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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
MOBILE CONTROLLER
RC-2000
MOBILE CONTROLLER RC-2000
KENWOOD CORPORATION
© B62-1292-10 (M)
09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01
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SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL The writing conventions described below have been Accessory Part Number Quantity followed to simplify instructions and avoid unnecessary R– C-2000 Mobile Controller 1 repetition. DX C power cable (7 m/ 23.1 ft)E1 30-3406-X Instruction What to do Microphone extension cable E1 30-3407-XX Press [KEY].e Press and releas KEY. (5 m/ 16.5 ft) Speaker extension cable Press Press and hold KEY for 1 second or E1 30-3408-XX (5 m/ 16.5 ft) [KEY] (1 s)
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CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL CHAPTER 5 CYCLING THE KEY GROUPS BEFORE YOU BEGIN ............................................... 1 OVERVIEW ............................................................. 13 PREPARATION (Pages 2 ~ 6) .............................. 1 DIAGRAM .......................................................... 13 QUICK START (Page 7) ....................................... 1 GROUP A KEYS ...................................................... 14 KEYS AND CONTROLS (Pages 8
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CHAPTER 8 PACKET CLUSTER TUNE CHAPTER 13 MAINTENANCE GENERAL INFORMATION ...................................... 52 PACKET CLUSTER TUNE FUNCTION ................... 37 NORMAL P.C.T. MODE ...................................... 37 SERVICE................................................................. 52 LIST FUNCTION IN P.C.T. MODE....................... 38 SERVICE NOTE ...................................................... 52 NEW PACKET CLUSTER DATA ......................... 38 CLEANING ........
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ABOUT THIS MANUAL you are operating in the Satellite mode. BEFORE YOU BEGIN This manual was created to show you how to access the EASY VIEWING MODE (Pages 34 ~ 36) functions you want to operate, and how to quickly This chapter describes how to control the functions while configure the transceiver, through the use of the you are in the Easy Viewing mode. RC-2000. If you are operating the TS-2000(X)/ TS-B2000 transceiver for the first time, we recommend PACKET CLUSTER TUNE (Pages 37 ~ 38) you rea
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PREPARATION Install the bracket securely onto the vehicle, using 6 sets INSTALLATION of the supplied screws (N99-2024-XX). When using the RC-2000 in your vehicle, you can install Flat washer the transceiver in the trunk, under the seat or under the Bracket dash board. On the transceiver, install the DC cable Spring washer (7 m/ 23.1 ft), the microphone extension cable Vehicle chassis (5 m/ 16.5 ft), a cable for the speaker (5 m/ 16.5 ft), a 6 mm x 20 mm Nut cable to the RC-2000 (5 m/ 16.5 ft),
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4 Align the grooves on the front panel over the bracket FRONT PANEL INSTALLATION tabs. 1 Assemble the mounting brackets using the 2 supplied hexagon SEMS screws and the 2 flat washers. • Do not completely tighten the screws in this step. Bracket tab SEMS screw 4 mm x 10 mm 5 Slide the front panel down until it locks in place. • The tab on the front panel must be completely 2 Peel off the paper backing from the base of the locked by the bracket otherwise vehicle vibration bracket. may cause the f
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SPEAKER AND MIC CABLE INSTALLATION MODULAR PLUG CABLE CONNECTION Connect the speaker extension cable plug to the Use the supplied modular plug cable to connect the front EXT.SP1 or EXT.SP2 connector {TS-2000 page 78}. panel to the main unit. Connect the 4-pin plug to the Then connect a plug from the speaker to the jack as front panel and 6-pin plug to the main unit. shown below. Connect the microphone extension cable Note: It is easy to identify between the plugs, as the 6-pin plug is slightl
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attach the power cable to the battery terminals; red DC POWER CABLE INSTALLATION connects to the positive (+) terminal, black connects The vehicle battery must have a nominal rating of 12 V. to the negative (–) terminal. Never connect the transceiver to a 24 V battery. Be sure • Use the full length of the cable without cutting off any to use a 12 V vehicle battery that has sufficient current excess, even if the cable is longer than required. In capacity. If the current to the transceiver is i
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CHECKING THE CONNECTIONS After installing the brackets and cables, make sure all the connections have been made in accordance with the following diagram. To antenna Microphone extension cable DC Power cable Vehicle battery (12 V) AT ANT 1.2G 2 1 ANT 144 ANT 2 ANT 1 KEY PADDLE ANT GND 430 DC EXT. SP2 EXT. SP1 13.8V COM PANEL 8W 8W EXT. CONT ACC2 REMOTE HF RX ANT Microphone Mounting bracket RC-2000 cable Speaker extension cable RC-2000 panel External speaker 6
