mOn
(
mOnitOr
)
Press (or Press and hold) the assigned
PF
key momentarily to dis-
abl e the T one sq uelc h. Wh en disa bles th e T o ne squel ch, the LE D
indicatoronthetopoftheradiowillglowgreen.
SQl Off
Press (or Press and hold) the assigned
PF
key to disable the Noise
and T one squelch. Again press (or Press and hold) the assigned
PF
keytoresumenormal(quiet)NoiseandT onesquelchaction.
SQl Set
Y ou can manually adjust the squelch level using this function.Press
the ass igned
PF
key to togg le the squel ch thresh old level “H igh”
and“Low”.
lOw POwer
Press (or Press and hold) the assigned
PF
key to set the radio’ s
tr ans mi tte r to th e “L ow Po wer ” mod e, t hus e xte nd ing b att er y
life.Press(orPressandhold)theassigned
PF
keyagaintoreturn
to“HighPower”operationwhenin difcultterrain. Whenthera-
dio’ s transmitter is set to “LowPower” mode, the LED indicator
onthetopoftheradiowillglowgreen.
Scan
T he S ca nn in g fe at u re i s us ed t o m o ni to r mu lt ip l e ch an ne ls p ro -
grammed into the transceiver . While scanning, the radio will check
each channelfor thepresence ofa signal, andwill stopon a channel
ifasignalispresent.
T oactivatescanning:
Press(orPressandhold)theassigned
PF
key .
The sca nner will sea rch the chann els, look ing for activ e o nes;
it will pause each time it nds a channel on which someone is
speaking. When the sc anner i s activated, the LED indicator on
thetopoftheradiowillglowgreen.
T ostopscanning:
Press(orPressandhold)theassigned
PF
key .
Operationwillreverttothechanneltowhichthe
CH
knobisset.
KeY functiOnS
fOllOw -me Scan
“Follow-Me” Scan feature checks aUser-assigned Priority Channel
regularly as you scan the other channels. Thus, if only Channels 1,
3, and5 (ofthe 8available channels)are designatedfor “Scanning,”
the user may nonetheless any channel as the “User-assigned” Prior-
ityChannelviathe“Follow-Me”feature.
Press the assigned
PF
key to activate “Follow-Me” scanning, then
turn th e
CH
selec tor knob to the chan nel which you wa nt to des-
ignate as the “User -Assigned Priority Channel”. When the scanner
stopsonan“activ e”channel,theUser -assignedPrior ityChannelwill
automatically be checked every few seconds (interval programmed
byyourDealer).
Scan Set
Press (or press and hold) the assigned
PF
key to delete the Current
Memory Channel from the Scanning List. When you delete a chan-
nel fromthe Scanning List, alow tone beep willsound. T o restorea
particular channel to your Scanning List, press (or press and hold)
theassigned
PF
keyagain;ahightonebeepwillsound.
dw
(
dual wa tch
)
The Dual W atch feature is similar to the Scan feat ure, except that
only twochannels are monitored: thecurrent operating channel,and
the“Priority”channel.
T oactivateDualW atch:
Press(orPressandhold)theassigned
PF
key .
Thescannerwill searchthetwo channels;itwillpause eachtime
it ndsa channelon whichsomeone isspeaking.When the Dual
W atch feature is activated, the LED indicator on the top of the
radiowillglowgreen.
T ostopDualW atch:
Press(orPressandhold)theassigned
PF
key .
Operationwillreverttothechanneltowhichthe
CH
knobisset.
t a Scan
Presstheassignedprogrammab lekeytotogglethe T A (T alk Around)
scanfeature“On”and“Off.”
WhileT A scan isproceeding,the
VX-230
willsearch boththetrans-
mitand receivefrequencies (andthe LEDindicator onthetop ofthe
radio will glow green). When a signal is encountered on the receive
frequency ,the
VX-230
willpauseuntilthesignaldisappears.
Whenasignal isencounteredonthetransmitfrequency , the
VX-230
will check for activity on the receive frequency every few seconds
(intervalprogrammedbyyourDealer).
t a
(
talk arOund
)
Press (or Press and hold) the assigned
PF
key to activate the T alk
Around feature when you are operating on duplex channel systems
(s ep ara te re ce ive a nd tr ans mi t fre que nc ies , uti li zin g a “re pea te r”
station). The T alk Around feature allows you to bypass the repeater
station and talk directly to a station that is nearby . This feature has
no effect when you are operating on “Simplex” channels, where the
receiveandtransmitfrequenciesarealreadythesame.
