Panel Description; Front Panel - Icom IC-718 Basic Manual

Front panel

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1 POWER SWITCH [PWR]
z Push to turn ON the transceiver.
L Confirm the external DC power supply is ON.
z Hold down for 1 second to turn OFF.
z While holding down [SET], push [PWR] to enter
the Initial Set mode. (p. 18)
2 MICROPHONE CONNECTOR [MIC] (p. 3)
Connect the supplied or an optional microphone.
3 HEADPHONE JACK [PHONES]
Connects to a standard stereo headphones. (8 Ω)
L When headphones are connected, the internal or
external speaker does not function.
4 AF CONTROL [AF] (Inner control) (p. 7)
Rotate to adjust the audio output level.
5 RF GAIN/SQUELCH CONTROL [RF/SQL]
(Outer control) (pp. 10, 20)
Rotate to adjust the squelch threshold level.
6 RIT CONTROLS [RIT] (Inner control) (p. 11)
Rotate to shift the receive frequency without
changing the transmit frequency. Rotate clockwise
to increase the frequency or counterclockwise to
decrease.
7 IF SHIFT CONTROLS [SHIFT] (Outer control)
(p. 12)
Rotate to shift the center frequency of the receiver's
IF passband. Rotate clockwise to shift the center
frequency higher or counterclockwise to shift it
lower.
Function display
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PANEL DESCRIPTION

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8 LOCK SWITCH [LOCK] (p. 9)
Push to turn the Dial Lock function ON or OFF.
L The Dial Lock function electronically locks the [MAIN
DIAL].
9 MAIN DIAL [MAIN DIAL]
z Rotate to change the operating frequency.
z Selects an item in the Quick/Initial set mode, and
so on.
10 PREAMP SWITCH [P.AMP] (p. 11)
Push to turn the preamp ON or OFF.
11 CH SWITCH [CH] (p. 17)
Push to turn the Memory Channel Select function
ON or OFF.
12 MEMORY CHANNEL (BAND) UP/DOWN
SWITCHES [▼DN]/[UP▲] (pp. 8, 17, 18)
z Push several times to select a Memory channel
while "MEMO" is blinking.
z Push to select a band.
z Push to select an item in the Quick/Initial Set
mode.
13 ATTENUATOR SWITCH [ATT] (p. 11)
Push to turn the 20 dB Attenuator function ON or
OFF.
14 TUNER SWITCH [TUNER] (p. 20)
z Push to turn the Automatic Antenna Tuner
function ON or OFF.
z Hold down for 1 second to manually start the
tuner.
L An optional antenna tuner must be connected.
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