Yaesu VR-120D Operating Manual - Vr-120D O

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    1 vr-120d o perating m anual communications receiver vr- 120d o perating m anual vertex standard co., ltd. 4-8-8 nakameguro, meguro-ku, tokyo 153-8644, japan vertex standard us headquarters 17210 edwards rd., cerritos, ca 90703, u.S.A. International division 8350 n.W. 52nd terrace, suite 201, miami,...

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    2 vr-120d o perating m anual contents introduction .............................................................. 3 controls & connections .......................................... 4 display icons & indicators ..................................... 5 keypad functions ...................................

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    3 vr-120d o perating m anual installation the yaesu vr-120d is a high-performance miniature communications receiver provid- ing general coverage reception from 100 khz to 1299.995 mhz on the am and fm (wide and narrow bandwidths) modes; this coverage includes the am and fm broadcast bands, hf short-...

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    4 vr-120d o perating m anual controls & connections antenna jack connect the supplied rub- ber flex antenna (or an- other antenna presenting a 50-ohm impedance) here. Vol knob this control adjusts the receiver's audio volume level, and also the keypad's beeper level. Clockwise ro- tation increases t...

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    5 vr-120d o perating m anual display icons & indicators preferential memory activated / preset mode activated / set mode activated memory channel number dual watch activated battery save activated attenuator activated off timer activated key lock activated frequency / data field low battery s-meter ...

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    6 vr-120d o perating m anual keypad functions b a n d v/m scan mode press key selects the operating ( r e c e i v i n g ) b a n d ( t o w a r d a h i g h e r frequency band). Selects the operating vfo/memory mode . Starts scanning. Selects the operating (receiving) mode, or to g g l e s t h e d i s ...

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    7 vr-120d o perating m anual accessories & options a ccessories supplied with the vr-120d • operating manual • warranty card a vailable options for your vr-120d availability of accessories may vary. Some accessories are supplied as standard per local requirements, while others may be unavailable in ...

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    8 vr-120d o perating m anual installation of accessories b attery i nstallation r referring to figure 1, unlock the plate by pushing the latch in the "open" direction. R remove the battery cover from the receiver. R referring to figure 2, insert 2 fresh aa batteries into the battery holder. When ins...

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    9 vr-120d o perating m anual installation of accessories b elt c lip i nstallation to install the belt clip, first place the loop of the hand strap into the groove at the top of the belt clip, and run the loop of the strap around the round mounting ridge for the belt clip. Now insert the mounting sc...

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    10 vr-120d o perating m anual t urning the p ower o n /o ff 1. Press and hold the orange [pwr] key for two seconds to turn the radio on or off. 2. When you turn on the radio, a "vr-120" greeting message will appear on the display for two seconds. After this interval, the frequency display will appea...

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    11 vr-120d o perating m anual basic operation b attery s aver the vr-120d includes a useful "battery saver" feature, which significantly reduces bat- tery consumption during operating sessions where little incoming traffic is being received. The battery saver "puts the radio to sleep" for a time int...

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    12 vr-120d o perating m anual vfo s earch the vfo search feature causes the radio to scan the band, looking for active frequencies. Before initiating a vfo search, set the squelch so that background noise is silenced. If you are hearing background noise, the vfo search feature will not initiate scan...

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    13 vr-120d o perating m anual basic operation how to skip (omit) a frequency during vfo search if the vfo search stops on a frequency or frequencies that you do not need (such as a spurious radiation from a television), such frequencies can be "skipped" during vfo search scanning. This is accomplish...

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    14 vr-120d o perating m anual 7. Press the [v/m] key while pressing the [func] key. The display will indicate "clear" as a request for command confirmation (see next step). 8. Now, press the [v/m] key while pressing the [func] key again; this action will delete the channel from the vfo frequency ski...

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    15 vr-120d o perating m anual basic operation for example, while you press and hold in the [func] key, rotate the dial knob to select search band memory "l 05." after initiating vfo search scanning, the search will be limited to the frequency range 50.5-54.0 mhz. While vfo search scanning is in prog...

