Kenwood TM-V7A, TM-V7E manual

144/440 MHz FM DUAL BANDER

TM-V7A

144/430 MHz FM DUAL BANDER

TM-V7A

144/430 MHz FM DUAL BANDER

TM-V7E

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

KENWOOD CORPORATION

Contents

Page THANK YOU MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL FEATURES NOTICES TO THE USER PRECAUTIONS YOUR FIRST QSO GETTING ACQUAINTED OPERATING BASICS MENU SET-UP OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS 8 PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY (PM) 9 SCAN 11 DUAL TONE SQUELCH SYSTEM (DTSS) 12 PAGE 15 MICROPHONE CONTROL 16 PACKET OPERATION 17REPEATER FUNCTION (U.S.A/ CANADA ONLY) VS-3VOICE SYNTHESIZER (OPTIONAL) OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL PREPARATION FOR MOBILE AND FIXED STATION OPERATION MOBILE INSTALLATION ■ Installation Example ■Installation Steps DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION ■Mobile Operation ■Fixed Station Operation ■Replacing Fuses ANTENNA CONNECTION ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS 2 ■ External Speakers Microphone PACKET EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS YOUR FIRST QSO 2BASIC TRANSCEIVER MODES VFO mode 13Memory Recall mode TX-Band Control Band BUTTON FUNCTION DISPLAY FRONT PANEL yF (Function) button uTONE button iREV button oLOW button !0SQL controls REAR PANEL MICROPHONE INDICATORS TRANSCEIVER GUIDE OPERATING BASICS SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ADJUSTING SQUELCH SELECTING A BAND 14ADJUSTING VOLUME SELECTING FREQUENCIES ■Tuning Control ■ Microphone [UP]/[DWN] Buttons TRANSMITTING ■Selecting Output Power MENU SET-UP WHAT IS A MENU MENU ACCESS MENU CONFIGURATION Item No Default OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS REPEATER ACCESS ■Selecting Offset Direction ■Selecting Offset Frequency ■Activating Tone Function ■Selecting a Tone Frequency ■Automatic Repeater Offset 1(U.S.A./ Canada/ Europe Only) REVERSE FUNCTION ■Automatic Simplex Checker (ASC) MEMORY CHANNELS SIMPLEX OR SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL VHF/UHF MEMORY CHANNEL RATIO STORING DATA IN SIMPLEX CHANNELS STORING DATA IN SPLIT CHANNELS RECALLING MEMORY CHANNELS CLEARING MEMORY CHANNELS NAMING MEMORY CHANNELS CALL CHANNEL ■Recalling the Call Channel ■Changing Call Channel Contents (Simplex) ■Changing Call Channel Contents (Split) MEMORY a VFO TRANSFER CHANNEL DISPLAY FUNCTION INITIALIZING MEMORY ■ Partial Reset (VFO) ■ Full Reset (Memory) PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY (PM) 8PROGRAMMABLE INFORMATION APPLICATION EXAMPLES STORING DATA IN PM CHANNELS RECALLING PM CHANNELS AUTO PM CHANNEL STORING RESETTING PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY SCAN VISUAL SCAN ■Selecting the Number of Channels ■Using Visual Scan SCAN RESUME METHODS ■Selecting Scan Resume Method MEMORY SCAN ■Locking Out Memory Channels PROGRAM SCAN ■ Setting Scan Limits ■Using Program Scan MHz SCAN CALL/MEMORY SCAN [CALL] (1 s) CONTINUOUS TONE CODED SQUELCH SYSTEM (CTCSS) USING CTCSS ■ Automatic Tone Frequency ID DUAL TONE SQUELCH SYSTEM (DTSS) STORING DTSS CODES USING DTSS ■DTSS and Repeaters PAGE PAGE CODE MEMORY Communication Network Example: STORING PAGE CODES CALLING RECEIVING ■ Page and Repeaters LOCKING OUT PAGE CODES AUTO PAGE CANCEL PAGE ANSWER BACK (U.S.A./ CANADA ONLY) DUAL TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY(DTMF) FUNCTIONS ■ Autopatch (U.S.A. and Canada) MAKING DTMF CALLS ■ Mic Keypad Confirmation Tones STORING DTMF NUMBERS FOR AUTOMATIC DIALER CONFIRMING STORED DTMF NUMBERS TRANSMITTING STORED DTMF NUMBERS AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS TIME-OUTTIMER (TOT) AUTOMATIC POWER OFF (APO) ADVANCED INTERCEPT POINT (AIP) DUAL BAND RX PROGRAMMABLE VFO SWITCHING AM/FM MODE (SOME VERSIONS ONLY) CHANGING FREQUENCY STEP SIZE CHANGING BEEP VOLUME LOCK ■Transceiver Lock ■All Lock S-METERSQUELCH ■Squelch Hang Time POWER-ONMESSAGE DISPLAY DEMONSTRATION MODE CHANGING DISPLAY CONDITIONS ■ Display Dimmer ■Auto Dimmer Change ■Display Contrast ■Positive/Negative Reversal CONFIGURING PROGRAM FUNCTION KEYS User Setting: Monitor: Enter: Voice: PWR switch: KEYPAD DIRECT ENTRY 5■ Operating Frequency Entry ■Memory Channel Number Entry ■Tone Frequency Number Entry CHANGING SPEAKER CONFIGURATIONS MICROPHONE CONTROL ACTIVATING MICROPHONE CONTROL ACTIVATING DATA TX/RX BAND 1200/ 9600 bps OPERATION ■DATA Connector Pin Functions REPEATER FUNCTION (U.S.A./ CANADA ONLY) CROSS-BANDREPEATER LOCKED-BANDREPEATER TX HOLD Key Pressed New Mode Announcement Page INSTALLING OPTIONS INSTALLING THE VS-3VOICE SYNTHESIZER UNIT INSTALLING A DETACHABLE FRONT PANEL KIT (DFK-3C/ DFK-4C/ DFK-7C) Page ■Installation Examples DFK-3C DFK-4C DFK-7C MAINTENANCE GENERAL INFORMATION SERVICE SERVICE NOTE CLEANING TROUBLESHOOTING Page [PTT] SPECIFICATIONS Transmitter Receiver INDEX