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1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 5
1-1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 5
1-2 TAKE CARE OF YOUR RECEIVER ............................................................................................. 7
1-3 INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE ................................................................................................... 8
2 CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................................... 12
2-1 FRONT PANEL .......................................................................................................................... 12
2-2 REAR PANEL ............................................................................................................................ 13
2-3 LCD DISPLAY............................................................................................................................ 14
2-4 KEYPAD .................................................................................................................................... 15
2-4-1 FRONT PANEL KEYS .........................................................................................................15
3 GETT ING STARTED ....................................................................................................................... 21
3-1 MAKING THE AR5001D READY FOR OPERATION .................................................................. 21
3-1-1 CONNECT THE ANTENNA .................................................................................................21
3-1-2 CONNECT POWER ............................................................................................................21
3-2 SWITCHING ON FOR THE FIRST TIME ................................................................................... 21
3-3 VOLUME CONTROL ................................................................................................................. 23
3-4 SQUELCH CO NTROL ............................................................................................................... 23
3-5 VFO SELECTION ...................................................................................................................... 23
3-5-1 TUNING FREQUENCY .......................................................................................................24
3-6 RECEIVE MODE ....................................................................................................................... 25
3-6-1 AUTO MODE SELECTION ..................................................................................................27
3-6-2 RECEIVE MODE SELECTION ............................................................................................27
3-7 CHANGING THE FREQUENCY STEP ...................................................................................... 27
3-8 IF BANDWIDTH ......................................................................................................................... 28
3-8-1 MANUALLY SELECTING IF BANDWIDTH ..........................................................................29
4 ADDITIONAL SETTINGS ................................................................................................................. 30
4-1 AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL)........................................................................................ 30
4-2 ATTENUATOR / RF AMPLIFIER ................................................................................................ 31
4-3 RF GAIN .................................................................................................................................... 31
4-4 ANTENNA INPUT ...................................................................................................................... 31
4-5 KEYLOCK.................................................................................................................................. 32
5 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................ 32
5-1 SPECTRUM DISPLAY ............................................................................................................... 32
5-1-1 ACTIVATING THE SPECTRUM DISPLAY ...........................................................................33
5-1-2 CHANGING THE FREQUENCY SPAN ................................................................................33