Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VX-4100 Vertex Standard
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VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. 4-8-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan VERTEX STANDARD US Headquarters 10900 Walker Street, Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A. YAESU EUROPE B.V. P.O. Box 75525, 1118 ZN Schiphol, The Netherlands YAESU UK LTD.
Congratulations! Y ou now have at your fingertips a valuable communications tool: a VER TEX ST AN- DARD two-way radio! Rugged, reliable and easy to use, your VER TEX ST ANDARD radio will keep you in constant touch with your colleagues for years to come, with negligible maintenance downtime.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 1 I NTRODUCTION The VX-4100 Series are full-featured FM transceiver designed for flexible mobile and base station business communications in the VHF or UHF Land Mobile bands.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 2 P2 P1 TX/BUS Y A 12 3 4 C ONTROLS & C ONNECT ORS Fr ont Panel Important! - All buttons located on the Front Panel are Programmable Function (PF) Buttons, configured according to your network requirements and programmed by your VER TEX ST ANDARD dealer .
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 3 TX/BUSY Indicator Indicates the transceiver ’ s T ransmit/Receive Status. S teady Red: T ransmitting in progress S teady Green: Signaling Of f Blinking Green: Busy Channel/Squelch Off Channel Number Indicator Indicates the operating channel.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 4 Rear Panel C ONTROLS & C ONNECT ORS 13.6V DC Cable Pigtail with Connector The supplied DC power cable must be connected to this 2-pin connector . Use only the supplied fused cable, extended if necessary , for power connection.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 5 B ASIC O PERA TION OF THE T RANSCEIVER Important! - Before turning on the radio the first time, confirm that the power con- nections have been made correctly and that a proper antenna is connected to the antenna jack.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 6 Automatic T ime-Out Timer If the selected channel has been programmed for automatic time-out, you must limit the length of each transmission.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 7 A DV ANCED O PERA TION Pr ogrammable Function (PF) Buttons The VX-4100 Series includes seven Programmable Function (PF) Buttons. The PF button functions can be customized, via programming by your VER TEX ST AN- DARD dealer , to meet your communications/network requirements.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 8 Description of Operating Functions M ONITOR ( MONI ) Press the assigned programmable key to cancel CTCSS- and DCS-controlled squelch; the BUSY/TX indicator will blink green. Press and hold in this button for 1.5 sec- onds to hear background noise (unmute the audio); the BUSY/TX indicator will glow green.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 9 A DV ANCED O PERA TION D UAL W A TCH ( DW ) The Dual W atch feature is similar to the SCAN feature, except that only two channels are monitored: The current operating channel; and The Priority channel. T o activate Dual W atch: Press the assigned programmable key .
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 10 F OLLOW -M E D UAL W A TCH ( DW ) T o set up a “Dual W atch” frequency pair using the “Follow-Me” feature, select a channel using the Channel Up/Down key . Now press the assigned programmable key; pressing the assigned programmable key locks the current channel as the User- assigned Priority Channel.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 11 E MERGENCY The VX-4100 series include an “Emergency” feature which may be useful if you have someone monitoring on the same frequency as your transceiver ’ s channel. Press the assigned programmable key to initiate an emergency call.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 12 D IRECT CH#1 TO D IRECT CH#4 Press the assigned programmable key to recall the Dealer pre-programmed channel directly . REC/PLA Y ( V OICE S TORAGE : O PTION ) This function, which requires the optional V oice Storage Unit, allows you to record and play back incoming receiver audio.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 13 AR TS (Auto Range T ranspond System) This system is designed to inform you when you and another AR TS-equipped station are within communication range.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 14 O PTIONAL A CCESSORIES FVP-25 Encryption/DTMF Pager Unit FVP-35 Encryption Unit DVS-5 V oice S torage Unit VTP-50 VX-T runk Unit FP-1023A External Power Supply M.
VX-4100 S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 15 N OTES.
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Part 15.21: Changes or modifications to this device not expressly ap- proved by V ertex S t andard could void the user ’s authorization to oper- ate this device.
Copyright 2003 VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. All rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of VERTEX STANDARD CO.
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