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VX-2100E SERIES
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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VERTEX STANDARD AUSTRALIA PTY.,
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Congratulations! You now have at your fingertips a valuable communications tool: a VERTEX STAN- DARD two-way radio! Rugged, reliable and easy to use, your VERTEX STANDARD radio will keep you in constant touch with your colleagues for years to come, with negligible maintenance downtime. Please take a few minutes to read this manual carefully. The information presented here will allow you to derive maximum performance from your radio, in case ques- tions arise later on. We’re glad you joined the V
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INTRODUCTION 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 capability provided by their leading-edge design. Important channel frequency data is stored in EEPROM and flash memory on the CPU, and is easily programmable by dealers using a personal compu
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CONTROLS & CONNECTORS 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 VERTEX STANDARD dealer. The instructions below describe a typically- configured radio. VOL/PWR Knob Turn this control clockwise to turn the radio on and to increase the volume. Turn it counterclockwise into the click-stop to turn the radio off. Microphone Jack Connect the microphone plug to
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CONTROLS & CONNECTORS 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. Transceiver Status Indicator The “A” and “B” indicators show current transceiver status, which can be cus- tomized via programming by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer to meet your communications/network requirements. The possible “A” and “B” displays are ex
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CONTROLS & CONNECTORS Rear Panel 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 here, using a type-M (PL-259) plug. D-Sub 15-Pin Accessory Connector External TX audio line input, PTT (Push To Talk), Squelch, and external RX audio line output signals may be obtained from this
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BASIC OPERATION OF THE TRANSCEIVER 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 Turn the VOL/PWR knob turn on the radio. The display will become illumi- nated. [ ] [ ] Press the / button to choose the desired operating channel. A channel name will appear on the display. Setting the Volume Turn the VOL knob clockwise to increase the volume
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BASIC OPERATION OF THE TRANSCEIVER 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 transmission will cease soon thereafter. To re- sume transmitting, you must release the PTT switch and wait for the “penalty timer” to expire (if you press the PTT sw
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ADVANCED OPERATION ( ) PF Button PRESS KEY/PRESS AND HOLD KEY Function P1 P2 P3 P4 MONI / / / / / / SQL OFF / / / / / / SQL SET / / / / / / Channel Up / / / / / / Channel Down / / / / / / Continuous Ch Up ---/--- ---/--- ---/--- ---/--- ---/--- ---/--- Continuous Ch Down ---/--- ---/--- ---/--- ---/--- ---/--- ---/--- SCAN / / / / / / SCAN SET / / / / / / DW (Dual Watch) / / / / / / Follow-Me SCAN / / / / / / Follow-Me DW / / / / / / LOW / / / / / / TA (Talk Around) / / / / / / TA SCAN / /
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ADVANCED OPERATION Description of Operating Functions ( ) MONITOR MONI Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to cancel CTCSS- and DCS-controlled squelch; the TX/BUSY indicator will glow green ( ) SQUELCH SQL OFF Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to open the SQL to hear background noise (unmute the audio); the TX/BUSY indicator will blink green. SQUELCH (SQL) SET You can manually adjust the squelch level using this function: Press (or press and hold) the
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ADVANCED OPERATION ( ) CHANNEL SCAN 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. To activate scanning: Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to activate scanning. The scanner will search the programmed channels, looking for active ones; it will pause each time it finds a channel on which s
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ADVANCED OPERATION FOLLOW-ME SCAN “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 Channel via the “Follow-Me” feature. To activate “Follow-Me” scanning, first select the channel you want to designate as the “User-Assigned Priority Channel” and press (or press and hold)
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ADVANCED OPERATION ( ) TALK AROUND TA Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to activate the Talk Around feature when you are operating on duplex channel systems (separate receive and transmit frequencies, utilizing a “repeater” station). The Talk Around feature allows you to bypass the repeater station and talk directly to a station that is nearby. This feature has no effect when you are operating on “simplex” channels, where the re- ceive and transmit frequencies are already t
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ADVANCED OPERATION PUBLIC ADDRESS Press the assigned programmable key to use the transceiver as a PA 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” “on” and “off.” EXT. ACC2 Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to toggle output port “2” “on” and “off.” DIRECT CH#1/CH#2 Press (or press and hold) the assign
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ADVANCED OPERATION KEY LOCK 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 VERTEX STANDARD dealer. ARTS (Auto Range Transpond System) This system is designed to inform you when you and another ARTS-equipped station are within communication range. During ARTS operation, your radio automatically transmits for about 1 second every 25 seconds (the interval is programmed by the De
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OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES MH-67A8J Standard Microphone MH-25A8J Standard Microphone MH-64A8J 16 Keypad Microphone MD-11A8J 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/Voice Inversion Type Encryption Unit FVP-36 Voice Inversion Type Encryption Unit FVP-35 High Level Encryption Unit VME-100 ANI Encode Unit ® ® (MDC-1200 /GE-STAR ANI ENCODE) VT60FS VX-trunk Unit (w/ Encryption)
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NOTES VX-2100E SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 15
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NOTES 16 VX-2100E SERIES OPERATING MANUAL
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Declaration of Conformity We, Yaesu Europe B.V. declare under our sole responsibility that the following equipment complies with the essential requirements of the Directive 1999/5/EC. Type of Equipment: FM Transceiver Brand Name: VERTEX STANDARD Model Number: VX-2100E/2200E Series Manufacturer: Vertex Standard Co., Ltd. Address of Manufacturer: 4-8-8 Nakameguro Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan Applicable Standards: This equipment is tested and conforms to the essential requirements of directive,
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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. E C 061N200
