Vertex Standard VX-2200 manual

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    VX-2200 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, SO23[...]

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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-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 1 I NTRODUCTION The VX-2200 Series are full-featured FM transceivers designed for flexible mobile and base station business communications in the VHF or UHF Land Mobile bands. These transceiver are designed for reliable business communications in a wide vari- ety of applications with a wide range of operating capa[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING 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 VE R TEX ST ANDARD dealer . The instructions below describe a typically- configured radio.  V OL/PWR Knob[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 3  LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) The display includes a 8-character alpha-numeric section showing Channel name tags/identity information and error messages, and an upper icon row displaying feature status (see below).  TX/BUSY Indicator Indicates transceiver ’ s Transmit/Receive S tatus Steady Red: T ransmi[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 4 Rear Panel C ONTROLS & C ONNECTORS  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.  Antenna Socket The 50-Ohm coaxial feedline to the antenna must be connected[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING 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. Switching Power ON/OFF  T urn the VOL/PWR knob turn on the radio. The display will become il[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING 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. 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 transmi[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 7  : Requires optional unit PF Button ( P RESS K EY / P RESS AND H OLD K EY ) Function MONI SQL OFF SQL SET DIMMER Channel Up Channel Down Continuous Ch Up Continuous Ch Down Group Up Group Down SCAN SCAN SET Group SCAN Group SCAN SET DW (Dual Watch) Follow-Me SCAN Follow-Me DW LOW T A (T alk Around) T A SCAN E[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 8 Description of Operating Functions M ONITO R ( 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-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 9 A D V 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-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 10 G ROUP SCAN SET Y ou may wish to have the Scanner pass through more than one Group during the scanning process (normally , scanning is performed within the current group only). To include the current Group in the scanning loop , press (or press and hold) the as- signed programmable key . T o remove a Group from[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 11 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 (generally the [  ] / [  ] button). Now press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key; pressing the assigned program- mable key locks [...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 12 T A SCAN The “T A SCAN” is one of “DW Scan” between Rx and Tx frequency . It works the Rx channel as priority channel and the radio will always transmit on the Tx Channel if the PTT is pressed in the T A SCAN mode. Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to activate/deactivate the T A SC[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 13 C ODE S ET Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to change the 5-T one encodeing digit. T o change the tones, select the desired digit using the [ P1 ] / [ P2 ] keys, then change the number using the [  ] / [  ] keys. S PEED D IAL Y our Dealer may have pre-programmed Auto-Dial telephone [...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 14 AF M IN V R Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to reduce the audio output to the (lower) level programmed by your Dealer . L ONE W ORKER Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to toggle the Lone W orker feature “On” and “Off.” The Lone W orker feature is designed to[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 15 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. During AR TS operation, when the radio receives an incoming AR TS signal, a short beep will sound, and “ IN SVC ” (“In Service”) will be displayed on the[...]

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    VX-2200 S ERIES O PERATING M ANUAL 16 D ISPLA Y D ESCRIPTION SQL Sets the Squelch level. BEEP Enables/Disables the Key Beeper . BELL Enables/Disables the Bell function. (alert tone activated by incoming subaudible CTCSS/DCS tone) LIGHTING Enables/Disables the BUSY/TX LED. GROUP Select the desired Channel Group. SCAN Engages/Disengages Scanning (sam[...]

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    Part 15.21: Changes or modifications to this device not expressly ap- proved by V ertex S tandard could void the user ’s authorization to oper- ate this device. O PTIONAL A CCESSORIES MH-67 A8J Standard Microphone MH-25 A8J Standard Microphone MH-64 A8J 16 Keypad Microphone MD-1 1 A8J Desktop Microphone MLS-100 External Speaker (12 W Peak Power) [...]

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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. Printed in Japan 0603A-AE EC061N100[...]