Kenwood TS-480HX Operation Manual - Page 6

CONTENTS NOTICE TO USER BEFORE STARTING THANK YOU i FEATURES i SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES i MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL ii MARKET CODES ii WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED ii PRECAUTIONS iii CONTENTS iv CHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION MOBILE INSTALLATION 1 INSTALLATION EXAMPLE 1 REMOTE CONTROL PANEL INSTALLATION ..... 1 DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION 2 ANTENNA CONNECTION 2 IGNITION NOISE 2 FIXED STATION INSTALLATION 3 REMOTE CONTROL PANEL INSTALLATION .... 3 DC POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION 3 ANTENNA CONNECTION 4 GROUND CONNECTION 4 LIGHTNING PROTECTION 4 PORTABLE BRACKET (E-TYPE ONLY 5 FUSES 5 PANEL AND MICROPHONE CONNECTION 6 PANEL AND MICROPHONE CONNECTION USING PG-4Z (OPTION 6 ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS TX/ RX UNIT Micropohone (MIC 7 External Speaker (EXT.SP 7 Keys for CW (PADDLE and KEY 7 REMOTE CONTROL PANEL Headphones (PHONES 7 CHAPTER 2 YOUR FIRST QSO RECEPTION 8 TRANSMISSION 9 CHAPTER 3 GETTING ACQUAINTED REMOTE CONTROL PANEL 10 LCD DISPLAY 13 TX/ RX UNIT 15 REMOTE CONTROL PANEL (REAR 17 MICROPHONE 17 CHAPTER 4 OPERATING BASICS SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF 18 ADJUSTING VOLUME 18 AF (AUDIO FREQUENCY) GAIN 18 RF (RADIO FREQUENCY) GAIN 18 SELECTING VFO A OR VFO B 18 SELECTING A BAND 19 SELECTING A MODE 19 ADJUSTING SQUELCH 19 SELECTING A FREQUENCY 19 iv MULTI-FUNCTION METER 20 TRANSMITTING 20 SELECTING TRANSMISSION POWER 20 MICROPHONE GAIN 21 CHAPTER 5 MENU SETUP WHAT IS A MENU 22 MENU A/ MENU B 22 MENU ACCESS 22 QUICK MENU 22 PROGRAMMING THE QUICK MENU 22 USING THE QUICK MENU 22 MENU CONFIGURATION 23 ALPHABETICAL FUNCTION LIST 26 CHAPTER 6 BASIC COMMUNICATIONS SSB TRANSMISSION 27 FM TRANSMISSION 27 AM TRANSMISSION 28 NARROW BANDWIDTH FOR FM 28 NARROW BANDWIDTH FOR AM 28 CW TRANSMISSION 29 AUTO ZERO-BEAT 29 TX SIDETONE/ RX PITCH FREQUENCY ......... 29 CHAPTER 7 ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS SPLIT-FREQUENCY OPERATION 30 TF-SET (TRANSMISSION FREQUENCY SET 30 FM REPEATER OPERATION 31 TRANSMITTING A TONE 32 Activating the Tone Function 32 Selecting a Tone Frequency 32 TONE FREQ. ID SCAN 32 FM CTCSS OPERATION 33 CTCSS FREQ. ID SCAN 33 CHAPTER 8 COMMUNICATING AIDS RECEPTION 34 SELECTING YOUR FREQUENCY 34 Direct Frequency Entry 34 Using the MHz key 34 Quick QSY 34 Configuring the Tuning control as MULTI control (FM 34 Fine Tuning 35 Tuning control adjustment rate 35 Equalizing VFO Frequencies (A=B 35 RIT (RECEIVE INCREMENTAL TUNING) ..... 35 AGC (AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL 35 TRANSMISSION 36 VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMIT 36 Microphone Input Level 36 Delay Time 36 Anti-VOX Adjustment 36 VOX Source 36 SPEECH PROCESSOR 37 XIT (TRANSMIT INCREMENTAL TUNING) ....... 37 CUSTOMIZING TRANSMISSION SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS 38