Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VX-820 Vertex Standard
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VX-820 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.
W arning! FCC RF Exposur e Requirements ............... 1 Controls & Connectors ................................................. 2 Before Y ou Begin ........................................................... 4 Operation .........................
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 1 W ARNING ! FCC RF E XPOSURE R EQUIREMENTS FCC RF Exposure Compliance Requirements for Occupational Use Only: This Radio has been tested and complies with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF exposure limits for Occupational Use/Controlled exposure environment.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 2 C ONTROLS & C ONNECTORS PTT Switch MONITOR Button LAMP Button MIC/SP Jack ( External MIC/SP ) Battery Pack Latch LCD ( Liquid Crystal Display ) S peaker Microphone LED .
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 3 LCD I CONS & I NDICA TORS 12 Character Alpha-numeric Display SUB-LCD 888: Channel Group Number -P-: Priority Channel -H-: Home Channel In: ARTS “In Range” out: ARTS.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 4 B EFORE Y OU B EGIN Battery Pack Installation and Removal T o install the battery , hold the transceiver with your left hand, so your palm is over the speaker and your thumb is on the top of the belt clip.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 5 O PERA TION Preliminary S teps Install a charged battery pack onto the transceiver , as described previously . Screw the supplied antenna onto the Antenna jack. Never attempt to operate this transceiver without an an- tenna connected.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 6 Rotate the VOL/PWR knob to set the volume level. If no signal is present, press and hold in the MONITOR button (under the PTT switch) more than 2 seconds; background noise will now be heard, and you may use this to set the VOL/PWR knob for the desired audio level.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 7 If the Busy Channel Lockout feature has been programmed on a channel, the radio will not trans- mit when a carrier is present. Instead, the radio will generate short beep three times and indicate “ * * * * * ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR * * * * * ” on the display .
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 8 A DV ANCED O PERA TION Pr ogrammable Key Functions The VX-820 includes the TOP SEL , MONITOR , and LAMP keys, the [ A ] , [ B ] , [ C ] , [ D ] , [ ½ ] , [ # ] func- tion keys.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 9 A DV ANCED O PERA TION F UNCTION Follow-Me Dual Watch Group Up Group Down Channel Up Channel Down Set Call/Reset Call 1 Call 2 Call 3 Call 4 Call 5 Code Up Code Down Code S.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 10 Description of Operating Functions M ONITOR Press the assigned programmable key to cancel CTCSS- and DCS-controlled squelch; the BUSY/ TX indicator will blink green. Press and hold this button for 1.5 seconds to hear background noise (unmute the audio); the BUSY/TX indicator will glow green.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 11 D UAL W A TCH The Dual W atch feature is similar to the SCAN fea- ture, 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-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 12 TX S AV E D ISABLE Press the assigned programmable key to disable the T ransmit Battery Saver, if you are operating in a lo- cation where high power is almost always needed.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 13 F OLLOW -M E D UAL W A TCH T o set up a “Dual W atch” frequency pair using the “Follow-Me” feature, select a channel using the CH Selector knob. Now press the assigned programmable key; pressing the assigned programmable key locks the current channel as the User-assigned Priority Channel.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 14 “ -- -- - SCAN Stop SCAN Stop SCAN Stop SCAN Stop SCAN Stop -- -- - ” will appear on the LCD for one sec- ond after pressing the assigned programmable key . C HANNEL U P /D OWN Press the assigned programmable key to select a dif- ferent channel within the current group.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 15 A DV ANCED O PERA TION O PTION SW1 Press the assigned programmable key to toggle the optional accessory “1” “On” and “Off.” O PTION SW2 Press the assigned programmable key to toggle the optional accessory “2” “On” and “Off.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 16 T o stop the play-back, press this key again. While playback is proceeding, you may press the [ D ] key to clear the all messages and stop the play-back.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 17 DTMF C ODE S ET ( 16- KEY VERSION ONL Y ) Y ou may send the desired telephone number manu- ally . T o dial a number manually , press the assigned pro- grammable key , then press the desired numbers on the front panel’ s numeric key .
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 18 ARTS ( A UTO R ANGE T RANSPOND S YSTEM ) This system is designed to inform you when you and another AR TS-equipped station are within commu- nication range.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 SQL SCN List BEEP BELL Lighting Lock Group SCAN DW TA AF MinVR Beep VR Contrast Pitch REC Mode Play Mode Select the Squelch Threshol.
VX-820 O PERATING M ANUAL 20 O PTIONAL A CCESSORIES FNB-V86LI 7.4V , 1150 mAh Lithium-Ion Battery FNB-V87LI 7.4V , 2000 mAh Lithium-Ion Battery FBA-34 Alkaline Battery Case (6 x AA) V AC-920 Rapid Cha.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the condition that this device does not cause harmful interference..
Copyright 2005 VER TEX ST ANDARD CO., L TD. All rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of VER TEX ST ANDARD CO.
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