Vox Function; Aquaquake Water DraNNg Funct; Channel Naming; Available Characters - Icom IC-M71 Instruction Manual

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BASIC OPERATION
n VOX function
NOTE: An optonal headset and optonal headset adapter
are requred for the VOX operaton.
The VOX functon
(voce operated transmsson)
tng when you speak nto the headset's mcrophone. There s
no need to push [PTT]. The IC-M71 automatcally returns to
receve mode when you stop talkng.
➥ Push and hold [
VOX functon ON or OFF whle connectng the headset
and optonal headset adapter to [SP MIC] connector.
• "VOX" appears on the LCD whle the VOX functon turns ON.
• The VOX gan and VOX delay can be set on the SET mode. (p. 22)
• Durng scan, dual/tr-watch or on a transmsson nhbted chan-
nel, the VOX functon wll not be actvated.

n AquaQuake water draining function

The IC-M71 uses a new technology to clear water away from
the speaker grll: AquaQuake. AquaQuake helps dran water
away from the speaker housng
fle the sound comng from the speaker)
bratng nose when ths functon s beng used.
➥ Push and hold both [16•C] and [H/L•LOCK].
• A low beep tone sounds for 9 sec. to dran water, regardless of
[VOL] control settng.
• The transcever never accepts a key operaton whle the AquaQuake
functon s actvated. And ths functon won't be actvated when an op-
tonal speaker-mcrophone or headset s connected.
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starts transmt-
], then push [H/L•LOCK] to turn the
(water that mght otherwse muf-
. The IC-M71 emts a v-
n Channel naming
The IC-M71 has a capablty to assgn up to 10-character
channel names or comments for each operatng channel, n-
cludng each weather channel. Ths provdes easy recogn-
ton of channel usage, or staton names, etc.
When shpped from the factory, the IC-M71 s programmed
wth default names for each VHF marne channel. These de-
faults can be changed, f desred.
You may replace the factory-set openng comment wth a
comment of your own. The openng comment appears each
tme the IC-M71 s powered ON. The comment may be up to
16 characters long.
D Available characters
(=) (�) (+) (–) (,)
(4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
(D) (E) (F) (G) (H)
(N) (O) (P) (Q) (R)
(X) (Y) (Z) (a) (b)
(h) (i) (j) (k) (l)
(r) (s) (t) (u) (v)
(/) (0) (1) (2) (3)
(9) (Space) (A) (B) (C)
(I) (J) (K) (L) (M)
(S) (T) (U) (V) (W)
(c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
(m) (n) (o) (p) (q)
(w) (x) (y) (z)