TABLE OF CONTENTS
VIII
Index
PRIOR TO YOUR FIRST QSO
FEATURES
..............................................................................................
I
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES
....................................................................
I
MARKET CODES
...................................................................................
I
NOTICE TO THE USER
..........................................................................
I
NOTIFICATION
.......................................................................................
I
RESTRICTIONS
......................................................................................
I
PRECAUTIONS
......................................................................................
II
TRANSPORTATION, INSTALLATION AND PACKING MATERIAL
STORAGE
.............................................................................................
III
ABOUT THIS MANUAL
........................................................................
III
COPYRIGHTS FOR THIS MANUAL
.....................................................
III
SOFTWARE COPYRIGHTS
..................................................................
IV
SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
..................................................
IV
IMPORTANT NOTICES CONCERNING THE SOFTWARE
..................
IV
ABOUT THE GPL/LPGL LICENSE
......................................................
IV
COPYRIGHTS FOR RECORDED AUDIO
.............................................
IV
TRADEMARKS
......................................................................................
V
INDEMNITY
............................................................................................
V
YOUR QUERIES ABOUT EXTERNAL DEVICES OR PC
CONNECTED TO THE TRANSCEIVER
.................................................
V
OPERATION OF THE OPTIONAL APPLICATIONS
..............................
V
TREATMENT OF YOUR IMPORTANT DATA
.........................................
V
TROUBLESHOOTING
...........................................................................
V
ABOUT THE URL AND CONTACTS OF JVC KENWOOD
CORPORATION
.....................................................................................
V
NOTATIONS APPLIED TO THIS MANUAL
............................................
V
1
INSTALLING AND CONNECTING THE
TRANSCEIVER
PRECAUTIONS FOR INSTALLATION
................................................
1-1
ANTENNA INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION
..............................
1-1
CONNECTING AN AC POWER CABLE
..................................................
1-1
GROUND CONNECTION
........................................................................
1-1
LIGHTNING ARRESTER INSTALLATION
..........................................
1-1
TRANSCEIVER TILT MECHANISM
....................................................
1-1
TORQUE ADJUSTMENT FOR TUNING ±M² CONTROL
.........................
1-2
ACCESSORIES CONNECTIONS ±FRONT PANEL²
..........................
1-2
HEADPHONES ±PHONES²
.....................................................................
1-2
MICROPHONE ±MIC²
..............................................................................
1-3
PADDLE ±PADDLE²
.................................................................................
1-3
USB FLASH DRIVE/USB KEYBOARD ±
²
.........................................
1-3
EXTERNAL SPEAKERS ±EXT.SP1/EXT.SP2, 8Ω²
..................................
1-3
KEY FOR CW ±KEY²
................................................................................
1-4
KEYPAD ±KEYPAD²
.................................................................................
1-4
CONNECTION TO AUDIO DEVICES WITH OPTICAL DIGITAL INPUT
TERMINAL
..............................................................................................
1-4
CONNECTION TO THE EXTERNAL DISPLAY UNIT
...............................
1-4
METER
....................................................................................................
1-4
PC CONNECTION FOR DATA COMMUNICATION
............................
1-5
CONNECTION TO A PC
..........................................................................
1-5
CONNECTION TO AN APPLICABLE TRANSCEIVER
±QUICK DATA TRANSFER²
................................................................
1-6
CONNECTION TO THE LINEAR AMPLIFIER
....................................
1-7
CONNECTION TO THE TL-922
...............................................................
1-7
CONNECTING A TYPICAL LINEAR AMPLIFIER
....................................
1-7
CONNECTION TO OTHER KENWOOD TRANSCEIVERS WITH
A TNC TERMINAL
..............................................................................
1-8
CONNECTION TO AN EXTERNAL ANTENNA TUNER AT-300
........
1-9
CONNECTING TO YOUR LAN
............................................................
1-9
TERMINAL DESCRIPTIONS
............................................................
1-10
COM CONNECTOR
..............................................................................
1-10
REMOTE CONNECTOR
........................................................................
1-10
ACC 2 CONNECTOR
............................................................................
1-11
EXT.AT CONNECTOR
...........................................................................
1-12
MIC CONNECTOR
................................................................................
1-12
2 PANEL DESCRIPTION
FRONT PANEL
....................................................................................
2-1
REAR PANEL
......................................................................................
2-9
MICROPHONE ±OPTION²
................................................................
2-11
MAIN SCREEN
.................................................................................
2-12
SUB-SCREEN
...................................................................................
2-15
3 MENU
MENU CONFIGURATIONS
................................................................
3-1
OPENING THE MENU
.............................................................................
3-1
OPENING THE SUB MENU
....................................................................
