Operation Manual

Page 14 FT-450 OPERATION MANUAL
EASY OPERATION
RECEIVING
1. Connect your antenna to the ANT jack on the rear
panel.
2. Connect the after-market DC power supply (or car
battery) using the supplied DC power cable, and set
the POWER switch of the DC power supply to on.
3. Press and hold in the
[
POWER
(
ON/OFF
)]
switch
for one second to turn the transceiver on.
4. Rotate the
[
SQL/RF GAIN
]
knob to the fully clock-
wise position.
5. Rotate the
[
AF GAIN
]
knob to set a comfortable
audio level on incoming signals or noise. Clock-
wise rotation of the
[
AF GAIN
]
knob increases
the volume level.
6. Press the
[
BAND
]
/
[
BAND
]
button to select the
amateur band which you wish to begin operating.
7. Press the
[
MODE
]
/
[
MODE
]
button to select
the desired operating mode.
8. Rotate the
[
MAIN DIAL
]
knob to set the desired
frequency.
[
SQL/RF GAIN
]
knob
[
AF GAIN
]
knob
[
MAIN DIAL
]
knob
[
BAND
]
/
[
BAND
]
button
[
MODE
]
/
[
MODE
]
button
TRANSMIT
1. Connect the supplied MH-67A8J to the MIC jack
on the front panel.
2. To transmit, press the microphone’s PTT (Push
To Talk) switch, speak into the microphone in a
normal voice level.
3. Release the PTT switch to return to the receive
mode.
MIC
ON/OFF
-SHIFT+
DSP ATT/IPO NB AGC BAND BAND TUNE F
DSP/SEL SQL/RF GAIN AF GAIN
A/B
LOCKFAST
A=B
MODE
MODE
CLARKEYER
SPLIT
STEP
SCAN
PMS
RCL
STO
VOX
C.S
V/M
PHONES
KEY
[
POWER
(
ON/OFF
)]
switch
NOTICE
Regarding of the
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob
The
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob is used for operating
various functions depending on the situation.
If you can not change the frequency/memory
channel by tuning the
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob, the
[
DSP/SEL
]
knob is selected to operate of one
of the DSP functions.
In this case, press the
[
DSP
]
button several
times until the “>” icon disappears from the
DSP Graphic Display.