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Yaesu VR-500 Operating Manual - Contents

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    Yaesu musen co., ltd. 1-20-2 shimomaruko, ota-ku, tokyo 146-8649, japan yaesu u.S.A. 17210 edwards rd., cerritos, ca 90703, 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. ...

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    Contents introduction ........................................................... 1 controls & connections ........................................ 2 display icons & indicators ................................... 3 keypad functions .................................................. 4 accessories & o...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 1 introduction the vr-500 is a high-performance miniature com- munications receiver providing general coverage reception from 100 khz to 1300 mhz on the cw, ssb (lsb and usb), am, and fm (wide and narrow bandwidths) modes (this coverage includes the am and fm broadcast band...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 2 controls & connections antenna jack connect the sup- plied rubber flex an- tenna (or another antenna presenting a 50 Ω impedance) here. Ext dc jack this coaxial dc jack al- lows connection to an e x t e r n a l d c p o w e r source (9~16 volts dc). The center pin of this ...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 3 display icons & indicators vfo mode activated memory mode activated memory channel scan activated vfo search activated dual watch activated priority monitoring activated memory channel number s-meter and band scope data field operating mode low battery on and off timer ac...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 4 keypad functions frequency entry digit “3” start scanning. Frequency entry digit “6” frequency entry digit “9” activate the priority watch feature. Display the operating time and total transmit time since you most recently turned the transceiver on. Activate the back- lig...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 5 keypad functions input of the “decimal point” frequency entry digit (“ • ”). Select the synthesizer steps to be used during vfo operation. None frequency entry digit “0” select the operating (receiving) mode. None enter the frequency entry digit into the vfo. Activate the...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 6 accessories & options a ccessories supplied with the vr-500 • antenna • belt clip • hand strap • operating manual • warranty card a vailable options for your vr-500 • nc-60 ac adapter ‚ e-dc-5b dc cable w/noise filter ƒ e-dc-6 dc cable; plug and wire only „ csc-72 soft ca...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 7 installation of accessories b attery i nstallation r referring to figure 1, slide the battery cover toward the bottom to remove it. R referring to figure 2, insert 2 fresh aa batteries into the battery holder. When in- stalling batteries, insert the (–) end first, then pr...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 8 b elt c lip i nstallation to install the belt clip, first place the hand strap into the hole at the top of the belt clip, then insert the mounting screw through the belt clip, and affix it snugly to the mounting hole on the back of the vr-500 . Do not install the supplied...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 9 t urning the p ower o n /o ff • press and hold the orange [pwr] key for two seconds to turn the radio on or off. ‚ when you turn on the radio, a “ welcome ” message will appear on the display for two seconds. After this interval, the frequency display will appear. Using t...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 10 f requency n avigation tuning dial rotating the dial allows frequency tuning in the steps pre-programmed at the factory. Clockwise rotation of the dial causes the radio to be tuned to toward a higher frequency, while counter-clockwise rotation will lower the operating fr...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 11 basic operation 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 no...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 12 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 accomplished by storing the...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 13 pre-programmable frequency search the vr-500 allows you to program up to ten band segments within which vfo search scanning can be limited. This allows your radio's search to be concentrated on the most active band segments in your local area, without wasting time in unu...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 14 you can customize the pre-programmed frequency range for any of the bands shown on the previous page, so as to allow you to scan just the band segments you want. To program the pre-programmed frequency ranges : • select the lower frequency limit for the pre-programmed fr...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 15 you can check the frequency ranges of the search band memories quickly, to see if you want to re-program other ranges. To do this: • from the vfo mode, press the [ent(set)] key while pressing the [func] key to activate the “set” (menu) mode. ‚ rotate the dial knob to sel...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 16 p reset m ode operation of the vr-500 can be greatly simplified by utilizing the “preset” mode. The preset mode provides ten “starting point” frequencies (one frequency in each of ten popular listening bands), from which you may then begin manual tuning. To operate in th...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 17 memory mode the vr-500 provides 1000 “standard” memory channels, numbered “000” through “999.” 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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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 18 designated memory storage if you wish to store the frequency into a particular memory channel number, use the “des- ignated memory” storage procedure: • while operating in the vfo mode, select the desired frequency and reception mode (am, nfm, etc.) for the station to be...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 19 press [2 abc] to enter “ a ” as the next character. Rotate the dial one click clock- wise while holding in the [func] key to move on to the next character. Press [2 abc] to enter “ a ” as the next character. Now rotate the dial two clicks clockwise while holding in the [...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 20 l abeling m emories you may wish to append an alpha-numeric “tag” (label) to a memory or memories, to aid in recollection of the channel frequency's significance (such as a broadcast station name, etc.). Alpha-numeric labels may be appended at the time of storage of the ...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 21 m emory c hannel s can while using the memory (“ mr ”) mode, press the [3(sch/scn)] key while pressing the [func] key to initiate memory channel scanning. As with vfo search, the scanner will halt on any sig- nal encountered that is strong enough to open the squelch; it ...