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VX-2500

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VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD.

4-8-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan

VERTEX STANDARD

US Headquarters

10900 Walker Street, Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A.

YAESU EUROPE B.V.

P.O. Box 75525, 1118 ZN Schiphol, The Netherlands

YAESU UK LTD.

Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Close
Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K.

VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD.

Unit 5, 20/F., Seaview Centre, 139-141 Hoi Bun Road,
Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Summary of Contents for VX-2500

Page 1: ...EX STANDARD US Headquarters 10900 Walker Street Cypress CA 90630 U S A YAESU EUROPE B V P O Box 75525 1118 ZN Schiphol The Netherlands YAESU UK LTD Unit 12 Sun Valley Business Park Winnall Close Winchester Hampshire SO23 0LB U K VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD Unit 5 20 F Seaview Centre 139 141 Hoi Bun Road Kwun Tong Kowloon Hong Kong ...

Page 2: ...when any person s by standers outside the vehicle are within the distances shown in the chart at the bottom of this section Safety Training information Antennas used for this transmitter must not exceed an antenna gain of 0 dBd The radio must be used in vehicle mount configurations with a maximum op erating duty factor not exceeding 50 in typical Push to Talk configurations This radio is restricte...

Page 3: ...obile and base station business communications in the VHF or UHF Land Mobile bands These transceiver are designed for reliable business communications in a wide vari ety of applications with a wide range of operating capability provided by their lead ing edge design The 128 channel memories can each be programmed with an 8 character channel name Important channel frequency data is stored in EEPROM...

Page 4: ... VOL PWR Knob Turn this control clockwise to turn the radio on and to increase the volume Turn it counterclockwise into the click stop to turn the radio off BUSY TX Indicator Indicate transceiver Transmit Receive Status Steady Red Transmitting in progress Steady Green Busy Channel Blinking Green Tone Squelch in defeated condition LCD Liquid Crystal Display The display includes an 8 character alpha...

Page 5: ...ttons Programmable Function Buttons Pressing either button changes the current group and displayed group number or name Holding a button for more than 1 2 second causes the function to repeat P1 P4 Buttons Programmable Function Buttons These buttons can be set up for special applications such as High Low power selection Monitor Talk Around etc as determined by your network require ments and progra...

Page 6: ...nnection External Speaker Jack An external loudspeaker may be connected to this 2 contact 3 5 mm mini phone jack Caution Do not connect either wire of this line to ground and be certain that the speaker has adequate capability to handle the audio output 4 W from the radio D Sub 9 Pin Accessory Connector External TX audio line input PTT Push To Talk Squelch and external RX audio line output signals...

Page 7: ...ammed to the Monitor feature to listen for channel activity When receiving a call transmit only after the incoming call ends The radio can not receive a call and transmit simultaneously Press the PTT switch If the channel is clear the BUSY TX indicator will glow red The radio is now transmitting While holding in the PTT switch speak across the face of the mi crophone in a clear and normal voice Fo...

Page 8: ...nd 10 seconds before time out Another beep will sound just before the deadline the indi cator will disappear and transmission will cease soon thereafter To resume transmit ting you must release the PTT switch and wait for the penalty timer to expire if you press the PTT switch before this timer expires the timer restarts and you will have to wait another penalty period BASIC OPERATION OF THE TRANS...

Page 9: ... includes nine Programmable Function PF Buttons The PF button functions can be customized via programming by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer to meet your communications network requirements Some features may require the purchase and installation of optional internal accessories The possible PF button programming features are illustrated below and these functions are explained on the pages to follow Fo...

Page 10: ...e group Once the desired group is reached press the PF button which is assigned to the Channel Up Channel Down feature generally the button to select the desired channel within the selected group CHANNEL UP CHANNEL DOWN CHANNEL SELECTION Press the assigned PF button generally the button to select a different channel within the current group MONITOR Press the assigned PF button momentarily to cance...

Page 11: ...tch during scanning pause Last Busy Channel Home Channel Scan Start Channel Current channel Talk Back SCAN A D ADD DELETE Press the assigned PF button to delete the current channel from Scanning Alter natively press and hold the assigned PF button for 2 seconds to delete the current channel from Scanning When you delete a channel the PRG icon will disappear on the LCD To restore a particular chann...

Page 12: ...to Dial tele phone number The DTMF tones sent during the dialing sequence will be heard in the speaker TX LOW POWER Press the assigned PF button to set the radio s transmitter to the Low Power mode Press this button again to return to High Power operation when in difficult terrain TALK AROUND Press the assigned PF button to activate the Talk Around feature when you are oper ating on duplex channel...

Page 13: ...CY The VX 2500 includes an Emergency feature which may be useful if you have someone monitoring on the same frequency as your transceiver s channel Press the assigned PF button to initiate an emergency call For further details contact your VERTEX STANDARD dealer LIGHTING Press the assigned PF button to turn off the display lamp Press the assigned PF button again to turn on the display lamp LCD INV...

Page 14: ...ation If you move out of range for more than two minutes your radio senses that no signal has been received a ringing beeper will sound and OUT OF SERVICE will scroll on the LCD If you subsequently move back into range as soon as the other station transmits your beeper will sound and IN SERVICE will scroll on the LCD DTMF Paging System This system allows paging and selective calling using DTMF ton...

Page 15: ...icrophone MH 25A8J Microphone Availability of accessories may vary some accessories are supplied standard per local requirements others may be unavailable in some regions Check with your VERTEX STANDARD Dealer for changes to this list Page 13 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the condition that this device does not cause harmful interference ...

Page 16: ...PERATING MANUAL Copyright 2003 VERTEX STANDARD CO LTD All rights reserved No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of VERTEX STANDARD CO LTD Printed in Japan 0304V 0M E C 0 3 1 N 2 0 0 ...

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