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IP67 Dust- and Waterproof

Compact Portable Digital Two Way Radio
with Analog Capability

EVX-S24

PERATING

ANUAL

Summary of Contents for EVX-S24

Page 1: ...IP67 Dust and Waterproof Compact Portable Digital Two Way Radio with Analog Capability EVX S24 OPERATING MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...ngertips a valuable communications tool a Vertex Standard two way radio Rugged reliable and easy to use your Vertex Standard radio will keep you in constant touch with your colleagues for years to come with negli gible maintenance down time Please take a few minutes to read this manual carefully The information presented here will allow you to derive maximum performance from your radio in case que...

Page 3: ... frequency band be part of the pre programmed operating frequencies of this radio INTRODUCTION The EVX S24 is full featured compact Portable Digital Analog Transceiver designed for business communications in the UHF Land Mobile band The EVX S24 supports up to 256 user configurable channels within a maximum 16 groups sup porting a wide variety of business applications Channel frequency data for the...

Page 4: ... harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televi sion reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocat...

Page 5: ... for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Elec tromagnetic Fields 3 kHz to 300 GHz ANSI IEEE C95 3 1992 IEEE Recommended Practice for the Measurement of Potentially Hazardous Electromagnetic Fields RF and Microwave WARNING This radio generates RF electromagnetic energy during transmit mode This radio is designed for and classified as Occupational Use Only meaning it must...

Page 6: ...ntenna at least 1 inch 2 5 cm away from the nose or lips Keeping the radio at a proper distance is important to ensure compliance Body Worn Operation When worn on the body always place the radio in a Vertex Standard approved clip hold er holster case or body harness for this product Using approved body worn accessories is important because the use of non Vertex Standard approved accessories may re...

Page 7: ...s not included in this list having a gain greater than the maximum gain indicated for that type are strictly prohibited for use with this device When transmitting hold the radio in a vertical position with its microphone 1 inch 2 5 cm away from your mouth and keep the antenna at least 1 inch 2 5 cm away from your head The radio must be used with a maximum operating duty cycle not exceeding 50 in t...

Page 8: ...equise pour chaque type d an tenne Les types d antenne non inclus dans cette liste ou dont le gain est supérieur au gain maximal indiqué sont strictement interdits pour l ex ploitation de l émetteur Pour émettre tenez votre radio verticalement en plaçant le microphone entre 2 5 cm de la bouche L antenne doit toujours être à plus de 2 5 cm de votre tête Le temps total d émission de la radio ne doit...

Page 9: ... function is active Blinking Red Low Battery Power PTT Switch SIDE Key Programmable Default settings are Press Key LAMP On Press and Hold Key Non Assignment Micro USB Jack Speaker Microphone Antenna Jack VOL Volume PWR Power Knob LCD Liquid Crystal Display Key Programmable Default settings are Press Key Channel Up Down Press Hold Key Speed Channel Up Down MODE Key Programmable Default settings are...

Page 10: ...er is activated TX ID Type is Group Call TX ID Type is Individual Call Private Call BATTERY GAUGE w blink Full Battery Power Moderate Battery Power Low Battery Power Poor Battery Power Charge the Battery These small dot indication will appear continuously until deacti vated regardless of the operation status of other active features For example the LCD pictured to the right shows an active emergen...

Page 11: ...o the UNLOCK position then remove the Battery Cover 3 Install the FNB V142LI Battery Pack into the battery compartment of the transceiver 4 Re attach the battery cover by aligning the tabs of the battery cover with the slots on the transceiver and slid ing into position 5 Slide the Battery Cover Latch into the LOCK posi tion CAUTION Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type Dis...

Page 12: ...ecure the Belt Clip by tight ening the belt clip screw to the radio chassis with a Phil lips head screwdriver BEFORE YOU BEGIN Antenna Installation Hold the bottom end of the antenna then screw it onto the mating connector on the transceiver until snug Do not over tighten with extreme force Never transmit without hav ing an antenna connected ...

Page 13: ...ttery 2 Always use the Vertex Standard FNB V142LI Lithi um Ion Battery Pack 3 Batteries carry a risk of explosion if replaced by an incorrect type 4 Use only the Vertex Standard PA 57 AC Adapter or Vertex Standard approved Charger 5 Do not connect the USB charger other than PA 57 AC Adapter as cause to damage the battery and transceiver 6 Vertex Standard prohibits the battery charge with a combina...

Page 14: ...ischarges during use the voltage gradually becomes lower When the battery voltage becomes too low substitute a freshly charged battery and recharge the depleted pack The LED indicator on the top of the radio will blink red when the battery voltage is low You may confirm the battery condition by the Battery Gauge on the display See page 8 for more information ...

Page 15: ...iver IP67 is assured only when the following condi tions are met Battery Cover is attached to the transceiver Antenna is connected to the antenna jack Rubber Cover is installed over the Micro USB jack MIC SP cap is installed in the MIC SP jack Or the Speaker Microphone that approved with an IP67 rating by Vertex Standard is installed in the MIC SP jack Operation Quick Start Turn the top panel s VO...

