Yaesu VR-500 Operating Manual Download

Page: 1 / 47

YAESU MUSEN CO., LTD.

1-20-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-Ku, Tokyo 146-8649, Japan

YAESU U.S.A.

17210 Edwards Rd., Cerritos, CA 90703, 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.

YAESU GERMANY GmbH

Am Kronberger Hang 2, D-65824 Schwalbach, Germany

YAESU HK LTD.

11th Floor Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, 66 Mody Rd.,
Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong

COMMUNICATIONS

RECEIVER

VR- 500

PERATING

ANUAL

Summary of Contents for VR-500

Page 1: ...x 75525 1118 ZN Schiphol The Netherlands YAESU UK LTD Unit 12 Sun Valley Business Park Winnall Close Winchester Hampshire SO23 0LB U K YAESU GERMANY GmbH Am Kronberger Hang 2 D 65824 Schwalbach German...

Page 2: ...Search Scanning 11 How to Skip Omit a Frequency During VFO Search 12 Pre ProgrammableFrequencySearch 13 Changing the Channel Steps 15 Preset Mode 16 Memory Mode 17 Memory Storage 17 SimpleStorage 17...

Page 3: ...y frequencies The VR 500 s small size allows you to take it any where hiking skiing or while walking around town and its operating flexibility brings the user many avenues of operating enjoyment Opera...

Page 4: ...and off KEYPAD These 14 keys select many of the most important oper ating features on the VR 500 The functions of the keys are described in detail on pages 4 and 5 DIAL Knob This 20 position detented...

Page 5: ...onitoring Activated Memory Channel Number S Meter and Band Scope Data Field Operating Mode Low Battery ON and OFF Timer Activated Battery Save Activated Key Lock Activated Scan Skip Memory Activated H...

Page 6: ...or delete the current memory channel s data 4 SW SC 5 S SCH PMS Press Key Press F W Press F W Key for 2 seconds 7 DW 8 ATT Frequency Entry Digit 4 Frequency Entry Digit 5 Frequency Entry Digit 7 Frequ...

Page 7: ...onds Illuminate the LCD and keypad until you press the key again Activate the Spectrum Analyzer feature USA version Disable the Noise and Tone Squelch European version Activate the T CALL Reverse the...

Page 8: ...lug and wire only CSC 72 Soft Case CT 35 Cloning Cable FNB 59 Rechargeable Battery Pack Availability of accessories may vary Some accessories are supplied as standard per local requirements while othe...

Page 9: ...ICATION When the battery voltage becomes too low the display will indi cate Low Battery and the Battery icon will appear indicating the batteries should be replaced As battery voltage drops further th...

Page 10: ...TIONAL NC 60 AC ADAPTER The VR 500 may be operated from your house current by use of the optional NC 60 AC Adapter To use the NC 60 turn the radio off then plug the minia ture connector of the AC Adap...

Page 11: ...r will not respond to weak signals RF SQUELCH SYSTEM SETUP A special RF Squelch feature is provided on this radio This feature allows you to set the squelch so that only signals exceeding a user defin...

Page 12: ...de tuning range of the radio This step size 1 MHz can be changed see the Changing the Channel Steps section on page 15 for details Direct Keypad Frequency Entry The desired operating frequency may be...

Page 13: ...e period the VFO search will resume even if the station is still active Busy In this mode the VFO search will halt on a signal it encounters Two sec onds after the carrier has dropped because the othe...

Page 14: ...ey again to store the frequency into the VFO Frequency Skip Memory VFO Frequency Skip Memory Write it is to be ignored during VFO search Note that the VR 500 has 100 VFO Frequency Skip Memory Channels...

Page 15: ...ress the 3 SCH SCN key the radio will begin VFO Search Scanning at this point the frequency range is unim portant While VFO Search is active press momentarily the key corresponding with theSearch Band...

Page 16: ...key momentarily while pressing the FUNC key This activates the VFO Search Scanning mode Finally press and hold in for 2 seconds in the numbered key of the Search Band Memory into which you wish to sto...

Page 17: ...00 kHz per step as well as an automatic step selection based on the current listening frequency AUTO Additionally the digit of the frequency to be changed during Fast tuning may be selected so as to a...

Page 18: ...that key as shown below Basic Operation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 5200 MHz AM 3 5000 MHz LSB 7 0000 MHz LSB 14 0000 MHz USB 50 0000 MHz CW 88 0000 MHz WFM 144 0000 MHz CW 430 0000 MHz NFM 1240 0000 MHz N...

Page 19: ...ode select the desired frequency and reception mode AM NFM etc for the station to be memorized Press and hold in the FUNC key then press the 2 MW MC key momentarily The microprocessor will automatical...

Page 20: ...the FUNC key then press 2 MW MC A channel number will appear at the left side of the display and MW Name will appear at the right side Now press 0 0 5 The display will indicate 005 Write momentarily...

Page 21: ...he final digit of the alpha numeric label Press ENT SET NAME to save the alpha numeric information Finally press and hold in the FUNC key while holding it in press 0 1 0 The display will indicate 010...

Page 22: ...the upper right hand corner of the LCD you will also ob serve either ABC or 123 If ABC is present this indi cates that you are set up to enter letters if 123 is present this indicates that you are set...

