I just looked up in my 480 notes.  Menu number 7 turns this on.  If I 
read it right.  Can't check for sure as my 480 is back in Kansas, 
probably with Dorothy. <smile>
73s
Butch Bussen
wa0vjr

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, John Miller wrote:

> The tuning dial doesn't do that on the kenwoods like most icoms, personally
> I find that a huge annoyance on icoms. You could set it so you could tune
> from memory with some radios, but I don't remember seeing that in the menu
> on my newer radios. It doesn't mean it's not there. I just hit the button to
> transfer the memory to the vfo and tune from there on the kenwoods, I really
> hate that 1 feature on icom radios a lot where you can tune from memory
> because I"m always bumping that tuning dial. I have to remember to lock it
> on my 706 every time I use it and I never remember.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 1:43 PM
> Subject: question about TS480 memories
>
>
>> Hi, folks.
>>
>> Sorry for all the questions on the TS480, but I'm still in learning mode
>> here.
>>
>> I have now programmed a bunch of memories into my new TS480, but have
>> discovered a really strange problem--or at least, I think it's strange.
>>
>> When I access a memory, everything works as expected, but I find that I
>> can't move from that memory frequency at all using the tuning knob.
>>
>> I don't know how I did it now, but, with my Icom IC746, even if I'm in
>> memory mode, I can still tune outside of a memory frequency using the
>> regular tuning knob.
>>
>> Is this possible with the TS480, or do the memories lock your frequency
>> in.
>>
>> P.S.  Through all this, I made sure that my frequency tuning lock function
>> was "off".
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>