Vertex Standard VX-2100E manual

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    VX-2100E 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. Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Close Winchester, Hampshire, SO2[...]

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    Unsafe Radiation Distance 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. Please take a few minutes to rea[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 1 I NTRODUCTION The VX-2100E Series are full-featured FM transceiver designed for flexible mo- bile and base station business communications in the VHF or UHF Land Mobile bands. These transceiver are designed for reliable business communications in a wide variety of applications with a wide range of operating ca[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 2 C ONTROLS & C ONNECTORS Front 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 . The instructions below describe a typically- configured radio. c VOL/PWR Knob T[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 3 g Channel Number Indicator Indicates the operating channel. Blinks the squelch setting level (0-9, A, b, and C) while adjusting the squelch threshold level. Appear the decimal point “.” when selecting the Scan enabel channel. h T ransceiver S tatus Indicator The “ A ” and “ B ” indicators show curr[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 4 Rear Panel C ONTROLS & C ONNECT ORS c 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. d Antenna Socket The 50-Ohm coaxial feedline to the antenna must be connected [...]

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    VX-2100E 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 connections have been made correctly and that a proper antenna is connected to the antenna jack. Switching Power ON/OFF  T urn the VOL/PWR knob turn on the radio. The display will become il[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 6 Automatic Time-Out Timer If the selected channel has been programmed for automatic time-out, you must limit the length of each transmission. While transmitting, a beep will sound 10 seconds before time-out. Another beep will sound just before the deadline; the red “ TX ” indicator will disappear and transm[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 7 Ú : Requires optional unit PF Button ( P RESS K EY / P RESS AND H OLD K EY ) Function MONI SQL OFF SQL SET Channel Up Channel Down Continuous Ch Up Continuous Ch Down SCAN SCAN SET DW (Dual W atch) Follow-Me SCAN Follow-Me DW LOW T A (T alk Around) T A SCAN Encryption Ú Emergency RESET CALL 1 CALL 2 CALL 3 P[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 8 Description of Operating Functions M ONITOR ( MONI ) Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to cancel CTCSS- and DCS-controlled squelch; the TX/BUSY indicator will glow green S QUELCH ( SQL ) O FF Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to open the SQL to hear background noise [...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 9 A DV ANCED O PERA TION C HANNEL S CAN ( SCAN ) The Scanning feature is used to monitor multiple channels programmed into the trans- ceiver . While scanning, the transceiver will check each channel for the presence of a signal, and will stop on a channel if a signal is present. T o activate scanning:  Press [...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 10 F OLLOW -M E S CAN “Follow-Me” Scan feature checks a User-assigned Priority Channel regularly as you scan the other channels. Thus, if only Channels 1, 3, and 5 (of the 8 available chan- nels) are designated for “Scanning,” the user may nonetheless assign Channel 2 as the “User-assigned” Priority [...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 11 T ALK A ROUND ( TA ) Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to activate the T alk Around feature when you are operating on duplex channel systems (separate receive and transmit frequencies, utilizing a “repeater” station). The T alk Around feature allows you to bypass the repeater station[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 12 P UBLIC A DDRESS Press the assigned programmable key to use the transceiver as a P A amplifier. When you enable this function, a tone sounds. The public address can be used even while scanning and receiving a call. EXT . ACC1 Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to toggle output port “1?[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 13 K EY L OCK Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to lock the various aspects of the VX-2100E ’ s keys. The precise lockout configuration must be programmed by your VER TEX ST ANDARD dealer . AR TS (Auto Range T ranspond System) This system is designed to inform you when you and another AR [...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 14 O PTIONAL A CCESSORIES MH-67 A8J Standard Microphone MH-25 A8J S tandard Microphone MH-64 A8J 16 Keypad Microphone MD-1 1 A8J Desktop Microphone MLS-100 External Speaker (12 W Peak Power) MLS-200 External Speaker (15 W Peak Power) FP-1023A External Power Supply (13.8 VDC 23 A) FVP-25 DTMF Paging/V oice Invers[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 15 N OTES[...]

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    VX-2100E S ERIES O PERA TING M ANUAL 16 N OTES[...]

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    Declaration of Conformity We, Y aesu Europe B.V . declare under our sole responsibility that the following equipment complies with the essential requirements of the Directive 1999/5/EC. T ype of Equipment: FM Transceiver Brand Name: VER TEX ST ANDARD Model Number: VX-2100E/2200E Series Manufacturer: V ertex St andard Co., Ltd. Address of Manufactur[...]

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    Copyright 2006 VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. All rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD. EC061N200[...]