Manual Icom IC-R8600 (page 6 of 96) (English)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE ................................................................... i

IMPORTANT ............................................................... i

TRADEMARKS ........................................................... i

EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ............................................ i

FEATURES .................................................................ii

ABOUT THE SDR WIDEBAND RECEIVER CIRCUITS

...ii

VOICE CODING TECHNOLOGY ...............................ii

SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES .......................................ii

FCC INFORMATION .................................................iii

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONS ..................................iv

DAbout the touch operation ..............................iv

DTouch screen precautions ..............................iv

DTouch screen maintenance ............................iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................. v

PRECAUTIONS ....................................................... viii

1 PANEL DESCRIPTION .................................... 1-1

Front panel ....................................................... 1-1

Rear panel ........................................................ 1-3

Touch panel display .......................................... 1-4

DMULTI DIAL MENU (

) ...................... 1-6

DMULTI DIAL MENU ( ) ...................... 1-6

DMENU screen .............................................. 1-6

DQUICK MENU ............................................. 1-6

DFUNCTION screen ...................................... 1-7

DFUNCTION items ........................................ 1-7

Keyboard entering and editing ......................... 1-7

DEntering and editing characters .................. 1-7

DKeyboard types ........................................... 1-8

DEntry example ............................................. 1-8

2 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS ........... 2-1

Selecting a location .......................................... 2-1

Heat dissipation ................................................ 2-1

For desktop use ................................................ 2-1

Grounding ......................................................... 2-1

Connecting a DC power supply ........................ 2-1

DPower supply ............................................... 2-1

DTurning the receiver's power ON or OFF .... 2-1

Connecting an antenna .................................... 2-2

FSK (RTTY) connections .................................2-2

External device connection .............................. 2-3

Adjusting the volume level ................................ 3-1

RF gain/SQL level/Audio tone .......................... 3-1

DNoise squelch .............................................. 3-1

DS-meter squelch .......................................... 3-1

DRF gain ........................................................ 3-1

3 BASIC OPERATION ........................................ 3-1

Monitor function ................................................ 3-1

About the VFO and Memory modes ................. 3-1

Selecting the receiving mode ........................... 3-1

Selecting the receiving mode (continued) ........ 3-2

Setting the frequency ....................................... 3-2

DDirectly entering a frequency ...................... 3-2

Changing the Tuning Step ................................ 3-2

DAbout the Tuning Step (TS) function ........... 3-2

About the Programmable Tuning Step function

. 3-3

DAbout the Auto Tuning Step function ........... 3-3

Selecting the antenna ....................................... 3-3

Dial/Panel Lock function ................................... 3-3

DDial Lock function ........................................ 3-3

DPanel Lock function ..................................... 3-3

Adjusting Backlight dimmer .............................. 3-4

Fine tuning ........................................................ 3-4

DWhen receiving FM, WFM or DIGITAL signal

. 3-4

DWhen receiving FSK signal ......................... 3-4

Selecting meter display ................................... 3-4

DMeter display types ..................................... 3-4

DRX Marker ................................................... 4-1

Spectrum scope screen .................................... 4-1

4 SCOPE OPERATION ....................................... 4-1

DUsing the Spectrum Scope ......................... 4-1

DSetting the span .......................................... 4-2

DSetting the range ......................................... 4-2

DSearching for the peak signal ...................... 4-3

DTouch screen operation ............................... 4-3

DMini scope screen ....................................... 4-3

DAdjusting the Reference level ..................... 4-4

DSweep speed...............................................4-4

DScope set screen.........................................4-5

5 OTHER FUNCTIONS ....................................... 5-1

About the Function screen ............................... 5-1

Preamplier ...................................................... 5-1

Attenuator ......................................................... 5-1

Selecting the antenna ....................................... 5-1

AGC function control ........................................ 5-1

IP Plus function ................................................5-2

Notch Filter ....................................................... 5-2

DSetting the notching width and frequency ... 5-2

Using the Digital Twin PBT ............................... 5-2

Selecting the digital IF lter .............................. 5-3

DAdjusting the passband width ..................... 5-3

DSelecting the lter shape ............................. 5-3

Noise Blanker (NB) ........................................... 5-4

Noise Reduction ............................................... 5-4

Duplex operation .............................................. 5-4

AFC function ..................................................... 5-5

Receiving in the CW mode ............................... 5-5

DSetting the CW pitch control ........................ 5-5

DAbout the CW Reverse mode...................... 5-5

Receiving FSK (RTTY) signal ..........................5-5

DDecoded FSK data display .......................... 5-5

DDecoding FSK signal ................................... 5-5

DTurning ON the FSK log .............................. 5-6

DViewing the FSK log contents .....................5-7

DTwin Peak Filter ........................................... 5-7

DFSK tone and shift setting ........................... 5-7

DAbout the FSK DECODE SET screen .........5-8

Tone squelch function ....................................... 5-9

D.SQL (Digital Squelch) function ...................... 5-9

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