Kenwood: Kenwood TM-281 weird setting

[ncrailfan]

Hi guys, was wondering if you could help me with something. My Kenwood TM-281 has entered a weird mode where I cannot access the VFO, CALL, or menu. I have also tried to do a full reset by holding the FUNCTION button and the Power Button but the question to reset never appeared. any remedies?

 

[chief21]

You appear to have accidentally entered Channel Display mode (page 37-38 in the owners manual). Here is a snippet from the manual...

While in Channel Display mode, you cannot activate the
following functions:
• VFO Mode
• VFO Scan
• Call/VFO Scan
• MHz Scan
• Scan Direction
• Memory Store
• Memory to VFO Transfer
• Memory to Memory Transfer
• Clear Memory Channel
• VFO Reset
• Full Reset
• 1 MHz Step
• Selection for Tone and Selective Call
• Auto Simplex Checker
• Menu Mode

To recover normal operation, turn the transceiver power
OFF and press [REV]+[ ] (Power) again.

- John AC4JK

 

[ncrailfan]

Yep, that is what exactly happened. Thank you