Tips; Ts-480 Menus - Kenwood TS-480 User Manual

Tips

As with other Kenwood HF transceivers, the TS-480 provides menu access to its many features.
By selecting and adjusting these features, you can customize the TS-480 so that it fits perfectly
into your way of operating a radio. Introduced here are tips on how to get the most out of the
various items listed in the menus.

TS-480 menus

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Group #
Operator 00
interface
01
Tuning 02
03
04
05
06
Memory 07
channels
Scan 08
functions
09
10
11
Function
Brightness of display
backlighting
(5 levels, including OFF)
Key illumination ON/OFF
Auto mode
Tuning control adjustment
rate
Frequency step for the main
encoder in FM mode
Frequency rounding for the
MULTI control
Frequency step size for BC
band
Temporarily change memory
frequency
Program slow scan
Program slow scan setting
Program scan hold
Scan resume method
Use
You can adjust brightness to suit the
ambient lighting level. Turning
backlighting off reduces power
consumption by about 30mA.
Turning illumination off reduces power
consumption by about 30mA.
Mode can be changed automatically
depending on frequency. This is more
convenient than setting VFO A to CW
and VFO B to USB.
By reducing the adjustment rate, you
can make it easier to tune.
You can change frequency with the
main encoder in the same way that
you can change channels.
With this switched OFF, if you
accidentally change frequency with the
MULTI control, you can return to the
original frequency.
When ON, frequency step size is
9kHz. When OFF, step size is
determined by the STEP value. The
factory setting for US models is OFF;
for other markets ON is the default.
Switch ON to operate a frequency in
memory without transferring it to a
VFO.
Useful for 50MHz scanning.
You can choose how much to slow the
scan.
You can pause the scan for 5 seconds,
a handy way to avoid missing a signal.
You can switch between time-operated
and carrier-operated scan resume to
suit your purpose.
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