3-1
COMMON OPERATION IN THE MENU SCREEN
..................................
3-1
CLOSING THE MENU
.............................................................................
3-1
SWITCHING THE OPERATING DATA BETWEEN CONFIG A AND
CONFIG B
...............................................................................................
3-2
MENU ITEMS
..........................................................................................
3-2
RESET MENU ITEMS
.............................................................................
3-9
CLOCK MENU ITEMS
.............................................................................
3-9
LAN MENU ITEMS
................................................................................
3-10
ADVANCED MENU ITEMS
....................................................................
3-10
LIST OF USB MENU ITEMS
..................................................................
3-11
4 BASIC OPERATIONS
TURNING THE TRANSCEIVER ON
...................................................
4-1
TURNING THE TRANSCEIVER OFF
.................................................
4-1
ENABLING THE STANDBY STATE LOW POWER CONSUMPTION
.......
4-2
CONTROLLING THE COOLING FAN WHILE IN THE STANDBY STATE
....
4-2
COOLING FAN AND TEMPERATURE PROTECTION FOR FINAL UNIT
....
4-3
MAIN AND SUB SCREEN DISPLAYS
................................................
4-3
MAIN SCREEN
........................................................................................
4-3
SUB SCREEN
.........................................................................................
4-4
CONFIGURING THE SCREEN TYPE
.................................................
4-5
CHANGING THE BACKGROUND COLOR
.............................................
4-5
CHANGING THE DISPLAY FONT
...........................................................
4-5
CHANGING THE DIAL COLOR ±SUB SCREEN²
....................................
4-6
CAPTURING AND SAVING SCREEN IMAGES
.................................
4-6
SELECTING THE DIMMER
................................................................
4-6
CHANGING BRIGHTNESS
.....................................................................
4-6
ADJUSTING THE DIMMER LEVEL
.........................................................
4-6
SWAPPING THE OPERATING DATA BETWEEN MAIN BAND
AND SUB BAND
.................................................................................
4-7
ADJUSTING THE AF GAIN
................................................................
4-7
MUTING THE RECEIVED AUDIO
............................................................
4-7
ADJUSTING THE RF GAIN
................................................................
4-8
ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH LEVEL
.................................................
4-8
CONFIGURING THE OPERATING BAND
..........................................
4-8
CHANGING THE NUMBER OF BAND MEMORIES
................................
4-9
SELECTING THE OPERATING MODE
............................................
4-10
LSB OR USB MODE
.............................................................................
4-10
CW/CW-R MODE
..................................................................................
4-10
FSK/FSK-R OR PSK/PSK-R MODE
.......................................................
4-10
FM/AM MODE
.......................................................................................
4-10
CONFIGURING THE DATA MODE
........................................................
4-10
CONFIGURING THE NUMBER OF DATA MODES
...............................
4-10
AUTO MODE
.....................................................................................
4-11
ENABLING/DISABLING AUTO MODE
..................................................
4-11
CONFIGURING AUTO MODE FREQUENCY POINTS
..........................
4-11
TUNING THE FREQUENCY
.............................................................
4-12
TUNING WITH THE TUNING CONTROL
..............................................
4-12
USING THE MICROPHONE KEYS
........................................................
4-13
CHANGING THE FREQUENCY
............................................................
4-13
CHANGING THE STEP FREQUENCY
..................................................
4-13
ROUNDING OFF THE FREQUENCY
....................................................
4-13
FINE TUNING
........................................................................................
4-14
TUNING IN MHZ STEP
.........................................................................
4-14
SELECTING THE STEP FREQUENCY FOR AM BROADCAST
LISTENING
............................................................................................
4-14
CONFIGURING THE FAST FORWARD RATE OF THE TUNING
CONTROL ±MAIN²
.................................................................................
4-15
CONFIGURING THE SENSITIVITY FOR STARTING THE FAST
FORWARD OPERATION ±MAIN²
..........................................................
4-15
CONFIGURING THE FAST FORWARD RATE OF THE TUNING
CONTROL ±SUB²
..................................................................................
4-15
CONFIGURING THE SENSITIVITY FOR STARTING THE FAST
FORWARD OPERATION ±SUB²
............................................................
4-16
DIRECTLY ENTERING THE FREQUENCY
...........................................
4-16
DISPLAYING THE HISTORY OF THE FREQUENCY ENTRIES
............
4-17
USING THE FREQUENCY LOCK
.....................................................
4-17
SELECTING THE FREQUENCY LOCK FUNCTION BEHAVIOR
..........
4-17
TRANSMITTING
...............................................................................
4-18
AUDIO TRANSMISSION
.......................................................................
4-18