Basic Operations; Turning The Transceiver On; Adjusting The Volume Level; Adjusting The Squelch Setting - Yaesu FTM-300DR Operating Manual

Turning the Transceiver ON

1. Press and hold the Power (Lock) switch to turn the transceiver ON.
When switching the power on for the first time after purchasing, or after resetting, a
screen requesting the call sign of your own station be entered, will be displayed.
From the second time onwards, the call sign of your own station entered the first time will
be displayed.
● Switching the power OFF
1. Press and hold the Power (Lock) switch.
The screen display will disappear, and the power will be switched OFF.
● Inputting the call sign
The first time the transceiver is turned ON after it is purchased; the call sign input
screen will be displayed.
• When the transceiver is turned on the second time, and subsequently, the opening
screen appears followed by the frequency screen.
2. Input the call sign (toggle the alphabet input screen, and the number input screen
when necessary).
3. Saving the inputted call sign:
4. Press and hold the DIAL knob (Band A) to conclude inputting.
Up to 10 characters (letters, numbers, and symbols) can be entered.
Characters that may be inputted for the call sign are the numbers "0" to "9", letters "A" to
"Z" in upper case, the hyphen and the slash.

Adjusting the Volume Level

1. Rotate the DIAL knob to adjust the volume to a comfortable level.
• The transceiver volume levels for the Band A and Band B are adjusted separately.

Adjusting the squelch setting

The squelch level may be adjusted to mute the background noise when no signal is
present.
1. Press the [SQL] key and then rotate the DIAL knob to adjust to a level at which the
background noise is muted.
• The transceiver squelch levels for the Band A and Band B are adjusted separately.
When the squelch level is increased, the noise is more likely to be silenced, but it may
become more difficult to receive weak signals.
2. Press the [SQL] key to save the setting.
Application for FCC/IC
FCC ID: K6620715X40
IC: 511B-20715X40

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