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 22 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 during scanni...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 23 mode scan the vr-500 may be programmed to scan only those memory channels on which a par- ticular emission mode has been programmed (such as nfm, am, etc.). To set up mode scanning: • switch to the vfo mode by pressing the [clr (p.Set)] key. ‚ press the [ent(set)] key wh...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 24 a lpha -n umeric m emory r ecall you can use the vr-500's powerful microprocessor system to search for memory chan- nels according to their alpha-numeric label. In the example below, we shall set up the vr- 500 to find all channels programmed with “ police ” as an alpha-...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 25 m emory c hannel c opying this feature allows to copy and paste the memory channel data between any two desired memory channels. • set the radio to the vfo mode by pressing the [clr(p.Set)] key. ‚ press the [ent(set/name)] key while pressing the [func] key to activate th...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 26 m emory b ank c opy this feature allows you to copy and paste the all memory channels in a particular memory bank to a different memory bank. • set the radio to the vfo mode by pressing the [clr(p.Set)] key. ‚ press the [ent(set)] key while pressing the [func] key to act...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 27 c learing of a m emory b ank this feature allows to mask (clear) the all memory channels in the desired memory bank at the same time. • set the radio to the vfo mode by pressing the [clr(p.Set)] key. ‚ press the [ent(set)] key while pressing the [func] key to activate th...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 28 if you have to be away from your radio for a while, the band scope allows viewing of operating activity on channels above or below the current operating channel (in the vfo mode). The display will indicate the relative signal strengths of signals on channels immediately ...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 29 t o a ctivate the b and s cope • set the radio to the vfo mode by pressing the [clr(p.Set)] key, if necessary. ‚ press the [b.S(b.W)] key momentarily. When the band scope is activated, rotate the dial knob to move the channel marker. When the band scope is activated, you...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 30 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-500 will halt when one of the channels becomes occupied by a signal strong enough to open the...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 31 you can change any or all of the dual watch frequency pairs in accordance with your operating preferences. To program a dual watch memory frequency pair: • select one of the frequencies you wish to utilize for dual watch, using the keypad or main dial . ‚ press and hold ...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 32 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 enough to open the sque...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 33 the smart search tm feature allows you to load frequencies automatically according to where activity is encountered by your radio. The radio includes a special 31-channel smart search tm memory bank which is separate from the main memory system. To set up smart search tm...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 34 the smart search tm feature has 31 channels available as a default channel capacity. Sev- eral other channel capacity values are available, using the menu system: • set the radio to the vfo mode by pressing the [clr(p.Set)] key, if necessary. ‚ press the [ent(set)] key w...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 35 s ystem r eset • turn the radio off. ‚ press and hold the [func] and [moni(lock)] keys while turning the radio on. ƒ press the [1(memo)] key. „ press the [ent(set)] key to reset the all settings to their factory defaults (press the [clr(p.Set)] key to cancel the reset pr...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 36 the vr-500 “set” mode is an easy-to-use menu system, which allows customization of many vr-500 configuration parameters. Use the following “generic” procedure to engage the “set” (menu) mode: • set the radio to the vfo mode by pressing the [clr(p.Set)] key. ‚ press the [...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 37 set item 5 [save] function: select the battery save interval (“sleep” ratio) available values: off/1:4(1sec)/1:12(3sec)/1:20(5sec)/1:2887sec)/1:36(9sec) default: 1:4(1sec) note that the vr-500 receiving time is 250 ms when the battery save on. Set item 6 [off timer] func...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 38 set item 12 [search mode] function: select the vfo scan type available values: vfo/limit vfo: the vfo scanner activates the frequencies between the 0.1 mhz and 1300 mhz. Limit: the vfo scanner activates the frequencies between the pre- programmed frequencies. Default: vf...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 39 set item 19 [rf squelch] function: adjust the rf sql threshold level available values: off/1 ~ 9 default: off set item 20 [smart search] function: select the smart search memory bank size (# of channels) available values: 11/21/31/41 channels default: 31 channels set ite...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 40 set item 23 [opening bell] function: select the opening “beep” sequence when the vr-500 is powered on. Available values: off/1/2/3 off: no beep 1: “pi” (single beep) 2: “po-pi” (two beeps, low è high pitch) 3: “pi-pi” (two beeps, both high pitch) default: 1 set item 24 [...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 41 set item 26 [clear bank] function: clear (mask) all the memory channels in a particular memory bank. • after selecting set item 26, rotate the dial knob one click clock- wise while pressing the [func] key to enable the memory bank clear function. ‚ key in the memory bank...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 42 set item 29 [vacant memory] function: display the nunber of vacant memory channels in each memory bank (and total vacant memories in all banks.) to do this: • after selecting set item 29, rotate the dial knob while pressing the [func] key to display the number of vacant ...

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    Vr-500 o perating m anual 43 specifications frequency range: 0.1000 mhz ~ 1299.9995 mhz (cellular blocked) receiving mode: nfm/wfm/am/ssb/cw antenna impedance: 50 Ω unbalanced, bnc receptacle channel step: 0.05/0.1/1/5/6.25/9/10/12.5/15/20/30/50/100 khz operating temp.: –10 °c ~ +50 °c sensitivity: ...

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    1. Changes or modifications to this device not expressly approved by yaesu musen 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 may not cause harmful interference...

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    Printed in japan copyright 1999 yaesu musen co., ltd. All rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of yaesu musen co., ltd..