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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

New2001

i2730A

DUAL BAND TRANSCEIVER

i2730E

Summary of Contents for i2730A

Page 1: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL i2730A DUAL BAND TRANSCEIVER i2730E...

Page 2: ...h serious injury or an ex plosion may occur R WARNING Personal injury fire hazard or electric shock may occur CAUTION Equipment damage may occur NOTE Recommended for optimum use No risk of personal in...

Page 3: ...his could cause a fire or damage the transceiver R WARNING NEVER reverse the DC power cable polar ity when connecting to a power source This could damage the transceiver R WARNING NEVER cut the DC pow...

Page 4: ...operate the transceiver with out running the vehicle s engine When the transceiver s power is ON and your vehicle s engine is OFF the vehicle s battery will soon become exhausted Make sure the transc...

Page 5: ...4 Setting the temporary skip function 44 6 PRIORITY WATCH 45 Priority watch 45 VFO and a Priority channel 46 VFO and a Memory Bank scan 47 7 REPEATER AND DUPLEX OPERATIONS 48 Repeater operation 48 Dup...

Page 6: ...the VFO mode push to select the Memory mode p 23 In the Memory mode push to select the Weather chan nel mode p 23 Weather channels are selectable in only the USA version Hold down for 1 second to sele...

Page 7: ...o display the Memory entry screen p 31 1 MENU LOCK KEY MENU Push to enter the MENU mode Hold down for 1 second to turn the Lock function ON or OFF Controller Display q MAIN ICON Displayed on the MAIN...

Page 8: ...the VOX function is ON 4 MEMORY MODE ICON p 29 Displayed while in the Memory mode 5 S RF METER Displays the relative signal strength of the receive signal Displays the output power level of the transm...

Page 9: ...next tree level or to set the option or value in the MENU mode pp 11 30 9 LEFT RIGHT KEYS In the MENU mode p 11 Push to go back the previous tree level Push to go to the next tree level While enterin...

Page 10: ...CKET DC 13 8V Connect a 13 8 V DC power source through the supplied DC power cable y EXTERNAL SPEAKER JACK 2 SP2 u EXTERNAL SPEAKER JACK 1 SP1 Connect an 8 ohm external speaker See the following list...

Page 11: ...unction ON or OFF p 25 t HOME CALL KEY Push to select the Home channel Hold down for 1 second to turn the Call channel mode ON or OFF y MAIN DUAL KEY Push to set the MAIN band to either the right band...

Page 12: ...for M on the display 7 0 to 9 KEYS Push to input a frequency or DTMF codes 0 through 9 Setting frequency and Memory channel D D Example for setting the frequency First push VFO MR to select the VFO m...

Page 13: ...ng scanning The selected frequencies are temporarily skipped for faster scanning MODE Push to change the operating mode LOW Push to change the transmit power level DUP Push to turn the Duplex mode ON...

Page 14: ...DUP T TONE 0 000 59 995 67 0 254 1 67 0 254 1 023 754 BOTH N TN RR TR RN BOTH R OFFSET R TONE C TONE TBURST CODE DTCS P OFF ON SCAN PRIO PAUSE RESUME TEMP P SKIP B LINK P EDGE P LINK PLINK0 9 LINK NAM...

Page 15: ...PN MSG NAME AIR CH ID FREQ 1 10 5SEC 10SEC OFF AT OFF AT 1 3 1 4 OFF ON OFF ON SOUNDS BEEPLV KEY B HOME B EDGE B STOP B SUBMUT OFF MUTE BEEP MUT BP OFF ON OFF ON 0 9 OFF ON OFF ON HOMECH SET FRQ SET C...

Page 16: ...to the next tree level Pushing D also goes to the next tree level To return to the default setting Hold down MR CALL after doing step r Rotate DIAL t t S to select the desired value Selectable values...

Page 17: ...ness level Priority scan Starts or stops the Priority scan Pause timer Sets the scan pause time When receiving signals the scan pauses according to the scan pause timer Resume timer Sets the scan resu...

