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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is

subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause

harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference

received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

WARNING:

MODIFICATION OF THIS DEVICE TO RECEIVE CEL-

LULAR RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICE SIGNALS IS PROHIBITED

UNDER FCC RULES AND FEDERAL LAW.

BASIC MANUAL

New2001

ID-5100A

DUAL BAND TRANSCEIVER

ID-5100E

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Summary of Contents for ID-5100A

Page 1: ...ference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation WARNING MODIFICATION OF THIS DEVICE TO RECEIVE CEL LULAR RADIOTELEPHONE SERVIC...

Page 2: ...ur NOTE Recommended for optimum use No risk of personal injury fire or electric shock IMPORTANT READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and completely before using the transceiver SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL...

Page 3: ...ible for accuracy and maintenance of the system Any changes by the Department may affect the accuracy and function of the GPS system When the GPS receiver is activated please do not cover the remote c...

Page 4: ...the touch screen be careful not to push it too hard or scratch it with finger nails Otherwise you may damage the touch screen D D Touch operation Short touch If the display is touched briefly one sho...

Page 5: ...n D STARsettingscan easily be made Home CH selection Selects the Home CH that you set in the QUICK Menu Home CH setting Displays the Menu screen kHz tuning selection Tuning step selection Displays the...

Page 6: ...aller for Adobe Reader ABOUT THE SUPPLIED CD D D Starting the CD Insert the CD into the CD drive q q Double click Menu exe on the CD Depending on the PC setting the Menu screen shown below is automati...

Page 7: ...our ears reduce the volume level or discontinue use R WARNING NEVER connect the transceiver to an AC outlet This may pose a fire hazard or result in an electric shock R WARNING NEVER connect the trans...

Page 8: ...DO NOT place the transceiver against walls or putting anything on top of the transceiver This will obstruct heat dissipation Place the transceiver in a secure place to avoid inadvertent use by childre...

Page 9: ...ing band 13 Direct frequency input 14 Selecting the Mode and the DR function 15 Transmitting 16 Selecting the operating mode 17 Lock function 17 Home channel function 18 Speech function 18 3 MEMORY MA...

Page 10: ...Checking your GPS position 59 7 MENU SCREEN 61 78 Menu item selection 61 Menu items and Default settings 62 8 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS 79 84 Connect controller to main unit 79 Microphone connectio...

Page 11: ...g a DV signal on the MAIN band DV mode audio from the SUB band will be muted See Section 7 of the Full Manual for details D PRS enables the transceiver to transmit or receive the Ob ject Item or Weath...

Page 12: ...NAGE MEMORY screen You can view the contents on a list p 19 You can easily import and export the repeater list p 53 An SD card is required You can enter FM repeater data using the DR function The func...

Page 13: ...s you to use a variety of Bluetooth products See Section 15 of the Full Manual for details Bluetooth VS 3 Android device third party 7 Calling through a reflector When you link to a reflector you can...

Page 14: ...and Controller Front panel e MAIN UNIT CONNECTOR Connect the controller to the Main unit using the supplied control cable p 79 r TUNING DIAL DIAL In the VFO mode rotate to select the operating fre que...

Page 15: ...is displayed while the Pocket Beep func tion with CTCSS is ON TSQL is displayed while the Tone squelch function is ON DTCS S is displayed while the Pocket Beep func tion with DTCS is ON DTCS is displ...

Page 16: ...iver that has the optional UT 133 Blue tooth unit installed and the optional VS 3 Bluetooth head set and the VOX function is ON u EMR BK Packet Loss Auto Reply ICON EMR is displayed when you select th...

Page 17: ...MEMORY ICON p 15 Displayed when the Memory mode is selected 8 S RF METER Section 2 of the Full Manual Displays the relative signal strength of the receive signal Displays the output power level of th...

Page 18: ...Memory modes w CALL Touch to turn the Call channel mode ON or OFF e MW Touch to open the Memory Write window In the VFO mode or the DR screen touch for 1 second to store the operating data into the bl...

Page 19: ...Displayed only when in the DV mode 6 RX CS Touch to open the RX CS screen Touch for 1 second to set the received station call sign as the destination UR call sign 7 CD Touch to open the RX HISTORY sc...

