Kenwood th-k20a PREPARATION

PREPARATION

SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES

After carefully unpacking the transceiver, identify the items listed in the table

below. We recommend you keep the box and packaging for shipping.

Item Comments Quantity

K type E type M type

Antenna 1 1 1

Li-ion battery pack KNB-63L 1 1 1

Battery charger with AC adapter (KSC-35S) 1 1 1

Belt clip KBH-18 1 1 1

Warranty card 1 1 −

Instruction manual

English 1 1 1

French 1 1 −

Spanish 1 1 −

Italian −1−

German −1−

Dutch −1−

Turkish −1−

Chinese 1

INSTALLING THE ANTENNA

Hold the supplied antenna by its base, then screw it into the connector on the top

panel of the transceiver until secure.

Note: The antenna is neither a handle, a key ring retainer, nor a speaker/ microphone

attachment point. Using the antenna in these ways may damage the antenna and degrade

your transceiver’s performance.

Contents

Main THANK YOU MARKET TYPE CODES WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL i NOTICES TO THE USER One or more of the following statements may be applicable: ii PRECAUTIONS iii iv v CONTENTS vi PREPARATION SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES INSTALLING THE ANTENNA INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK INSTALLING THE BELT CLIP CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK Approximate Charging Times Charger Status Table Battery Life Connecting to a Cigarette Lighter Socket CONNECTING TO THE PC GETTING ACQUAINTED PANEL 7 DISPLAY 9 Indicator Description BASIC OPERATION SWITCHING THE POWER ON/OFF ADJUSTING THE VOLUME ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH SELECTING A FREQUENCY VFO MODE MHz TUNING MODE TRANSMITTING/ RECEIVING DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY SELECTING AN OUTPUT POWER REMAINING BATTERY CAPACITY BACKLIGHT MONITOR LOCK FUNCTION MENU SETUP WHAT IS A MENU? MENU ACCESS MENU FUNCTION LIST Page MEMORY CHANNELS SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL? STORING SIMPLEX AND STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATER FREQUENCIES RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL USING THE ENC CONTROL USING A NUMERIC KEYPAD NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL MEMORY DISPLAY TYPE CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL CALL CHANNEL RECALLING THE CALL CHANNEL REPROGRAMMING THE CALL CHANNEL MEMORY CHANNEL TRANSFER MEMORY TO VFO TRANSFER CHANNEL TO CHANNEL TRANSFER CHANNEL DISPLAY MODE Page SCAN BAND SCAN PROGRAM SCAN STORING A PROGRAM SCAN FREQUENCY RANGE USING PROGRAM SCAN MEMORY SCAN CALL SCAN PRIORITY SCAN PROGRAMMING A PRIORITY CHANNEL USING PRIORITY SCAN MEMORY CHANNEL LOCKOUT SELECTING A SCAN RESUME METHOD OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS SELECTING AN OFFSET DIRECTION (SHIFT) SELECTING AN OFFSET FREQUENCY TONE FUNCTION ACTIVATING THE TONE FUNCTION TONE FREQUENCY SCAN AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET REVERSE FUNCTION TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE SIGNALING CTCSS USING CTCSS CTCSS FREQUENCY SCAN DCS USING DCS DCS CODE SCAN CROSS TONE DTMF FUNCTIONS MANUAL DIALING AUTOMATIC DIALER STORING A DTMF CODE IN MEMORY TRANSMITTING A STORED DTMF CODE ADJUSTING THE DTMF CODE TRANSMIT SPEED DTMF TX HOLD ADJUSTING THE PAUSE DURATION DTMF LOCK AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS PROGRAMMABLE VFO FREQUENCY STEP SIZE TONE ALERT POWER ON MESSAGE BEEP FUNCTION LOCK TYPE BATTERY SAVER APO (AUTO POWER OFF) NARROW BAND FM OPERATION BEAT SHIFT VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMIT) VOX GAIN VOX ON BUSY VOX DELAY TIME TIME-OUT TIMER BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT TX INHIBIT MICROPHONE SENSITIVITY PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION KEYS TRANSCEIVER PF KEY MICROPHONE PF KEYS MICROPHONE KEY LOCK BATTERY TYPE WEATHER ALERT (TH-K20A K TYPE ONLY) WEATHER ALERT ON/ OFF WEATHER CHANNEL WEATHER CHANNEL SCAN 55 APPENDIX OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES The following options are available for use with this transceiver: MAINTENANCE 56 TROUBLESHOOTING Page TRANSCEIVER RESET KEY OPERATION MENU OPERATION 59 SPECIFICATIONS Microphone impedance