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AUX

Menu 

No.

Display

Description

Setting 

Values

Default 

Setting

525

TIME

Clock time

See 

explanation

526

TIME ZONE

Time zone

UTC + 14:00 ~ 

UTC 

 14:00

UTC

527

DISPLAY 

PARTITION BAR

Display partition bar

OFF/ ON

ON

528

COM PORT 

BAUDRATE

COM terminal baud rate 

speed

9600/ 19200/ 

38400/ 57600 

bps

9600 bps

529

INT. DATA BAND 

(PACKET)

Internal TNC data band 

(PACKET)

A-BAND/  

B-BAND/  

TX:A-BAND RX:

B-BAND/  

RX:A-BAND TX:

B-BANDS

A-BAND

Summary of Contents for TM?D710

Page 1: ...rning symbol means the equipment is subject to restrictions of use in certain countries This equipment is intended for use in all EU countries and CH LI IS and NO and requires a license Only basic operations are explained in this instruction manual For a detailed explanation on the operations refer to the PDF file supplied on the CD ROM TM D710A 144 430 MHz FM DUAL BANDER TM D710A TM D710E ...

Page 2: ...unwanted calls from other stations Writing Conventions Followed in this Manual The writing conventions described below have been followed to simplify instructions and avoid unnecessary repetition Instruction Action Press KEY Momentarily press KEY Press KEY 1s Press and hold KEY for 1 second or longer Press KEY1 KEY2 Press KEY1 momentarily release KEY1 then press KEY2 Press F KEY Press the F key to...

Page 3: ... an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer for technical assistance WHEN CONDENSATION OCCURS INSIDE THE TRANSCEIVER Condensation may occur inside the transceiver in such a case where the room is warmed using a heater on cold days or where the transceiver is quickly moved from a cold room to a warm room When condensation occurs the microcompute...

Page 4: ...ptions not specified by Kenwood u The transceiver is designed for a 13 8 V DC 15 power source Never use a 24 V battery to power the transceiver Check the battery polarity and voltage of the vehicle before installing the transceiver u Use only the supplied DC power cable or a Kenwood optional DC power cable u Do not insert metal objects into the cooling fan u Do not cut and or remove the fuse holde...

Page 5: ...ON PANEL FRONT 8 OPERATION PANEL REAR LEFT 10 Display 12 TX RX UNIT Rear Panel 14 TX RX UNIT Sub Panel 14 Microphone MC 59 15 BASIC OPERATIONS 16 Switching THE Power ON OFF 16 Adjusting the Volume 16 ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH 17 Selecting a BAND 17 SELECTING Dual band mode single band MODE 18 SELECTING A frequency band 19 Selecting an Operating mode 20 VFO Mode 20 Memory Channel Mode 21 Call Channel M...

Page 6: ...TONE CODED SQUELCH SYSTEM CTCSS 05 CTCSS E pdf DIGITAL CODED SQUELCH DCS 06 DCS E pdf DUAL TONE MULTI FREQUENCY DTMF 07 DTMF E pdf EchoLink 08 EchoLink E pdf OTHER OPERATIONS 09 OTHER OPERATIONS E pdf PACKET OPERATION 10 PACKET E pdf APRS 11 APRS E pdf TRANSCEIVER RESET 12 RESET E pdf VGS 1 OPTIONAL OPERATION 13 VGS E pdf CROSS BAND LOCKED BAND OPERATION K TYPE MODELS ONLY 14 CROSS BAND K TYPE E p...

Page 7: ...3452 XX 1 Mounting bracket J29 0628 XX 1 Screw set N99 2055 XX 1 Modular plug cable for PANEL jacks E30 7639 XX 1 Line filter L79 1417 XX 2 Cable with a 2 5 mm 1 10 3 conductor plug for GPS jack E30 3400 XX 1 Base stand J09 0409 XX 1 Panel holder J29 0663 XX 1 Panel bracket J29 0707 XX 1 Fuse 15 A K M4 types F51 0079 XX 1 E type F52 0024 XX 1 Warranty Card K E types only 1 Instruction manual B62 1...

Page 8: ...nstalled at a location separate from your GPS receiver 1 Install the mounting bracket in the vehicle using the supplied self tapping screws and flat washers 4 of each are supplied The bracket can be mounted with the bracket opening facing down for under dash mounting or facing up The bracket must be installed so that the 3 screw slots on the edge of each bracket side are facing the back 2 Position...

