Kenwood TM-271A, TM-271E GETTING ACQUAINTED

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GETTING ACQUAINTED

FRONT PANEL

Note: This section describes only the main functions of the front

panel controls. Explanations for functions not described here are

provided in the appropriate sections of this instruction manual.

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TM-271

MENU

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q (Power) switch/ Volume control

Press to switch the transceiver power ON or OFF

{page 14}.

Turn to adjust the level of the receive audio from the

speaker {page 14}.

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wMENU button/ Tuning control

Press to enter MHz Mode {page 16}. In this mode,

you can change the operating frequency in 1 MHz

steps using the Tuning control or Mic [UP]/[DWN].

Press and hold for 1 second while in VFO Mode to

begin MHz Scan {page 41} or while in MR Mode to

begin Group Scan {page 42}.

Press [F] then press [MENU] to enter Menu Mode

{page 18}.

Turn to select:

•Operating frequencies when in VFO Mode {page 15}.

•Memory Channels when in Memory Recall Mode

{page 30}.

•Menu Nos. when in Menu Mode {page 18}.

•Scan direction while scanning {pages 27, 39, 47, 49}.

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eCALL key

Press to recall the Call Channel {page 35}. Press

and hold for 1 second while in VFO Mode to begin

Call/VFO Scan {page 43}. Press and hold for

1 second while in Memory Recall Mode to begin Call/

Memory Scan {page 43}.

Press [F] then press [CALL] to activate the Tone

{page 24}, CTCSS {page 46}, or DCS {page 48}

function.

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rVFO key

Press to enter VFO Mode {page 15}. In this mode,

you can change the operating frequency using the

Tuning control or Mic [UP]/[DWN]. Press and hold

for 1 second while in VFO Mode to begin Band Scan

{page 40}. Press and hold for 1 second while in VFO

Mode after programming a scan range to begin

Program Scan {page 40}.

Contents

Main INSTRUCTION MANUAL Page THANK YOU! MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL MARKET CODES FEATURES PRECAUTIONS NOTICES TO THE USER CONTENTS Page Page SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL PREPARATION MOBILE INSTALLATION DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION M OBILE O FIXED STATION OPERATION REPLACING FUSES ANTENNA CONNECTION ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS EXTERNAL SPEAKER M PC C 7 CONNECTING TO A TNC (E MARKET MODELS ONLY) YOUR FIRST QSO GETTING ACQUAINTED FRONT PANEL tt tt tMR key uu DISPLAY Page REAR PANEL MICROPHONE M IC K OPERATING BASICS SWITCHING THE POWER ON/OFF ADJUSTING THE VOLUME ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH TRANSMITTING SELECTING AN OUTPUT POWER SELECTING A FREQUENCY VFO M MHZ MODE D IRECT F REQUENCY E Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 MENU SETUP WHAT IS A MENU? MENU ACCESS MENU FUNCTION LIST Page Page OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS OFFSET PROGRAMMING FLOW PROGRAMMING AN OFFSET SELECTING AN OFFSET DIRECTION SELECTING AN OFFSET FREQUENCY A SELECTING A TONE FREQUENCY Available Tone Frequencies AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET K market version only E market version only TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE REVERSE FUNCTION AUTOMATIC SIMPLEX CHECK (ASC) TONE FREQUENCY ID SCAN MEMORY CHANNELS NUMBER OF MEMORY CHANNELS SIMPLEX & REPEATER OR ODD-SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL? STORING SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES OR STANDARD REPEATER FREQUENCIES STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATER FREQUENCIES RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL USING THE TUNING CONTROL U SING THE M ICROPHONE K CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL MEMORY CHANNEL TRANSFER MEMORY \ VFO TRANSFER CHANNEL \ CHANNEL TRANSFER 34 The tables below illustrate how data is transferred between Memory Channels. CALL CHANNEL RECALLING THE CALL CHANNEL REPROGRAMMING THE CALL CHANNEL WEA THER ALER T (K M ARKET M ODELS O PROGRAMMING THE WEATHER RADIO FREQUENCY ENABLING A WEATHER ALERT CHANNEL DISPLAY Page SCAN NORMAL SCAN BAND SCAN PROGRAM SCAN MHZ SCAN MEMORY SCAN ALL-CHANNEL SCAN GROUP SCAN CALL SCAN PRIORITY SCAN PROGRAMMING A PRIORITY CHANNEL USING PRIORITY SCAN MEMORY CHANNEL LOCKOUT SCAN RESUME METHOD SELECTIVE CALL CTCSS AND DCS CTCSS SELECTING A CTCSS FREQUENCY Available CTCSS Tone Frequencies CTCSS F REQUENCY ID S DCS SELECTING A DCS CODE sedoCSCD401 DCS CODE ID SCAN DUAL TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY (DTMF) FUNCTIONS MANUAL DIALING )zH(.qerF 9021 6331 7741 3361 796 123A 077 456B 258 789C 149 0#D DTMF M DTMF TX H AUTOMATIC DIALER STORING A DTMF NUMBER IN MEMORY CONFIRMING STORED DTMF NUMBERS TRANSMITTING A STORED DTMF NUMBER ADJUSTING THE DTMF TONE TRANSMISSION SPEED ADJUSTING THE PAUSE DURATION DTMF LOCK AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS APO (AUTO POWER OFF) BEAT SHIFT S-METER SQUELCH SQUELCH HANG TIME BEEP FUNCTION BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT FREQUENCY STEP SIZE DISPLAY BACKLIGHT PERMANENT BACKLIGHT A LOCK FUNCTION DATA COMMUNICATION SPEED TUNE ENABLE MICROPHONE PF KEYS (K Programmable Functions NARROW BAND FM OPERATION POWER-ON MESSAGE PROGRAMMABLE VFO TIME-OUT TIMER 63 MICROPHONE CONTROL MIC LOCK OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES TROUBLESHOOTING MAINTENANCE G ENERAL I S SERVICE NOTE C RESETTING THE TRANSCEIVER INITIAL SETTINGS FULL RESET Full Reset Method 1: VFO R VFO Reset Method 1: VFO Reset Method 2: TROUBLESHOOTING Page 71 SPECIFICATIONS Specifications are subject to change without notice due to advancements in technology.