Page 20: ...egin transmit ting or continuously rotates from power ON y DATA JACK DATA Connect a PC through the optional data communication cable for cloning or low speed data communication in the DV mode Section...

Page 21: ...when the HM 207 is connected 4 PTT PTT input Ground for trans mission 5 MIC E Microphone ground 6 MIC Microphone input 7 GND PTT ground 8 DATA IN When the HM 207 is connected inputs HM 207 data Micro...

Page 22: ...UB bands Hold down for 1 second to toggle between the Dual watch and Single watch modes u F 1 KEY Push to activate the preprogrammed function of the F 1 key Default During RX Standby BAND BANK During...

Page 23: ...reen push to delete a num ber When entering a DTMF code push to input 6 M KEY In the frequency entry screen push to input a deci mal point When entering a DTMF code push to input M 7 0 to 9 KEYS In th...

Page 24: ...ption in the Menu screen p 71 Selecting a tuning step Rotating DIAL changes the frequency in the selected tuning steps The VFO scan uses this step to search for a signal Tuning steps kHz 5 6 25 8 33 1...

Page 25: ...ands instead of the MAIN and SUB bands and you can monitor one of them at a time In the Single watch mode only one of the A or B bands is displayed Touching A or B for 1 second selects the Dualwatch m...

Page 26: ...z 144 MHz 137 000 MHz to 174 000 MHz 430 MHz 375 000 MHz to 550 000 MHz The ranges may differ depending on the transceiver version D D Operating band setting Touch the Memory channel number q q Opens...

Page 27: ...ting window Touch F INP r r Opens the frequency entry window Touch the numbers to enter the desired frequency t t The first entered digit is displayed to the left Then the next entered digit is displa...

Page 28: ...is used to monitor weather chan nels from the NOAA National Oceanographic and Atmo spheric Administration broadcasts Selectable in only the U S A version transceivers Touch the Memory channel number q...

Page 29: ...ing frequency to make sure transmitting won t cause interference to other stations on the same frequency CAUTION Transmitting without an antenna may damage the transceiver You can transmit on only the...

Page 30: ...ically set to narrow approximately 2 5 kHz While in the DV mode GPS appears in the operating mode setting window and you can select the GPS TX mode When the GPS TX mode is set is displayed Section 8 o...

Page 31: ...n the Memory mode touch Set Channel or while in the DR screen touch Set Repeater Speech function When you push SPEECH the Speech function audibly announces the displayed frequency and operating mode i...

Page 32: ...mes q q Selects the F 1 menu Touch MW for 1 second w w The memory contents are briefly displayed and then the operat ing data are saved into a blank channel Stored data Checking the Memory contents Th...

Page 33: ...MEMORY OPERATION 3 MEMORY OPERATION Touch r r or Displays Channel 5 Touch 005 t t Displays the data in Channel 5 Touch or one or more times to select the page Touch MENU y y Closes the MEMORY CH ALL s...

Page 34: ...ter Easy call sign entry with the Repeater list or TX RX History Call Sign Capture key RX CS makes call sign capture easy 1200 MHz ID 5100A E 144 430 MHz You can communicate with a 1200 MHz D STAR sta...

Page 35: ...eater function With this function you can select the preprogrammed repeater or frequency in FROM the ac cess repeater or simplex and UR call sign in TO destina tion as shown to the right NOTE If the r...

Page 36: ...has a Time Out Timer function for DV operation The timer limits a continuous transmission Warning beeps will sound approx imately 30 seconds before time out and then again immediately before time out...

Page 37: ...elected in step e is displayed on M A cursor appears and blinks Enter the call sign 2 Touch the desired keypad to select the first digit t t Example J A to Z 0 to 9 and Space are selectable Touch ab 1...

Page 38: ...tered call sign and returns to the MY CALL SIGN screen See Convenient below if you want to enter a note Touch the entered call sign o o Sets the call sign to be used as MY call sign 0 Touch MENU Close...

Page 39: ...r a note of up to 4 characters such as the model of the transceiver name area name and so on after your call sign Touch q q one or more times until the cursor moves to the right of the Repeat steps w...

Page 40: ...nnected to the US Trust server There are other systems as well and they have their own registration process For information on how to register on one of them contact the administrator of a repeater th...

