AOR AR1500 Wideband Reciever Instructions Manual

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Close-up views of the AR1500
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The priority mode is automatically suspended during entry of frequencies from the keypad and
while manually tuning with the rotary control.  This prevents the receiver from changing
frequency while you are busy programming.
Let’s assume you wish to assign memory bank 1 channel 56 as the priority channel, don’t forget
to first program something into the memory channel!
Select MANUAL mode
[AUX] [PROG] [1] [5] [6] [ENTER]
The...

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5-2 Front panel
1. NUMERIC KEYPAD  0 - 9 & [.]
The numeric keypad is located on the front panel underneath the Liquid Crystal Display
(LCD).  The keypad is laid out in a logical manner and is split into numeric and command areas.
The numeric keys are used for entering a frequency, step size (increment),  memory channel
number,  bank number etc.  The [.] key is used as a separator when entering frequency in MHz
or the step size in kHz.
The same keys are...

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7. DOWN ARROW
Initially,  the receiver searches and scans from lower to higher frequencies or from low channel
numbers to higher.  If when searching or scanning the down arrow key is pressed,  the search or
scan stops and the down arrow is displayed on the LCD.  Subsequent short presses on the down
arrow key will step the search or scan downward by one increment.  If the down arrow key is
depressed for more than approx one second,  the search or scan will...

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It is possible by miss-operation to inadvertently lock out an entire search bank instead of a
single frequency.  Once a complete search bank is locked out,  it’s release requires a degree of
further key pressing!  use sparingly.  There are other ways to limit the banks omitted in search
and scan mode,  please refer to the respective sections.
16. DELAY/HOLD
This key toggles between DELAY and HOLD while in search and scan modes.  When HOLD is
displayed,...

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Means press the MANUAL key followed by the BANK key followed by the three numeric keys
1, 7, and 6.
Words contained in angular brackets  refer to indications displayed on the Liquid
Crystal Display.
Where a mode of FM is referred to,  this indicates NFM (Narrow FM).  WFM (Wide FM) is
referred to as WFM.
6-3 Basic manual operation
1. Entering a frequency through the keypad
When the word  is displayed,  you may enter frequencies directly into the receiver...

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switch on the top panel (section 5-1 item 6).  Ensure the BFO rotary control (section 5-1 item
2b) is centred at the 12 o’clock position.  
There is no BFO indication on the LCD.
For example,  to set the receiver to 131.050 MHz AM mode:
[1] [3] [1] [.] [0] [5] [ENTER] [AM]
Notes:
AM is used by broadcast services through medium and shortwave,  it is also used by VHF and
UHF airband and some PMR (Private Mobile Radio) and public utility services.
FM...