting the receiver's CPU, the "FREE" bank has
no memory channels and cannot be selected.
D Deleting memory channels
q Select the bank and memory channel you wish to
delete.
w Push [BANK] for 1 sec.
• One of "INS. 1CH," "DEL. 1CH," "ADD.10CH," or
"ADD. 1CH,"appears and flashes.
• Push [BANK] momentarily to exit the condition and
return to the previous display, if desired.
e Rotate [M-CH] until "DEL. 1CH" appears in the
display.
r Push [BANK] for 1 sec. to delete the selected
channel.
• The memory channel (but not its contents) is moved
to the "FREE" bank.
Memory channels can only be deleted one at a
time to prevent accidental deletion of multiple
channels; when you want to delete more than
one channel from a bank, repeat the above
steps as many times as necessary.
NOTE1: Deleted channels are moved to the
'free' bank, however, the programmed contents
are erased.
NOTE2: The number of banks cannot be
decreased. This means that if there is only one
channel in a bank, it cannot be moved to the
'free' bank.
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To rearrange bank channel assignments:
q Delete memory channels from banks that have
more memory channels than you need.
• Deleted channels are assigned to the 'free' bank auto-
matically.
w Add (or insert) memory channels to banks in
which you want to add channels.
• Channels added to a bank are deleted from the 'free'
bank.
[
BANK
BANK
USR-T BLANK
BANK
INS. 1CH
USR-T
BANK
USR-T DEL. 1CH
BANK
USR-T BLANK
The number of channels in this bank is
decreased.
] switch
[ ] control
M-CH
BANK
(for 1 sec.)
M-CH
BANK
(for 1 sec.)