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• Basic instructions
Instructions for the basic operations, the same as this man-

ual

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Instructions for the advanced operations and more details

are described than in this manual

• HAM radio Terms
A glossary of HAM radio terms
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Instructions for the CS-51 cloning software installation and

use

• CS-51 Installer
Installer for the CS-51 cloning software
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Starting the CD

ABOUT THE SUPPLIED CD

Insert the CD into the CD drive.

• Double click “Autorun.exe” on the CD.
• Depending on the PC setting, the Menu screen shown

below is automatically displayed.

Click the desired button to open the file.

• To close the Menu screen, click [Quit].

A PC with the following Operating System is required.

• Microsoft

Windows

Microsoft

Windows

, Microsoft

Windows Vista

or Microsoft

Windows

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CS-51

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Advanced
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CS-51
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Summary of Contents for ID-51A

Page 1: ...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 F...

Page 2: ...STAR Easy to QSO to the world Easy call sign entry with the Repeater list orTX RX History Call Sign Capture key makes call sign capture easy Easy Desti nation To setting Worldwide communication This k...

Page 3: ...JA3YUA as your own call sign into the MY call sign memory MY1 Hold down q q for 1 second to turn ON the power Hold down for 1 second to turn OFF power After the opening message and power source volta...

Page 4: ...ace Push i i D pad to move the cursor to the second digit NOTE Your call sign must match the call sign registered to your gateway repeater p 4 Repeat steps o o u and i to enter your own call sign of u...

Page 5: ...th a gateway repeater usually one near your home location RX TX Now you can begin using D STAR New users start here In the next step register your call sign to a gateway repeater I can begin using D S...

Page 6: ...all YES NO How to easily reply using the call ing station s call sign Call Sign Capture key Go to page 25 RX History Go to page 21 Making a call in your local area Local area call YES Go to page 27 NO...

Page 7: ...using GPS Go to page 43 RecordingaQSO conversation Go to page 39 Checking your route using the GPS logger function Go to page 45 The destination call sign is al ready programmed YES Go to page 31 NO...

Page 8: ...6 1 access the repeater 17 20 STEP1 Select the DR mode 17 STEP2 Select your Access repeater FROM 17 STEP3 Select the Destination repeater TO 19 STEP4 Check whether you can access the repeater 20 2 HOW...

Page 9: ...icroSD card 39 STEP2 Format the microSD card 40 STEP3 Recording a QSO audio 41 STEP4 Playing back the recorded audio 42 11 GPS operation 43 44 STEP1 Receiving GPS data from the internal GPS receiver 4...

Page 10: ...ating mode Dual watch or Triple watch cannot be made Rapid charging is possible and the charg ing time period is approximately 3 hours with the supplied battery pack Half peri ods of the ID 31A E Buil...

Page 11: ...NT READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and completely before using the transceiver SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL This in struction manual contains basic operating instructions for the ID 51A ID 51E SUPPLIE...

Page 12: ...Insert the CD into the CD drive q q Double click Autorun exe on the CD Depending on the PC setting the Menu screen shown below is automatically displayed Click the desired button to open the file w w...

Page 13: ...best if the microphone is 5 to 10 cm 2 to 4 inches away from the lips and the transceiver is verti cal R WARNING NEVER operate or touch the trans ceiver with wet hands This may result in an electric s...

Page 14: ...waterproof protection However once the trans ceiver has been dropped waterproof protection cannot be guaranteed because of possible damage to the transceiver s case or waterproof seal Only when the B...

Page 15: ...up in the battery such as could occur near fires or stoves inside a sun heated car or in direct sunlight may cause the battery to rupture or catch fire Excessive temperatures may also degrade battery...

Page 16: ...ts the safety protection circuit in the battery will ac tivate causing the battery to stop charging R WARNING DO NOT charge or leave the battery in the bat tery charger beyond the specified time for c...

Page 17: ...t and does not indicate a transceiver malfunc tion D D Spurious signals Depending on the combination of the operating band and mode the Dualwatch or Triple watch operation may generate certain spuriou...

Page 18: ...cond Go to step e FROM is selected This section describes how to check whether or not you can access your local area repeater Access repeater and if your signal is successfully sent to a destination r...

Page 19: ...push D pad Ent Example Hirano If the selected repeater name t t is displayed in FROM on the DR mode screen the ac cess repeater setting is com pleted Completed When you select just the repeater name...

Page 20: ...lect Gateway CQ and then push D pad Ent Push D pad e e to select the repeater group where your destination repeater is listed and then push D pad Ent Example 11 Japan Push D pad r r to select your de...

Page 21: ...cond to access the repeater If you get a reply call or UR w w appears on the LCD within 3 seconds your signal reached your access repeater and your call was successfully sent from your destination rep...

Page 22: ...wn q q for 1 second The RX HISTORY screen is displayed D pad Ent Push D pad w w to view other RX history NOTE If you push D pad Ent while in the RX HISTORY screen the detailed contents of the RX histo...

Page 23: ...cord with the call sign that you want to save to memory Push D pad Ent and then w w push QUICK Push D pad e e to select To Your Memory and then push D pad Ent Push D pad r r to select the call sign th...

Page 24: ...push QUICK to open the input mode selection window Push D pad to select the desired Upper case let ters Lower case letters Numbers or Symbols To enter symbols select and then push D pad Ent to open t...

Page 25: ...push u u D pad Ent Example TOM Push D pad i i to select Add Write and then push D pad Ent Push D pad o o to select YES and then push D pad Ent The saved call sign is displayed on the YOUR CALL SIGN sc...

Page 26: ...kly and easily reply to a received call What is the Call Sign Capture key Holding down the Call Sign Capture key for 1 second sets the last received station call sign as a temporary destination and ma...

