Basic Operations; Power On The Radio; Adjust Volume; Battery Voltage Test - Alinco DJ-MD5X Operation Manual

5. Basic Operations

5.1 Power on the radio

Turn on the radio by turning the [Power/Volume] knob clockwise till a click is heard,
radio displays " Booting please wait!" on and the LCD, then the ALINCO logo will be
displayed and you will hear a beep, program loading takes about after 8 seconds.

5.2 Adjust Volume

Rotate the [Power/Volume] knob to adjust the volume. Turn clockwise to increase the
volume and counterclockwise to decrease the volume. The LCD display will show
volume status during an adjustment.

5.3 Battery Voltage Test

Press the programmed key "
the key again to turn off.

5.4 Main band/Sub band switch

Press [PF1] key to switch the main channel and sub channel. Both channels are shown
on the screen but channel with bigger size is identified as main channel.

5.5 VFO/Channel switch

Press and hold [PF1] key to switch between VFO and memory channel mode display.
Be noted that VFO only can be switched when radio display mode is set as frequency.

5.6 Set up VFO frequency

Turn the radio to VFO mode, press the assigned key to switch and select main channel,
the VFO frequency can only be set up when the channel is the main channel.
There are 2 operations to select a desired frequency.
Operation 1: Input the VFO frequency directly by the keyboard.
Operation 2:Turn the channel knob to adjust the VFO frequency steps. The frequency
step size can be set in setting menu.
to check the current battery voltage, then press
Voltage"
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