Important Notes; D When Using The Gps Receiver; D Spurious Signals; D About Charging At Power On - Icom ID-51A Basic Instructions

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IMPORTANT NOTES

D When using the GPS receiver

ing the ID-51A or ID-51E inside a vehicle, you may not re-
ceive GPS signals. We recommend you use it near a win-
dow. Please avoid the areas shown in the following:
2. DO NOT use where the air bags could deploy.
3. DO NOT use where it becomes a driving obstacle.
by the U.S. Department of Defence. The Department is re-
sponsible for accuracy and maintenance of the system. Any
changes by the Department may affect the accuracy and
function of the GPS system.
lite signals.
tions:
1. Tunnels or high-rise buildings
3. Under a bridge or viaduct
4. In remote forested areas
5. Under bad weather conditions (rainy or cloudy day)
near the 440.205 MHz. This is due to signals made in the
internal circuit and does not indicate a transceiver malfunc-
tion.
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ACCESS THE REPEATER

access your local area repeater (Access repeater), and if your
signal is successfully sent to a destination repeater.
If your call sign (MY) has not been set, or your call sign has
not been registered on a D-STAR repeater, see page 2.
Select the DR mode
STEP 1
Hold down for 1 second.
The repeater list, described in this
manual, may differ from your trans-
ceiver's preloaded list.
If you want to return to the VFO mode, hold down
again for 1 second.
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D Spurious signals

- Depending on the combination of the operating band and
mode, the Dualwatch or Triple-watch operation may generate
certain spurious signals, or noise may be heard. These do not
indicate a transceiver malfunction.

D About charging at power ON

in approximately 3 hours. But with this rapid circuit, the bat-
sure to turn OFF the power before charging.
When "Charging (Power ON)"* is set to ON in the MENU screen,
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to [DC IN].) But this operation may generate certain spurious
-
signals; the S-meter appears, or noise may be heard.
*MENU > Function > Charging (Power ON) (Default: OFF)
operating condition.
and the current capacity must be more than 2.5 A to charge the
receive signals correctly, set "Charging (Power ON)"* to OFF, and
disconnect the external DC power cable from [DC IN].
Select your Access repeater ("FROM")
STEP 2
Example: Your Access repeater is Hirano/Japan in the Re-
peater list.
Push D-pad(
q
"FROM" (Access repeater),
and then push D-pad(Ent).
D-pad
(Ent)
( )
Push D-pad(
w
peater List," and then push
VFO mode
D-pad(Ent).
You have four other ways to
select your access repeater,
other than selecting it from re-
peater list. See the Advanced
Instructions for more details.
Rotating [DIAL]
Searching for the nearest re-
DR mode
peaters
Selecting from the TX History
Searching for a repeater us-
ing the DR mode scan
$) to select
"FROM" is selected.
!) to select "Re-
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