Page 41: ...u Register your personal information 3 After your registration is approved log in your personal ac u u count with your registered call sign and password Click Register your D Star equipment 4 Register...

Page 42: ...ample Making a simplex call on 433 450 MHz FROM Simplex channel setting 1 Touch DR q q Check whether or not FROM is selected w w If FROM is not selected touch the FROM field Touch the FROM field e e O...

Page 43: ...he LED1 on the microphone lights red When you make a simplex call in the VFO mode the LCD changes as shown below While transmitting in the DV mode For your reference The simplex frequencies can be cha...

Page 44: ...FROM 1 Touch DR q q Check whether or not FROM is selected w w If FROM is not selected touch the FROM field Touch the FROM field e e Opens the FROM SELECT screen Touch Repeater List r r Opens the REPE...

Page 45: ...Japan 1 Touch your destination repeater Example Hamacho Returns to the DR screen and the selected repeater name is displayed in TO Check whether you can access the repeater 3 2 Hold down PTT for appr...

Page 46: ...icon one or more times q q Selects the D 1 menu Touch CD w w Opens the RX HISTORY screen Touch or one or more times to select other RX history memories The first page of the RX HISTORY screen displays...

Page 47: ...r r Touch QUICK t t Touch Add To Your Memory y y Touch the call sign that you want to save u u Example JM1ZLK The display opens the YOUR CALL SIGN EDIT screen and the call sign is automatically set To...

Page 48: ...sets the last received station call sign as a temporary destination and makes replying quick and easy While receiving When receiv ing a call from JG3LUK Call Sign Capture key Set the received call sig...

Page 49: ...he RX history When a received signal is weak or DR scanning the call sign may not be correctly received In that case you can not capture a call sign Hold down PTT to transmit 2 The LED1 on the microph...

Page 50: ...eater 1 Touch DR q q Check whether or not FROM is selected w w If FROM is not selected touch the FROM field Touch the FROM field e e Opens the FROM SELECT screen Touch Repeater List r r Opens the REPE...

Page 51: ...the TO field again i i Opens the TO SELECT screen Touch Local CQ o o Returns to the DR screen and CQCQCQ is displayed in TO Hold down PTT to transmit 3 The LED1 on the microphone lights red For your...

Page 52: ...d destination repeat er Set FROM Access repeater 1 Touch DR q q Check whether or not FROM is selected w w If FROM is not selected touch the FROM field Touch the FROM field e e Opens the FROM SELECT sc...

Page 53: ...0 Touch the repeater group where your desired destination repeater is listed Example 11 Japan 1 Touch your destination repeater Example Hamacho Returns to the DR screen and the selected repeater name...

Page 54: ...t know where the station is you can make a call using call sign routing Set FROM Access repeater 1 Touch DR q q Check whether or not FROM is selected w w If FROM is not selected touch the FROM field...

Page 55: ...elected Touch the TO field again i i Opens the TO SELECT screen Touch Your Call Sign o o Opens the YOUR CALL SIGN screen 0 Touch the destination station Example TOM Returns to the DR screen and the se...

Page 56: ...er frequency frequency offset or duplex setting Wait until you are closer to the repeater and try again Try to access another repeater p 31 After your call the repeater replies UR and its call sign Th...

Page 57: ...orrectly re ceived When a received signal is weak or a signal is received during scanning the call sign may not be received correctly In that case appears and error beeps sound and a reply call cannot...

Page 58: ...flector your voice can be heard on other repeaters linked to the reflector and you can hear other stations that are connected to the reflector Reflector INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET Access repe...

Page 59: ...T o o The transceiver returns to the DR screen Link to Reflector and REF010BL are displayed in TO 0 Hold down PTT to link to the reflector The LED1 on the microphone lights red Using the TX History Th...

Page 60: ...Hold down PTT to link to the reflector The LED1 on the microphone lights red D D Using a reflector Touch DR q q Check whether or not TO is selected w w If TO is not selected touch the TO field Touch t...

Page 61: ...whether or not TO is selected w w If TO is not selected touch the TO field Touch the TO field e e Opens the TO SELECT screen Touch Reflector r r Opens the REFLECTOR screen Touch Unlink Reflector t t T...

