Panel Description; Front Panel - Icom IC-756PRO Instruction Manual

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PANEL DESCRIPTION

Front panel

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q POWER SWITCH [POWER/TIMER]
Push momentarily to turn power ON.
• Turn the optional DC power supply ON in advance.
• A/D convertor calibration of the DSP unit starts and it
takes 10 sec.
Push momentarily to toggle the timer function ON
and OFF. (p. 63)
• The power switch lights while the timer function is ON.
Push for 2 sec. to turn power OFF.
w TRANSMIT SWITCH [TRANSMIT]
Selects transmitting or receiving.
• The [TX] indicator lights red while transmitting and the
[RX] indicator lights green when the squelch is open.
e HEADPHONE JACK [PHONES]
Accepts headphones.
• Output power: 5 mW with an 8
• When headphones are connected, the internal speaker
or connected external speaker does not function.
r ELECTRONIC KEYER JACK [ELEC-KEY] (p. 42)
Accepts a paddle to activate the internal electronic
keyer for CW operation.
• Selection between the internal electronic keyer, bug-key
and straight key operation can be made in keyer set
mode. (p. 42)
• A straight key jack is separately available on the rear
panel. See [KEY] on p. 12.
• Keyer polarity (dot and dash) can be reversed in keyer
set mode. (p. 42)
• 4-channel memory keyer is available for your conve-
nience. (p. 43)
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! 6 ! 5 ! 4 ! 3 ! 2
TIMER HF/50MHz TRANSCEIVER
POWER
TRANSMIT
i756PRO
PHONES
TUNER MONITOR NB NR
AF RF/SQL BAL NR
ELEC-KEY
MIC
MIC GAIN RF POWER COMP KEY SPEED BK-IN DELAY
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load.
F-1 F-2 F-3
SSB CW/RTTY AM/FM
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t MICROPHONE CONNECTOR [MIC]
Accepts the supplied or optional microphone.
• See p. 81 for appropriate microphones.
• See p. 9 for microphone connector information.
y AF CONTROL [AF] (inner control)
Varies the audio output level from the speaker.
Decreases
No audio output
u MIC GAIN CONTROL [MIC GAIN]
Adjusts microphone input gain.
• The transmit audio tone in SSB mode can be adjusted
in set mode. (p. 65)
✔ How to set the microphone gain.
Set the [MIC] control so that the ALC meter sometimes
swings during normal voice transmission in SSB mode.
Recommended level for
an Icom microphone
Decreases
F-4 F-5
FILTER EXIT
(dot)
(com)
(dash)
AF RF/SQL
Increases
Max. audio output
Increases
MIC GAIN