User's Manual

Page 37FTDX5000 OPERATING MANUAL
Before turning on main power, please verify the following items once more.
 Have you made all ground connections securely? See page 9 for details.
 Do you have your antenna(s) connected to the rear-panel Antenna jack(s)? See page
?? for details.
 Is your microphone (and/or key or paddle) connected? See pages
?? and ?? for details.
 If using a linear amplifier, have all interconnections been successfully completed? See pages
?? and ?? for details.
 Please rotate both
[
AF GAIN
]
controls to their fully counter-clockwise positions, to avoid a loud blast of audio when
the transceiver turns on. See page
?? for details.
 Rotate the
[
RF PWR
]
control fully counter-clockwise, to set minimum power at first. See page
?? for details.
 If your AC mains power should suffer a significant fluctuation or interruption, we recommend that you go through a
complete power-up cycle, in order to ensure that all circuits are properly initialized. To do this, be sure the front panel
[
POWER
]
switch is turned off, then set the rear panel main power switch to the “O” position. Now unplug the AC
cable from the rear panel, and wait ten seconds before proceeding with the start-up procedure described on next page.
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