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    16 vr-120d o perating m anual basic operation c hanging the c hannel s teps this radio's synthesizer provides the option of utilizing channel steps of 5/6.25/9/10/12.5/ 15/20/25/30/50/100 khz per step, as well as an automatic step selection based on the current listening frequency ("auto"). Addition...

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    17 vr-120d o perating m anual channel number pre-programmed frequency 0 0.520mhz (am) 1 1.800mhz (am) 2 3.600mhz (am) 3 7.000mhz (am) 4 10.500mhz (am) 5 21.000mhz (am) 6 50.500mhz (fm) 7 88.000mhz (wfm) 8 144.000mhz (fm) 9 430.000mhz (fm) 10 1240.000mhz (fm) 11 weather channels (wx-01 ~ wx-10) 12 re...

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    18 vr-120d o perating m anual basic operation r eceiving s hort -w ave b roadcast s tations a special bank of prominent short-wave broadcast stations has been pre-programmed at the factory, for quick tuning. Each station selection will have been programmed with four of its most-often used frequencie...

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    19 vr-120d o perating m anual basic operation display memory channel frequency (mhz) display memory channel frequency (mhz) display memory channel frequency (mhz) display memory channel frequency (mhz) voa 800 6.030 italy 842 6.060 denmar 910 9.590 india 942 6.045 801 6.160 843 7.175 911 9.985 943 9...

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    20 vr-120d o perating m anual memory mode the vr-120d provides 640 "standard" memory channels, numbered "000" through "963" memory channels may be used to store frequencies of particular interest, for convenient recall without the need to scan through an entire operating band. These memories are par...

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    21 vr-120d o perating m anual memory mode designated memory storage if you wish to store the frequency into a particular memory channel number, use the "des- ignated memory" storage procedure: example: store 162.450 mhz into memory channel 010, and append the label "noa450" to the channel data: 1. W...

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    22 vr-120d o perating m anual memory mode m emory r ecall recall of memorized channels is very simple: 1. Press the [v/m] key to enter the memory mode. The memory number will appear in the top left-hand corner of the display, indicating that you are now operating in the memory recall mode. 2. Rotate...

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    23 vr-120d o perating m anual memory mode m emory c hannel s can while using the memory mode, press the [scan] key to initiate memory channel scan- ning. As with vfo search, the scanner will halt on any signal encountered that is strong enough to open the squelch; it will then resume scanning accord...

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    24 vr-120d o perating m anual memory mode memory bank scanning this feature allows you to scan one or more memory banks during memory channel scanning, while ignoring other banks. For example, you may wish to load broadcast sta- tions into certain memory banks for convenient recall, but ignore them ...

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    25 vr-120d o perating m anual memory mode d eleting m emory c hannels you may wish to delete a certain memory channel's data, when you no longer have a reason to recall that channel. To delete a channel's data: 1. Recall the memory channel to be deleted. 2. Press the [v/m] key while pressing the [fu...

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    26 vr-120d o perating m anual one-touch memory when you activate the otm feature, you can recall up to four favorite frequencies directly via the [bnds], [v/m], [scan] and [mode] keys. Memory channels "060," "061," "062," and "063" are assigned as "shortcuts" to the aforementioned panel keys, and da...

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    27 vr-120d o perating m anual channel counter the channel counter allows measuring of the frequency of a nearby transmitter, without knowing that frequency in advance. The frequency can be measured by bringing the vr- 120d close to the transceiver which is transmitting. The vr-120d performs a high-s...

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    28 vr-120d o perating m anual dual watch the dual watch feature allows you to monitor two frequencies, with the radio rapidly switching between the two channels, looking for activity. As with scanning operation, the vr-120d will halt when one of the channels becomes occupied by a signal strong enoug...

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    29 vr-120d o perating m anual dual watch 7. Dual watch will halt when the vr-120d receives a signal strong enough to break through the squelch threshold. The radio will then hold on that frequency according to the setting of the "resume" mode, described previously. 8. To stop dual watch manually, ju...

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    30 vr-120d o perating m anual priority monitoring the "priority" feature, which is somewhat similar to dual watch, allows you to monitor a vfo frequency while checking a "priority memory" channel every five seconds for activ- ity. If the priority memory channel becomes active with a signal strong en...

