Microphone Pf Keys (Optional); Narrow Band Fm Operation; Power-On Message - Kenwood TH-F6A Instruction Manual

15 OPERATOR CONVENIENCES

MICROPHONE PF KEYS (OPTIONAL)

If you have an optional SMC-33 or SMC-34 speaker
microphone, you can access many transceiver
settings without using transceiver keys or controls.
The 1, 2, and 3 keys located on the top of the
microphone are programmable with the transceiver
key (or key combination) function. The default
assignment functions are as follows.
[1]: A/B
[2]: VFO/ MR
[3]: CALL (TH-F6A)/ 1750 Hz (TH-F7E)
Note:
Turn the transceiver OFF before connecting the optional speaker
microphone.
If the LOCK switch on the rear of the microphone is ON, you
must move the switch to OFF position to program the keys.
1 Press one of the following key combinations to re-
program the keys on the speaker microphone.
• Press Mic [1]+ [ ] to re-program Mic [1] key
• Press Mic [2]+ [ ] to re-program Mic [2] key
• Press Mic [3]+ [ ] to re-program Mic [3] key
2 Press a key or key combination you want to
assign to the function key.
K [ E ] Y
L A M P R E V
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B A N D F N I E
A B / V F O
N I F O M R
S Q L C A L L
B A L 1 7 5 0 H z
T O N E
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The light stays ON until you press the key again.
MONITOR
When you are receiving while the squelch function is
ON, weak signals may become intermittent.
Or, if the CTCSS or DCS function is ON, you may
want to disable the squelch function temporarily to
monitor the current channel activities.
In these cases, use the Monitor function to disable
the squelch function temporarily.
To activate the Monitor function:
1 Press and hold [MONI].
• The speaker is unmuted and you can monitor
the signals.
2 Release [MONI] key to return to normal operation.
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M O D E S T E P
D U A L
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S H F I T

NARROW BAND FM OPERATION

By a default, if you select FM mode, the transceiver
operates in normal FM deviation (± 25kHz) mode for
both transmission and receiption. However, you can
operates the transceiver in narrow band FM deviation
(± 12.5kHz) mode. To operate the narrow band FM:
1 Press [MNU].
2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
Menu No. 29 (FM NARROW).
3 Press [s s s s s ] or [MNU].
4 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
"ON".
5 Press [s s s s s ] or [MNU] to store the setting.
When the narrow band FM operation is ON,
"FMN" appears instead of "FM".
Note: When you select Menu No. xx ON (9600 bps), the A-band
operating mode returns to normal FM mode temporarily

POWER-ON MESSAGE

You can change the greeting message when the
transceiver is turned ON.
To change the message:
1 Press [MNU].
2 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
Menu No. 15 (PWR-ON MSG).
3 Press [s s s s s ] or [MNU].
• The current message and entry cursor
appears.
3 Turn the Tuning control or press [ ]/ [ ] to select
the first character.
• You can enter alphanumeric characters plus
special ASCII characters. See the table below
for available characters.
4 Press [s s s s s ].
• The cursor moves to the next digit.
5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to enter up to 8 digits.
Pressing [s s s s s ] after selecting the 8th digit
•
completes the programming.
• To complete programming after entering less
than 8 digits, press [s s s s s ] twice.
Press [t t t t t ] to move a cursor backward.
•
• Pressing [F] deletes a character at the cursor
position.
You can also use the keypad to enter alphanumeric
characters in step 3. For example, each press of
[2] selects entry as a, b, c, 2, A, B, C, then a. Press