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QUICK START • Assuming you want to operate the HF band on the PREPARATION main transceiver and VHF band on the sub- 1 Make sure that the RC-2000, the speaker, and the receiver. cables are connected as shown {page 6}. 2 Turn the SUB SQL (right outer ring) and MAIN and 2 Connect the transceiver to a DC power supply or SUB AF (both center knobs) controls to 12 V vehicle battery {page 5}. approximately the 9 o’clock position. Turn the MAIN SQL (left outer ring) control fully counterclockwise. 3 Pre
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KEYS AND CONTROLS FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW There are 12 keys on the front panel. These keys are denoted as follows: L1 ~ L3 are the 3 keys to the left of the display (from top to bottom); F1 ~ F6 are the 6 keys below the display (from left to right); the top most key to the right of the display is the Power switch; R1 ~ R2 are the two keys below the Power switch, to the right of the display (from top to bottom). MOBILE CONTROLLER RC-2000 q L1 ~ L3 key w Tuning / MULTI/CH / RIT/SUB control Press t
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e F1 key o (POWER) switch Press momentarily to cycle within each group (for Press to switch the transceiver ON or OFF {TS-2000 example, A–1 a A–2 a A–3 a A–4 a A–1). Press page 8}. and hold to cycle among groups (Group A a Group B a Group C a Group A) {page 13}. The selected group !0 R1 ~ R2 key and corresponding number appear on the display above Press to activate or select the function shown on the this key. display to the left of each key. r F2 ~ F6 key Press to activate or select the fun
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!0 The assigned function of [R2] appears. Normally, DISPLAY AND KEY FUNCTIONS “RIT” appears. Press [R2] to switch RIT ON or OFF. #9 #8#7 #6 #5#4 #3 #2 #1 #0 @9 @8 @7 @6 Press and hold the key to clear the RIT offset frequency. q !1 The assigned function of [R1] appears. Normally, !1 “PM” appears. Press to enter Programmable Memory w function {page 41}. e !2 The main transceiver operating frequency display. !0 !3 When the main transceiver receives a signal or the main transceiver’s squelch is
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!7 Works as an S-meter in the receive mode. Works as @9 “DSP” appears when one of the DSP functions is the meter you selected while transmitting. activated. !8 “ ” appears when the internal TNC is assigned to the #0 “AGC” appears when the AGC function is ON. “R” main transceiver. (Reverse function), “[R]” (Automatic Simplex Check), or the Repeater shift direction (“–”, “+”, or “=”) !9 The Hz digits of the main transceiver operating appears. frequency appears. Note: “=” appears only for E-type
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$0 $1 $2 $3$4 $5 $6 $7 $8$9 Check), or the Repeater shift direction (“–”, “+”, or “=”) %0 appears. %1 Note: “=” appears only for E-types. %2 $9 “N.R.1” appears when the Noise Reduction 1 function is ON for the sub-receiver. %3 %0 “TUN” (Tuning control), “MLTI” (MULTI/ CH control), “RIT” (RIT/ SUB control), or “SPED” (Scanning speed %4 control) appears, indicating which control mode is
currently assigned to the Tuning control. %8 %7 %6 %5
%1 Appears when the Programmable Memory function is $0
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CYCLING THE KEY GROUPS The following diagram illustrates how to access each OVERVIEW group and sub-group. The TS-2000(X)/ TS-B2000 transceiver has many For further information on each function, refer to the function controls. However, the RC-2000 mobile TS-2000(X)/ TS-B2000 instruction manual. A Quick controller has only 12 keys and 5 controls. In order to look-up table of each operating mode is available, access all the available functions of the transceiver from starting on page 47. the RC-
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GROUP A KEYS Group A–5 appears only when you recall Memory Channel 290 ~ 299. Detailed explanations of each function are provided on the following pages: Action [A–1] [MODE] [FINE] [1MHz] [DOWN] [UP] Change the FINE function 1 MHz Up/ Down Move down one Move up one P2 ress the key: Move to A– operating mode pair ON/ OFF control ON/ OFF amateur radio band amateur radio band Toggle the mode Change the step Press and Continuously move Continuously move Move to group B–1 within the selected — size
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GROUP A-1 GROUP A–2 MODE A/B Press to change the operating mode pair. There are 3 Press to alternate between VFO A and VFO B on the pairs: USB/ LSB, FM/ AM, and CW/ FSK. Press and main transceiver. hold to toggle the mode within each pair: USB LSB, SPLIT FM AM, or CW FSK. Press to activate SPLIT operation on the main FINE transceiver. Press to toggle the FINE tuning function ON or OFF. “F” TF SET appears on the display when this function is ON. When SPLIT operation is activated, press and
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or the MULTI/ CH control to accept the new setting. GROUP A-3 MENU PF Press to enter the Menu mode. Menu mode is used to Press to activate the PF (Programmable Function) key activate and configure the various functions of the assignment. The default assignment is VOICE1 TS-2000(X)/ TS-B2000 {TS-2000 page 21}. Press {TS-2000 page 77}. [ADD] to add the current Menu No. to the Quick Menu. “ ” appears on the display when the Menu No. is added GROUP A–4 to the Quick Menu. Press [MNU SEL] to activ
