Vertex Standard VX-2200 User's Manual
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1. L L L L Ak L AHA LL LA kL LALALALA AHAH SP SJ SS Ah T SAL LL LALA LE KH HK KH SJ SS SN SJ SJ SPS SJ SI SM SPS SM SY SJ SP ST OS SAL LALA LAAL KH SI SJ SP SN SJ S SP SJ SI SM SPS SM SJ SJ SP ST OS gt oono S noos VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 7 ADVANCED OPERATION Description of Operating Functions MONITOR MONIT 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 assigned programmable key A tone will sound and the current squelch will level appears on the display O Press the W A button to select the desired squelch level O Press this key again A tone will sound and the display will revert to the normal channel indication DIMMER Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to select the brightness level of the display Available selections are four levels CHANN2. VHF Model UHF Model 4 6 Feet 1 4 m INTRODUCTION 7 la UY ET Be I n e F sa The VX 2200 Series are full featured FM transceivers 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 vari ety of applications with a wide range of operating capability provided by their lead ing edge design The 128 channel memories can each be programmed with a 8 character channel name Important channel frequency data is stored in EEPROM and flash memory on the CPU and is easily programmable by dealers using a personal computer and the VER TEX STANDARD Programming Cable and CE82 Software The pages which follow will detail the many advanced features provided on the VX 2200 Series transceiver After reading this manual you may wish to consult with your Network Administrator regarding precise details of the configuration of this equipment for use in your application For North American Users Regarding 406 MHz Guard Ban
3. We Vertex Standard NX 2200 seres OPERATING MANUAL P 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 S023 OLB U K VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD Unit 5 20 F Seaview Centre 139 141 Hoi Bun Road Kwun Tong Kowloon Hong Kong 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 VERTEX STANDARD team Call on us anytime because communications is our
4. In will be displayed again on the LCD for 2 seconds DTMF Paging System Requires the optional FVP 25 Encryption DTMF Pager Unit 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 VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 15 User SET MODE The VX 2200 Series includes a User Set Menu Mode which allows the user to define or configure various settings such as Squelch Display contrast etc To acti vate the User Set Menu Mode O O Select the operation Press the programmable key assigned to the SET function User Set Mode item you wish to change using the P1 P2 keys then use the W A keys to adjust the setting of the selected item Press the P1 or P2 key to store the new configuration Press the programmable key assigned to the SET function to exit to normal DIsPLAY DESCRIPTION SOL Sets the Squelch level BEEP Enables Disables the Key Beeper BELL Enables Disables the Bell function alert tone activated by incoming subaudible CTCSS DCS tone LIGHTING Enables Disables the BUSY TX LED GROUP Select the desired Channel Group SCAN Engages Disengages Scanning same as the progra
5. Jack Connect the microphone plug to this jack P1 P4 Buttons Programmable Function Buttons These buttons can be set up for special applications such as High Low power selection Monitor Talk Around etc as determined by your network require ments and programmed by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer V A Buttons Programmable Function Buttons In the factory default pressing either button changes the current channel and displayed channel number or name Holding in either button for more than 1 5 second causes the radio to begin stepping repeatedly upward or downward through the channels 2 VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL CONTROLS amp CONNECTORS LCD Liquid Crystal Display The display includes a 8 character alpha numeric section showing Channel name tags identity information and error messages and an upper icon row displaying feature status see below TX BUSY Indicator Indicates transceiver s Transmit Receive Status Steady Red Transmitting in progress Steady Green Signaling Off Blinking Green Busy Channel Squelch Off O Scan is activated Priority Scan is activated Call indicator Dual Watch is activated Receiver Monitor Low Transmt Power Mode ON Talk Around is enabled AUX A Port is activated Priority Channel Encryption is enabled Channel Group Number RSSI Indicator four steps Group Scan is enabled 8 Character Al
6. keypad microphone is using The DTMF tones sent during the dial ing sequence will be heard in the speaker PUBLIC ADDRESS Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to use the transceiver as a PA amplifier When you enable this function a tone sounds and PUBLIC A will appear on the display The public address can be used even while scanning and re ceiving a call EXT ACC1 Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to toggle output port on 1 on and off EXT ACC2 Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to toggle output port on 2 on and off Direct CH 1 CH 2 Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to recall the Dealer pre programmed channel directly VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 13 ADVANCED OPERATION AF MIN VR Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to reduce the audio output to the lower level programmed by your Dealer LONE WORKER Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to toggle the Lone Worker feature On and Off The Lone Worker feature is designed to emit an alarm for 30 seconds when the Lone Worker Timer programmed by your Dealer has expired If the user does not reset the timer by pressing the PTT switch the radio switches to the Emergency mode To revive the radio from the Emergency mode just press or press and hold the programmable key which is ass
