Yaesu VX-530 Operation Manual

VX-530

SERIES

Hand-Held Portable

Land Mobile Transceiver

OPERATING

MANUAL

VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD.

4-8-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan

VERTEX STANDARD

US Headquarters

10900 Walker Street, Cypress, CA 90630, U.S.A.

YAESU EUROPE B.V.

P.O. Box 75525, 1118 ZN Schiphol, The Netherlands

YAESU UK LTD.

Unit 12, Sun Valley Business Park, Winnall Close Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K.

VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD.

Unit 5, 20/F., Seaview Centre, 139-141 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Congratulations!

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 down time.

Please take a few minutes to read this manual carefully. The information presented here will allow you to derive maximum performance from your radio. After reading it, keep the manual handy for quick reference, in case questions arise later on.

We’re glad you joined the Vertex Standard team. Call on us any time, because our business is communications. Let us help you get your message across.

NOTICE

There are no user-serviceable points inside this transceiver. All service jobs must be referred to your Authorized Service Center or Network Administrator.

VX-530 SERIES OPERATING MANUAL

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

FCC RFExposure Compliance Requirements forOccupational Use Only:

This Radio has been tested and complies with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF exposure limits for Occupational Use/Controlled exposure environment. In addition, it complies with the following Standards and Guidelines:

FCC 96-326, Guidelines for Evaluating the Environmental Effects of Radio-Frequency Radiation.

FCC OET Bulletin 65 Edition 97-01 (1997) Supplement C, Evaluating Compliance with FCC Guidelines for Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields.

ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992, IEEE Standard for Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, 3kHz to 300 GHz.

ANSI/IEEE C95.3-1992, IEEE Recommended Practice for the Measurement of Potentially Hazardous Electromagnetic Fields-RF and Microwave.

This radio is NOT approved for use by the general population in an uncontrolled environment. This radio is restricted to occupational use, work related operations only where the radio operator must have the knowledge to control its RF exposure conditions.

When transmitting, hold the radio in a vertical position with its microphone 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5 cm) away from your mouth and keep the antenna at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) away from your head and body.

The radio must be used with a maximum operating duty cycle not exceeding 50%, in typical Push-to-Talk (PTT) configurations. DO NOT transmit for more than 50% of total radio use time (50% duty cycle). Transmitting more than 50% of the time can cause FCC RF exposure compliance requirements to be exceeded.

The radio is transmitting when the red LED on the top of the radio is illuminated. You can cause the radio to transmit by pressing the PTT button.

DO NOT transmit when the radio is used in a “Body Worn” configuration. It must be used ONLY for (1) when there is a 1” - 2” (2.5 to 5 cm) distance from the body during transmitting, or (2) for monitoring purposes, using the speaker only, or (3) for carrying purposes.

Always use Vertex Standard authorized accessories.

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CONTROLS & CONNECTORS

Top Panel

Antenna Jack	CH (Channel) Selector	VOL/PWR Knob
TOP SEL2 Key
(Orange)
		Toggle Switch
TOP SEL1 Key
(Gray)
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)	LED Indicator
	Steady Green: Signaling off
	Blinking Green: Busy Channel (or SQL off)
	Steady Red: Transmission inProgress
	Blinking Red: Battery voltage is low

LCD

Low Transmit Power Mode On

Talk-Around Mode

This Channel on “DUAL WATCH” List

This Channel on “SCAN” List

Receive Monitor

Steady On: Signaling off

Blinking: Busy Channel (or SQL off)

Channel Group Number (“01” ~ “19” and “0”)

Group Scan Enabled (this group)

8 Character Alpha-numeric Invertible Display

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CONTROLS & CONNECTORS

Side Panels

SIDE SEL1 Key

PTT Switch

SIDE SEL2 Key

MIC/SP Jack

(External MIC/SP)

Battery Release Button

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Preliminaries

If the transceiver has not been used since leaving the factory, fully charge the battery using VAC-520 Rapid Desktop Charger before using it.

Mount the battery on the transceiver as described and shown in the illustration below. Also, install the antenna on the jack on top of the transceiver by screwing the connector into the jack until it is finger-tight.

Battery Removal & Replacement

Make sure that the VOL control is set into the “off” click-stop (fully counter-clockwise, and remove the protective soft or hard case, if used.

Grasp the transceiver with your left hand, so your palm is over the speaker and your thumb is on the Battery Release Button.

Move the Battery Release Button in the direction indicated by the arrowhead, while using your right hand to slide the battery pack toward the side with the button. The battery pack should slide smoothly out of its track.

To replace the Ni-Cd pack, repeat the second and third steps above, simply sliding the battery case in the other direction after aligning the shorter side of the battery pack with the track below the Battery Release Button.

Caution

Danger of explosion if battery is replaced with an incorrect battery. Replace only with the same or equivalent type.

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Low Battery Indication

As the battery discharges during use, the voltage gradually becomes lower. When the battery voltage falls below the operating voltage range of the radio, it is time to substitute a freshly charged battery and recharge the depleted pack. The LED indicator on the top of the radio will blink red when the battery voltage is low.

Avoid recharging Ni-Cd batteries often with little use between charges, as this can degrade the charge capacity. We recommend that you carry an extra, fully-charged pack with you so the operational battery may be used until depletion (this “deep cycling” technique promotes better longterm battery capacity).

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BASIC OPERATION

Preliminary Steps

Install a charged battery pack onto the trans-
ceiver, as described previously.
Screw the supplied antenna onto the Antenna
jack. Never attempt to operate this transceiver
without an antenna connected.
If you have a Speaker/Microphone, we rec-
ommend that it not be connected until you
are familiar with the basic operation of the
VX-530.

Operation Quick Start

Turn the top panel’s VOL/PWR knob clockwise to turn on the radio.

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 chan- nel from a different Memory Channel Group, press the Soft key assigned to the “Memory Group Up” or “Memory Group Down” func- tion to select the Memory Channel Group containing the desired operating channel. A group name will appear on the LCD whenever the Soft key is pressed.

Note: Some models are programmed so that the operating channels are selected by the Soft key and the memory channel group is selected by the CH selector knob. For further details, contact your Vertex Standard dealer.

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