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Icom IC-R8500 instruction manual iC-r8500, Communications Receiver

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER

iC-r8500

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Icom IC-R8500 instruction manual iC-r8500, Communications Receiver

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COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER iC-r8500Accessories included with the IC-R8500 PRECAUTIONSEXPLICIT DEFINITIONS UNPACKING10 CONTROL COMMANDS TABLE OF CONTENTS41-42 ➋ SLEEP/SET SWITCH SLEEP/SET ➊ POWER SWITCH POWER Turns power ON and OFF➏ MODE SWITCHES WFM/FM/AM/SSB/CW p 1 PANEL DESCRIPTION4AUDIO PEAK FILTER SWITCH APF p 3ATTENUATOR SWITCHES 10dB/20dB5SPEECH/LOCK SWITCH SPCH/LOCK 6TUNING STEP SWITCHES TS/TS p@2MEMORY CLEAR SWITCH M-CL p @1MEMORY SET SWITCH M-SET p@3MEMORY WRITE SWITCH MW p @4BANK SWITCH BANK p.17AUTO p SKIP pPRIO p DLY D/S pw CI-V REMOTE CONTROL JACK p q RS-232C CONNECTOR pi HF 50 Ω ANTENNA CONNECTOR p 0HF 500 Ω ANTENNA CONNECTOR p2SELECT CHANNEL INDICATOR p q REMOTE INDICATOR p3BANK NUMBER INDICATOR p w MODE INDICATORS p. 13 Show the operating mode2 CONNECTIONS Mounting installationD Location D Receiver standCONNECTIONS Required connectionsTYPE-N CONNECTOR INSTALLATION EXAMPLE D Using a long wire antenna for HF bandsPL-259 CONNECTOR INSTALLATION EXAMPLE Antenna connectionTape recorder connections Connecting to a PCTransceive function Data demodulation terminalUsing the keypad 3 FREQUENCY SETTINGEXAMPLE SETTING THE FREQUENCY USING THE KEYPAD Read me ﬁrstD Selecting a tuning step Using the main dialD Setting the programmable tuning step D Setting the lock function coverageAfter turning power ON Initial settings4 RECEIVE FUNCTIONS Mode selectionSquelch function D Center indicatorFunctions for FM Functions for SSB/CWD Noise blanker D BFO adjustmentD Audio peak ﬁlter DAGC functionD Connections Data communicationsD Receiving method For high speed data 9600 bps reception in FM modeGeneral 5 MEMORY CHANNELSBank selection AUTOD Using the keypad D Using the M-CH selectorChannel selection Bank limit functionCopy and paste memory editing ProgrammingClearing D Channel name programming Channel/bank namesD Bank name programming 1 QZD Deleting memory channels Assigning channel numbersTo rearrange bank channel assignments Programmed contents after the inserted D Adding/inserting memory channelschannel are shifted accordingly for 1 secOperation 6 SCANSD Memory scan D Memory select scanDProgrammed scan Preparation-setting the scan rangeSkip scan release-Programmed scan skips all fre quencies speciﬁed as skip channels in all 1000 chanSpecifying skip channel and frequency Mode select functionD Priority scan ICOM IC-R8500Voice scan control function Automatic bank limit/skip functionsSKIP MANUAL BANK MANUALScan resume ON with adjusted Scan speed/delay functionsdelay period for the adjustedD Scan delay D Assigning a function to the DELAY/SPEED controlDELAY D Scan speedD Operation 7 SLEEP TIMERD Selecting quick set mode SET MODED Selecting initial set mode DISPLAY EXAMPLE QUICK SET MODEInitial set mode items Quick set mode itemsSPCH LAN D RS-232C socket 9 CONNECTOR INFORMATIOND Remote jack D IF OUT jackD REC REMOTE jack D DC 13.8 V and DC IN socketsD REC OUT jack D PHONES jackCommand table 10 CONTROL COMMANDSData format Basic format from PC to IC-R8500‘OK’ message from IC-R8500 to PC Memory channel contents set & write 1A‘NG’ message from IC-R8500 to PC Special bank number and channels bnDisassembly 11 MAINTENANCEFuse replacement Level adjustmentsUT-102 VOICE SYNTHESIZER UNIT OPTIONAL INSTALLATIONSFL-52A CW NARROW FILTER CR-293 HIGH STABILITY CRYSTAL UNIT D Operation TV-R7100 TV RECEIVE ADAPTER D ConnectionsD TV-R7100 speciﬁcations GeneralPOWER RECEIVE FUNCTIONS FRONT PANEL CONTROL 13 TROUBLESHOOTINGPROBLEM SOLUTIONTROUBLESHOOTING MEMORY CHANNELS SCANPROBLEM SOLUTIONGeneral 14 SPECIFICATIONSReceiver AH-7000 OPTIONSAD-55/A/V AC ADAPTER 1-1-32 Kamiminami, Hirano-ku, Osaka 547-0003 Japan Count on us