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Yaesu VX-510 Operating Manual

Manual is about: VHF Hand-held portable land mobile transceiver

Summary of VX-510

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    Vx- 510 vhf hand-held portable land mobile transceiver o perating m anual 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. Yaesu uk ltd. Unit 12, sun valley business park, winnall close winches...

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    Notice there are no user-serviceable points inside this transceiver. All service jobs must be referred to your authorized service cen- ter or network administrator. Congratulations! You now have at your fingertips a valuable communications tool - a yaesu two-way radio! Rugged, reliable and easy to u...

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    1 vx-510 o perating m anual vx-510 series vhf hand-held portable land mobile transceiver the vx-510 is a frequency-synthesized, mi- croprocessor-controlled fm hand-held por- table transceiver providing up to five watts of power output on up to 32 channels in the vhf land mobile bands. Designed speci...

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    2 vx-510 o perating m anual s pecifications general frequency range (mhz): 29.8 – 38 mhz (vers.A) or 38 – 50 mhz (vers.B) channels: up to 32 (simplex or semi-duplex) maximum channel spread: 8.3 mhz (vers. A) or 12 mhz (vers. B) minimum channel spacing: 20 khz (12.5 khz optional) programming channel ...

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    3 vx-510 o perating m anual a ccessories & o ptions mh- 30 a2b speaker/microphone mh- 45 a2b speaker/microphone fnb-29a 7.2 v/1700 mah ni-cd battery pack vac-520 rapid desktop charger atl-1a vhf low band helical flex antenna (30 – 36 mhz) atl-1b vhf low band helical flex antenna (36 – 42 mhz) atl-1c...

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    4 vx-510 o perating m anual c ontrols & c onnectors top panel vol control this control adjusts the volume of the receiver, and turns the radio off when rotated fully counterclockwise to the click-stop s/dw button (scan/dual watch) momentarily ( and off. Pressing and holding (> 1 sec.) this button ac...

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    5 vx-510 o perating m anual a button pressing and holding this button more than 2 seconds (but less than 4 seconds) also activates an assigned function (programmed by your dealer). Pressing and holding this button more than 4 seconds causes the selected channel to be assigned as the priority channel...

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    6 vx-510 o perating m anual side panel buttons mon res (monitor/reset) button pressing and holding this button more than 2 seconds (but less than 4 seconds) disables the tone squelch, and permits monitoring of stations transmitting on the selected channel while still keeping your receiver quiet from...

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    7 vx-510 o perating m anual ptt (push-to-talk) button hold this button to transmit (the “busy/tx” indicator glows red). Lamp/lock button press this button momentarily ( seconds. Pressing and holding (>1 sec.) this button locks top-panel push- buttons (s/dw, b, a, and the optional dtmf keypad); this ...

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    8 vx-510 o perating m anual o peration preliminaries if the transceiver has not been used since leaving the factory, fully charge the battery using cd-1 unit (with pa-14b or c) before using it. Mount the battery on the transceiver as described and shown in the photo below. Also, install the antenna ...

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    9 vx-510 o perating m anual preliminary steps before operating the transceiver for the first time: charge the battery pack and connect the supplied helical rubber flex antenna to the antenna jack on the top of the transceiver. Never operate the transceiver without an antenna connected. If you have a...

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    10 vx-510 o perating m anual an important note about your radio ! Some of the radio/button functions discussed next will only operate in your radio if so programmed by your dealer, or after the installation of certain internal optional units. In this way, the radio’s operation can be simplified and ...

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    11 vx-510 o perating m anual o peration use the ch knob to select a channel, then press the s/dw button to en- able the channel for scanning (“e ” will appear in the upper left corner of the lcd). Repeat this process for each channel you want the scanner to check. To remove a channel from those to b...

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    12 vx-510 o perating m anual dual watch if you need to operate on a non-priority channel while still checking for calls on the priority channel, the dual watch feature let’s you to do this without using the scanner. When enabled, operation on any selected non- priority remains normal as before, howe...

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    13 vx-510 o perating m anual p re -p rogrammed f unctions the function selected by pressing and holding the a or b button more than 2 seconds (but less than 4 seconds) can be customized by dealer program- ming and your network requirements. A brief explanation of available func- tions is provided be...

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    14 vx-510 o perating m anual b utton f unctions as mentioned before, button functions can be customized by program- ming from your yaesu dealer to meet your communications/network re- quirements. Some features may require the purchase and installation of optional internal accessories for operation. ...

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    15 vx-510 o perating m anual c ustom s ettings below is a table of radio features that can be customized by dealer pro- gramming. To change a feature as your requirements change, contact your yaesu dealer. For future reference, check the box next to the option that has been programmed in your partic...

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    16 vx-510 o perating m anual r eceiver s quelch s etting the squelch setting on your vx-510 is preset at the factory, and does not normally require re-adjustment. However, in the event that this should become necessary: to adjust the squelch, use the allen wrench to loosen the setscrew secur- ing th...

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    17 vx-510 o perating m anual i nstalling c hannel -s tops to simplify operation and prevent selection of unprogrammed/unused chan- nels or channel groups, tiny metal inserts or “stops” can be inserted into the top panel beneath the ch selector knob. A tiny tab protruding from beneath the skirt of th...

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    18 vx-510 o perating m anual u nderstanding r adio w aves radio waves travel from one point to another by several different means. The general term for these methods of wave travel is “propagation”. You may know that “shortwave” signals can be propagated over distances of several thousand miles by r...

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    This device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. Operation is subject to the condition that this device does not cause harmful interference..

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    Printed in japan copyright 2010 vertex standard co., ltd. All rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be reproduced without the permission of vertex standard co., ltd. E 1 2 9 6 1 0 0 1.