Page 23: ...List Press the 1 MEMO key while pressing the FUNC key to enter the Memory mode if you are not using memories already Rotate the DIAL knob to select the channel which you wish to add to the Preferenti...

Page 24: ...gain press and hold in the FUNC key and rotate the DIAL knob to select other Memory Banks to be included in or excluded from the Preferential Bank Scanning List Release the FUNC key and rotate the DIA...

Page 25: ...eration Press the 1 MEMO key while pressing the FUNC key to enter the Memory mode Press the 3 SCH SCN key while pressing the FUNC key to initiate Mode Scan ning Only the channels which were stored wit...

Page 26: ...POLICE as the label Now press the ENT SET NAME key do not press the FUNC key in this step Now press the CLR P SET key to exit to normal operation Press the 1 MEMO key while pressing the FUNC key to r...

Page 27: ...nel number three digits from the keypad Memory Chan nel Copying is now complete Press the CLR P SET key to exit to normal operation MEMORY CHANNEL SWAP This feature allows you to swap exchange Memory...

Page 28: ...tination Memory Bank num ber one digit from the keypad Memory Bank Copy is now complete Press the CLR P SET key to exit to normal operation MEMORY BANK SWAP This feature allows to swap exchange all th...

Page 29: ...cribed Memory Bank will be complete Press the CLR P SET key to exit to normal operation Important Note A cleared Memory Bank can not be restored All data for that bank will have to be re entered MEMOR...

Page 30: ...3 channels Sweeping range 300 kHz Sweeping step 100 kHz 60 channels Sweeping range 600 kHz Sweeping step 10 kHz Band Scope 9 kHz 10 kHz 12 5 kHz 20 kHz 25 kHz 50 kHz 100 kHz 540 kHz 9 kHz 10 kHz 12 5...

Page 31: ...the Sweep steps by the rotating the DIAL knob while pressing the FUNC key The Sweep range may be set by pressing the B S B W key while pressing the FUNC key A mode only Two methods of turning off the...

Page 32: ...een the Pre Programmable Frequency pair selected for example if you press 8 Dual Watch will switch every 0 2 second be tween144 000 MHz and 430 000 MHz Dual Watch Dual Watch will halt when the VR 500...

Page 33: ...n the display Now select the second frequency you wish to utilize for Dual Watch Press and hold in the 7 DW key for 2 seconds while pressing the FUNC key DWB Write Dual Watch Channel B will appear on...

Page 34: ...nd hold in the 6 PW key for 2 seconds while pressing the FUNC key to store the frequency into the Priority Memory Channel Select the desired main monitoring frequency on the VFO Press the 6 PW key whi...

Page 35: ...frequency limit for the Smart SearchTM sweep Press and hold in the 5 S SCH key for 2 seconds while pressing the FUNC key then press the 3 SCH SCN key to store theUpperfrequency into the Smart SearchTM...

Page 36: ...sing the CLR P SET key if necessary Press the ENT SET key while pressing the FUNC key to activate the Set Menu mode Rotate the DIAL knob to select Menu 2 Smart Search Rotate the DIAL while holding in...

Page 37: ...lts press the CLR P SET key to cancel the Reset procedure FUNCTION MENU RESET To reset the Function mode and Set mode settings to their factory defaults Turn the radio off Press and hold the FUNC and...

Page 38: ...e VR 500 automatically selects the optimum mode ac cording to the frequency band where the frequency is set MANUAL You select the receiving mode manually by repeatedly press ing the 0 MODE key while p...

Page 39: ...radio at the programmed time 30 min step Note that this is not the time of day when the radio will turn on it is the number of hours and minutes until the radio turns on Set Item 8 Scan Resume Functi...

Page 40: ...d Memory numbers will be displayed along with the frequencies contained in those memories Press the CLR P SET key to return to the Menu item selection mode Set Item 14 Monitor Function Enable disable...

Page 41: ...NTINUE The VR 500 makes a sweep in each direction as with the SINGLE mode but if all channels not filled after the first sweep the VR 500 continues sweeping until they all filled Default SINGLE Set It...

Page 42: ...ey to enable programming of the opening message You will notice the first entry s place blink Rotate the DIAL knob to select the character type the selections are ABC alphabet and 123 numeric Press th...

Page 43: ...other different Memory Bank To do this After selecting Set Item 27 rotate the DIAL knob one click clock wise while pressing the FUNC key to enable memory clearing Key in the Source Memory Bank number...

Page 44: ...nel Copy Key in the Source Memory Channel number three digits from the keypad then key in the Destination Memory Channel number three digits from the keypad Press the ENT SET key while pressing the FU...

Page 45: ...B CW 0 5 V 10 dB S N NFM 0 5 V 12dB SINAD WFM 1 8 V 12 dB SINAD 520 1300 MHz SSB CW 0 8 V 10 dB S N NFM 1 2 V 12dB SINAD WFM 3 0 V 12 dB SINAD Memory Channels Regular Memories 1000 Channels Skip Memor...

Page 46: ...luding interference that may cause undesired operation 3 The scanning receiver in this equipment is incapable of tuning or readily being altered by the User to operate within the frequency bands alloc...

Search results

Summary of Contents for VR-500

Reviews:

Related manuals for VR-500

Brands by name

Popular brands

Yaesu VR-500, Operating Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for VR-500

Reviews:

Related manuals for VR-500

Brands by name

Popular brands