Icom R-2 question - anyone got experience?

[Bruce Markowitz]

On my R2, when I press the Band button, after it hits the bands, I get "CH1"
which goes up to CH59
These seem to be pre-programmed. Some seem to be FM broadcast, some are
locked out. These are NOT channels that I programmed, and this is NOT the
"channel scan" mode. I can not seem to find ANY refenence to these. They do
not appear in software, and the button combos have no effect when these are
on screen, there is also a strange letter combo on the lower right of the
screen, looks like a "tw".
Anyone know what these are, can they be changed? How can some be "skipped"
if I can't seem to get any access to them??
Anyone?

[Ed Maikranz]

I believe those are pr-programed TV audio chanels.

"Bruce Markowitz" > wrote in message >...
> On my R2, when I press the Band button, after it hits the bands, I get "CH1"
> which goes up to CH59
> These seem to be pre-programmed. Some seem to be FM broadcast, some are
> locked out. These are NOT channels that I programmed, and this is NOT the
> "channel scan" mode. I can not seem to find ANY refenence to these. They do
> not appear in software, and the button combos have no effect when these are
> on screen, there is also a strange letter combo on the lower right of the
> screen, looks like a "tw".
> Anyone know what these are, can they be changed? How can some be "skipped"
> if I can't seem to get any access to them??
> Anyone?

[Bruce Markowitz]

Which since it is a Euro model are probably not correct for "here".
This is not documented at all in the manual!
"Ed Maikranz" > wrote in message
om...
> I believe those are pr-programed TV audio chanels.
>
> "Bruce Markowitz" > wrote in message
>...
> > On my R2, when I press the Band button, after it hits the bands, I get
"CH1"
> > which goes up to CH59
> > These seem to be pre-programmed. Some seem to be FM broadcast, some are
> > locked out. These are NOT channels that I programmed, and this is NOT
the
> > "channel scan" mode. I can not seem to find ANY refenence to these. They
do
> > not appear in software, and the button combos have no effect when these
are
> > on screen, there is also a strange letter combo on the lower right of
the
> > screen, looks like a "tw".
> > Anyone know what these are, can they be changed? How can some be
"skipped"
> > if I can't seem to get any access to them??
> > Anyone?

[Matt]

Aren't the TV channels pretty much international - with the exception of
some of the UHF ones maybe?



Matt

"Bruce Markowitz" > wrote in message
...
> Which since it is a Euro model are probably not correct for "here".
> This is not documented at all in the manual!
> "Ed Maikranz" > wrote in message
> om...
> > I believe those are pr-programed TV audio chanels.
> >
> > "Bruce Markowitz" > wrote in message
> >...
> > > On my R2, when I press the Band button, after it hits the bands, I get
> "CH1"
> > > which goes up to CH59
> > > These seem to be pre-programmed. Some seem to be FM broadcast, some
are
> > > locked out. These are NOT channels that I programmed, and this is NOT
> the
> > > "channel scan" mode. I can not seem to find ANY refenence to these.
They
> do
> > > not appear in software, and the button combos have no effect when
these
> are
> > > on screen, there is also a strange letter combo on the lower right of
> the
> > > screen, looks like a "tw".
> > > Anyone know what these are, can they be changed? How can some be
> "skipped"
> > > if I can't seem to get any access to them??
> > > Anyone?
>
>