7. transmission hold the microphone about 1 1 2 to 2 inches away from your mouth Release the PTT switch to receive If the Busy Channel Lockout feature has been programmed on a channel the radio will not transmit when a carrier is present Instead the radio will generate a short beep three times and indicate ERROR on the display Release the PTT switch and wait for the channel to be clear of activity If CTCSS or Digital Coded Squelch DCS Lockout has been programmed on a channel the radio can transmit only when there is no carrier being received or when the carrier being received includes the correct CTCSS tone or DCS code VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 5 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 resume trans mitting you must release the PTT switch and wait for the penalty timer to expire if you press the PTT switch before this timer expires the timer restarts and you will have to wait another penalty period Key Lock In order to prevent accidental frequency change or inadvertent transmission various aspects of the VX 2200 s keys may be locked out To activate
8. EL Up Down Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key generally the W A button to select a different channel within the current group CC Up Down Continuous CH Up Down Press and holding in the assigned programmable key causes the radio to begin step ping repeatedly upward or downward through the channels Group Up Down Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to select a different group of channels 8 VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 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 O Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to activate scanning on the current group O The scanner will search the programmed channels looking for active ones it will pause each time it finds a channel on which someone is speaking O Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key again to disable scan ning Operation will revert to the programmed revert channel Note Your dealer may have programmed your radio to stay on one of the follow ing channels O Current channel Talk Back O Last Busy channel O Priority channel O Scan Start channel SCAN SET Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to delete t
9. ERIES OPERATING MANUAL Basic OPERATION OF THE TRANSCEIVER Important Before turning on the radio the first time confirm that the power con nections have been made correctly and that a proper antenna is connected to the antenna jack Switching Power ON OFF O O Turn the VOL PWR knob turn on the radio The display will become illumi nated Press the V A button to choose the desired operating channel A channel name will appear on the display If you want to select an operating channel from a different group press the PF Programmable Function button which is pro grammed to the Group Up Down feature to select the group you want before selecting the operating channel See page 7 for more information on the Pro grammable Function keys Setting the Volume O Turn the VOL PWR knob clockwise to increase the volume and counterclock wise to decrease it Transmitting O O To transmit monitor the channel and make sure it is clear THIS IS AN FCC REQUIRMENT Press the PF button which is programmed to the Monitor feature to listen for channel activity When receiving a call transmit only after the incoming call ends The radio cannot receive a call and transmit simultaneously Press the PTT switch If the channel is clear the TX BUSY indicator will glow red The radio is now transmitting While holding in the PTT switch speak across the face of the micro phone in a clear and normal voice For best
10. business Let us help you get your message across Notice There are no owner serviceable parts inside the transceiver All service jobs must be referred to an authorized VERTEX STANDARD Service Represen tative Consult your Authorized VERTEX STANDARD Dealer for installa tion of optional accessories SAFETY WARNING INFORMATION WARNING DO NOT operate the VX 2200 radio when any person s by standers outside the vehicle are within the distances shown in the chart at the bottom of this section Safety Training information Antennas used for this transmitter must not exceed an antenna gain of 0 dBd The radio must be used in vehicle mount configurations with a maximum op erating duty factor not exceeding 50 in typical Push to Talk configurations This radio is restricted to occupational use work related operations only where the radio operator must have the knowledge to control the exposure condi tions of its passengers and bystanders by maintaining the minimum separa tion distance shown below Failure to observe these restrictions will result in exceeding the FCC RF ex posure limits Antenna Installation For rear deck trunk installation the antenna must be located at least the fol lowing distance away from rear seat passengers in order to comply with the FCC RF exposure requirements For roof top installations the antenna must be placed in the center of the roof Unsafe Radiation Distance
11. cessories are supplied standard per local requirements others may be unavailable in some regions Check with your VERTEX STANDARD Dealer for changes to this list ate this device Part 15 21 Changes or modifications to this device not expressly ap l proved by Vertex Standard could void the user s authorization to oper l We Vertex Standard 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 oO Printed in Japan 6 4 0603A AE N 1 O o
