Icom IC-4008E - 4 B B a a S S I I C C O O P P E E R R a a T T I I O O N N; Power on; Adjusting the Volume

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BASIC OPERATION
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Power ON
➥ Push [POWER] for 1sec. to turn the
power ON.
• The power on indicator and oper-
ating channel number appear on
the display.
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Adjusting the volume
q Push and hold [MODE] for
1sec. to open the squelch.
• Busy indicator appears on
the display while the squelch is
open.
w Adjust the audio to a suitable level
using [
VOL].
e Push and hold [MODE] for 1sec. to
close the squelch.
✔ What is squelch?
A squelch circuit allows you to mute undesired noise while re-
ceiving no signal and emit audio while receiving signals.
This provides quiet standby. The [
MODE] key changes the
squelch setting. This is useful to listen to weak signals that do
not open the squelch.
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Busy indicator
appears.
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