When the “T A” function is activated, the LED indicator on the top
oftheradiowillglowgreen.
tX Sa ve d iSaBle
Press(orPress andhold)theassi gned
PF
keytodisabl etheT ransmit
BatterySaver,ifyou areoperatingin alocation wherehighpower is
almostalwaysneeded.
The T ra nsmit Ba tter y Saver he lps ext end bat tery lif e by reduc ing
transmitpower whena verystrong signalfroman apparentlynearby
station is being received. Under s ome circumstances, though, your
hand-held radio may not be heard well at the other end of the com-
municationpath,andhighpowermaybenecessaryatalltimes.
reSet
Press(or Pressand hold)the assigned
PF
key tosilence thereceiver
andresetforanothercall,whenacommunicationisnished.
call
Press(orPress andhold)theassigned
PF
keyto sendaprogrammed
2-or5-T onesequentialtone.
artS
(
aut O r ange t ranSpOnd S Y Stem
)
Thissystemisdesi gnedtoinformyouwhen youandanother
ARTS
-
equippedstationarewithincommunicationrange.
D ur in g
A RT S
op er at io n , y o ur ra di o au to ma ti c al ly tr a ns mi ts f or
about 1 second every 55 seconds in an attempt to shake hands with
theotherstation.
Ifyou areout ofrange formore thantwo minutes,your radiosenses
that no signalhas been received, a ringingbeeper will sound. If you
su bs eq ue nt ly mo ve b ac k int o ra ng e, as s oo n as th e ot her s ta ti on
transmits,yourbeeperwillsound.
call 2, call 3
Press (or Press and hold) the assigned
PF
key to send a 5-T one se-
quentialtonegroupwhichispre-dened.
SPeed dial
Y our Dealermay have apre-programmed Auto-Dial telephonenum-
ber memory into your radio. Press (or Press and hold) the assigned
PF
key to send the pre-prog rammed Au to-Dial telephon e n umber .
The DTMF tones sent during the dialing sequence will be heard in
thespeaker .
lOck
Press (or Press and hold) the assigned
PF
key to lock the
CH
knob,
PF
keys, and
PTT
switch. The precise lockout conguration is pro-
grammedbyyour
VERTEX ST ANDARD
dealer .
emergency
The
VX -230
ser ies inc lude s an “Eme r ge ncy” fe atur e, whic h may
be useful, if you have someone monitoring on the same frequency
as your transceiver’ s channel. For further detailscontact your
VER-
TEX ST ANDARD
dealer .
lOne wOrker
Press and hold the assigned
PF
key to toggle the Lone W orker fea-
ture“ON”and“OFF .”
The Lone W orker feature will emit an audible alarm for 30 seconds
at one second intervals when the Lone W o rker Timer has expired.
If the user does not reset the timer by pressing the
PTT
switch, the
radioswitchestotheEmergencymode.
Declaration of Conformity
We, Y AESU UK Ltd. declare under our sole responsibility that the
following equipment complies with the essential requirements of
the Directive 1999/5/EC.
T ype of Equipment: FM T ransceiver
Brand Name: VERTEX ST ANDARD
Model Number: VX-231-D0-5 / VX-231-G6-5
Manufacturer: V ertex Standard Co., Ltd.
Address of Manufacturer: 4 -8- 8 N akam egur o M egu ro-K u, T ok yo
153-8644, Japan
Applicable Standards:
This equipment is tested and conforms to the essential require-
ments of directive, as included in following standards.
EN 300 086-2 V1.3.1
Radio Standard:
EN 301 489-01 V1.8.1
EMC Standard: EN 301 489-05 V1.3.1
EN 60950-1: 2006 +A1 1: 2009 +A1: 2010
Safety Standard:
The technica l doc umentation as required by the Conformity As-
sessment procedures is kept at the following address:
Company: Y AESU UK Ltd.
Address: Unit 12, Sun V alley Business Park, Winnall Close
Winchester , Hampshire, SO23 0LB, U.K.
attentiOn in Case OF use
This transceiver works on frequencies which are not gener -
allypermitted.
F o r f r e q u e n c y a l l o c a t i o n ,
ap ply f or a lic enc e at yo ur
local spectrum management
authority .
F o r a c t u a l u s a g e c o n t a c t
your dealer or sales shop in order to get your transceiver ad-
justedtotheallocatedfrequencyrange.
nOtiCe !
