Fairhaven RD500 User Manual - page 7

<MODE> key (top left) followed by one or more numerical key presses on the main 

keypad area. The S-meter can be switched on and off with the button (at 

bottom of keypad) then (top right), the angled brackets used in this 

manual refer to buttons on the radio. 

Check out the recorder by pressing then . Press 1 to 

record then 2 to play back  returns to the main screens, so remember to 

use whenever you feel lost or out of your depth and the receiver will 

return to its normal tuning mode. 

The receiver is factory shipped with a database of stations which all have a 

name of up to 20 characters. It is possible to find any of these stations by using the text 

searching facility. So to find a name such as “Moscow” or a type of station like 

Volmet, first chose a group which contains entries by pressing and 

pressing the up and down keys, top right), then press to put the receiver into 

memory mode, finally press  and enter a word using the handset, 

press followed by  2  for “search all groups”. The receiver will search for 

a while then set itself to the first match, use the up and down keys to see the other 

matches.  

Scanning 

To scan from the current frequency, turn the squelch control clockwise until the 

receiver is silenced, then press  and the receiver will scan up in frequency, 

the down button can be pressed to scan down. The step size can be altered by pressing 

and using the and buttons, return the step size to 

“Normal” after use. 

To scan between two frequency limits, use the key (see section 4.17). To 

scan memories chose a group by pressing and use the up and down keys 

followed by to select the chosen group of memories, adjust the squelch level, 

then press . The receiver will stop when the first active channel is 

encountered but different scan modes can be selected by pressing  

see section 4.12 

You may now like to try out some of the other facilities, these are accessed by 

pressing  followed by any other button. Use  to return to the 

basic operating mode. Do not attempt re-allocate memory space at this stage, 

1,6,1, will erase all database entries.