Vertex Standard VX
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1. W Vertex Standard VX 410E 420E Series Operating Manual Controls amp Connectors LED Indicator Glows Green Monitor on or Side 1 2 switch is activated VX 410E series only Blinking Green Busy Channel or SQL off Glows Red Transmitting Blinking Red Battery Voltage is low Yellow Receiving a Selective Call CH Channel Selector Antenna VOL PWR Knob Push To Talk PTT Switch MIC SP Jack External Mic Earphone Speaker Side 2 Switch LCD vx 420 series 16 KEY vx 420 series Battery Pack Latch Ecos oaowu20a 1 0404R AE Inportant Notice O Please read this manual carefully to become familiar with the features of this transceiver O When transmitting hold the radio in a vertical position with its microphone 2 5 to 5 cm away from your mouth and keep the antenna at least 2 5cm away from your head and body O The radio must be used with a maximum operating duty cycle not exceeding 50 in typical Push to Talk PTT configurations DO NOT transmit for more than 50 of total radio use time 50 duty cycle Transmitting more than 50 of the time can cause FCC RF exposure com pliance requirements to be exceeded The radio is transmitting when the red LED on the top of the radio is illuminated You can cause the radio to trans mit by pressing the PTT button or by using the VOX headset model VC 25 O DO NOT transmit when the radio is used in Body Worn configuration2. operating on duplex channel systems separate receive and transmit frequencies utilizing a repeater station The Talk Around feature allows you to by pass the repeater station and talk directly to a station that is nearby This feature has no effect when you are operating on Simplex chan nels where the receive and transmit frequencies are already the same When the TA function is activated the ll icon will be indi cated on the display Note that your dealer may have made provision for Talk Around channels by programming repeater and Talk Around frequen cies on two adjacent channels If so the key may be used for one of the other Pre Programmed Functions Add Del The Add Del feature allows the user to arrange a custom Scan Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to delete restore the current channel to from your scanning list When you delete a current channel SKIP will appear on the LCD for one second after pressing the Soft key When you re store a current channel STOP will appear on the LCD for one second after pressing the Soft key Speed Dial Your Dealer may have pre programmed Auto Dial telephone number memories into your radio To dial a number just press or Press and hold the Dealer as signed Soft key for Speed Dialing The DTMF tones sent during the dialing sequence will be heard in the speaker TX Save Off Press or Press and hold the assigne
3. the ra dio on J Turn the top panel s CH selector knob to choose the desired oper ating channel J Rotate the VOL PWR knob to set the volume level If no signal is present press and hold in the Soft key assigned to MONITOR for more than seconds background noise will now be heard and you may use this to set the VOL PWR knob for the desired audio level Accessories amp Options FNB 64 7 2 V 700 mAh Ni Cd Battery FNB V57 7 2 V 1100 mAh Ni Cd Battery FNB V57IS Intrinsically Safe 7 2 V 1100 mAh Ni Cd Battery FNB V67LI 7 4 V 1600 mAh Lithium Ion Battery FBA 25A Alkaline Battery Case NC 77B 120 VAC Overnight Desktop Charger NC 77C 220 240 VAC Overnight Desktop Charger NC 77U 230 VAC Overnight Desktop Charger VAC 800 Desktop Rapid Charger for FNB 64 V57 V57IS VAC 810 Desktop Rapid Charger for FNB V67LI VAC 6800 6 unit Multi Charger MH 45e48 s Speaker Microphone MH 37a48 Earpiece Microphone VC 25 VOX Headset VCM 1 Mobile Mounting Bracket for VAC 800 810 CT 42 PC Programming Cable CT 27 Radio to Radio Programming Cable CE64 Programming Software VTP 50 VX Trunk Unit FVP 25 Encryption DTMF pager Unit FVP 35 Encryption Unit Rolling code voice scrambler DVS 5 Voice Storage Unit ATV 8A VHF Antenna 134 151 MHz Stubby ATU 8B VHF Antenna 150 163 MHz Stubby ATU 8C VHF Antenna 161 174 MHz Stubby ATV 6XL VHF Antenna 134 174 MHz Untuned ATU 6C UHF Antenna 440 470 MHz ATU 6D UH
4. 20 F Seaview Centre 139 141 Hoi Bun Road Kwun Tong Kowloon Hong Kong Key Functions The VX 420E series provides programmable A B C and D function keys and both the VX 410E series and VX 420E series provide programmable Side 1 and 2 switchs These Soft keys functions can be customized set to other functions via programming by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer to meet your communications network requirements Some features may require the purchase and installation of optional internal acces sories The possible Soft key programming features are illus trated below and their functions are explained in the next chap ter For further details contact your VERTEX STANDARD dealer For future reference check the box next to each function that has been assigned to the Soft key on your particular radio and keep it handy Function A B C D Side 1 Side 2 Monitor Squelch Off Low Power Lock Lamp Channel Up Channel DownX Scan Follow Me Scan Dual Watch Talkaround Add Delx Reset Speed Dial Tx Save Off Call 1 Call 2 Call 3 Code Select Code Upx Code Down Emergency Play Record Encryption Lone Worker X VX 420E series only Description of Operating Functions Monitor Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key momentarily to disable the Tone squelch Squelch Off Press or Press and hold the a
