Kenwood TK-8150 BASIC OPERATIONS

BASIC OPERATIONS

Your dealer can program your transceiver with Trunking Systems and

Conventional Groups. Trunking Systems can handle 32 zones with up to 250

group IDs. Conventional Groups can handle up to 128 zones with up to 128

channels. The transceiver can handle a maximum combination of 128 zones in

Trunking Systems and Conventional Groups.

Press the switch to switch the transceiver ON.

If the transceiver is password protected, “Password” will appear on the display

when the power is turned ON. To unlock the transceiver, enter the correct

password:

1Select a character by rotating the selector.

•If you are using an optional microphone equipped with a keypad, you can also

enter the password by pressing the appropriate keypad keys.

2Press the PF5 key to accept the character.

•This step is unnecessary when using the keypad.

3Repeat steps 1 and 2 to enter the entire password.

•If no key is pressed within 10 seconds, the transceiver will return to the password

protect state.

4Press the PF5 key or the keypad # key to complete the entry.

•If you enter an incorrect password, an error tone sounds and the transceiver

remains locked.

•The password can contain a maximum of 6 digits.

Press and hold the switch for approximately 1 second to switch the

transceiver OFF.

Turn the Volume Control clockwise to increase the volume and counterclockwise

to decrease the volume.

Select the desired zone using the selector if it has been programmed with Zone

Select or the keys programmed with Zone Up and Zone Down. Each zone

contains a group of channels.

Select the desired channel/group ID using the selector if it has been programmed

with Channel/Group ID Select or the keys programmed with Channel/Group ID

Up and Channel/Group ID Down. Each channel/group ID is programmed with

specific settings to allow you to send and receive calls.