Page 9: ...rews 4 Attach the operation panel to the panel holder so that it locks in place n Power Cable Connection Be sure to use a 12 V vehicle battery that has sufficient current capacity If the current to the transceiver is insufficient the display may darken during transmission or the transmit output power may drop excessively Never connect the transceiver to a 24 V battery SEMS screw M4 x 10 mm Panel h...

Page 10: ...ble voltage drop If the power cable must be routed through a hole in the vehicle chassis or body for example in the fire wall at the front of the passenger compartment use a rubber grommet to protect the cable from abrasion Dismantle the fuse holder to pass the cable through the fire wall The entire length of the cable must be dressed so it is isolated from heat moisture and the engine secondary h...

Page 11: ...ections 1 Ensure that the transceiver and DC power supply are both OFF 2 Connect the DC power cable to the regulated DC power supply and ensure that the polarities are correct Red positive Black negative Use the supplied DC power cable to connect the transceiver to a regulated power supply Do not directly connect the transceiver to an AC outlet Do not substitute the cable with smaller gauge wires ...

Page 12: ...ses of the specified type and rating otherwise the transceiver could be damaged Panel jack MIC jack Microphone Operation panel TX RX unit Fuse holder E type Fuse holder K M4 types Fuse Fuse holder Fuse Fuse holder Operation Panel and Microphone Connection Plug the microphone plug to the MIC jack then connect the Operation panel to the TX RX unit with the supplied cable Attach the microphone hanger...

Page 13: ...nterference to nearby broadcast television receivers radio receivers and other electronic equipment u Transmitting without first connecting an antenna or other matched load may damage the transceiver Always connect the antenna to the transceiver before transmitting u All fixed stations should be equipped with a lightning arrester to reduce the risk of fire electric shock and or transceiver damage ...

Page 14: ...l to select a Memory channel Press MR 1s to start Memory scan r Tuning Control Rotate to select an operating frequency or Memory channel change the scan direction etc Press the Tuning control to enter MHz mode while in VFO or Call mode or to toggle the display between the channel name and frequency while in Memory Channel mode Press Tuning control 1s to start MHz scan or Group scan t KEY Press KEY...

Page 15: ...trol Rotate the BAND SEL control to adjust the speaker volume Press the left BAND SEL to select the A band Press the right BAND SEL to select the B band Press BAND SEL 1s to toggle between single and dual band mode 3 SQL Control Rotate the SQL control to adjust the squelch level Clockwise opens the squelch and counterclockwise tightens the squelch 4 TNC Press TNC to turn built in TNC ON and the AP...

Page 16: ...nu mode t F OFF Press F OFF to return Normal mode y T SEL While Tone CTCSS or DCS is ON press T SEL to enter CTCSS or DCS setup mode u SHIFT Press SHIFT to enter Offset Direction selection mode Each time you press SHIFT the offset direction toggles as follows plus direction minus direction 7 6 MHz E type only OFF i MUTE Press MUTE to turn the Mute function ON or OFF o VISUAL Press VISUAL to turn t...

Page 17: ...egistration mode 4 Press to turn the transceiver power ON and OFF OPERATION Panel REAR LEFT q GPS Connect the GPS receiver or the Weather Station to this jack with using supplied cable with a 2 5 mm 1 10 3 conductor plug w COM This terminal is for connecting to a PC Use a PG 5G option cable when connecting the built in TNC to a computer D SUB terminal e Panel jack Connect the TX RX unit to this ja...

Page 18: ...n the Tone function is ON Appears when the CTCSS function is ON Appears when the DCS function is ON Appears when the Shift function is set to plus Appears when the Shift function is set to minus Appears when the Reverse function is ON Appears when the ASC function is ON Blinks when the ASC function is performing an OK check Appears while in AM mode Appears while in FM mode Appears while in Narrow ...

Page 19: ...ting frequency Appears when receiving a busy signal Performs as an S meter when receiving a signal and displays the selected power level while transmitting Appears while transmitting Appears while using the External data band Appears while using the Internal data band Appears when the data terminal is set as 9600 bps Appears when mute function is ON Appears while making a conversation recording Ap...

Page 20: ...nications cable when connecting to the PC voice input output terminal e PC This terminal is for connecting to a PC Use a PG 5G option cable or a PG 5H option serial communications cable when connecting to a computer D SUB terminal r SP SP 1 SP 2 If desired connect 1 or 2 external speakers for clearer audio These jacks accept 3 5 mm 1 8 diameter 2 conductor plugs TX RX UNIT Sub Panel q MIC Connect ...