Page 27: ...ct another call sign in the RX history rotate DIAL while holding down When a received signal is weak DR mode scanning or the power save is ON the call sign may not be received correctly In that case a...

Page 28: ...nd then push D pad Ent Push D pad w w to select Re peater List and then push D pad Ent D pad Ent STEP 1 Set FROM Access repeater Push D pad e e to select the repeater group where your access repeater...

Page 29: ...ansmit While holding down PTT speak at your normal voice level Transmitting JA3YUA this is JG3LUK Hello how are you JG3LUK Communication example for a Local area call JA3YUA JA3YUA listening on JP3YHH...

Page 30: ...q to select FROM and then push D pad Ent Push D pad w w to select Re peater List and then push D pad Ent D pad Ent STEP 1 Set FROM Access repeater Push D pad e e to select the repeater group where you...

Page 31: ...select the repeater group where your destination repeater is listed and then push D pad Ent Example 11 Japan Push D pad r r to select the destination repeater and then push D pad Ent Example Hamacho43...

Page 32: ...ow where the station is you can make a call using call sign routing Push D pad q q to select FROM and then push D pad Ent Push D pad w w to select Re peater List and then push D pad Ent D pad Ent STEP...

Page 33: ...e holding down PTT speak into the microphone at your normal voice level Transmitting Push D pad e e to select the destination station and then push D pad Ent Example TOM JG3LUK this is JM1ZLK Hello ho...

Page 34: ...e frequen cies for your operating area ABC park What is a Simplex Call A simplex call is a direct call to another station not using a repeater JG3LUK calling at ABC park JG3LUK calling at ABC park Pus...

Page 35: ...e TO SELECT screen to set TO to CQCQCQ STEP 2 Hold down PTT to transmit While holding down PTT q q speak at your normal voice level The TX RX indicator lights red The S RF meter shows the transmit out...

Page 36: ...uccessfully sent but no station immediately replied Wait for a while and try again After your call the repeater re plies RX or RPT and the ac cess repeater s call sign Your own call sign MY has not be...

Page 37: ...be made MY call sign has not been registered on a D STAR repeater Register your own call sign MY on a gate way repeater or confirm the registration of the call sign p 4 Position data cannot be re cei...

Page 38: ...y displayed FROM and TO names are automatically programmed as the Memory name Up to 16 alphanumeric charac ters can be programmed for the memory name Hold down S MW q q for 1 second to enter the Selec...

Page 39: ...t the Memory mode appears w w Rotate DIAL to select the stored channel Example 010 DIAL Station A Memory mode screen Stored channel is selected FROM and TO names are automati cally programmed as the M...

Page 40: ...ng the transceiver with the BP 273 battery case and the batteries are near exhaustion When using the transceiver with an external DC power source and the battery pack is not attached then the ex terna...

Page 41: ...croSD card After formatting the display u u automatically returns to the SD CARD menu Push MENU to return to the frequency display q q Turn ON the transceiver appears when the micro SD card is inserte...

Page 42: ...the trans ceiver is recording appears while the record ing is paused Recording is continuous until you manually stop recording or the card becomes full If the recording file s content reaches 2GB the...

Page 43: ...t MENU Voice Memo QSO Recorder Play Files Refer to the menu sequence e e shown directly above and push D pad to select and then push D pad Ent to en ter one or more times until the last screen is disp...

Page 44: ...more times until the last screen is displayed Push D pad r r to select In ternal GPS t t Push MENU to exit the Menu screen The GPS icon blinks when re ceiving data as illustrated be low and stops bli...

Page 45: ...then push D pad Ent D pad Ent e e The first MY GPS position screen appears 1 5 GPS Position screen MY Contents of the GPS Position screen The top of the compass is North Your course head ing is North...

Page 46: ...level D pad Ent MENU GPS GPS Set GPS Select Refer to the menu sequence e e shown directly above and push D pad to select and then push D pad Ent to en ter one or more times until the last screen is di...

Page 47: ...nction is turned ON the trans ceiver continuously stores the position data from the GPS receiver even if the transceiver is rebooted To can cel this function turn the function OFF While this function...

Page 48: ...al microphone can also be recorded Depending on the microSD card capacity you may continuously record up to a maximum of about 37 hours If the file size exceeds 2 GB a new file is automatically create...

Page 49: ...TAR events See the PDF type Advanced Instruction s Section 17 for details Hold down SPCH for 1 second to audibly announce the displayed frequency and operating mode or call sign You will know it witho...

Page 50: ...w Memory channel contents Scan Edge contents Call channel contents Call sign memories Message data DTMF memory contents GPS Memory contents Repeater list BC Radio Memory BE CAREFUL An All reset clears...

Page 51: ...2001 14 RESETTING The Partial Reset dialog r r appears Push D pad t t to select Yes and then push D pad Ent The transceiver displays PAR TIAL RESET then the partial reset is completed Default screen S...

Page 52: ...t harmful 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 h...

Page 53: ...15 Communication example For Gateway call 30 For Local area call 28 With a destination station 32 Country code list 51 D Destination repeater TO setting 19 DR mode Selection 17 E Explicit definitions...

Page 54: ...7 Voice TX function 48 N New functions 47 Speech function 48 Voice Recorder function 47 Voice TX function 48 Temporary Skip function 48 Two band monitoring plus BC Radio 47 P Partial reset 49 Playing...

Page 55: ...rious signals 16 Stop recording 41 Supplied accessories 10 Supplied CD 11 Starting the CD 11 T Table of contents 7 Temporary Skip function 48 Text entry 23 Keys used for input 3 Two band monitoring pl...

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