VX-2100 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL 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.
Congratulations! You now have at your fingertips 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 negligible maintenance downtime. 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 questions arise later on.
INTRODUCTION The VX-2100 Series are full-featured FM transceiver designed for flexible mobile and base station business communications in the VHF or UHF Land Mobile bands. These transceiver are designed for reliable business communications in a wide variety of applications with a wide range of operating capability provided by their leading-edge design.
CONTROLS & CONNECTORS Front Panel Important! - All buttons located on the Front Panel are Programmable Function (PF) Buttons, configured according to your network requirements and programmed by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer. The instructions below discribe a typically-configured radio. 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.
CONTROLS & CONNECTORS Channel Number Indicator Indicates the operating channel. Blinks the squelch setting level (0-9, A, b, and C) while adjusting the squelch threshold level. Appear the decimal point “.” when selecting the Scan enabel channel. Transceiver Status Indicator The “A” and “B” indicators show current transceiver status, which can be customized via programming by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer to meet your communications/network requirements.
CONTROLS & CONNECTORS 13.6V DC Cable Pigtail with Connector The supplied DC power cable must be connected to this 2-pin connector. Use only the supplied fused cable, extended if necessary, for power connection. Antenna Socket The 50-Ohm coaxial feedline to the antenna must be connected here, using a type-M (PL-259) plug.
BASIC OPERATION OF THE TRANSCEIVER Important! - Before turning on the radio the first time, confirm that the power connections have been made correctly and that a proper antenna is connected to the antenna jack. Switching Power ON/OFF Turn the VOL/PWR knob turn on the radio. The display will become illuminated. Press the [ ]/[ ] button to choose the desired operating channel. A channel name will appear on the display.
BASIC OPERATION OF THE TRANSCEIVER Automatic Time-Out Timer If the selected channel has been programmed for automatic time-out, you must limit the length of each transmission. While transmitting, a beep will sound 10 seconds before time-out. Another beep will sound just before the deadline; the red “TX” indicator will disappear and transmission will cease soon thereafter.
ADVANCED OPERATION Function MONI SQL OFF SQL SET Channel Up Channel Down Continuous Ch Up Continuous Ch Down SCAN SCAN SET DW (Dual Watch) Follow-Me SCAN Follow-Me DW LOW TA (Talk Around) TA SCAN Encryption Emergency RESET CALL 1 CALL 2 CALL 3 Public Address EXT. ACC1 EXT.
ADVANCED OPERATION Description of Operating Functions MONITOR (MONI) Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to cancel CTCSS- and DCS-controlled squelch; the TX/BUSY indicator will glow green SQUELCH (SQL) OFF Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to open the SQL to hear background noise (unmute the audio); the TX/BUSY indicator will blink green.
ADVANCED OPERATION CHANNEL SCAN (SCAN) The Scanning feature is used to monitor multiple channels programmed into the transceiver. While scanning, the transceiver will check each channel for the presence of a signal, and will stop on a channel if a signal is present. To activate scanning: Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to activate scanning.
ADVANCED OPERATION FOLLOW-ME SCAN “Follow-Me” Scan feature checks a User-assigned Priority Channel regularly as you scan the other channels. Thus, if only Channels 1, 3, and 5 (of the 8 available channels) are designated for “Scanning,” the user may nonetheless assign Channel 2 as the “User-assigned” Priority Channel via the “Follow-Me” feature.
ADVANCED OPERATION TALK AROUND (TA) Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to activate the Talk Around feature when you are operating on duplex channel systems (separate receive and transmit frequencies, utilizing a “repeater” station). The Talk Around feature allows you to bypass the repeater station and talk directly to a station that is nearby. This feature has no effect when you are operating on “simplex” channels, where the receive and transmit frequencies are already the same.
ADVANCED OPERATION PUBLIC ADDRESS Press the assigned programmable key to use the transceiver as a PA amplifier. When you enable this function, a tone sounds. The public address can be used even while scanning and receiving a call. EXT. ACC1 Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to toggle output port “1” “on” and “off.” EXT. ACC2 Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to toggle output port “2” “on” and “off.
ADVANCED OPERATION KEY LOCK Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to lock the various aspects of the VX-2100’s keys. The precise lockout configuration must be programmed by your VERTEX STANDARD dealer. ARTS (Auto Range Transpond System) This system is designed to inform you when you and another ARTS-equipped station are within communication range.
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES MH-67A8J MH-25A8J MH-64A8J MD-11A8J MLS-100 MLS-200 FP-1023A FVP-25 FVP-36 FVP-35 VME-100 VT60FS VT60F LF-1 VPL-1 CE82 FIF-10A CT-104A Standard Microphone Standard Microphone 16 Keypad Microphone Desktop Microphone External Speaker (12 W Peak Power) External Speaker (15 W Peak Power) External Power Supply (13.
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Part 15.21: Changes or modifications to this device not expressly approved by Vertex Standard could void the user’s authorization to operate this device.
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