Page 62: ...to verify that your repeater is operating normally Touch DR q q Check whether or not TO is selected w w If TO is not selected touch the TO field Touch the TO field e e Opens the TO SELECT screen Touch...

Page 63: ...ected touch the TO field Touch the TO field e e Opens the TO SELECT screen Touch Reflector r r Opens the REFLECTOR screen Touch t t to select the next page Touch Repeater Information y y The transceiv...

Page 64: ...download firm index html The latest repeater list CSV Comma Separated Values file and settings file ICF file are contained in the downloaded ZIP file File Name 5100_USA_140401 zip Example Depending o...

Page 65: ...other uses p 56 See page 56 and 58 for details on inserting and removing the SD card SD card Transceiver to the external card reader PC Copying the latest repeater list to the SD card 3 r Double clic...

Page 66: ...sceiver from the external card reader PC Icom recommends that you save the current data before loading other data into the transceiver Updating the repeater list 5 u Touch MENU i Touch Repeater list S...

Page 67: ...pears Touch YES Starts to import While importing IMPORTING and a progress bar are dis played 4 After importing ends COMPLETED appears To complete the importing reboot the transceiver For your referenc...

Page 68: ...ting to save NOTE Before using the SD card read the instructions of the SD card thoroughly If you do any of the following the SD card data may be corrupted or deleted You remove the SD card from the t...

Page 69: ...de Front panel Main unit SD card Displayed D D Formatting the SD card If you use a brand new SD card format it by doing the following steps Formatting a card erases all its data Before formatting any...

Page 70: ...ou manually stop recording or the card becomes full If the recording file s content reaches 2GB the transceiver auto matically creates a new file and continues recording Touch the record icon e e The...

Page 71: ...card until a click sounds and then carefully t t pull it out D D Removing the SD card Turn OFF the power q q Push in the SD card until a w w click sounds and then care fully pull it out Front panel M...

Page 72: ...econds to receive But depending on the environment it may take a few minutes If you have difficulties re ceiving we recommend that you try a different location When GPS Select item is set to Manual th...

Page 73: ...M Received position screen RX My position screen MY GPS alarm position screen ALM Touch r r Closes the GPS POSITION screen D D About the GPS Position screen GPS POSITION screen MY Latitude Time Compas...

Page 74: ...go back a level de pending on the selected item D D Entering the Menu screen Example Set the Auto Power OFF function to 30 min Touch MENU q q Touch w w or one or more times to select the page If you...

Page 75: ...ction DTCS Polarity Both N TN RR TR RN or Both R Selects the DTCS polarity for the DTCS squelch or the pocket beep function Digital Code 00 99 Selects a digital code for the Digital Code squelch funct...

Page 76: ...e 00 24 Sets the frequency ranges for the program scan Program Link See the Full Manual for details of the preset values Sets the link function for the program scan edge channels Voice Memo Set the TX...

Page 77: ...eatedly transmits the recorded voice audio at this interval TX Monitor OFF or ON The TX Monitor function outputs the TX voice audio from the speaker during voice transmission TX T1 T4 Repeat TX The tr...

Page 78: ...as a base station Gain 0dB 9dB Selects the antenna gain information to send when using as a base station Directivity Omni 45 NE 90 E 135 SE 180 S 225 SW 270 W 315 NW 360 N Selects the antenna directiv...

Page 79: ...ta Type Live Item Killed Item Selects a item station s status to transmit Symbol Radio Selects a item station s symbol to transmit Comment Enters a item station s comment to transmit Position Sets a i...

Page 80: ...GPS Message Enter a GPS message to be transmitted GPS Information Displays the received GPS information GPS Position Displays your position RX station GPS memory and Alarm positions GPS Memory No Gro...

Page 81: ...use in the DV mode Your Call Sign Blank Stores station call signs Add or edit call signs Repeater List See the Full Manual for details of the preloaded data 01 30 Stores repeater information Add or e...

Page 82: ...DV Data TX PTT or Auto Selects manually or automatically to transmit low speed data Digital Monitor Auto Digital or Analog Selects the DV mode RX monitoring when SQL is held down Digital Repeater Set...

