Operation; Operation Quick Start; Preliminary Steps - Vertex Standard RADIO VX-820 Operating Manual

Preliminary Steps

Install a charged battery
pack onto the transceiver, as
described previously.
Screw the supplied antenna
onto the Antenna jack.
Never attempt to operate this
transceiver without an an-
tenna connected.
If you have a Speaker/Mi-
crophone, we recommend that it not be connected
until you are familiar with the basic operation of
the VX-820.
VX-820 O M
PERATING ANUAL
O
PERATION

Operation Quick Start

Turn the top panel's
VOL/PWR knob clock-
wise to turn the radio on.
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 channel from a different Memory Chan-
nel Group, press the Programmable key (assigned
to the Memory Group Up or Down function) to
select the Memory Channel Group you want be-
fore selecting the operating channel. A Group
name will appear on the LCD whenever the Pro-
grammable key is pressed.
Note: Some models are programmed so that the
operating channels are selected by the Program-
mable key and the memory channel group is se-
lected by the CH selector knob. For further de-
tails, contact your VERTEX STANDARD dealer.
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