Table Of Contents - Yaesu FTM-400DR Operating Manual

Contents
Introduction ................................................................. 2
Features of this radio ............................................. 2
Important precautions for mobile radio operation .. 3
About the touch panel ............................................ 4
About registered trademarks and copyrights ......... 4
How to read this manual ........................................ 5
Before Using ............................................................. 9
Safety Precautions (make sure to read these) ........... 9
Accessories .............................................................. 13
Name and Function of Each Component ................. 14
Controller ............................................................. 14
Front ................................................................ 14
Back ................................................................ 15
Left side ........................................................... 15
Main body ............................................................ 16
Front ................................................................ 16
Back ................................................................ 16
Microphone (MH-48A6JA) ................................... 17
Explanation of the screen .................................... 18
Installation and Connection .................................. 24
Installing the Radio ................................................... 24
Precautions during installation ............................. 24
Installation location when used in a
About the antenna................................................ 25
Install the antenna ........................................... 25
Installing the main body ....................................... 27
Installing the controller ......................................... 28
Connecting the Radio ............................................... 29
Connecting the controller to the main body ......... 29
Connecting the microphone ................................. 29
Connecting the antenna ....................................... 29
Connecting the Power Supply .................................. 30
Connecting the car battery .............................. 30
Connecting the external
power supply equipment ......... 32
Setting Up the micro-SD Card .................................. 33
Micro-SD cards that can be used......................... 33
Things to note when using micro-SD cards ......... 33
Installing the micro-SD card ................................. 34
Removing the micro-SD card .......................... 34
Initializing the micro-SD card ............................... 35
Basic Operations .................................................... 36
Receiving .................................................................. 36
Turning the power on ........................................... 36
Switching the power off ................................... 36
Inputing the call sign ............................................ 37
Switching the operating band............................... 38
Adjusting the volume............................................ 38
Adjusting the squelch level .................................. 39
Tuning the radio ................................................... 40
Changing the frequency steps ........................ 41
Switching the operating mode.............................. 44
Switching the communication mode .................... 45
Switching the modulation mode ........................... 46
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Communicating......................................................... 49
Other Settings........................................................... 54
Reconfiguring the Settings ....................................... 61
Using the Memory .................................................. 62
mobile unit ......... 24
Scanning ................................................................. 72
Signal Search ........................................................... 72
Monitoring the Home Channel .................................. 81
Using the GPS Function ........................................ 83
What is GPS? ........................................................... 83
Positioning Using GPS ............................................. 83
Displaying the band scope ................................... 47
Muting the audio .................................................. 48
Transmitting ......................................................... 49
Adjusting the transmit power ........................... 50
Adjusting the sensitivity of the microphone ..... 50
Communicating in the FM mode .......................... 51
Communicating using the repeater ...................... 52
Changing the beep volume .................................. 54
Locking the knobs and switches .......................... 55
Adjusting the date and time ................................. 56
Adjusting the display brightness .......................... 58
Changing the background color of the
frequency display area ........ 60
Writing to the memory .......................................... 62
Recalling the memory .......................................... 63
Recalling the home channel................................. 63
Changing the frequency of the home channel ... 64
Erasing the memory ............................................. 65
Naming the memory............................................. 66
Changing the method of the
memory tag display ....... 67
Split memory ........................................................ 68
Receiving Weather Broadcast Channels
(USA version only) ....... 70
Assigning the "WX" function to a
programmable key on the microphone ....... 71
Recalling the weather channels ...................... 71
Listening the weather alert .............................. 71
VFO scan ............................................................. 72
Setting the receive operation when the
Memory scan ....................................................... 74
Selecting the scanning method ....................... 75
Setting the specified memories ....................... 75
Scan only the specified memory channels ...... 76
Setting the memories to be skipped ................ 77
Scanning the programmable memories (PMS) .... 79
Writing into the programmable memory .......... 79
Scanning the programmable memory ............. 80
Using the dual receive ..................................... 81
Setting the restart condition of dual receive .... 82
Positioning using an external GPS device ...... 84
Checking the satellite capture status .............. 86
Displaying the position information ...................... 87
scanning stops .... 73