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You now have at your fingertips a valuable communications tool: a VERTEX STANDARD two-way radio! Rugged, reliable and easy to use, your VERTEX STANDARD radio will keep you in constant touch with your colleagues for years to come, with negligible maintenance downtime.

Please take a few minutes to read this manual carefully. The information presented here will allow you to derive maximum performance from your radio, in case questions arise later on.

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NOTICE !

There are no owner-serviceable parts inside the transceiver. All service jobs must be referred to an authorized VERTEX STANDARD Service Represen- tative. Consult your Authorized VERTEX STANDARD Dealer for installation of optional accessories.

SAFETY/WARNING INFORMATION

WARNING - DO NOT operate the VX-3200 radio when any person(s) (by- standers) outside the vehicle are within the distances shown in the chart at the bottom of this section.

Safety Training information:

Antennas used for this transmitter must not exceed an antenna gain of 0 dBd. The radio must be used in vehicle-mount configurations with a maximum operating duty factor not exceeding 25%, in typical Push-to-Talk configurations.

This radio is restricted to occupational use, work related operations only where the radio operator must have the knowledge to control the exposure conditions of its passengers and bystanders by maintaining the minimum separation distance shown below.

Failure to observe these restrictions will result in exceeding the FCC RF exposure limits.

Antenna Installation:

For rear deck trunk installation, the antenna must be located at least the following distance away from rear-seat passengers in order to comply with the FCC RF exposure requirements.

For roof top installations, the antenna must be placed in the center of the roof.

Radiated Frequency and Distance

VX-3200V

VX-3200U (A)

VX-3200U (D)

VX-3200U (F)

3.27 Feet

2.69 Feet

2.53 Feet

2.45 Feet

(0.997 m)

(0.819 m)

(0.773 m)

(0.748 m)

VX-3200 OPERATING MANUAL