Page 18: ...elects the scan pause time When receiving signals the scan pauses according to the scan pause timer Resume timer Selects the scan resume time from a pause after the received sig nal disappears Tempora...

Page 19: ...uelch delay Set the squelch delay to prevent repeated opening and closing of the squelch when receiving the same signal Fan control Sets the cooling fan control operation Dial speed up Sets to automat...

Page 20: ...he transceiver s unique CI V hexadecimal address code CI V baud rate Sets the CI V data transfer speed CI V transceive Turns the CI V Transceive function ON or OFF IF exchange Sets to exchange the Int...

Page 21: ...nnel in the VFO mode or Memory mode Setting Sets a displayed frequency and operating mode for AIR band as a Home channel Clear Deletes the current Home channel This item does not appear when no Home c...

Page 22: ...push PTT Custom key beep Sets to sound a beep when you push the custom key PLAY FWD RWD Setting items EXMENU mode D D Custom key Sets the key function of the custom key PLAY FWD RWD Initialize Blueto...

Page 23: ...ode setting CODE DTCS polarity setting DTCS P TSQL R Enables the reverse tone squelch function The tone squelch does not open only when you receive a signal that includes a matching tone frequency Aud...

Page 24: ...posed on your normal signal When you receive the tone squelch opens only for a signal that includes a matching tone fre quency Audio is heard DTCS code setting CODE DTCS polarity setting DTCS P Tone...

Page 25: ...RX polarity is Reverse TR RN TX polarity is Reverse RX polarity is Normal BOTH R TX and RX polarity are Reverse Tuning step Default 5 0 When you rotate DIAL in the VFO mode the frequency changes in th...

Page 26: ...Hz select AM or AM N In the AIR band the default mode is AM While in the FM N mode the TX modulation is automati cally set to narrow approximately 2 5 kHz MENU items Continued Pause Timer Default 10SE...

Page 27: ...ME CALL on the sup plied microphone SET FRQ Set the selected VFO frequency as the Home channel frequency SET CH Set the selected Memory channel frequency as the Home channel Home channel Clear Push D...

Page 28: ...y chan nels Push MR CALL S Selects the Memory mode Rotate DIAL S to select a Memory channel D D Call channel mode You can use the Call channel mode to operate on the Call channels Hold down MR CALL S...

Page 29: ...and The transceiver can receive the AIR 144 MHz or 430 MHz bands You can transmit on only the 144 MHz and 430 MHz bands You can make the selection on either the left or right band regardless of the MA...

Page 30: ...quelch level You can make the setting on either the left or right band regardless of the MAIN band setting Rotate VOL q q S to adjust the audio level You can change the beep level in the BEEPLV Beep L...

Page 31: ...ximately 2 5 kHz Push y y D Sets the selected option and goes back to the previous tree level Push MAIN BAND u u S Exits the MENU mode Transmitting Before transmitting monitor the operating frequency...

Page 32: ...FUNC FUNC MIC G Push e e D Goes to the next tree level Rotate DIAL r r S to adjust the microphone gain level Set higher values to make the microphone more sensitive to your voice Push t t D Sets the s...

Page 33: ...s are selectable on either the left or right band and us able for any operating band C0 C1 Two Call channels C0 144 MHz C1 430 MHz Instantly recalls a specified frequen cy D D Memory channel content T...

Page 34: ...AIR band and C1 is for UHF band Independently selectable on both the left and right bands Hold down MR CALL q q S for 1 second Selects the Call channel mode Rotate DIAL w w S to select a Call channel...

Page 35: ...o back to the previous tree level Rotate DIAL y y S to select channel 11 NOTE If you select a pre entered channel the previous channel content will be displayed You can also select Call channels To se...

Page 36: ...the memory content to another Memory chan nel Select the desired Memory channel to be copied p 29 q q Push MW w w C to display the Memory entry screen Rotate DIAL e e S to select COPY Push r r D Rota...

Page 37: ...l memory channel content has been changed the memory bank content is also changed at the same time For your reference To cancel your entry before assigning to or writing into a Memory bank After enter...

