The screenshot to the right is the main RS-R8500 control screen. IC-R8500 owners will recognize it immediately. The layout is nearly identical. All receiver functions commonly available from IC-R8500's front panel can now be accessed through this easy-to-use computer interface.

This screenshot shows two more RS-R8500 sub windows. The one on the bottom left is the radio player screen. It features only the minimum controls necessary to operate the IC-R8500, and is perfect for AM or FM broadcast listening without the need to adjust more advanced receiver controls. The screen on the far right is the powerful frequency band scope. The band scope shows all signals within a specified frequency range in a form of a graphical display. (Note: the band scope pictured here is not active.)

Here's the RS-R8500 software with two of its five sub screens open. The screen in the foreground is the scan controller. The spreadsheet-looking screen in the background is the powerful memory channel list. It allows for effortless programming and management of IC-R8500's 1000 memory channels. Every channel can be independently programmed with the alpha-numeric name, frequency, mode, attenuator setting, tuning steps and scan skip condition. The memory channel list can be saved into a file on computer's hard disk for safe keeping.