There are no owner -serviceable parts inside the transceiver .
All service jobs must be referred to an authorized VER TEX
ST AN DARD Se rvic e R epre senta tive . Consu lt your Au tho-
rize d VE R TEX ST AN DARD Dea ler for inst allati on of op-
tionalaccessories.
DispOsal OF yOur eleCtrOniC anD
eleCtriC equipment
Pr odu cts w ith th e sym bol (c ros sed -ou t whe ele d
bin)cannotbedisposedashouseholdwaste.
Electro nic and Electric Equipm ent should be re-
cycledatafacilitycapabl eofhandlingtheseitems
andtheirwastebyproducts.
In EU co untri es, plea se cont act you r l ocal eq uipme nt sup-
plie r r epresen tative or se rvice cente r for inform ation abou t
thewastecollectionsysteminyourcountry .
impOr t ant n OtiCe FOr n Orth ameriCan users
regarDing 406 mhz guarD BanD
The U.S . Coast Guard and National Oceanograp hic and At-
mosphe ric Admini strati on ha ve re queste d the coop eration of
the U.S. Federal Communica tions Commiss ion in preserv ing
the integrity of the protected frequenc y range 406.0 to 406.1
MHz, which is re served fo r u se by dis tress beacons. D o n ot
attemp t t o pr ogram this a pparatu s, u nder any cir cumsta nces,
foroperati oninthe fr equenc yrange406.0- 40 6.1MHzifthe
appara tusis tobe usedi norne arNor th America .
Wa rni ng - Fre que ncy ba nd 406 - 40 6.1 MH z i s r ese rve d
f o r u s e O N L Y a s a d i s tr e s s b e ac o n b y t h e U S C o a s t
Gu ar d an d N OAA . U nd er n o c irc um sta nc e s hou ld t his
fr eq uen cy ban d b e pa rt of t he pre -pr ogr am med op er-
at in g f re que nc ies of t his r adi o.
Part 15.21: Changes or modications to this device not ex-
pres sly appro ved by V erte x S tandar d could void th e user ’ s
authorizationtooperatethisdevice.
List of the practicable area
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– – – – –
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Opera-
tionis subjecttothecondition thatthisdevicedoes notcause
harmfulinterference.
The
VX-230
provide
[
Side 1
]
and
[
Side 2
]
keys. These Pro-
grammable (
PF
) keys functions can be customized (set to other
fu nct ions ), vi a pro gra mmin g by yo ur
VE RTE X ST AN DAR D
d ea l er, t o m ee t y ou r c om m un i ca t io n s/ n et w or k r eq u i re m en t s.
Some features may require the purchase and installation of op-
t io na l in t er na l ac c es so ri e s. Th e po s si bl e
P F
k ey f ea tu r es a re
illu strat ed below , and th eir fun ctions a re expla ined in th e next
chapter .For furtherdetails,contactyour
VERTEX ST ANDARD
dealer .
For future reference, check the box below to each function that
has be en assig ned to the
PF
key on y our part icular ra dio, and
keepithandy .
functiOn
Programmable Key
[
Press / Press & Hold
]
functiOn
Programmable Key
[
Press / Press & Hold
]
[
Side 1
] [
Side 2
] [
Side 1
] [
Side 2
]
None / / T A
(
T alk Around
)
/ /
Mon
(
Monitor
)
/ / TX Save Disable / /
SQL Off / / Reset / /
SQL Set / / Call / /
Low Power / / Call 2 / /
Scan / / Call 3 / /
Follow-Me Scan / / Speed Dial / /
Scan Set / / Lock / /
DW
(
Dual W atch
)
/ / Emergency
–
/
–
/
T A Scan / /
Lone Worker
–
/
–
/
mOdel reference
mOdel freQuency tX POwer
VX-231-D0-5 134 - 174 MHz 5W
VX-231-G6-5 400 - 470 MHz 5W
VX-231-G7-5 450 - 520 MHz 5W
Warranty pOliCy
V ertex Standard warrants, to the original purchaser only , its
V er t ex S t an da r d ma n uf ac t ur e d co mm u ni c at i on s pr o du c ts
against defects in materials and workmanship under normal
use and service for a given period of time from the date of
purchase.
LimitedW arrantyDetails:
North Americacustomers(USA andCanada):
http://www .vertexstandard.com/lmr/warranty-terms.aspx
CustomersoutsideofNorth America:
Contacttheauthorizeddealerinyourcountry .
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V ertex Standard LMR, Inc.
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