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VX-820
OPERATING MANUAL
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.
VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD.
Unit 5, 20/F., Seaview Centre, 139-141 Hoi Bun Road,
Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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CONTENTS Warning! FCC RF Exposure Requirements ............... 1 ARTS (Auto Range Transpond System) .................... 18 Controls & Connectors ................................................. 2 DTMF Paging System ................................................. 18 Before You Begin ........................................................... 4 LOCK ........................................................................... 18 Operation .........................................................
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WARNING! FCC RF EXPOSURE REQUIREMENTS 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 Standards and Guidelines: FCC 96-326, Guidelines for Evaluating the Environmental Effects of Radio-Frequency Radiation. FCC OET Bulletin 65 Edition 97-01 (1997) Supplement C, Evaluating Com
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CONTROLS & CONNECTORS VOL/PWR Knob LED Indicator Steady Red: ( ) CH Channel Selector Transmitting in progress Blinking Green: Antenna Jack Busy Channel Steady Green: TOP SEL Key Tone Squelch in defeated condition Dealer Programmed Color : Emergency, 5-Tone Decoded, or 2-Tone Decoded Speaker : one of “Flashing in white,” “Continuation changes in sequential colors,” or “tog- Microphone gling the two colors.” PTT Switch MIC/SP Jack ( ) External MIC/SP MONITOR Button LAMP Button ( ) LCD Liquid Crys
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LCD ICONS & INDICATORS “CALL” Indicator Receiver Monitor This channel on “SCAN” List “Talk-Around” is enabled Priority Scan is activated “Voice Message” is received This channel on “DUAL WATCH” List Battery Indicator Low Transmit Power Mode On SUB-LCD 888: Channel Group Number Option Unit is activated -P-: Priority Channel -H-: Home Channel In: ARTS “In Range” out: ARTS “Out of Range” S-meter (four steps) “Group Scan” is enabled Encryption is activated 12 Character Alpha-numeric Display 3 VX-820
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN To remove the battery, turn the radio off and re- Battery Pack Installation and Removal move any protective cases. Slide the Battery Pack To install the battery, hold the transceiver with Latch on the bottom of the radio toward the front your left hand, so your palm is over the speaker panel while sliding the battery down about 1/2 and your thumb is on the top of the belt clip. Care- inch. Then lift the battery out from the radio while fully mate the battery’s four insertion slo
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OPERATION Operation Quick Start Preliminary Steps Turn the top panel’s Install a charged battery VOL/PWR knob clock- pack onto the transceiver, as wise to turn the radio on. described previously. Screw the supplied antenna onto the Antenna jack. Never attempt to operate this Turn the top panel’s CH transceiver without an an- selector knob to choose tenna connected. the desired operating If you have a Speaker/Mi- channel. A channel name crophone, we recommend that it not be connected will appear
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OPERATION Rotate the VOL/PWR Press the (Orange) TOP knob to set the volume SEL key to activate one level. If no signal is of the preprogrammed present, press and hold in functions which may the MONITOR button have been enabled at the (under the PTT switch) time of programming by more than 2 seconds; the dealer. See the next section for details regard- background noise will ing the available features. now be heard, and you If a Speaker/Microphone is available, remove the may use this to set the p
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OPERATION If the Busy Channel Lockout feature has been Automatic Time-Out Timer programmed on a channel, the radio will not trans- If the selected channel has been programmed for mit when a carrier is present. Instead, the radio automatic time-out, you must limit the length of each will generate short beep three times and indicate transmission. While transmitting, a beep will sound “ ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ERROR ” on the display. Release the PTT * * * * * * * * * * 10 seconds before time-ou
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ADVANCED OPERATION For future reference, check the box next to each func- Programmable Key Functions tion that has been assigned to the Programmable key The VX-820 includes the TOP SEL, MONITOR, on your particular radio, and keep it handy. and LAMP keys, the [A], [B], [C], [D], [ ], [#] func- tion keys. The Programmable key functions can be customized, via programming by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer, to meet your communications/ network requirements. Some features may require the purchase and ins