Page 38: ...elect WRITE Push o o D Displays WRITE 0 Rotate DIAL S to select YES 1 Push D Sounds beeps writes the memory content to the bank channel and returns to the VFO mode D D Selecting the Memory bank mode W...

Page 39: ...ring a Memory name When entering a Bank name Selectable characters and symbols A B C D E F G H I J K L M 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Space Push CLR D to delete the selected character...

Page 40: ...ll channel hold down MR CALL S for 1 second to select the Call channel mode Push MW w w C to display the Memory entry screen Rotate DIAL e e S to select CLEAR Push r r D Rotate DIAL t t S to select a...

Page 41: ...P are not scanned p 13 NOTE At least one program scan edge range must be programmed to start a program scan p 38 D D Memory scan p 43 ALL Full memory scan Scans all Memory channels BAND Selected band...

Page 42: ...ed rotate DIAL S to change the scanning direction during a scan When the scan is paused rotate DIAL S to resume the scan D D Tuning step for a VFO scan The selected tuning step is applied to the scan...

Page 43: ...nged in the PAUSE Pause Tim er item or RESUME Resume Timer item of the MENU mode pp 12 21 D D Scan name A desired name can be entered to each Program scan edge p 39 When the scan name is entered it is...

Page 44: ...reen Selectable characters and symbols A B C D E F G H I J K L M 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Space Push CLR D to delete the selected character or symbol When no character or symbol i...

Page 45: ...Selectable value 5 kHz 6 25 kHz 8 33 kHz 10 kHz 12 5 kHz 15 kHz 20 kHz 25 kHz 30 kHz 50 kHz or AUTO Appears only when the AIR band is selected 3 After selecting push D Setting a operating mode 4 NOTE...

Page 46: ...Full scan BAND Band scan P LINK0 9 Program link scan PROG00 PROG24 Program scan DUP Duplex scan p 50 Appears only when duplex is set TONE Tone scan Push V MHz SCAN r r S to start the scan To cancel t...

Page 47: ...ound a beep sounds and no skip channel is set After the skip channel is set the scan resumes e e Setting and clearing the skip frequencies For your reference The skip setting is also cancelled when th...

Page 48: ...cancel the scan push V MHz SCAN t t S D D Memory bank scan A memory bank scan searches through the memory chan nels in the selected bank Two or more memory channels that are not set as skip channels...

Page 49: ...tion temporarily skips up to five unwanted frequen cies during a scan for the set time period without setting the skip frequency This function can be used only when the HM 207 supplied HM 154 optional...

Page 50: ...annel Selecting a Memory channel Receive or scan 5 seconds VFO mode Selected M CH Selecting a Bank channel Selected Bank CH Receive or scan 5 seconds VFO mode Selecting a Call channel CALL CH Receive...

Page 51: ...a signal is received on the Priority channel the icon appears on the display Push u u D Push MAIN BAND i i S Exits the MENU mode The PRIO icon appears and the Priority watch starts To cancel the Prior...

Page 52: ...e icon appears on the display 0 Push D 1 Push MAIN BAND S Exits the MENU mode The PRIO icon appears and the Priority watch starts To cancel the Priority watch select OFF in step o Example Sequentially...

Page 53: ...DIAL r r S to set the receive frequency Repeater output frequency When the Auto Repeater function is turned ON steps i and o are not necessary p 52 Available in only the U S A and Korea versions Hold...

Page 54: ...requency offset is changed the tone or offset for the Auto Repeater function is also changed If the offset value will cause the transmit frequency to be out of the band OFF will appear on the display...

Page 55: ...MHz The selected tuning step in the VFO mode is used when setting the frequency offset Push t t D Sets the selected value and goes back to the previous tree lev el Push MAIN BAND y y S Exits the MENU...

Page 56: ...e Auto repeater function is ON and the op erating frequency is set out of the repeater output frequency range the duplex mode is automatically cancelled Side Side Display Center The C S or D in the in...

Page 57: ...operation Default DUP TONE Turns ON the duplex operation and tone encoder Korean version OFF The Auto repeater function is OFF ON Turns ON the duplex operation and tone encoder Default Push t t D Sets...