Page 21: ...also the PF4 key and can be reprogrammed with a programmable function r VFO B Functions the same as the transceiver front panel VFO key This is also the PF3 key and can be reprogrammed with a programmable function t MR C Functions the same as the transceiver front panel MR key This is also the PF2 key and can be reprogrammed with a programmable function y PF D Press to toggle between bands A and B...

Page 22: ... first enter your password before you can operate the transceiver Press the switch again to switch the transceiver OFF Adjusting the Volume Rotate the BAND SEL VOL control of your selected band clockwise to increase the volume and counterclockwise to decrease the volume Note Some functions of this transceiver such as the beep and voice announcements have their own volume settings Adjust those sett...

Page 23: ... Rotate the SQL control of your selected band when no signals are present and select the squelch level at which the background noise is just eliminated Selecting a BAND Press the left BAND SEL control to select band A and the right BAND SEL control to select band B The icon appears at the top of the band on which you are operating and the icon appears at the top of the band on which you are curren...

Page 24: ...as the transmit band Band A is the transmit band and band B is the operating band Band A is both the transmit and operating band SELECTING Dual band mode single band MODE You can switch the transceiver between dual band operation and single band operation by pressing BAND SEL 1s of your selected band Dual band mode ...

Page 25: ...nd When masking a band you are restricted to using only the selectable band When receiving 2 signals on the same band the image interference sensitivity etc performance will decrease Band A 118 144 default 220 300 430 440 MHz Band B 144 220 300 430 440 default 1200 MHz Note u M4 type models do not have the following frequency bands available 118 220 300 or 1200 MHz u E and M4 type models use the 4...

Page 26: ...lso adjust the frequency by using the microphone UP DWN keys The default step frequency for the Tuning control varies according to the type and operating band Type 144 MHz 430 440 MHz K 5 kHz 25 kHz E 12 5 kHz 25 kHz M4 10 kHz 10 kHz To adjust the frequency by a larger amount you can press the Tuning control to enter MHz mode While in MHz mode rotate the Tuning control to adjust the frequency in s...

Page 27: ...de allows you to quickly select a preset channel to allow immediate calls on that frequency The Call channel can be conveniently used as an emergency channel within your group 1 Select your desired band A or B The Call channel has a dedicated frequency for both bands A and B The default frequency for band A is 144 MHz The default frequency for band B is 430 440 MHz 2 Press CALL to enter Call Chann...

Page 28: ...splay depending on what output power you have selected Speak into the microphone in your normal voice while keeping the microphone approximately 5 cm from your mouth Speaking too close to the microphone or too loudly may increase distortion and reduce intelligibility of your signal at the receiving station 3 When you finish speaking release the PTT switch Note When the transceiver overheats becaus...

Page 29: ...lect your desired setup category 3 Press the Tuning control to set up the current category The Menu name and number appears on the display 4 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired Menu 5 Press the Tuning control to set up the current Menu 6 Rotate the Tuning control to select your desired value for the selected Menu 7 Press the Tuning control to set the selected value 8 Repeat steps 2 to...

Page 30: ...EPEAT Recording playback repeat OFF ON OFF 008 1 PLAYBACK INTERVAL Playback repeat interval time 0 60 s 10 s 009 1 CONTINUOUS RECORDING Conversation recording OFF ON OFF TX RX Menu No Display Description Setting Values Default Setting 100 PROGRAMMABLE VFO Programmable VFO setup Varies with the selected frequency band 101 STEP Step frequency Varies with the selected frequency band 102 MODULATION Mo...

Page 31: ...ROUP LINK Memory group link registration Up to 10 digits 0 9 204 EchoLink MEMORY EchoLink memory setting Up to 8 characters for EchoLink memory name Up to 8 digits for DTMF code 205 EchoLink SPEED EchoLink memory transmission speed FAST SLOW FAST DTMF Menu No Display Description Setting Values Default Setting 300 DTMF HOLD DTMF transmission hold OFF ON OFF 301 DTMF MEMORY DTMF memory Up to 8 chara...

Page 32: ...ansmission OFF MORSE VOICE OFF AUX Menu No Display Description Setting Values Default Setting 500 POWER ON MESSAGE Power on message setup Up to 8 characters HELLO 501 BRIGHTNESS Display brightness OFF LEVEL 1 LEVEL 8 LEVEL 8 502 AUTO BRIGHTNESS Display auto brightness OFF ON OFF 503 BACKLIGHT COLOR Backlight color AMBER GREEN AMBER 504 CONTRAST Display contrast LEVEL 1 LEVEL 16 LEVEL 8 505 DISPLAY...

