Vertex Standard VX-210AV Service Manual page 3

To transmit, press and hold
in the PTT switch. Speak
into the microphone area
of the front panel grille
(lower left-hand corner) in
a normal voice level. To re-
turn to the Receive mode, release the PTT switch.
If a Speaker/Microphone is available, remove the plas-
tic cap and its two mounting screws from the right side
of the transceiver, then insert the plug from the
Speaker/Microphone into the MIC/SP jack; secure the
plug using the screws supplied with the Speaker/Mi-
crophone. Hold the speaker grille up next to your ear
while receiving. To transmit, press the PTT switch on
the Speaker/Microphone, just as you would on the
main transceiver's body.
Note:
Save the original plastic cap and its mounting screws.
They should be re-installed when not using the
Speaker/Microphone.
Key Functions Key Functions Key Functions
Key Functions Key Functions
The VX-210A provides a programmable "ACC" (Accessory)
button. The ACC button's functions can be customized (set to
any of a variety of functions), via programming by your VER-
TEX STANDARD dealer, to meet your communications/net-
work requirements. The particular function to be activated or
disabled may require a simple press of the ACC button, or it
may require that the ACC button be pressed and held in for one
second (or more). See the discussion below.
Some features may require the purchase and installation of
optional internal accessories.
The possible ACC button programming features are illustrated
below, and their functions are explained in the next chapter.
For further details, contact your VERTEX STANDARD dealer.
For future reference, check the box next to the function that
has been assigned to the ACC button on your particular radio,
and keep it handy.
Function
None
Monitor
Squelch OFF
Low Power
Scan
Follow-me Scan
Dual Watch
Talk Around
Call/Reset
Speed Dial
TX Save Off
ACC 1
ACC 2
ACC button
Press Press and Hold
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Monitor
Press the ACC button to override (disable) the Tone Squelch.
Background noise or incoming signals will now be
heard whether or not a matching tone is present on
the signal. Press the ACC button once more to resume
normal (quiet) Tone Squelch action.
Squelch OFF
Press the ACC button to override both the Noise and
Tone squelch systems. Again press the ACC button to
resume normal (quiet) Noise and Tone squelch action.
Low Power
Press the ACC button to set the radio's transmitter to
the "Low Power" mode, thus extending battery life.
Press the ACC button again to return to "High Power"
operation when in difficult terrain.
Scan
The Scanning feature is used to monitor multiple chan-
nels programmed into the transceiver. While scanning,
the radio will check each channel for the presence of a
signal, and will stop on a channel if a signal is present.
To activate scanning:
Press the ACC button.
The scanner will search the channels, looking for
"active" ones; it will pause each time it finds a chan-
nel on which someone is speaking.
To stop scanning:
Press the ACC button.
Operation will revert to the channel to which the
CH knob is set.
Follow-Me Scan
"Follow-Me" Scan feature checks a User-assigned Pri-
ority Channel regularly as you scan the other channels.
Thus, if only Channels 1, 3, and 5 (of the 8 available
channels) are designated for "Scanning," the user may
nonetheless assign Channel as the "User-assigned" Pri-
ority Channel via the "Follow-Me" feature.
Press the ACC button to activate "Follow-Me" scanning,
then pull and turn the CH selector knob to the channel
which you want to designate as the "User-Assigned Pri-
ority Channel". When the scanner stops on an "active"
channel, the User-assigned Priority Channel will auto-
matically be checked every few seconds.
Dual Watch
The Dual Watch feature is similar to the Scan feature,
except that only two channels are monitored: the cur-
rent operating channel, and the "Priority" channel.
To activate Dual Watch:
Press the ACC button.
The scanner will search the two channels; it will
pause each time it finds a channel on which some-
one is speaking.
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