Icom ID-50A

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BASIC MANUAL
■ Table of contents
■ Important ......................................... i
■ Features .......................................... i
■ Explicit denitions............................ i
■ Supplied Accessories ......................ii
■ FCC information ..............................ii
■ Disposal ..........................................ii
■ About CE and DOC .........................ii
■ About UKCA DOC ..........................iii
■ About the ID-50A/ID-50E manuals ...iii
■ Important Notes..............................iv
D When using the GPS receiver .......iv
D Spurious signals ............................iv
D About charging with the power ON ...iv
■ Unique functions ............................ v
■ Voice Coding Technology .............. vii
■ Trademarks ...................................vii
■ Precautions ...................................vii
■ Battery cautions .............................ix
D Battery cautions .............................ix
D Charging cautions.......................... x
1 PANEL DESCRIPTION ���������������������� 1
■ Front, top, and side panels............. 1
■ Function display ............................. 3
2 INITIAL SETUP ���������������������������������� 5
■ Attaching the Battery pack ............. 5
■ Charging the battery pack .............. 6
D Capacity of the battery pack .......... 6
■ Inserting a microSD card................ 7
■ Turning ON the transceiver ............ 7
■ Adjusting the audio level ................ 7
■ Saving the setting data onto a
microSD card ................................. 8
D Formatting a microSD card............ 8
D Saving the setting data .................. 9
■ Conrming the GPS is receiving
signals ......................................... 10
3 BASIC OPERATION ������������������������ 11
■ Receiving ..................................... 11
■ Dualwatch operation .................... 11
D Turning Dualwatch ON or OFF .... 11
D MAIN band selection ................... 11
■ Monitor function............................ 12
■ Setting a squelch level ................. 12
■ Quick Menu window ..................... 13
D Quick Menu window operation .... 13
■ Selecting the Frequency
Selecting mode ............................ 14
D VFO mode ................................... 14
D Memory mode.............................. 14
D Call Channel mode ...................... 14
D Weather Channel mode
(For only the ID-50A) ................... 14
■ DR function operation .................. 14
■ Selecting the operating band ....... 15
■ Selecting the operating mode ...... 15
■ Setting a frequency ...................... 16
D Selecting a tuning step ................ 16
D Selecting the 1 MHz tuning.......... 16
■ Attenuator..................................... 16
■ Scan operation ............................. 17
■ Speech function ........................... 17
■ Home Channel function................ 18
D Setting a Home Channel ............. 18
■ Transmitting ................................. 19
D Making a simplex call .................. 19
D About the transmit power levels .. 20
■ FM Radio operation...................... 20
D Turning ON the FM Radio ........... 20
■ Lock function ................................ 20
4 MENU SCREEN ������������������������������� 21
■ Selecting a Menu item.................. 21
D MENU screen operation .............. 21
D Selecting a Menu item ................. 22
5 MEMORY OPERATION ������������������� 23
■ Entering Memory channels .......... 23
■ Selecting a Memory channel ........ 24
■ Viewing the Memory channel
contents ....................................... 24