AOR_AR-8200_user.pdf

1 (1) AR8200 Index (1) Index .1 1-1 Introduction .5 1-2 Take care of your radio .5 1-3 Attention while operating .6 1-4 Accessories supplied .7 1-5 Controls & functions .8 1-5-1 Keypad .9 1-5-2 Summary of keys .10 1-5-3 Side panel .15 1-6 Power supply and battery charging .16 1-6-1 Internal batteries .16 1-6-2 Charging the NiCads .18 1-6-3 Cigar lighter lead .18 1-6-4 Battery considerations .19 (2) Making the AR8200 ready for operation .20 2-1 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) .20 2-2 Connect the aerial (antenna) .21 2-3 Fit the batteries .21 2-4 Keypad and knobs. what you need to know most .22 2-4-1 ENTER key .22 2-4-2 FUNCTION key .22 2-4-3 PASS key .22 2-4-4 CLEAR key .23 2-4-5 MONITOR key .23 2-4-6 KEY lock .23 (3) Basic manual operation of the receiver .24 3-1 Switching On .24 3-2 2VFO twin VFO selection .24 3-3 Entering a frequency using the numeric keypad .26 3-4 Correcting frequency input .27 3-5 Changing frequency using the and ? keys .28 3-6 Changing frequency using the main dial .28 3-7 Changing receive mode .29 3-7-1 Auto-mode selection .29 3-7-2 Receive mode selection menu .29 3-8 Changing tuning STEP size .31 3-9 STEP-adjust .33 3-9-1 Automatic calculation of step adjust .33 3-9-2 Cancelling step adjust .34 3-9-3 Manual setting of step adjust .34 3-10 FREQUENCY OFFSET .36 3-10-1 Using pre-programmed frequency offset data .36 3-10-2 Entering new frequency offset data .37 3-11 Attenuator .38 3-12 Noise limiter .38 3-13 AFC - Automatic Frequency Control .39 (4) VFO enhanced facilities .41 4-1 Quick memories .41 4-1-1 Saving quick memory data .41 4-1-2 Recalling quick memories .42 4-2 VFO scan .42 4-2-1 VFO SCAN sampling time .43 4-3 VFO Search .43 4-3-1 Defining VFO search .43 Section 1 2 4-3-2 Starting VFO search .43 4-3-3 Forcing VFO search to resume & changing search direction .44 4-3-4 Locking out unwanted frequencies (PASS) .44 4-3-5 Saving active frequencies to memory .45 4-3-6 Exiting VFO search .46 4-4 VFO environment menu .46 4-4-1 VFO SCAN .46 4-4-2 VFO search DELAY environment .46 4-4-3 VFO search LEVEL squelch environment .47 4-4-4 VFO search VOICE squelch environment .48 4-4-5 VFO FREE search environment .48 4-4-6 VFO AUTO STORE environment .49 4-4-7 VFO DELETE bank “J” environment .49 4-4-8 VFO QUICK MEMORY environment .50 (5) Memory channels & banks .51 5-1 Memory channel overview .51 5-2 Storing VFO frequencies & data into memory .52 5-2-1 Another example of memory write .54 5-2-2 Automatic memory allocation .55 5-3 Memory write protect .55 5-4 Memory read “M.RD” .56 5-4-1 Memory channel review / hunt .57 5-5 Deleting memory channels .57 5-5-1 Memory channel editing .58 5-5-2 Adding text names to memory banks .58 5-6 Transfer of memory channel to VFO .58 5-7 Dynamic memory bank resizing .58 (6) Priority operation .59 6-1 Engaging PRIORITY channel .60 6-2 Changing PRIORITY channel data .60 6-2-1 Changing the priority channel data pickup channel .61 6-2-2 Changing priority interval time .61 (7) SCAN - scanning memory channels & banks .62 7-1 SCAN - outline introduction .62 7-2 SCAN considerations .62 7-3 Starting to SCAN .63 7-3-1 Transfer of active memory to VFO .64 7-4 Selecting a scan bank .64 7-5 Channel PASS .64 7-5-1 Toggling memory channel PASS .65 7-5-2 Removing ALL memory PASS tags in one go .65 7-6 Deleting memory channels .66 7-6-1 Deleting single memory channels .66 7-6-2 Deleting whole memory banks in one go .66 7-7 Scan bank link (scan group) .66 7-8 Additional scan facilities .67 7-8-1 Scan DELAY .68 7-8-2 Scan LEVEL .68 7-8-3 Scan VOICE .69 7-8-4 Scan FREE .70 7-8-5 Scan (receive) MODE .70 7-8-6 Write protect of memory channels & banks .71 7-9 Select scan .71 7-9-1 Adding select scan channels in memory read .71 7-9-2 Starting / stopping select scan .71 7-9-3 Select scan environment .72 3 7-9-4 Editing the contents of the select scan list .72 7-9-5 Deleting all select scan channels .73 (8) Search mode .74 8-1 Search types .74 8-1-1 Program search overview .74 8-2 Starting program search .75 8-2-1 Reversing the direction of search .75 8-2-2 Forcing the search to resume .75 8-2-3 Stopping the search .75 8-2-4 Copying an active frequency to the VFO or memory location .76 8-3 Selection of search bank .76 8-4 Programming a search bank .78 8-5 Locking out unwanted active frequencies (PASS) .