Kenwood TS-890S Operation Manual - Page 151

Setting Item Configuration Method Day of the Week Press F4 [ ] to program the timer operation on a specific day of the week. • Timer operation is enabled only on the days for which the corresponding checkbox is selected. Power-on Time/ Power-off Time Press F4 [-]/ F5 [+] or the numeric keypad, or turn the [MULTI/CH] control to configure the time for turning on and off this transceiver using the timer. • Configure the time to a value between "00:00" and "23:59". • When "Power-on" is selected, the power-on time can be configured. • When "Power-off" is selected, the power-off time can be configured. Press F5 [COPY] to configure the frequency and mode to start up in by the timer. • Turn the Tuning or [MULTI/CH] control or use the Frequency/ Mode Band or Mode key to change the current receiving VFO or memory channel and align it with the frequency/mode for performing reception when the program timer is activated. • Press F5 [COPY] every time when changing the frequency or mode to start up by the timer. 6 Press F6 [OK]. The "configuration complete" screen appears. • The programmed timer operation is now enabled. (> lights up.) 7 Press F6 [OK]. Returns to the Timer menu screen. 8 Press [ESC] to end the process. 9 If the timer (excluding Power-off timer) is set to ON, press [ ] to power off this transceiver. • If a timer mode other than "Off" is configured, the [POWER] LED lights up in orange. CLOCK DISPLAY/TIMER 14 ● Before pressing F5 [COPY] to copy the operating data that is registered in the memory channel, press and hold [M>V] to shift the operating data of the memory channel to VFO. ● Configure settings other than frequency and mode before pressing F5 [COPY] in step 4. ● When programming the timer recording function, there must be an interval of at least 1 minute from the time recording starts (Power-on time) to the time recording ends (Power-off time). Otherwise, programmed recording cannot be performed. ● Timer recording up to a duration of 4 hours can be configured. ● Program timer can be configured even when F6 [OK] in step 4 is pressed after the preconfigured interval has elapsed. ● To record audio to a USB flash drive, insert the USB flash drive into the (USB-A) connector on the front panel after configuring the timer recording settings and before recording starts. Use a USB flash drive that is formatted by this transceiver and one with sufficient remaining space. ● Timer recording does not starts unless this transceiver is powered off. ● When the power of this transceiver is OFF, the [POWER] LED starts blinking 1 minute before timer recording starts, and pressing [ ] in this state does not power on this transceiver. ● If the power of this transceiver is not in the OFF state when timer recording is ON, a message will be displayed 3 minutes and 1 minute before timer recording starts. Press [ ] to turn off the power of this transceiver. ● The [POWER] LED light remains orange during timer recording, while the [REC] LED lights up in red. ● To cancel timer recording after the [POWER] LED starts blinking and before timer recording starts, press and hold [ ] for 4 seconds. ● While timer recording is in progress, all other operations are disabled until timer recording stops. To cancel timer recording, press [ ] and follow the displayed message to press and hold down F4 [(BREAK)] . ● If the sleep timer is configured, the operation of the program timer function will be temporarily disabled. ● If the power-off time configured in APO is earlier, the power of the transceiver is turned off by the APO function. 14-5