5. F Antenna 450 490 MHz MDC1200 Digital ANI encoder Unit signed to MONITOR for more than 1 seconds or press the MONITOR key twice to quiet the noise and resume normal quiet monitoring J To transmit monitor the channel and make sure it is clear THIS IS AN FCC REQUIRMENT J To transmit press and hold in the PTT switch Speak into the mi crophone area of the front panel grille lower left hand corner in anormal voice level To return to the Receive mode release the PTT switch J If a Speaker Microphone is available remove the plastic cap and its two mounting screws from the right side of the trans ceiver then insert the plug from the Speaker Microphone into the MIC SP jack secure the plug using the screws supplied with the Speaker Microphone Hold the speaker grille up next to your ear while receiving To transmit press the PTT switch on the Speaker Microphone just as you would on the main transceiver s body Note Save the original plastic cap and its mounting screws They should be re installed when not using the Speaker Microphone 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 OLB U K VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD Unit 5
6. TRANSCEIVER Brand Name VERTEX STANDARD Model Number VX 414E 1 5 VX 424E 1 5 VX 414E 2 5 VX 424E 2 5 VX 417E 1 5 VX 427E 1 5 VX 417E 2 5 VX 427E 2 5 VX 417E 3 5 and VX 427E 3 5 Manufacturer Vertex Standard Co Ltd Address of Manufacturer 4 8 8 Nakameguro Meguro ku Tokyo 153 8644 Japan EU EFTA member states intended for use EU Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg The Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden United Kingdom EFTA Switzerland Iceland Liechtenstein Member states with restrictive use is tested to and conforms with the essential requirements for protection of health and the safety of the user and any other person and ElectroMagnetic Compatibility as included in following standards Applicable Standard EMC Standard EN 301 489 1 2002 EN 301 489 5 2002 Safety Standard EN 60065 1998 Radio Standard EN 300 086 2 2001 and therefore complies with the essential requirements and provisions of the Directive 1999 5 EC of the European Parliament and of the council of March 9 1999 on Radio equipment and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity and with the provisions of Annex Ill Conformity Assessment procedure referred to in article 10 The technical documentation as required by the Conformity Assessment procedures is kept at the following address Company Yaesu Europe B V Address 1118 ZN Schiphol The Net
7. d Soft key to disable the Transmit Battery Saver if you are operating in a location where high power is almost always needed The Transmit Battery Saver helps extend battery life by reducing transmit power when a very strong signal from an apparently nearby station is being received Under some circumstances though your hand held radio may not be heard well at the other end of the communication path and high power may be neces sary at all times Call 1 2 3 Reset When the 2 tone or 5 Tone selective calling unit is installed press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to silence the receiver and reset for another call when a communication is finished Code Select Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to enable the changing the 5 Tone Paging code which is recalled by the Call 1 key Code Up Down Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to switch to a higher or lower paging code number for the 5 Tone Paging System Emergency The VX 410E 420E series includes an Emergency feature which may be useful if you have someone monitoring on the same frequency as your transceiver s channel For further details contact your VERTEX STANDARD dealer Group Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to select a A or B group of channels Once the desired Group is reached rotate the CH knob to select the desired channel within the selected Group ACC 1 2 When the optional unit
8. herlands Technical Construction File Issued by Vertex Standard Co Ltd Tokyo Japan File No TA000093 26 February 2004 Drawn up in Schiphol The Netherlands Date 27th Febru 04 al Name and position f Manager List of the practicable area QAUT QBEL QDNK OFIN QFRA QDEU AGRC OISL QIRL QITA QLIE QLUX ONLD QNOR OPRT DESP OSWeE OCHE OGBR C Attention in case of use This transceiver works on frequencies which are not gener ally permitted For frequency allocation apply for a licence at your local spectrum management authority For actual usage contact your dealer or sales shop in order to get your transceiver adjusted to the allocated frequency range
9. inds a channel on which someone is speaking J To stop scanning Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key Operation will revert to the channel to which the CH knob is set Follow Me Scan Follow Me Scan feature checks a User assigned Priority Chan nel regularly as you scan the other channels Thus if only Chan nels 1 3 and 5 of the 8 available channels are designated for Scanning the user may nonetheless assign Channel as the User assigned Priority Channel via the Follow Me feature Press the assigned Soft key to activate Follow Me scanning then turn the CH selector knob to the channel which you want to designate as the User Assigned Priority Channel When the scanner stops on an active channel the User assigned Priority Channel will automatically be checked every few seconds Dual Watch The Dual Watch feature is similar to the Scan feature except that only two channels are monitored the current operating chan nel and the Priority channel J To activate Dual Watch Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key The scanner will search the two channels it will pause each time it finds a channel on which someone is speaking J To stop Dual Watch Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key Operation will revert to the channel to which the CH knob is set Talk Around Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to activate the Talk Around feature when you are
