Vertex Standard VX-820 Preliminary Steps, Operation Quick Start

OPERATION

Preliminary Steps

Install a charged battery

pack onto the transceiver, as

described previously.

Screw the supplied antenna

onto the Antenna jack.

Never attempt to operate this

transceiver without an an-

tenna connected.

If you have a Speaker/Mi-

crophone, we recommend that it not be connected

until you are familiar with the basic operation of

the VX-820.

Operation Quick Start

Turn the top panel’s

VOL/PWR knob clock-

wise to turn the radio on.

Turn the top panel’s CH

selector knob to choose

the desired operating

channel. A channel name

will appear on the LCD.

If you want to select the

operating channel from a different Memory Chan-

nel Group, press the Programmable key (assigned

to the Memory Group Up or Down function) to

select the Memory Channel Group you want be-

fore selecting the operating channel. A Group

name will appear on the LCD whenever the Pro-

grammable key is pressed.

Note: Some models are programmed so that the

operating channels are selected by the Program-

mable key and the memory channel group is se-

lected by the CH selector knob. For further de-

tails, contact your VERTEX STANDARD dealer.