Icom instruction manual Your first contact, IC-208H has 2 m and 70 cm transmittable bands

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

■Your first contact

Now that you have your IC-208H installed in your car or shack, you are probably excited to get on the air. We would like to take you through a few basic operation steps to make your first “On The Air” an enjoyable experience.

1. Turning ON the transceiver

Before powering up your IC-208H, you may want to make sure the audio volume and squelch level controls are set in 9–10 o’clock positions.

[VOL]

[SQL]

Set [VOL] and [SQL] controls to 9–10 o’clock positions.

Although you have purchased a brand new transceiver, some settings may be changed from the factory defaults because of the QC process. Resetting the CPU is necessary to start from factory default.

[SET•LOCK]

[PWR]

[S.MW•MW]

While pushing [SET•LOCK] and [S.MW•MW], turn power ON.

➥While pushing both [SET•LOCK] and [S.MW•MW], push [PWR] for 1 sec. to reset the CPU.

VII

2. Selecting the operating frequency band

The IC-208H has 2 m and 70 cm transmittable bands.

[BAND]

Push [BAND] to select the desired frequency band.

➥Push [BAND] to select the desired frequency band.

Using the HM-133

You can select the desired frequency band from the HM-133.

Push

Push