VX-3200 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. International Division 8350 N.W. 52nd Terrace, Suite 201, Miami, FL 33166, 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-3200 Series are full-featured FM transceivers 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. The 128-channel memories can each be programmed with an 8-character channel name.
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 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 [q]/[p] Buttons (Programmable Function Buttons) Pressing either button changes the current channel (and displayed channel number or name). Holding a button for more than 1/2 second causes the function to repeat. Microphone Jack Connect the microphone plug to this jack.
CONTROLS & CONNECTORS Rear Panel Antenna Socket The 50-Ohm coaxial feedline to the antenna must be connected here, using a type-M (PL-259) plug. 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. External Speaker Jack An external loudspeaker may be connected to this 2-contact, 3.5-mm mini-phone jack.
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 r Turn the VOL/PWR knob turn on the radio. The display will become illuminated. r Press the [q ]/[p ] 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 “ ” indicator will disappear and transmission will cease soon thereafter.
ADVANCED OPERATION Programmable Function (PF) Buttons The VX-3200 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.
ADVANCED OPERATION Description of Operating Functions GROUP UP/GROUP DOWN (GROUP SELECTION) The VX-3200 is capable of separating its 128 memory channels into any of 10 groups. There is no limit as to the number of channels which may be assigned to each group. The Dealer will have made the group assignment at the time of channel programming. r Press the assigned PF button (generally the [s]/[r] button) to change the group.
ADVANCED OPERATION 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. r Press the assigned PF button to activate scanning. r The scanner will search the channels of each channel, looking for active ones; it will pause each time it finds a channel on which someone is speaking.
ADVANCED OPERATION FOLLOW-ME DW To set up a “Dual Watch” frequency pair using the “Follow-Me” feature, select a channel using the assigned PF button (generally the [q]/[p] button). Now press the assigned PF button; pressing the assigned PF button locks the current channel as the User-assigned Priority Channel, and “ ” icon will appear on the LCD. HOME r Press the assigned PF button to recall the pre-programmed Home group/channel. When you recall the Home group/channel, the “ ” icon will appear on the LCD.
ADVANCED OPERATION HORN When the Horn feature is enabled, a tone will sound from the speaker if you receive a call (with appropriate DTMF signaling) from the base station. r Press and hold in the assigned PF button to disable the Horn feature. When you disable the Horm feature, the “ ” icon will disappear from the LCD. r Press and hold in this button again to activate the Horn feature; the “ ” icon will appear on the LCD.
ADVANCED OPERATION SHORT CUT #1 – SHORT CUT #4 Press the assigned PF button to recall the Dealer pre-programmed channel directly. ARTS (Auto Range Transpond System) This system is designed to inform you when you and another ARTS-equipped station are within communication range. During ARTS operation, your radio automatically transmits for about 1 second every 25 seconds (the interval is programmed by the Dealer) in an attempt to shake hands with the other station.
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES FVP-25 FP-1023A MLS-100 LF-1 MH-700D MH-25A8J Encryption/DTMF Pager Unit External Power Supply Mobile Loudspeaker (12 W Peak Power) Line Filter DTMF Back-lit Microphone 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. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules.
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