12. channel Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to initiate an emergency call For further details contact your VERTEX STANDARD dealer RESET Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to reset the RFC Ready for Communication condition or to reset the keypad entry condition Ca 1 To CALL 3 Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to send a 2 Tone or 5 Tone sequential burst which is pre defined DTMF CODE SET Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to start storing the DTMF dialing sequence After completion to enter all DTMF digits you can transmit the codes by pressing the PTT key Cope Up Down Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to select a 2 Tone or 5 Tone encode code from pre defined encode list 12 VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL ADVANCED OPERATION Cope SET Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to change the 5 Tone encodeing digit To change the tones select the desired digit using the P1 P2 keys then change the number using the W A keys SPEED DIAL Your Dealer may have pre programmed Auto Dial telephone number memories into your radio To dial a number press or press and hold the assigned programmable key then press the microphone s key corresponding to the Auto Dial memory number list pro vided by your Dealer if the keypad microphone is using or press the PTT key if the normal without
13. d The U S Coast Guard and National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Admin istration have requested the cooperation of the U S Federal Communications Commission in preserving the integrity of the protected frequency range 406 0 to 406 1 MHz which is reserved for use by distress beacons Do not attempt to program this apparatus under any circumstances for operation in the fre quency range 406 0 406 1 MHz if the apparatus is to be used in or near North America VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 1 CONTROLS amp 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 Al B P TIN D Low DW 3 A HP Ea PA Nana y ERI ER z To E g fa 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
14. he Current Memory channel from the Scanning When you delete a Group or channel SKIP will appear on the LCD for one second after pressing the assigned programmable key To restore a particular channel to your scanning list press or press and hold the as signed programmable key again STOP will appear on the LCD for one second after pressing the assigned programmable key GRoup SCAN The Scanning feature is used to monitor multiple channels programmed into the trans ceiver While scanning the transceiver will check each channel of the programmed group for the presence of the signal and will stop on a channel if a signal is present Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to activate the scanning on the selected groups VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 9 ADVANCED OPERATION Group SCAN SET You may wish to have the Scanner pass through more than one Group during the scanning process normally scanning is performed within the current group only To include the current Group in the scanning loop press or press and hold the as signed programmable key To remove a Group from Group Scan press or press and hold the assigned programmable key again Dual WATCH DW The Dual Watch feature is similar to the SCAN feature except that only two channels are monitored O The current operating channel and O The Priority channel To activate Dual Watch Press or press and hold the ass
15. igned programmable key O 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 O Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key I Operation will revert to the Dual Watch Start channel FoLtLow 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 the assigned programmable key Then press or press and hold the Channel Up Down key gen erally the W LA button to recall to the Scanning Start channel which has been programmed by your dealer to activate the scanner When the scanner stops on an Active channel the User assigned Priority Channel will automatically be checked every few seconds if activity is found on the User assigned Priority Channel the radio will switch between it and the Dealer Assigned Priority Channel if any 10 VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL ADVANCED OPERATION FoLLO0W ME DUAL WATCH DW To set up a Dual Watch frequency pair using the Follow Me feat
16. igned the Emergency feature or turn off the radio HA Horn ALERT Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to turn the Horn Alert function ON or OFF If you receive a call from the base station with 2 Tone 5 Tone or DTMF signaling horn alert will be activated and your vehicles horn will sound When you turn the Horn Alert ON a tone will sound and the HORN ALT will appear on the display Key Lock Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to lock the various aspects of the VX 2200 s keys The precise lockout configuration must be programmed by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer SET Press the assigned programmable key to activate the User Set Menu Mode 14 VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL ADVANCED OPERATION 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 when the radio receives an incoming ARTS signal a short beep will sound and IN SVC In Service will be displayed on the LCD for 2 seconds If you move out of range for more than two minutes your radio senses that no signal has been received a short triple beep will sound and OUT SVC Out of Service will be displayed on the LCD for 2 seconds If you subsequently move back into communication range as soon as the other station transmits a short beep will sound and
