Kenwood TM-255E - Manual (Page 15)

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® CLR (Clear) button
Provides the following 7 functions:
Program Scan stop
Memory Scan stop
Memory Scroll exit
Memory channel lock-out
Memory channel erase
Menu Setup exit
A=B copy
0 VOL (Volume) control
Adjusts the level of receiver audio from the speaker.
® SQL (Squelch) control
Adjusts the receiver squelch threshold level. This
allows you to mute speaker output while no stations
are being received.
© RIT control
The Receiver Incremental Tuning control provides
the following 2 functions:
• Receiver frequency shift
With RIT ON, adjusts the receiver frequency
without affecting the transmitter frequency.
• Scan speed change
@ IF SHIFT control
Shifts the IF pass band to attenuate or eliminate
interfering signals on adjacent frequencies.
@ F (Function) button
Provides the following 3 functions:
• Second Function select
• Menu Setup enter
• Menu Setup exit
® TONE button
Toggles Tone and CTCSS status between ON and
OFF. Also, toggles Tone Alert ON and OFF.
® SHIFT button
Selects transmit offset direction. Also, toggles DTSS
and Page status between ON and OFF while FM
mode is selected.
Switches the transmit frequency and receive
frequency when operating with a transmit offset or
split frequency in FM mode. Also, selects DTSS/Page
Code Select.
PROC (Processor) button
Toggles the transmitter Speech Processor between
ON and OFF.
® AlP button
Toggles the Advanced Intercept Point (AlP) function
between ON and OFF.
@ NB (Noise Blanker) button
Toggles the Noise Blanker ON and OFF.
PF button
The function for this button can be assigned from
Menu B, No. 74. The function can be changed easily
whenever you wish.
(||) ON AIR indicator
Lights red when the transceiver is both in Transmit
mode and tuned to a frequency within the transmit
band.
BUSY indicator
Lights green while receiving signals or when SQL is
turned fully counterclockwise. See "BUSY" indicator
in the DISPLAY section on page 11 for more
information.
® MAIN TUNING control
In VFO mode, use to select an operating frequency.
The transceiver only transmits on frequencies that lie
within the limits of the transmit band.
If memory channel 99 is recalled, use this control to
tune across the frequency range from the lower
frequency limit to the upper frequency limit stored in
this memory.