User's Manual

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12 OPERATOR CONVENIENCES
LOCK FUNCTIONS
■ FREQUENCY LOCK FUNCTION
Frequency Lock disables some keys and controls
to prevent you from accidentally activating a
function or changing current settings.
Press [FUNC], [ATT/ F LOCK] to toggle Frequency
Lock ON or OFF.
• “F LOCK” appears when this function is ON.
The following keys and controls are disabled by
Frequency Lock:
•Tuning control •MULTI/ CH control
• [A/B] • [A=B] • [CLR]
• [CW/ FSK] • [ENT] • [FM/AM]
• [LSB/ USB/ AUTO] • [M.IN]
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sVFO] • QUICK MEMO [M.IN]
• QUICK MEMO [MR]
• [SCAN/ SG. SEL] • [SPLIT]
• [UP]/ [DOWN] • [VFO/ M]
• [1MHz/ SEL] • [1/ CH1/ REC]
• [2/ CH2/ REC] • [3/ CH3/ REC]
• [9/ FINE/ STEP] • [+]/ [–]
Note:
◆ After activating Frequency Lock, the MULTI/ CH control and
[+]/[–] are still available in Menu mode.
◆ After activating Frequency Lock, you can still change the
transmit frequency with the Tuning control while in the
TF-SET mode.
◆ After activating Frequency Lock, the MULTI/ CH control is still
available for selections other than frequency and memory
channel changes.
◆ After activating Frequency Lock, [CLR] may be available in
some situations.
■ LOCK ALL FUNCTION
The Lock All function disables all the keys and
controls on the TS-2000 transceiver, except
[FUNC], [PRE/ LOCK A], Mic [PTT] and [FUNC],
[ATT/ F LOCK] .
Press [FUNC], [PRE/ LOCK A] to toggle the Lock
All function ON or OFF.
• “LOCK A” appears when this function is ON.
To return to normal operation, press [FUNC],
[PRE/ LOCK A].
MICROPHONE PF KEYS
When using the optional MC-47 or MC52DM
microphone, you can customize the functions of the
Mic [PF1], [PF2], [PF3], and [PF4] keys. You can
assign the following types of functions to these keys
via Menu No. 51B to 51E:
• Directly select Menu No. without pressing [MENU]
and turning the MULTI/ CH control.
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• Activate the same function as one of the front
panel keys.
One of the following functions can be assigned to
each [PF] key Selecting OFF assigns no function to
the PF key.
MONITOR
When you are receiving while the squelch function is
ON, weak signals become intermitant.
Or, if the CTCSS function is ON, you may want to
disable the squelch function temporarily to monitor
the current channel activities.
In these cases, use the MONITOR function to disable
the squelch function temporarily.
To assign the MONITOR function to a [PF] key on the
front panel:
1 Press [MENU] and turn the MULTI/ CH control to
access Menu No. 51A.
2 Turn the MULTI/ CH control to select RX MONI.
3 Press [MENU] to exit Menu mode.
Note: You can also assign the MONITOR function to a
programmable function key on an optional MC-47 microphone.
PF KEY
You can program the front panel [PF] key to assign a
function that you frequently use. The default is Voice
1 for the optional Voice Synthesizer, VS-3 {page 91}.
You can assign one of the functions in
“MICROPHONE PF KEYS” to this PF key, accessing
Menu No. 51A.
RISE TIME OF CW
The rise time of a CW signal is the time for the RF
output to rise to its maximum power after the key is
closed. The default setting, 6 ms, is fine for slow to
medium keying speed and normal weighting (dot/
dash ratio). The 4 or 2 ms settings are good for
faster keying speeds.
1 Press [MENU], then turn the MULTI/ CH control to
access Menu No. 32.
2 Press [+] or [–] to select the desired rise time
(default is 6 ms).
3 Press [MENU] to store the setting and exit the
Menu mode.