“SET” (MENU) MODE

The FT-2800MSet (Menu) mode, already described in parts of many previous chapters, is easy to activate and set. It may be used for configuration of a wide variety of transceiver parameters, some of which have not been detailed previously. Use the following procedure to activate the Set (Menu) mode:

1.Press and hold in the [MHz(SET)] key for one second to enter the Set mode.2.Rotate the DIAL knob to select the Menu Item to be adjusted.

3.Press the [MHz(SET)] key momentarily to enable adjustment of the selected Menu item, then rotate the DIAL knob to perform the actual adjustment.

4.After completing your selection and adjustment, press and hold in the [MHz(SET)] key for one second to exit the Set mode and exit to normal operation.

Menu Item

Function

Available Values

Default

00 ALPH

Programming an Alpha/Numeric label for a memory.

—

—

01 APO

Enables/disables the Automatic Power Off feature.

1H - 12 H, or OFF

OFF

02 ARS

Activates/deactivates the Automatic Repeater Shift feature.

ON/OFF

ON

03

BEEP

Enables/disables the key beeper.

ON/OFF

ON

04 BELL

Selects the CTCSS/DCS Bell Ringer repetitions.

1, 3, 5, 8, REPEAT, or OFF

OFF

05

CK SFT

Shifting of the CPU clock frequency.

ON/OFF

OFF

06

DC IN

Indicates the DC Supply Voltage.

—

—

07 DIMR

Setting of the front panel display’s illumination level.

1, 2, 3, or OFF

2

08 DTMF

Enables/disables the DTMF Autodialer.

ON/OFF

OFF

09 DT DLY

Setting of the DTMF Autodialer’s TX Delay Time.

50/250/450/750/1000 (ms)

450 (ms)

10 DT MEM

Loading of the DTMF Autodialer Memories.

—

—

11

DT SPD

Setting of the DTMF Autodialer Sending Speed.

50/100 (ms)

50 (ms)

12

EDG BP

Enables/disable the Band-edge beeper while scanning.

ON/OFF

ON

13 INTNET

Selects the Internet Connection mode.

WIRES/LINK

WIRES

14

LOCK

Selects the Control Locking Lockout combination.

KEY/DIAL/K+D/PTT/K+P/

OFF

 

 

 

D+P/ALL/OFF

 

15

PRG P1

Programming the function assigned to Microphone’s [P1] key.

SQLOFF/S SRCH/TONE/

ø1

16

PRG P2

Programming the function assigned to Microphone’s [P2] key.

T SRCH/T CALL/RPTR/

S SRCH

17

PRG P3

Programming the function assigned to Microphone’s [P3] key.

DC IN/DIMR/WX CH/

T SRCH

18

PRG P4

Programming the function assigned to Microphone’s [P4] key.

INTKEY/SKIP

WX CH

19

REV HM

Selects the Primary function of the [REV(DW)] key.

REV/HOME

REV

20

RF SQL

Adjusts the RF Squelch threshold level.

1 - 10, or OFF

OFF

21

RPTR

Sets the Repeater Shift direction.

–RPTR/+RPTR/SIMP

SIMP

22

RVRT

Enables/disables the “Priority Channel Revert” feature.

ON/OFF

OFF

23 SCAN

Selects the Scan Resume mode.

BUSY/HOLD/5 SEC

BUSY

24 SHIFT

Sets the magnitude of the Repeater Shift

00.00 - 99.95 (MHz)

00.60 (MHz)

25 SKIP

Selects the Memory Scan mode.

SKIP/ONLY/OFF

OFF

26

SQ DCS

Setting of the DCS code

104 standard DCS codes.

023

27 SQ TNF

Setting of the CTCSS Tone Frequency.

50 standard CTCSS tones.

100.0 (Hz)

28 SQ TYP

Selects the Tone Encoder and/or Decoder mode.

T ENC/TSQ/DC ENC/DCS/

OFF

 

 

 

T;DCS/TSQ+DC/OFF

 

29

STEP

Sets the Synthesizer steps.

5k/10k/12.5k/15k/20k/25k/

ø1

 

 

 

50k/100k (Hz)

 

30 S SRCH

Selects the Smart Search Sweep mode.

SINGLE/CONT

SINGLE

31 TOT

Sets the Time-Out Timer.

1 MIN - 60 MIN, or OFF

6 MIN

32

W ALT

Enables/disables the Weather Alert feature.

ON/OFF

OFF

33 W/N DV

Reducing the MIC gain

WIDE/NARROW

WIDE

ø1: Depends on the Transceiver Version.

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