Page 33: ...els for Visual Scan MODE 1 31ch MODE 2 61ch MODE 3 91ch MODE 4 181ch MODE 2 61ch 516 APO Auto Power Off time OFF 30 60 90 120 180 minutes OFF 517 EXT DATA BAND External TNC data band type A BAND B BAND TX A BAND RX B BAND RX A BAND TX B BAND A BAND 518 EXT DATA SPEED External TNC data communications speed 1200 9600 bps 1200 bps 519 PC PORT BAUDRATE PC terminal baud rate speed 9600 19200 38400 5760...

Page 34: ... TIME ZONE Time zone UTC 14 00 UTC 14 00 UTC 527 DISPLAY PARTITION BAR Display partition bar OFF ON ON 528 COM PORT BAUDRATE COM terminal baud rate speed 9600 19200 38400 57600 bps 9600 bps 529 INT DATA BAND PACKET Internal TNC data band PACKET A BAND B BAND TX A BAND RX B BAND RX A BAND TX B BANDS A BAND ...

Page 35: ...200 bps DCD SENSE DCD sense type D or RxD BAND BOTH BAND IGNORE DCD D or RxD BAND TX DELAY TX delay time 100 150 200 300 400 500 750 1000 ms 200 ms 602 GPS PORT BAUD RATE Baud rate speed 2400 4800 9600 bps 4800 bps INPUT GPS data input type OFF GPS WEATHER Da vis WEATHER PeetBros OFF OUTPUT GPS data output type OFF WAYPOINT DGPS OFF 603 WAYPOINT FORMAT Way point format NMEA MAGELLAN KENWOOD NMEA N...

Page 36: ...SITION COMMENT Position comment See explanation Off Duty 608 STATUS TEXT TEXT Status text See explanation TX RATE Status text TX rate OFF 1 1 1 8 OFF 609 PACKET FILTER POSITION LIMIT Position limit See explanation OFF TYPE Packet filter type WHEATHER DIGI MOBILE OBJECT NAVITRA OTHERS Checked all 610 STATION ICON STATION ICON Station icon See explanation W KENWOOD icon 611 BEACON TX ALGORITHM METHO...

Page 37: ...N OFF TX INTERVAL Weather TX interval time 5 10 30 min 5 min 616 DIGIPEAT MY CALL DIGIPEAT Digipeat OFF ON OFF 617 UI CHECK TIME UI check time 0 250 sec 28 sec 618 UIDIGI UIDIGI UIDIGI See explanation ALIASES 619 UIFLOOD UIFLOOD UIFLOOD See explanation ALIASES SUBSTITUTION 620 UITRACE UITRACE UITRACE See explanation ALIASES 621 USER PHRASES USER PHRASES User phrases See explanation 622 AUTO MESSAG...

Page 38: ...F HALF ENTIRE ENTIRE AUTO BRIGHTNESS Auto brightness OFF ON ON CHANGE COLOR Change color OFF ON ON 626 DISPLAY UNIT 1 SPEED DISTANCE Speed distance mi h mile Km h mile Knots nm mi h mile ALTITUDE RAIN Altitude rain feet inch m nm feet inch TEMPERATURE Temperature F C F 627 DISPLAY UNIT 2 POSITION Position format dd mm mm dd mm ss s dd mm mm GRID FORMAT Grid format MAIDENHEAD GRID SAR GRID CONV SAR...

Page 39: ...Tone frequency See explanation 88 5Hz 703 2 SKY COMMAND SKY command OFF COMMANDER TRANSPORTER OFF AUX 2 Menu No Display Description Setting Values Default Setting 998 POWER ON PASSWORD Power on password OFF ON OFF 999 RESET Reset VFO RESET PARTIAL RESET PM RESET FULL RESET VFO RESET 1 Available only when the optional VGS 1 unit is installed in the transceiver 2 Available only for K type models 3 A...

Page 40: ...haracter 3 Press the Tuning control to set the selected character The cursor will move to the next digit You can move the cursor to the left or right by pressing or You can insert one space by pressing SPACE You can insert a character by pressing INS You can delete the selected character by pressing CLR 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to enter the remaining characters Press ESC at any time to exit Menu mod...