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    31 vr-120d o perating m anual smart search tm the smart search tm feature allows you to load frequencies automatically according to where activity is encountered by your radio. This feature is especially helpful when visiting a new city, where you may not know the frequencies of active stations. The...

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    32 vr-120d o perating m anual occasionally, a static discharge or other anomaly will cause the microprocessor to go into erratic behavior. This can frequently be corrected by a "system reset" whereby the micro- processor is cleared of all "soft" data. If you just want to clear the menu and function ...

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    33 vr-120d o perating m anual set mode the vr-120d "set" mode is an easy-to-use menu system, which allows customization of many vr-120d configuration parameters. Use the following "generic" procedure to engage the "set" (menu) mode: 1. Set the radio to the vfo mode by pressing the [v/m] key. You can...

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    34 vr-120d o perating m anual set mode set item 00 [step] function: channel steps available values: auto / 5 / 6.25 / 9 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 / 100 khz default: auto set item 01 [f step] function: selects the desired "fast" channel steps available values: 10 k / 100 k / 1m / 10 m / 10...

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    35 vr-120d o perating m anual set item 06 [beep] function: enables/disables the keypad beeper available values: on/off default: on set item 07 [volt] function: checks battery voltage (1.9 ~ 3.5 v) set item 08 [sm sen] function: the setting of s-meter sensitivity available values: normal / low (fm on...

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    36 vr-120d o perating m anual set mode set item 11 [search] function: selects the vfo scan type available values: vfo/limit vfo: the vfo scanner scans frequencies between the 0.1 mhz and 1300 mhz. Limit: the vfo scanner scans frequencies between the pre-programmed frequency limits. Default: vfo set ...

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    37 vr-120d o perating m anual set item 16 [bankcl] function: clears (masks) all the memory channels in a particular memory bank. 1. After selecting set item 16, rotate the dial knob while pressing the [func] key to select the memory bank number. The display will indicate "clear" as a request for com...

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    38 vr-120d o perating m anual set mode set item 20 [ch cnt] function: channel counter search width available values: ± 5 / ± 10 / ± 50 / ± 100 mhz default: ± 50 mhz set item 21 [flex s] function: enables/disables the "flexible" frequency step feature available values: on/off off: when you change the...

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    39 vr-120d o perating m anual set item 25 [game] function: this vr-120d includes a simple "slot machine" game in which three digits scroll in a random fashion. You manually stop each digit in sequence, with the object being to get all three numbers to match. 1. After selecting set item 25, rotate th...

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    40 vr-120d o perating m anual the vr-120d includes a convenient "clone" feature, which allows the memory and con- figuration data from one radio to be transferred to another vr-120d. Here is the proce- dure for cloning one radio's data to another: 1. Turn both radios off. 2. Connect the optional ct-...

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    41 vr-120d o perating m anual “auto” mode preset operating parameters frequency range (mhz) mode step (khz) frequency range (mhz) mode step (khz) 0.1000 ~ 0.2850 fm 5 162.9000 ~ 174.0000 fm 12.5 0.2850 ~ 0.5200 am 5 174.0000 ~ 216.0000 wfm 50 0.5200 ~ 1.7100 am 10 216.0000 ~ 225.0000 fm 5 1.7100 ~ 5...

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    42 vr-120d o perating m anual frequency range: 100 khz ~ 1299.995 mhz (cellular blocked) receiving mode: am/fm/wfm circuit type: triple super-heterodyne memory channels: 640 channels memory bank: 10 banks (@ 64 channels) antenna impedance: 50-ohm unbalanced, bnc receptacle intermediate frequencies: ...

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    43 vr-120d o perating m anual 1. Changes or modifications to this device not expressly approved by vertex standard could void the user's authorization to operate this device. 2. This device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions; (1) this device ...

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    44 vr-120d o perating m anual printed in japan copyright 2001 vertex standard co., ltd. All rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of vertex standard co., ltd. E h 0 1 1 m 1 0 0 0112j-0y.