10. is installed these functions are various uses For further details contact your VERTEX STANDARD dealer 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 or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to toggle the recording feature on and off If the incoming signal is being heard through the speaker when the recording feature is set to on the received audio will be recorded The last 2 minutes of incoming audio will be stored on a first in first out basis Playback Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to start playback During playback pressing then key lets you jump forward 8 seconds while pressing the gt k key lets you go back 8 seconds To stop playback before the stored message is complete press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key Encryption When the Voice Scrambler feature is enabled pressing the as signed Soft key of the Encryption toggles the Scrambler on and off Lone Worker Press and hold the assigned Soft key to toggle the Lone Worker feature on and off The Lone Worker feature perform to emit an alarm for 30 sec onds at one second interval when the Lone Worker Timer is ex pired If the user does not reset the timer by pressing PTT switch the radio switchs to the Emergency modo ARTS Auto Rande Transpond S
11. ssigned Soft key to disable the Noise and Tone squelch Again press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to resume normal quiet Noise and Tone squelch action Low Power Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to set the radio s transmitter to the Low Power mode thus extending battery life Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key again to return to High Power operation when in difficult terrain When the radio s transmitter is set to Low Power mode the Low icon will be indicated on the display Lock Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to lock the Soft keys except Lock key thus the A B C and D keys can be disabled to prevent radio settings from being disturbed Lamp Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to illuminate the LCD for five seconds Channel Up Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to switch to a higher operating channel number Channel Down Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key to switch to a lower operating channel number Scan The Scanning feature is used to monitor multiple channels pro grammed into the transceiver While scanning the radio will check each channel for the presence of a signal and will stop on a channel if a signal is present J To activate scanning Press or Press and hold the assigned Soft key The scanner will search the channels looking for active ones it will pause each time it f
12. tery and recharge the depleted pack The TX BUSY indicator on the top of the radio will blink red when the battery voltage is low J Avoid recharging Ni Cd batteries often with little use between charges as this can degrade the charge capacity We recom mend that you carry an extra fully charged pack with you so the operational battery may be used until depletion this deep cycling technique promotes better long term battery capac ity Display Icons amp Indicators VX 420E Only Call indicator O Scan is activated Priority Scan is activated Receiver Monitor Dual Watch is activated Talk Around is enabled Voice Message received Encryption is enabled Group A Group B NlLowDWOdHHAGP 1 G ACC TA A AR GAN VANI IANI JANI A IANI JANI Priority Channel 8 Character Alpha numeric Display Low Transmit Power Mode ON Operation J Press and hold in the Soft key as Preliminary Steps J Install a charged battery pack onto the transceiver as described previously J Screw the supplied antenna onto the Antenna jack Never at tempt to operate this transceiver without an antenna connected J If you have a Speaker Microphone we recommend that it not be connected until you are familiar with the basic operation of the VX 410E 420E Operation Quick Start J Turn the top panel s VOL PWR knob clockwise to turn on
13. with the following accessory belt clip It must be used ONLY for 1 there is a 4 cm distance from the body during transmitting 2 monitoring pur poses using the speaker only and 3 for carrying pur poses O Always use Vertex Standard authorized accessories Notice There are no owner serviceable parts inside the transceiver All service jobs must be referred to an authorized VER TEX STANDARD Service Representative Consult your Au thorized VERTEX STANDARD Dealer for installation of optional accessories Before You Begin Battery Pack Installation and Removal J To 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 Insert the battery pack into the battery com partment on the back of the radio while tilting the Belt Clip outward then close the Battery Pack Latch until it locks in place with a Click J To remove the battery turn the radio off and remove any pro tective cases Open the Battery Pack latch on the bottom of the radio then slide the battery downward and out from the radio while holding the Belt Clip Caution Do not attempt to open any of the rechargeable Ni Cd packs as they could explode if accidentally short circuited Low Battery Indication As the battery discharges during use the voltage gradually becomes lower When the battery voltage becomes to low substitute a freshly charged bat
14. ystem VX 420E only 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 55 seconds in an attempt to shake hands with the other station If you have out of range for more than two minutes your radio senses that no signal has been receives a ringing beeper will sound and IN RANGE will appear on the LCD If you subse quently move back into range as soon as the other station trans mits your beeper will sound and OUT RANGE will appear on the LCD DTMF Paging System vx 420E only This system allows paging and selective calling using DTMF tone sequences When your radio is paged by a station bearing a tone sequence which matches yours your radio s squelch will open and the alert will sound The three digit code of the station which paged you will be displayed on your radio s LCD S YAESU Radio Communications YAESU EUROPE B V P O Box 75525 1118 ZN Schiphol The Netherlands Tel 31 20 500 52 70 Fax 31 20 500 52 78 Declaration of Conformity Nr YE DOC 2702 04 We the undersigned Company Yaesu Europe B V Address City 1118 ZN Schipol Country The Netherlands Phone number 31 20 500 52 70 Fax number 31 20 500 52 78 certify and declare under our sole responsibility that the following equipment Type of Equipment VHF FM TRANSCEIVER and UHF FM
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