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Thank you for choosing this Icom product. DISPOSAL This product is designed and built with Icom’s state of the art technology and craftsmanship. With proper care, this product should provide you with years of trouble-free operation. The crossed-out wheeled-bin symbol on your...
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BE SURE the transceiver power is OFF and the DC power ■ Options ...............12 cable is disconnected before attaching the separation kits. USE the specified microphone only. Other, or non-Icom 4. MOUNTING ..............13 microphones have different pin assignments and may...
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SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES Separation kit accessories RMK-5 RMK-7 (Qty.) (Qty.) q RMK-5/RMK-7 w Control head Not supplied e Flat cable (wide) r Flat cable (narrow) t Cable bracket y Grounding screw u Connector O-ring i Mounting bracket o Bracket screw !0 Self-tapping screw...
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* OPC-2373 or OPC-2374 for command separation cable microphone is required to connect the HM-218. NOTE: • You can only attach the HM-218 to the RMK-5’s front panel. • You cannot attach the HM-218 to the transceiver’s control head.
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ATTACHMENT ■ Opening the transceiver Turn OFF the transceiver and disconnect the DC power 3. Take out the rubber cover and the shield cover. cable. 2. Carefully pull out the side of the top cover in the direction of the arrow, and then lift off the top cover. Rubber cover Top cover Shield cover...
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ATTACHMENT ■ Detaching the control head ■ Attachment from the transceiver D Opening the separation kit Disconnect the speaker cable [J803] from the NOTE: The separation kit is supplied with the front panel transceiver’s main unit. and rear panel attached. First you need to open the 2.
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ATTACHMENT ■ Attachment (Continued) D Connecting the separation cable L The separation cables are purchased separately. Firmly slide the cable bracket in place to lock the cable inside the rear panel. Pass the separation cable’s control connector and ground wire through the supplied connector O-ring. 2.
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ATTACHMENT D Attaching the control head Insert the flat cable into connector [11] on the 3. Firmly attach the control head to the separation kit’s separation kit’s inside panel. rear panel. [11] Recommendation for easy attachment: Loosely bend the flat cable as shown below.
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ATTACHMENT ■ Attachment (Continued) D Attaching the front panel Pass the separation cable’s control connector and 3. Firmly fasten the ground wire terminal to the front panel ground wire through the supplied connector O-ring and using the supplied grounding screw. cable hole of the front panel from the front side.
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ATTACHMENT Connect the flat cable you disconnected from the L If you are connecting another control head, connect transceiver’s main unit to connector [J2]. that ground wire terminal, and then connect the other control connector to connector [J3]. Ground wire terminal here [J3] [J2]...
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ATTACHMENT D Attaching the front panel (Continued) Pass the flat cables through the opening in the main unit, and then attach the separation kit’s front panel to the main unit by pushing it in place. Connect the narrow flat cable to connector [J409], and Put the shield cover and rubber cover back in the main then connect the wide flat cable to connector [J400].
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DUAL-HEAD OPERATION This section describes the operations that can be made when two control heads are connected to the transceiver’s main unit. For the operations and functions that are not mentioned in this section, see the transceiver’s instruction manual. ■ Individual settings “Other Head is in use”...
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DUAL-HEAD OPERATION ■ Control Head settings When two control heads are connected, the “Control Head” D Hanger category is added to the Menu screen. Select “Control (Options: HEAD 1 & HEAD 2, HEAD 1, HEAD 2) Head’’ to set the following items. Select which control head, or simply select both control heads, to automatically start scanning after putting the microphone in the hanger (on-Hook).
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DUAL-HEAD OPERATION D SP Link D Head SP out (Options: OFF, HEAD 1, HEAD 2) (Options: HEAD 1, HEAD 2) The SP Link function enables you to link the audio volume Select whether or not to output the audio from the control settings between the two control heads.
+ OPC-2373 or OPC-2374 hand microphone Front panel: 177 (W) x 55 (H) x 25 (D) mm for RMK-5 separation cable 7 (W) x 2.2 (H) x 1 (D) in Rear panel: 170 (W) x 55 (H) x 26 (D) mm...
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MOUNTING D Mounting on a wall D Mounting on a board Securely mount the control head on a wall, using the Securely mount the control head on a board, using the following supplied accessories. following supplied accessories. • Mounting bracket ...... 1 •...
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