[ICOM] Re 746 Pro Puzzle

[Ken, WA2LBI]

Duane,

I have the original 746 but I'm sure the keypad is the same.  As you know, each
button has two functions.  When you press the 'F/INPT' button the alternate
function is selected.  The alternate function of the 'GENE' button is the
decimal point.  The alternate function of the '144' button is 'ENT' or 'enter'.

You had everything correct up to the point when you entered the last digit of
the frequency.  After the last digit press the '144/ENT' keypad button, not the
'F/INPT' button.

Ken, WA2LBI

Quoting "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>:

> What must I do to enter a frequency direct using the key pad on the Icom
> 746 Pro?
>
> Normally I use an external key pad made by W2FS, John Hansen, that plugs into
> the data jack on the rear, but it is not functioning at the moment. I must
> enter
> the frequency by using the key pad on the front of the icom 746 Pro instead.
>
> I thought that I had to be in the VFO A mode, press the 'F/INPT' button one
> time, press the key pad buttons for the frequency - such as 52.525 and
> press the
> 'F/Inpt' button again. Apparently not! I get a beep that means an error.
>
> The frequency I want to enter shows on the display, until I press the
> 'F/INPT'
> button, then it reverts back to the previous frequency.
>
> It is as if I were not in the VFO mode, but the memory mode. Yet I have
> pressed
> the M/VFO button and VFO A shows on the display. However, it does show it as
> "VFO A '1'.
>
> Am I simply entering the frequency incorrectly on this 2004 series Icom 746
> PRO
> or is there some other functions I need to first turn off?
>
> For what it is worth: if I press number five on the key pad it does go to its
> preset band of 14 MHZ.
>
> Thank you for your help. This is 'most' frustrating!
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> dfischer at usol.com