Page 16: ... the transceiver M a k e s u r e t h a t t h e transceiver is turned off then insert the threaded microphone plug into the MIC SP jack and screw it into place until tight being careful not to damage the Speaker Microphone cable Inserting the plug into the jack will disable the internal speaker Hold the speaker grille up next to your ear while receiving To transmit press the PTT switch on the Speak...

Page 17: ... only when there is no carrier being received or when the carrier being received includes the correct tone CTCSS tone or DCS code on an analog chan nel If the CCLO Color Code Lockout feature has been programmed on a digital channel the radio can trans mit only when there is no carrier being received or when the carrier being received includes a different code that you have set on a digital channel...

Page 18: ... short triple beep to sound and OUT SERV Out of Service will be indicated on the display for 2 seconds Moving back into communications range as the ARTS signal transmission from another transceiver or station is back in range a short beep will sound twice again and IN SERV In Service will be indicated on the display for 2 seconds OPERATION LOCK In order to prevent accidental channel changes or ina...

Page 19: ...y Up to two functions can be assigned per key with the feature being activated by Short Press SP Press and release Long Press LP Press and hold If further details are required contact your Vertex Stan dard dealer In this chapter the following icons are used to indicate features supported in either the Analog mode or Digital mode Indicates an Analog mode only feature Indicates a Digital mode only f...

Page 20: ...RI 1 PRI 2 PRI 2 Set PRI 2 Disable FUNCTION PROGRAMMABLE KEY PRESS KEY PRESS AND HOLD KEY SIDE MODE Scan Group Scan Dual Watch Follow Me Scan Scan Set Group Scan Set TA Scan Talk Around Search Reset Code Up Code Down Speed Dial Call Status Up Status Down Status Check Duty ID Check Text Message REMOTE HALT TX TX Interrupt Remote Dekey TX Save Disable Lock ADVANCED OPERATION 1 Emergency function can...

Page 21: ...SET briefly then reverts to the normal channel indication You may cancel the new setting by press and holding the MODE key In this case the display indi cates CANCEL briefly MONITOR Any signaling features can be activated deactivated by an assigned PF key The LED indicator will glow green when the signaling feature is deactivated LAMP Illuminates the back light of the display and keypad for five s...

Page 22: ... this case the display indi cates CANCEL briefly BEEP OFF Activation of Beep off disables all radio beeps alert tones temporarily Radio beeps will be restored by pressing the PF key again When the Beep Off function is on and off the display indicates briefly BEEP OFF and BEEP ON AF MIN VOLUME Press the assigned PF key the display indicates AFATT ON briefly and reduce the audio output to the lower ...

Page 23: ...ode When the Lone Worker feature is activated a small dot will be indicated at the bottom of the display When the Lone Worker feature is first activated the display indi cates L WK ON and L WK OFF briefly GROUP UP DOWN Select a different group of channels A group number will appear at the upper right corner and a group name will ap pear briefly on the display CH UP DOWN Select a different channel ...

Page 24: ... Note Your dealer may have programmed your radio to stay on one of the following channels if you press the PTT switch during scanning pause Current channel Scan Pause channel Talk Back Last Busy channel Priority channel PRI 1 or PRI 2 User Programmed channel Select Channel GROUP SCAN The scanning feature is used to monitor multiple chan nels programmed into the transceiver While scanning the trans...

Page 25: ...e channels previously pre programmed into a radio s scan list For example if only Channels 1 3 and 5 of the 8 available channels are designated for Scanning the user may assign Channel 2 as the user assigned priority channel via the Follow Me Scan To activate Follow Me Scan first select the channel you want to designate as the user assigned priority channel by pressing the keys on the desired chan...

Page 26: ...it frequency the transceiver will check for activity on the receive fre quency every few seconds interval programmed by your Vertex Standard dealer When the TA Scan feature is activated the icon will blink on the display Note The TA Scan feature does not activate on a Simplex Channel TALK AROUND Talk Around is most commonly utilized when operating on duplex channel systems separate receive and tra...

Page 27: ...ex Standard dealer may have pre programmed Auto Dial telephone number memories into your radio To dial a number Press the assigned PF key The Tag name corre sponding with the current Auto Dial memory will ap pear on the display Press the keys to select the Auto Dial memo ry you wish to dial Press the PTT switch to send a pre defined DTMF tone The DTMF tones sent during the dialing se quence will b...

Page 28: ...Call feature Press the keys to recall the Contact Alias you wish to contact then press the MODE key Press the keys to select RADIO CK Press the MODE key to transmit the Radio Sta tus command to the designated radio the display will indicate CAL IN If the designated radio is alive or in range and powered on the designated radio trans mits the ACK command and then your radio s display indicates ACK ...

