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TUNE TogglesbetweenRXmodeandTUNEmode.Intunealowpowercarrieris
transmittedtofacilitateATUmatching.AnLEDindicatorlightsforTUNE.
PSON TurnsonoroffthePuresignalTXlinearizationalgorithm.AnLEDindicatorislitif
Puresignalisenabled.
TWOTONE Initiatesa“twotone”TXtesttoallowPuresignaltooptimiselinearity.
2.3.2 Softkeybuttons
F1‐F8operatethe8“softkey”menubuttonsatthebottomoftheANDROMEDAdisplay.Thesecould
bereconfiguredtootherfunctionsifyouprefertousethetouchscreensoftkeybuttons.
2.3.3 BandButtons
ThegroupofbuttonsabovetheVFOtuningknobcanbeusedas“bandselect”buttonswhen“SHIFT”
isselected.ShiftisactivatedbypressingtheSHIFTbutton,andanindicatorlights.Toselectanew
band,simplypressitsbuttonwhenSHIFTislit.
Thesebuttonsalsohaveotherfunctions
whenSHIFTisnotlit:
Mode
Settings
Opensthe“modedependentsettings”formforquickaccesstosettingsimportant
forthecurrentoperatingmode.
RX2 Turnson/offthesecondreceiverchannel.
Mode+ Selectsthenexthigheroperatingmode.Pressandholdformorethan2secondsto
openthe“modeselect”form.
Mode‐ Selectsthenextloweroperatingmode.Pressandholdformorethan2secondsto
openthe“modeselect”form.
Filter+ Selectsthenexthighervariablebandwidthfilter.Pressandholdformorethan2
secondstoopenthe“filterselect”form.
Filter‐ Selectsthenextlowervariablebandwidthfilter.Pressandholdformorethan2
secondstoopenthe“filterselect”form.
A>B CopiesthesettingsfromVFOAtoVFOB
B>A CopiesthesettingsfromVFOBtoVFOA
SPLIT Togglessplitfrequencyoperationon/off.Whensplitfrequencyisactivetheradio
willtransmitononeVFOfrequencyandreceiverontheother.TheTXVFOhasared
“TX”symbol.
User1 Availableforuserre‐assignment
User2 Availableforuserre‐assignment
User3 Availableforuserre‐assignment
2.3.4 VFOButtons
RIT/XIT TogglesbetweenRITon,XITon,ornoindependenttuneenabled.Indicatorslightif
RITorXITareselected
A/B SelectswhethertheVFOtuningknobandotherfrontpanelfunctionsoperateVFO
A/RX1orVFOB/RX2.AnindicatorislitifVFOAisselected.
LOCK SelectstheVFO“lock”mode.WhenselectedtheVFOwillnotbetunedforexample
bythetuningknob.Anindicatorislitiflockisselected.
CTUNE Selectsthe“clicktune”mode.Inthismodethespectrumdisplaycentrefrequencyis
unaffectedbytuningactionandinsteadtheVFOfrequencyisscrolledleftorright
withinthedisplay.Thismaybeusefulifyouarekeepingawatchoncertain
frequenciesinthespectrumdisplays.Indicatorlit
ifClickTuneselected.