Page 83: ...ng Mode Speech function ON or OFF SPEECH Language English or Japanese Selects either English or Japanese as the desired speech language Alphabet Normal or Phonetic Code Selects the alphabet character...

Page 84: ...ing fan control condition Dial Speed UP OFF or ON Turns the dial speed acceleration ON or OFF Auto Repeater 3 OFF or ON DUP ON DUP TONE Turns the Auto Repeater function ON or OFF Remote MIC Key Select...

Page 85: ...your prefer ence Touch Operation Sub Main Select or Function Select Sets the touch operation on the SUB band display Keyboard Type Ten key Full keyboard Selects the keyboard input type to enter a cal...

Page 86: ...matically turn OFF the transceiver when the controller is disconnected from the transceiver Display Sets the Display options Backlight 1 8 Selects the transceiver backlight option Auto Dimmer OFF Auto...

Page 87: ...F or ON Selects whether or not to display the opening mes sage at power ON Voltage Power ON OFF or ON Selects whether or not to display the voltage of the external DC power source at power ON Display...

Page 88: ...ep function in the DV mode ON or OFF Sub Band Mute OFF Mute Beep or Mute Beep Selects to mute the SUB band audio signal while receiving on the MAIN band and or sound a beep when a signal disappears on...

Page 89: ...n or GPS memory data in the CSV format file CSV Format Separator Decimal Sep Dec 2 Sep Dec or Sep Dec Selects the separator and the decimal character for the CSV format Date yyyy mm dd mm dd yyyy 2 or...

Page 90: ...the microphone input level is higher than this set value the transceiver starts to transmit and the input level is lower than this set value it returns to receive VOX Delay 0 5sec 1 0sec 1 5sec 2 0sec...

Page 91: ...uetooth Device Selects to reset the optional UT 133 Bluetooth unit Others Sets other options Information Voltage Shows the voltage of the external DC power source Version Shows the transceiver s firmw...

Page 92: ...al speaker 2 8 m 9 1 ft Controller Main unit 6 pin connector 6 pin connector Microphone connection Plug in the microphone to the microphone connector on the main unit as shown in the illustration belo...

Page 93: ...truction manual for details MBF 1 Suction pad Base lever Attach the MBA 2 to the controller w w s rear panel with the supplied two screws as shown below Magnet Controller bracket Screw M2 6 8 MBA 2 Sl...

Page 94: ...crew 3 mm d Purchase separately MBA 2 When attaching the bracket onto a wall Installing in a vehicle CAUTION NEVER place the main unit or remote controller where normal operation of the vehicle may be...

Page 95: ...sert the supplied screws nuts and washers through the w w mounting bracket and tighten Adjust the angle for your suitable position e e Nut Spring washer When using self tapping screws Flat washer Moun...

Page 96: ...receive audio Use a rubber grommet when passing the DC power cable through a metal plate to prevent a short circuit Battery connection 30 mm 10 mm Tin 10 mm 1 2 mm solder solder Tin Coupling ring PL 2...

Page 97: ...terminals for the cable connections Crimp Solder Supplied DC power cable red black 12 V battery Grommet RWARNING About DC power supply Make sure DC power cable polarity is correct Red Positive termin...

Page 98: ...FO frequency VFO settings menu contents with out clearing the items below Memory channel contents Scan Edge contents Call channel contents Call sign memories Message data DTMF memory contents GPS Memo...

Page 99: ...ng beep In this case the transceiver may be damaged and contact your nearest Icom Dealer or Service Center Spurious signals Spurious signals may occur at some frequencies These are created in the inte...

Page 100: ...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 101: ...ll channel mode 15 Call sign Enter your call sign into the transceiver 24 Capturing a call sign 35 Register 27 CD About the supplied CD v Starting the CD v Coaxial cable 83 Connection Connect controll...

Page 102: ...n installing to a flat surface 81 L Lock function 17 M MAIN or SUB band selection 12 Menu screen Entering 61 Memory channel Memory mode 15 Memory management 19 Checking the Memory contents 19 Setting...

Page 103: ...rtial Reset 85 S SD card 55 Formatting 56 Inserting 56 Playing recorded audio 58 Removing 58 Recording a QSO audio 57 Speech function 18 Spurious signals 86 Squelch level setting 11 T Table of content...

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