Page 29: ...ates the or icon on the display press the MODE key twice to display the ID code of the selected Contact Alias If the TX ID type of the selected Contact Alias is Individual Call indicates icon on the dis play you may perform the Call Alert View ID Radio Check Revive or Stun operation Call Alert You may call the selected Contact Alias Press the assigned PF key to activate the Call feature Press the ...

Page 30: ... stunned radio re vives and then transmits the ACK command automati cally Your radio s display indicates ACK RECV If your radio s display indicates NO ACK the revive command did not succeed Stun You may stun a selected radio in your fleet temporarily disable from transmitting receiving forcibly by remote control Press the assigned PF key to activate the Call feature Press the keys to recall the Co...

Page 31: ... Digital ID Press the assigned PF key to display the logged ID Press the keys to select the logged ID Press and hold in the SIDE key to toggle the display between the ID Code display and Channel Tag dis play Press the SIDE key to revert to the normal channel indication TEXT MESSAGE You may receive send the message from to other radio See page 36 for more information of the message feature REMOTE H...

Page 32: ...g radios in your com munication path Disabling the Transmit Battery saver by pressing the PF key is recommended if you are operating in a location where high power is almost always required Press again the assigned PF key the Transmit Battery Saver activates to reduce the transmit power when a very strong signal from an apparently nearby station is being received LOCK The Programmable keys and PTT...

Page 33: ...right box and their operations are explained from next page In this chapter the following icons are used to indicate item or feature supported in either the Analog mode or Digital mode Indicates an Analog mode only feature Indicates a Digital mode only feature For item or feature that are available in both Analog and Digital modes no icon is shown LIST Digital Contact List 5 Tone Code Select 2 Ton...

Page 34: ...ail of the Digital Call operation USER SET MENU MODE 5 TONE CODE SELECT 5 Tone Code Select allows you to select send the 5 Tone encode code of the pre programmed encoder list Press the keys to select the 5 Tone encode code and then press the MODE key to transmit the se lected 5 Tone encode code 2 TONE CODE SELECT 2 Tone Code Select allows you to select send the 2 Tone encode code of the pre progra...

Page 35: ...2 for detail of the Scan operation Group Scan Stop the scan operation of the currently run ning if activated and then start the Group Scan operation See page 22 for detail of the Group Scan operation FM Scan Stop the scan operation of the currently run ning if activated and then start the FM Follow Me Scan operation See page 22 for detail of the Follow Me Scan operation Dual Watch Stop the scan op...

Page 36: ...oggle the any signaling feature On and Off by pressing the keys SQL OFF You may toggle the squelch circuit On and Off by pressing the keys POWER You may toggle the radio s transmit power High and Low by pressing the keys MINIMUM VOLUME LEVEL You may set the audio volume level when activating the AF Min Volume function by pressing the keys Available selections are 0 255 BEEP You may toggle the radi...

Page 37: ... tone which matches that set into your radio USER SET MENU MODE PRI 2 You may enable disable to set the current operating chan nel to the Priority Channel of the current group Priority 2 Channel by pressing the keys TA You may toggle the Talk Around feature On and Off by pressing the keys See page 24 for detail of the Talk Around feature SCAN SET SKIP You may add delete the current channel to from...

Page 38: ... will be heard in the speaker MESSAGE The Message feature is different by the operating system Refer to follows for detailed operation of each operating system DIGITAL MODE Message feature on the Digital mode you may receive send the text message from to other radio Press the keys to select either of the func tions INBOX and SEL MSG which you want to INBOX Confirm delete the received text message ...

Page 39: ...n the above step SEL MSG function In this function you may send the text message to other radio Press the keys to select SEL MSG then press the MODE key to accept it Press the keys to select the message you wish to send Press the MODE key SEND notation will appear Press the MODE key then press the keys to select the Contact Alias Press the MODE key again to send the mes sage ANALOG MODE Message fe...

Page 40: ... which set to the current op erating channel Press and hold in the SIDE key to indicate the Channel Tag Name which received that station s ID if desired USER SET MENU MODE LOCK In this item you may lock the Programmable keys and PTT switch to prevent accidental channel change or inad vertent transmission To locked out the key locking press and hold the MODE key You may change the lockout configura...

Page 41: ...470 MHz ATU 20FS UHF Stubby Antenna 450 480 MHz CLIP 27 Belt Clip CE157 PC Programming Software CB000262A01 Micro USB Programming Cable B suffix is for USA C suffix is for EU U suffix is for UK F suffix is for Argentina G suffix is for China H suffix is for Australia and K suffix is for Brazil Always use Vertex Standard authorized acces sories Vertex Standard shall not be liable for any damage or ...

Page 42: ...oducts against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for a given period of time from the date of pur chase Limited Warranty Details North America customers USA and Canada http www vertexstandard com lmr warranty terms aspx Customers outside of North America contact the authorized Vertex Standard distributor in your country ...

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