FCC ID: K6610354740 VX-4100 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL P1 TX/BUSY 1 P2 2 3 4 A 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. International Division 8350 N.W. 52nd Terrace, Suite 201, Miami, FL 33166, 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.
FCC ID: K6610354740 Congratulations! You now have at your fingertips a valuable communications tool: a VERTEX STANDARD 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 questions arise later on.
FCC ID: K6610354740 INTRODUCTION P1 TX/BUSY 1 P2 2 3 4 A The VX-4100 Series are full-featured FM transceiver 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 variety of applications with a wide range of operating capability provided by their leading-edge design.
FCC ID: K6610354740 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 discribe a typically-configured radio. • † ‡ˆ P1 TX/BUSY P2 1 2 3 4 A ‚ ƒ „ … • VOL Knob Turn this control clockwise to increase the volume. ‚ Microphone Jack Connect the microphone plug to this jack.
FCC ID: K6610354740 CONTROLS & CONNECTORS † TX/BUSY Indicator Indicates the transceiver’s Transmit/Receive Status. Steady Red: Transmitting in progress Steady Green: Signaling Off Blinking Green: Busy Channel/Squelch Off ‡ Channel Number Indicator Indicates the operating channel. ˆ Transceiver Status Indicator The “P1” and “P2” indicators show current transceiver status, which can be customized via programming by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer to meet your communications/network requirements.
FCC ID: K6610354740 CONTROLS & CONNECTORS Rear Panel • ‚ ƒ „ • 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.
FCC ID: K6610354740 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 (POWER) button to turn the radio on. The display will become r Press the illuminated. r Press the PF (Programmable Function) button which is programmed to the Channel Up/Down feature to choose the desired operating channel.
FCC ID: K6610354740 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.
FCC ID: K6610354740 ADVANCED OPERATION Programmable Function (PF) Buttons The VX-4100 Series includes seven Programmable Function (PF) Buttons. The PF button functions can be customized, via programming by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer, to meet your communications/network requirements. Some features may require the purchase and installation of optional internal accessories. The possible PF button programming features are illustrated below, and these functions are explained on the pages to follow.
FCC ID: K6610354740 ADVANCED OPERATION Description of Operating Functions MONITOR (MONI) Press the assigned programmable key to cancel CTCSS- and DCS-controlled squelch; the BUSY/TX indicator will blink green. Press and hold in this button for 1.5 seconds to hear background noise (unmute the audio); the BUSY/TX indicator will glow green. CHANNEL UP/DOWN Press the assigned programmable key to select a different channel.
FCC ID: K6610354740 ADVANCED OPERATION DUAL WATCH (DW) The Dual Watch feature is similar to the SCAN feature, except that only two channels are monitored: ¦ The current operating channel; and ¦ The Priority channel. To activate Dual Watch: r Press the assigned programmable key. r The scanner will search the two channels; it will pause each time it finds a channel on which someone is speaking. To stop Dual Watch: r Press the assigned programmable key.
FCC ID: K6610354740 ADVANCED OPERATION FOLLOW-ME DUAL WATCH (DW) To set up a “Dual Watch” frequency pair using the “Follow-Me” feature, select a channel using the Channel Up/Down key. Now press the assigned programmable key; pressing the assigned programmable key locks the current channel as the Userassigned Priority Channel. Now press the Channel Up/Down key to select another channel (not the “Scanning Start” channel).
FCC ID: K6610354740 ADVANCED OPERATION EMERGENCY The VX-4100 series include an “Emergency” feature which may be useful if you have someone monitoring on the same frequency as your transceiver’s channel. Press the assigned programmable key to initiate an emergency call. For further details contact your VERTEX STANDARD dealer. CALL/RESET This feature, if enabled, allows the user to change the 3-digit Page Call code, used to call other similarly-equipped stations.
FCC ID: K6610354740 ADVANCED OPERATION DIRECT CH#1 TO DIRECT CH#4 Press the assigned programmable key to recall the Dealer pre-programmed channel directly. REC/PLAY (VOICE STORAGE: OPTION) This function, which requires the optional Voice Storage Unit, allows you to record and play back incoming receiver audio. Recording: Press the assigned Rec/Play programmable key for more than 1.5 seconds to toggle the recording feature “on” and “off.
FCC ID: K6610354740 ADVANCED OPERATION Sub-Band Receive (Option) This function is only available on radios where the optional Sub-Band Receive Unit has been installed. When this optional module is installed, the radio will have the ability to receive on a different band than the radio normally operates on (for example, on a VHF radio this module enables reception on UHF, and vice-versa).
FCC ID: K6610354740 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES FVP-25 Encryption/DTMF Pager Unit FVP-35 Encryption Unit DVS-5 Voice Storage Unit VTP-50 VX-Trunk Unit FP-1023A External Power Supply MLS-100 Mobile Loudspeaker (12 W Peak Power) LF-1 Line Filter MH-700D DTMF Back-lit Microphone MH-25A8J Microphone DM-11A8J Desktop Microphone VPL-1 Programming Kit Sub-Band Receive Unit Availability of accessories may vary; some accessories are supplied standard per local requirements, others may be unavailable in some regions.
FCC ID: K6610354740 NOTES VX-4100 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 15 Vertex Standard Co., Ltd.
FCC ID: K6610354740 NOTES 16 VX-4100 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL Vertex Standard Co., Ltd.
FCC ID: K6610354740 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the condition that this device does not cause harmful interference. Part 15.21: Changes or modifications to this device not expressly approved by Vertex Standard could void the user’s authorization to operate this device. VX-3200 OPERATING MANUAL Vertex Standard Co., Ltd.
FCC ID: K6610354740 Copyright 2003 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 0305l-0E E C 0 3 5 N 1 0 0 Vertex Standard Co., Ltd.