Vertex Standard VX-820 manual

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. Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Close Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K[...]

W arning! FCC RF Exposur e Requirements ............... 1 Controls & Connectors ................................................. 2 Before Y ou Begin ........................................................... 4 Operation ....................................................................... 5 Advanced 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. In addition, it complies with the following Standar[...]

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 Indicator S teady Red: T ransmitting in progress Blinking Green: Busy Channel S teady Green: T one Squelch in defeated condition Dealer Programmed Col[...]

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 “Out of Range” S-meter (four steps) Encryption is activated Option Unit is activated Low T ransmit Power Mode On This channel on “DUAL W A TCH?[...]

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. Care- fully mate the battery’ s four insertion slots with their corresponding alignment tabs on the trans- cei[...]

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.  If you have a Speaker/Mi- crophone, we recommend that it not be connected u[...]

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. Press and hold the MONITOR button more than 2 seconds[...]

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 . Release the PTT switch and wait for the channel[...]

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. The Programmable key functions can be customized, via programming by your VE R TEX ST ANDARD dealer, to meet your communications/ network requir[...]

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 Set S peed Dial Option SW 1 Option SW 2 Emergency Home Selectable T one Direct Channel #1 Direct Channel #2 Direct Channel #3 Direct Channel #4 REC/PLA[...]

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. L AMP Press the assigned pro[...]

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 .  The scanner will search the two channels; it will pause each time i[...]

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. The T ransmit Battery Saver helps extend battery life by reducing transmit power when a very strong sig- nal from an apparently nearby station is b[...]

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. Now rotate the CH Selec[...]

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. S ET Press the assigned programmable key to ac[...]

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.” E MERGENCY The VX-820 series include an “Emergency” feature which ma[...]

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. If your radio is 16-key version, press the [ ½ ] key to jump to the previous message, or press the [ # ] key to jump to the next message while playback is proceed- in[...]

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 . Now , press the PTT switch to send the telephone number . The DTMF tones sent during [...]

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. During AR TS operation, when the radio receives the correct AR TS signal, a short beep will sound and the “ In ” (meaning “In Service” notation will be disp[...]

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 Threshold Level Select the Scan List “User” or “Dealer” Set the Beep On/Off Set the Bell On/Off (Bell engaged by sub-audible CTCSS/DCS) Set the BUSY/T[...]

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 Charger P A-39 AC Adapter VT60F VX-T runk Unit VT60FS VX-T runk/Encryption Unit FVP-25 Encryption/DTMF Pager Unit FVP-35 Encryption Unit (Rolling Code V [...]

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the condition that this device does not cause harmful interference.[...]

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