Page 41: ... 8 3 D E F 3 9 W X Y 9 4 G H I 4 0 space 0 5 J K L 5 Not used 6 J K L 6 For a memory name status text and message Key Character Display with each press of the key 1 q z 1 Q Z 2 a b c 2 A B C 3 d e f 3 D E F 4 g h i 4 G H I 5 j k l 5 J K L 6 m n o 6 M N O 7 p r s 7 P R S 8 t u v 8 T U V 9 w x y 9 W X Y 0 space 0 Not used The microphone A D keys have special functions assigned to them A Functions th...

Page 42: ...ry control program MCP 2A The following functions can be set only by using the MCP 2A software SQC active condition Microphone sensitivity level 10 MHz mode selection Power on password value Using the MCP 2A software you can View memory channel groups Name memory groups Name PM channels Save load settings Read exported TravelPlus for Repeaters files issued from the ARRL There are some version rest...

Page 43: ...ges comes with cables q and w below Note When connecting the regular cable in your vehicle the terminal may disconnect due to vibrations Be sure to lock the cable in place PR1 PR9 PKS PKD DE SQC DATA terminal pin PC COM terminal pin Data communications cable pin configuration Serial communications cable pin configuration Pink To microphone input terminal Green To line out terminal NC NC CTS TXD RT...

Page 44: ...he TX RX unit n Affixing the Microphone Cable Lock the microphone cable down as shown in the illustration microphone external speakers operation panel speaker cables 4 m DC power cables 6 m extension connector extension connector TX RX unit modular cable 4 m modular cable 4 m line filter line filter microphone external speakers operation panel speaker cables 4 m DC power cables 6 m TX RX unit modu...

Page 45: ...terminal of the VGS 1 ensure that you attach the thick square cushion to the base plate surface 3 From the remaining cushions select the thickest square cushion 21 x 21 x 2 5 mm and attach it to the printed circuit board The remaining cushions are not used with this transceiver Ensure that the cushion is placed within the guidelines on the PCB 4 Insert the VGS 1 unit into the connector on the tran...

Page 46: ...se do not send subassemblies or printed circuit boards send the complete product A copy of the service report will be returned with the product SERVICE NOTE If you desire to correspond on a technical or operational problem please make your note legible short complete and to the point Help us help you by providing the following Model and serial number of equipment Question or problem you are having...

Page 47: ...ne UP DWN Memory Recall was selected Press VFO Most keys and the Tuning control do not function 1 One of the Lock functions is ON 2 The transceiver is in Channel Display mode 1 Unlock all of the Lock functions 2 With the transceiver power OFF press LOW Power ON to exit Channel Display mode Memory channels cannot be selected by turning the Tuning control or by pressing microphone UP DWN No data has...

Page 48: ... 05 MHz 49 95 MHz 430 MHz 45 05 MHz x 2 144 MHz 49 95 MHz x 4 45 05 MHz 49 95 MHz Problem Probable Cause Corrective Action MCP ERR appears on the display MCP 2A communications error 1 Ensure that the connection between the TM D710 and the PC is correct 2 While performing a large amount of processing on the PC 3 EchoLink mode turns ON 4 There are other reasons why communications was not possible 1 ...

Page 49: ... Power requirement 13 8 V DC 15 Negative ground Frequency stability Within 5 ppm 10 C 50 C Current TX VHF Hi Less than 13 0 A Mid Less than 5 5 A Less than 9 0 A Low Less than 4 0 A UHF Hi Less than 13 0 A Mid Less than 6 5 A Less than 9 0 A Low Less than 5 0 A RX Less than 1 2 A at 2W audio output Dimensions W x H x D Without projections Operation panel 155 x 70 x 38 mm 6 20 x 2 80 x 1 52 TX RX u...

Page 50: ...0 MHz band Less than 0 1 µV 20 dBµ Selectivity 6 dB More than 11 kHz 50 dB Less than 30 kHz Low frequency output 8 Ω More than 2 W at 5 distortion Sensitivity approx excluding 144 430 440 MHz band Frequency range Band A Band B FM 12 dB SINAD AM 10 dB S N FM 12 dB SINAD 118 135 995 MHz 0 32 µV 10 dBµ 0 40 µV 8 dBµ 136 173 995 MHz 0 32 µV 10 dBµ 0 40 µV 8 dBµ 0 32 µV 10 dBµ 174 229 995 MHz 0 40 µV 8...

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