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ADVANCED OPERATION PROGRAMMABLE KEY FUNCTION [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] TOP SEL MONITOR LAMP A B C D # 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 Speed Dial Option SW 1 Option SW 2 Emergency Home Selectable Tone Direct Channel #1 Direct Channel #2 Direct Channel #3 Direct Channel #4 REC/PLAY SQL AF Min Volume Status Set Status Up Status Down Status Check Audio PC (PIT) Lone Worker DTMF Code Set TA Sca
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ADVANCED OPERATION SCAN Description of Operating Functions The Scanning feature is used to monitor multiple sig- MONITOR nals programmed into the transceiver. While scan- Press the assigned programmable key to cancel ning, the transceiver will check each channel for the CTCSS- and DCS-controlled squelch; the BUSY/ presence of a signal, and will stop on a channel if a TX indicator will blink green. Press and hold this signal is present. button for 1.5 seconds to hear background noise (unmute the
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ADVANCED OPERATION ( ) DUAL WATCH TALK AROUND TA The Dual Watch feature is similar to the SCAN fea- Press the assigned programmable key to activate the ture, except that only two channels are monitored: Talk Around feature when you are operating on du- The current operating channel; and plex channel systems (separate receive and transmit The Priority channel. frequencies, utilizing a “repeater” station). The Talk Around feature allows you to bypass the repeater To activate Dual Watch: station an
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ADVANCED OPERATION TX SAVE DISABLE FOLLOW-ME SCAN Press the assigned programmable key to disable the The “Follow-Me” Scan feature checks a User-as- Transmit Battery Saver, if you are operating in a lo- signed Priority Channel regularly as you scan other cation where high power is almost always needed. channels. Thus, if only Channels 1, 3, and 5 (of the 8 available channels) are designated for “Scanning,” The Transmit Battery Saver helps extend battery life the user may nonetheless assign Chann
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ADVANCED OPERATION FOLLOW-ME DUAL WATCH GROUP UP/DOWN To set up a “Dual Watch” frequency pair using the Press the assigned programmable key to select a dif- “Follow-Me” feature, select a channel using the CH ferent group of channels. Once the desired Group is Selector knob. Now press the assigned programmable reached, rotate the CH Selector knob to select the key; pressing the assigned programmable key locks desired channel within the selected Group. the current channel as the User-assigned Prio
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ADVANCED OPERATION - -- - -- “--SCAN Stop SCAN Stop SCAN Stop SCAN Stop SCAN Stop--” will appear on the LCD for one sec- CALL 1 TO CALL 5 ond after pressing the assigned programmable key. Press the assigned programmable key to send a 2- tone/5-tone sequential tone group which is pre-de- CHANNEL UP/DOWN fined. Press the assigned programmable key to select a dif- ferent channel within the current group. CODE UP/DOWN Press the assigned programmable key to select a 2- SET tone/5-tone encode code fro
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ADVANCED OPERATION SELECTABLE TONE OPTION SW1 Press the assigned programmable key to select a sub- Press the assigned programmable key to toggle the audible tone (CTCSS/DCS) from the pre-defined optional accessory “1” “On” and “Off.” tone table. You can operate using the indicated sub- OPTION SW2 audible tone in the Selectable Tone mode. Press the assigned programmable key to toggle the DIRECT CH#1 TO #4 optional accessory “2” “On” and “Off.” Press the assigned programmable key to recall the EME
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ADVANCED OPERATION To stop the play-back, press this key again. STATUS SET While playback is proceeding, you may press the [D] Press the assigned programmable key to change the key to clear the all messages and stop the play-back. 5-Tone status code. To change the status code, select [ ] [ ] If your radio is 16-key version, press the key to the desired digit by A key, then change the number [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] jump to the previous message, or press the # key to by B / C key, and store the number by
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ADVANCED OPERATION ( ) DTMF CODE SET 16-KEY VERSION ONLY TA SCAN You may send the desired telephone number manu- Press the assigned programmable key to toggle the ally. TA (Talk Around) scan feature “On” and “Off.” To dial a number manually, press the assigned pro- While TA scan is proceeding, the VX-820 will search grammable key, then press the desired numbers on both the transmit and receive frequencies (the “ ” the front panel’s numeric key. Now, press the PTT icon will blink). When a signal
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ARTS (AUTO RANGE TRANSPOND SYSTEM) DTMF PAGING SYSTEM This system is designed to inform you when you and This system allows paging and selective calling, us- another ARTS-equipped station are within commu- ing DTMF tone sequences. nication range. When your radio is paged by a station bearing a tone During ARTS operation, when the radio receives the sequence which matches yours, your radio’s squelch correct ARTS signal, a short beep will sound and the will open and the alert will sound. The three
