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Tips
As with other Kenwood HF transceivers, the TS-480 provides menu access to its many features.
By selecting and adjusting these features, you can customize the TS-480 so that it fits perfectly
into your way of operating a radio. Introduced here are tips on how to get the most out of the
various items listed in the menus.
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TS-480 menus
Group
#
Function Use
00 Brightness of display
backlighting
(5 levels, including OFF)
You can adjust brightness to suit the
ambient lighting level. Turning
backlighting off reduces power
consumption by about 30mA.
Operator
interface
01 Key illumination ON/OFF
Turning illumination off reduces power
consumption by about 30mA.
02 Auto mode
Mode can be changed automatically
depending on frequency. This is more
convenient than setting VFO A to CW
and VFO B to USB.
03 Tuning control adjustment
rate
By reducing the adjustment rate, you
can make it easier to tune.
04 Frequency step for the main
encoder in FM mode
You can change frequency with the
main encoder in the same way that
you can change channels.
05 Frequency rounding for the
MULTI control
With this switched OFF, if you
accidentally change frequency with the
MULTI control, you can return to the
original frequency.
Tuning
06 Frequency step size for BC
band
When ON, frequency step size is
9kHz. When OFF, step size is
determined by the STEP value. The
factory setting for US models is OFF;
for other markets ON is the default.
Memory
channels
07 Temporarily change memory
frequency
Switch ON to operate a frequency in
memory without transferring it to a
VFO.
08 Program slow scan
Useful for 50MHz scanning.
09 Program slow scan setting
You can choose how much to slow the
scan.
10 Program scan hold
You can pause the scan for 5 seconds,
a handy way to avoid missing a signal.
Scan
functions
11 Scan resume method
You can switch between time-operated
and carrier-operated scan resume to
suit your purpose.