AOR AR8200MK3 User Guide

® AR8200 Mk3hand portable radio receiver ADDENDUM (paperwork V1.0)

Due to continuous development of our products, the AR8200 has evolved into the Mk2 and Mk3 versions. As a result, operation differs from the original AR8200 in a few areas, please note the following changes to the AR8200 operating manual:

1 The front ‘ten-key’ keypad has been rearranged in line with customer requests placing the ‘0’ zero key underneath the ‘8’ eight key, as is standard practice with push button telephones. On page 9 section 1-5-1 of the English language operating manual, the graphic should now look like (the revised keypad has been used on the Mk3 and Mk2 versions):

2The Mk3 and Mk2 versions feature a built-in TCXO (Temperature Controlled Crystal Oscillator) in place of the reference crystal. This ensures the best levels of frequency stability and minimum spurii.

3In place of the previous rubber covered aerial, a telescopic whip on a swivel base is supplied (Mk3 and Mk2 versions).

The whip provides the very best performance, especially on the VHF bands with the ability to adjust the length of the telescopic whip aerial to ‘peak’ received signal strength (the higher the frequency, the shorter the aerial). An alternative flexible smaller whip aerial is available as an option where durability and smaller size is important. Please refer to page 7 section 1-4 of the English language operating manual, line two of the table should now read “telescopic whip aerial”.

4 The relationship between level squelch and signal meter has been revised. This affects VFO SEARCH LEVEL SQUELCH (page 47 section 4-4-3 of the English language operating manual), SCAN LEVEL SQUELCH (page 68 section 7-8-2 of the English language operating manual) and PROGRAM SEARCH LEVEL SQUELCH (page 84 section 8-7-2 of the English language operating manual).

In each case, the following table replaces that previously employed:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Mk2	8	13	18	24	29	35	39	44	50	55	58	62	71	77
Mk3	7	15	18	24	28	31	42	50	59	64	72	80	85	89

As a result, the typical level at which the “«” legend will be extinguished has changed.

5 The batteries supplied with the AR8200 have been changed. To ensure that a completely full charge is established, please assume the full charge time as follows, this replaces the reference given on page 19 section 1-6-4 of the English language operating manual.

AR8200		NiCads, 700mAhr	12 hour charge
Mk2		NiCads, 1000mAhr	14 hour charge
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Mk3		NiMH, 1500mAhr	22 hour charge
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