DISPLAY INDICATIONS (CENTER)

TX

This indicator appears during transmission on the Main band (VFO-A) frequency.

BUSY

This indicator appears whenever the Main band (VFO-

A)receiver squelch is open. If this indicator is not show- ing, and reception seems to have been lost on the Main receiver for no apparent reason, check the position of the SQL knob and rotate it fully counter-clockwise to restore reception.

Main (VFO-A) Frequency Display

This is the Main band (VFO-A) frequency display.

ADVICE:

￿When setting the Menu items, the Menu item num- ber and Menu group name will appear in this area during setup.

￿When setting the CTCSS frequency for Encoding or Tone Squelch operation, the current tone infor- mation will appear in this area during setup.

LOCK

This indicator appears when the Main Tuning Dial knob is locked.

FAST

This indicator appears when the Main Tuning Dial knob’s tuning rate is selected to fast.

MIC EQ

This indicator appears whenever the Three-Band Parametric Microphone Equalizer is activated via the Menu.

Tuning Offset Indicator

This is a tuning scale that, as configured from the fac- tory, provides a visual CW tuning indication of the incoming signal’s offset from your transceiver’s CW carrier frequency, as programmed by the relative clarifier offset, or the peak position of the VRF/µ-TUNE filter.

REC

This indicator appears while the voice recorder is recording the receiver audio, and/or the memory is recording your CW or voice message.

PLAY

This indicator appears while the voice recorder is playing back the recorded audio, and/or the memory is playing back the recorded CW or voice message.

Multi-Display Window

This window displays either the Clarifier offset or Memory Channel Number.

ADVICE:

￿During FM operation, the Repeater Shift will be indicated in this window.ANegative frequency shift will be indicated by “–” while a Positive frequency shift will be indicated by “+.”

￿When setting the Menu items, the current setting will appear in this area.

￿When setting the CTCSS frequency for Encoding or Tone Squelch operation, the current repeater shift direction will appear in this area.

CLAR

This indicator appears whenever the Clarifier function is activated.

MR

This indicator appears when the FT-2000is in the Memory Recall mode.

MT

This indicator appears when the FT-2000is in the Memory Tune mode to indicate that the memory contents have been temporarily changed.

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