User manual KENWOOD TM-261A

[. . . ] Old electrical and electronic equipment and batteries should be recycled at a facility capable of handling these items and their waste byproducts. Contact your local authority for details in locating a recycle facility nearest to you. Proper recycling and waste disposal will help conserve resources whilst preventing detrimental effects on our health and the environment. Notice: The sign "Pb" below the symbol for batteries indicates that this battery contains lead. ENGLISH INSTRUCTION MANUAL THANK YOU! Thank you for choosing this Kenwood transceiver. [. . . ] To permanently store the data, overwrite the channel contents. CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL To erase an individual Memory Channel: 1 Recall the Memory Channel you want to erase. 3 Press [MR]+[ · An erase confirmation message appears. 4 Press [MR] to erase the channel data. · The contents of the Memory Channel are erased. · To quit clearing the Memory Channel, press any key other than [MR]. Note: You can also clear the Priority Channel and L0/U0 ~ L2/U2 data. (The Call Channel cannot be cleared. ) To clear all Memory Channel contents at once, perform a Full Reset {page 67}. You cannot clear channels while in Channel Display Mode. 7 31 NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL You can name Memory Channels using up to 6 alphanumeric characters. When you recall a named Memory Channel, its name appears on the display in place of the stored frequency. Names can be call signs, repeater names, cities, names of people, etc. In order to use the Memory Name function, the Memory Channel capacity must be set to 100 channels. To change the Memory Channel capacity from 200 to 100, access Menu No. 1 Press [MR] and turn the Tuning control to recall your desired Memory Channel. 16 (M. NAME). 7 5 Press [MR]. · The cursor moves to the next digit. · To move to the previous digit, press [VFO]. 4 Press [MR]. · The selected frequency and related data are stored in the Call Channel. 7 RECALLING THE CALL CHANNEL 1 Press [CALL] to recall the Call Channel. · The Call Channel frequency and "C" appear. To also store a separate transmit frequency, continue with the following steps: 5 Select the desired transmission frequency. 6 Press [F]. · To return to the previous frequency, press [CALL] again. 7 Turn the Tuning control or press Mic [UP]/[DWN] to select the Call Channel ("C"). 8 Press [MR] (1s). · The separate transmission frequency is stored in the Call Channel. 35 Note: When you recall an odd-split Call Channel, "+" and "­" appear on the display. Transmit offset status and Reverse status are not stored in an odd-split Call Channel. 4 Turn the Tuning control or press Mic [UP]/[DWN] to select the Alert Channel ("AL"). 5 Press [MR]. Weather Radio Frequencies (MHz) WX1 WX2 WX3 WX4 WX5 WX6 WX7 WEATHER ALERT (K MARKET MODELS ONLY) Any of the NOAA Weather Radio channels can be programmed to the AL memory channel of the transceiver. The transceiver can be configured to check the NOAA Weather Alert tone (1050 Hz) and will automatically alert you by recalling and monitoring the Weather Radio frequency when the Weather Alert tone is broadcasted, and the "WX" icon will blink. 7 162. 550 162. 400 162. 475 162. 425 162. 450 162. 500 162. 525 Note: When you perform Full Reset {page 63}, the Weather Radio frequency recovers the factory default frequency (162. 550 MHz). When you clear the Weather Radio (AL) Channel {page 31} (the same as clearing a Memory Channel), the factory default frequency (162. 550 MHz) will not be recovered. The Weather Radio (AL) Channel can be programmed with a Channel Name {page 32}. You can also transfer the AL Memory Channel data to the VFO or another Memory Channel. PROGRAMMING THE WEATHER RADIO FREQUENCY The transceiver is preprogrammed to 162. 550 MHz (WX1). You can store a different frequency to the AL channel to use this function. Refer to the NOAA channel frequency directory for your local weather channel frequency before you use the Weather Alert function. [. . . ] 2 Press [MENU] and turn the Tuning control to select "FULL". 3 Press [MENU]. · "SURE ?" appears. VFO Reset Method 1: 1 With the transceiver power OFF, press [VFO]+[ (Power). · The VFO reset confirmation message appears. ] 2 Press [VFO]. · "SURE ?" appears. · Press any key other than [MENU] to cancel. 3 Press [VFO] again to reset the transceiver. · "WAIT" appears momentarily. 4 Press [MENU] to reset the transceiver. · "WAIT" appears momentarily. VFO Reset Method 2: 1 Press [F], [MENU] and turn the Tuning control to select Menu No. 3 Press [MENU]. · "SURE ?" appears. VFO RESET This resets the transceiver parameters excluding the DTMF Memory, the Memory channel contents, and the Call channel contents. [. . . ]