17. mmable SCAN key DW Engages Disengages Dual Watch same as the programmable DW key TA Engages Disengages Talk Around same as the programmable TA key ENCRYPT Enables Disables the disabling the Encryption Unit temporarily ENB Enables the disabling the Encryption Unit DIS Disables the disabling the Encryption Unit AF MINVR Sets the minimum Audio Volume level BEEP VR Sets the Beep Volume level CONTRAST Sets the LCD Contrast level DIMMER Sets the brightness of the LCD backlighting X Requires optional unit 16 VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES MH 67as8u MH 25asu MH 64a8 J MD 11asu MLS 100 MLS 200 FP 1023A FVP 25 FVP 36 FVP 35 VME 100 VT60FS VT60F LF 1 VPL 1 CE82 FIF 10A CT 104A Standard Microphone Standard Microphone 16 Keypad Microphone Desktop Microphone External Speaker 12 W Peak Power External Speaker 15 W Peak Power External Power Supply 13 8 VDC 23 A DTMF Paging Voice Inversion Type Encryption Unit Voice Inversion Type Encryption Unit High Level Encryption Unit ANI Encode Unit MDC 1200 GE STAR ANI ENCODE VX trunk Unit w Encryption VX trunk Unit Line Filter Programming Kit Computer to PC PC Programming Software USB Programming Interface Required the Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP Connection Cable for FIF 10A Availability of accessories may vary some ac
18. nsmit 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 the same When the TA function is activated the lel icon will be indicated on the display Note that your dealer may have mode provision for Talk Around channels by pro gramming repeater and Talk Around frequencies on two adjacent channels If so the key may be used for one of the other Pre Programmed Functions VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 11 ADVANCED OPERATION TA SCAN The TA SCAN is one of DW Scan between Rx and Tx frequency It works the Rx channel as priority channel and the radio will always transmit on the Tx Channel if the PTT is pressed in the TA SCAN mode Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to activate deactivate the TA SCAN feature ENCRYPTION OPTION When the Voice Scrambler feature is enabled press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to toggle the voice encryption on and off When the Voice Scrambler feature is activated the SQ icon will be indicated on the display EMERGENCY The VX 2200 series include an Emergency feature which may be useful if you have someone monitoring on the same frequency as your transceiver s
19. pha numeric Display VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 3 CONTROLS amp 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 connector for use with acces sories such as data transmission reception modems and external Channel con trol input etc External Speaker Jack An external loudspeaker may be connected to this 2 contact 3 5 mm mini phone jack Caution Do not connect either wire of this line to ground and be certain that the speaker has adequate capability to handle the audio output 12 W from the radio 4 VX 2200 S
20. the Locking feature press and hold in the P1 key while turning the radio on To disable the Locking feature repeat this power on procedure ADVANCED OPERATION Programmable Function PF Buttons The VX 2200 Series includes six Programmable Function PF Buttons The PF button functions can be customized via programming by your VERTEX STAN DARD dealer to meet your communications network requirements Some features may require the purchase and installation of optional internal accessories The pos sible PF button programming features are illustrated below and these functions are explained on the pages to follow For further details contact your VERTEX STAN DARD dealer For future reference check the box next to the function that has been assigned to each PF button on your particular radio and keep it handy 6 VX 2200 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL ADVANCED OPERATION PF Button Press Key PREss AND Horo KEY P2 P3 P4 MONI SQL OFF SQL SET DIMMER Channel Up Channel Down Continuous Ch Up Continuous Ch Down Group Up Group Down SCAN SCAN SET Group SCAN Group SCAN SET DW Dual Watch Follow Me SCAN Follow Me DW LOW TA Talk Around TA SCAN Encryption Emergency RESET CALL 1 CALL2 CALL3 DTMF CODE SET Code Up Code Down Code SET Speed Dial Public Address EXT ACC1 EXT ACC2 Direct CH 1 Direct CH 2 AF Min Vr Lone Worker HA Horn Alert Key Lock SET X Requires optional unit
21. ure select a channel using the Channel Up Down key generally the W A button Now press or press and hold the assigned programmable key pressing the assigned program mable key locks the current channel as the User assigned Priority Channel Now press or press and hold the Channel Up Down key to select another channel not the Scanning Start channel Your radio will now switch back and forth between the currently selected channel and the User assigned Priority Channel During Follow Me scanning after you have pressed the key you can set up the Dual Watch feature by pressing or press and holding the Channel Up Down key to another channel The radio will then scan back and forth between the original User assigned Priority Channel and the newly selected channel The Priority Channel you have assigned before pressing the key will be retained in memory until you change it Low Power LOW Press or press and hold the assigned programmable key to set the radio s transmit ter to the Low Power mode Press or press and hold the 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 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 tra
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