Page 58: ...mode e e Rotate DIAL S to select HOMECH Home channel Push r r D Goes to the next tree level Rotate DIAL t t S to select SET FRQ Frequency setting or SET CH Channel setting Frequency setting Channel s...

Page 59: ...y y S to select a desired number to enter a code Blinks Push u u D to move the cursor backwards or push D to move the cursor forwards Push CLR D to delete the selected code and all codes that are loc...

Page 60: ...rs the DTMF Menu mode w w Rotate DIAL S to select TX DTMF Transmit Push e e D Displays the DTMF Memory Selection screen r r Rotate DIAL S to select DIRECT DTMF Direct input Push t t D Enters the DTMF...

Page 61: ...illisec onds per code 1 character per second Push MAIN BAND t t Exits the DTMF Menu mode Tone Squelch function The squelch opens only when you receive a signal containing a matching subaudible tone in...

Page 62: ...tone is superimposed on your normal signal When you receive the DTCS squelch opens only for a signal that includes a matching DTCS code and polarity Audio is heard DTC TSQ When you transmit the selec...

Page 63: ...tree level Push MAIN BAND y y S Exits the MENU mode Side Side Display Center The C S or D in the instructions indicate the area of the controller C Center S Side D Display D D Setting the Repeater To...

Page 64: ...larity Push MENU q q C Enters the MENU mode w w Rotate DIAL S to select DTCS P DTCS Polarity Push e e D Goes to the next tree level Rotate DIAL r r S to select a desired DTCS polarity Selectable optio...

Page 65: ...n an alert signal is detected WX and ALT are al ternately displayed and a beep sounds until you change the operating mode or weather channel turn OFF the Weather Alert function or turn OFF the transce...

Page 66: ...the master and sub transceivers 1 Select a master transceiver to send data to a sub transceiver Connect them as shown below Turn OFF the master and sub transceivers q q Connect the OPC 474 w w cloning...

Page 67: ...to select YES 7 Push D Enters the Clone master mode Side Side Display Center The C S or D in the instructions indicate the area of the controller C Center S Side D Display 8 Push D Displays CLONE OUT...

Page 68: ...ng the MBA 4 combination bracket you can unify the controller and the main unit Unplug the 6 pin connector from the controller and the q q main unit Attach the MBA 4 to the controller w w s rear panel...

Page 69: ...n AC outlet DC power supply 13 8 V Fuses 15 A Red Black See page 69 for a car battery connection Installing the controller D D When installing into your vehicle You can install the controller on the d...

Page 70: ...t tighten the adjustment knob MBA 5 Lock knob Adjustment knob Locking head MBF 1 Guide D D Attaching to a flat surface You can install the controller on a flat surface with the optional MBA 5 1 contro...

Page 71: ...te controller installation Controller DC power cable Battery 12 V Controller cable Main unit Main unit installation D D Using the mounting bracket You can install the main unit on the dashboard or the...

Page 72: ...nnection D D About Coaxial cable For radio communications the antenna is of critically impor tance along with output power and receiver sensitivity Select a well matched 50 antenna and coaxial cable f...

Page 73: ...because vehicle s electric components such as the inverter system generate a lot of electrical noise DO NOT use a cigarette lighter socket as a power source when operating in a vehicle The plug may ca...

Page 74: ...NSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS CONNECTING TO A VEHICLE BATTERY NOTE Use terminals for the cable connections Crimp Solder Supplied DC power cable red black 12 V battery Grommet Connecting to a battery Con...

Page 75: ...4 ft OPC 440 mic extenstion cable Cable length 5 0 m 16 4 ft OPC 647 mic extenstion cable Cable length 2 5 m 8 2 ft CS 2730 cloning software Free download software OPC 474 cloning cable Allows data c...

Page 76: ...10 me ters 32 8 ft The Bluetooth communication range may vary depending on the environment in which the device operates Microwave ovens or Wireless LANs may cause interference In that case stop using...

Page 77: ...ay damage the transceiver or the UT 133 or cause data lost Turn the transceiver upside down q q Remove the three screws from the bottom of the trans w w ceiver and the four screws from the sides then...

