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BATTERY CHARGING
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External DC power operation
An optional cigarette lighter cable
(CP-12L or CP-19R; for 12 V
cigarette lighter socket)
or external DC power cable
(OPC-254L)
can be used for external power operation.
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Operating note
• Power supply range is between
10.0–16.0 V DC
.
NEVER CONNECT OVER 16 V DC
directly into the [DC IN]
jack of the transceiver.
•
BE SURE
to use
CP-12L
,
CP-19R
or
OPC-254L
when con-
necting a regulated 12 V DC power supply.
Use an external DC-DC converter to connect the transceiver
through optional CP-12L, CP-19R or OPC-254L to a 24 V
DC power source.
• The voltage of the external power supply must be within
10–16 V DC when using either CP-12L, CP-19R or OPC-
254L, otherwise, use the battery pack.
• Up to 5 W
(approx.)
of maximum output power is provided
with the external DC power operation, however, when the
supplied voltage exceeds 14 V, the built-in protection circuit
activates to reduce the transmit output power to 0.5 W
(ap-
prox.)
.
• Disconnect the power cables from the transceiver when not
using it. Otherwise, the vehicle battery will become ex-
hausted.
• The power save function is deactivated automatically during
external DC power operation.
• CP-12L
(Optional)
• CP-19R
(Optional)
• OPC-254L
(Optional)
to cigarette lighter
socket (12 V DC)
to 12 V DC
(power supply)
White:
+
Black:
_
Transceiver
to
[DC IN]