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AUTOMATIC POWER OFF, BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT, VOICE COMPANDING, AND CLONING.
THATS A LOT OF FEATURES FOR SUCH A SMALL PACKAGE.  FREQUENCY NAVIGATION AND
PROGRAMMING THE UNIT WILL BE INITIALLY OPERATING IN THE VFO MODE.  THERE
ARE THREE BASIC FREQUENCY NAVIGATION METHODS PROVIDED.  PRESSING THE UP OR
DOWN ARROWS WILL CHANGE THE FREQUENCY ACCORDINGLY.  THE DESIRED FREQUENCY
CAN BE ENTERED DIRECTLY ON THE KEYPAD.  THERE ARE ALSO A MANUAL VFO SCAN
MODE AND A PROGRAMMED VFO SCAN MODE.  THE SET MODE IS WHERE YOU CONFIGURE
THE PARAMETERS OF THE RADIO.  THERE ARE 39 DIFFERENT PARAMETERS YOU CAN SET
IF YOU PREFER SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM THE FACTORY DEFAULTS.  TO ENTER THE
SET MODE, PRESS AND HOLD THE F KEY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RADIO.  PRESS
THE UP OR DOWN ARROW KEYS TO SELECT THE DESIRED PARAMETER TO BE ADJUSTED.
PRESS THE F KEY MOMENTARILY TO ENABLE ADJUSTMENT OF THE SELECTED PARAMETER.
PRESS THE UP OR DOWN ARROW KEYS TO CHOOSE THE DESIRED SETTING OF THE
SELECTED PARAMETER.  PRESS THE PTT KEY TO SAVE THE NEW SETTING AND RETURN
TO NORMAL OPERATION.  THERE ARE SEVERAL SET MODE FUNCTIONS THAT REQUIRE
MORE BUTTON PUSHING THAN THE PROCEDURE DESCRIBED ABOVE, SO ITS A GOOD IDEA
TO DOWNLOAD THE ADVANCE MANUAL TO READ THE FULL DETAILS OF THESE ADDITIONAL
STEPS.  MEMORIES AND SCANNING  THE FT 25R OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF MEMORY
SYSTEM RESOURCES INCLUDING 200 STANDARD MEMORY CHANNELS, TWO HOME CHANNELS
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