Page 78: ...U EXMEN BT SET BTSET PAIR Push u u D PAIRING blinks and pairing starts While connecting CONNECTING blinks After the connecting to the headset CONNECTED is dis played Push MAIN BAND i i S Exits the MEN...

Page 79: ...he MENU mode D D Setting the VOX level NOTE We recommend you set the MIC G MIC gain item in EXMENU or the headset s microphone gain level before setting the VOX LV VOX level item in EXMENU Push MENU q...

Page 80: ...onged transmission NOTE While receiving a signal or sounding a beep the transceiver does not switch to transmit even if you speak D D AF Output If the AF OUT AF output item is set to HS SP Headset Spe...

Page 81: ...CUST K p 17 You can assign desired key functions to PLAY FWD and RWD on the VS 3 FWD PLAY RWD Optional VS 3 Bluetooth headset Power Save PoSAVE The Power Save function temporarily disconnects the Blu...

Page 82: ...de Deleting a Bluetooth device from the pairing list You can delete a Bluetooth device from the pairing list Before deleting a connected Bluetooth device disconnect it Push MENU q q C Enters the MENU...

Page 83: ...All reset the Bluetooth set tings returns to their factory defaults However the device name and pairing connection information remain Push MENU q q C Enters the MENU mode w w Rotate DIAL S to select...

Page 84: ...FM N A3E AM AM N RX only No of memory channels 1000 channels No of program scan channels 25 channels 2 edge frequencies in each channel No of call channels 2 channels Antenna connector SO 239 Antenna...

Page 85: ...1st IF 38 85 MHz 2nd IF 450 kHz B band 1st IF 46 35 MHz 2nd IF 450 kHz Sensitivity except spurious points Amateur bands FM FM N 12 dB SINAD 0 18 V Except Amateur bands FM FM N 12 dB SINAD 0 32 V 137 0...

Page 86: ...ush MENU q q C Enters the MENU mode w w Rotate DIAL S to select PART Partial reset MENU EXMENU EXMEN OTHERS OTHER RESET RESET PART Push e e D Displays RESET Rotate DIAL r r S to select YES Push t t D...

Page 87: ...ep In this case the transceiver may be damaged If damage occurs contact your nearest Icom Dealer or Service Center Spurious signals Spurious signals may occur at some frequencies These are created in...

Page 88: ...al speaker is not connected The audio is muted Rotate VOL S clockwise to obtain a suitable listening level Rotate SQL S to 12 o clock position to open the squelch Turn OFF the Tone squelch Correct the...

Page 89: ...ogrammed scan does not start The VFO mode is not selected The same frequencies are entered into the scan edges Push V MHz SCAN S to select the VFO mode Enter different frequencies into the scan edg es...

Page 90: ...rmful interference in a residential instal lation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmf...

Page 91: ...onnecting from a Bluetooth device 77 Headset settings AF Output 75 VS 3 headset 76 VOX function 74 Pairing with a headset 73 Resetting the installed Bluetooth unit 78 The maximum number of paired devi...

Page 92: ...y 54 E Electromagnetic Interference 71 EXMENU 12 Bluetooth items 16 Display items 15 DUP TONE items 13 Function items 14 Home channel items 16 Mode and Tuning step items 12 Other items 17 Scan items 1...

Page 93: ...ing the Memory bank mode 33 Memory write into a Memory or Call channel 30 Writing into a blank channel 30 Writing into the selected channel 30 MENU mode 9 EXMENU 12 MENU items 18 MENU mode constructio...

Page 94: ...Partial Reset 81 Resetting the installed Bluetooth unit 78 S Scan function 36 Bank link scan 36 Bank scan 36 Entering scan edges 38 VFO scan 36 Full bank scan 36 Full scan 36 Program link scan 36 Prog...

Page 95: ...Tuning step for a VFO scan 37 Selecting a tuning step 25 Selecting the 1 MHz tuning 24 U UT 133 70 72 Installing 72 V VFO mode 23 VFO mode scan 41 VFO scan 36 VFO scan and a Memory Bank scan 47 VFO s...

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