Table Of Contents - Yaesu VR-160 Operating Manual

General Description ........................................................... 1
Controls & Connections .................................................... 2
Keypad Functions ........................................................... 3
LCD Display ................................................................... 4
Accessories & Options ....................................................... 5
Inportant Notice ................................................................. 6
Installation of Accessories ................................................. 8
Antenna Installation ........................................................ 8
Installation of FNB-82LI Battery Pack ........................... 9
Battery Charging ........................................................... 10
Installation of FBA-37 Alkaline Battery Case ............... 11
Battery Life Information ................................................ 11
Operation .......................................................................... 12
Switching Power On and Off ........................................ 12
Adjusting the Volume Level .......................................... 12
Squelch Adjustment ...................................................... 13
Selecting the Operating Band ........................................ 14
Frequency Navigation ................................................... 15
AM and FM Broadcast Reception ................................ 16
AF-DUAL Operation ............................................... 17
Advanced Operation ........................................................ 18
Keyboard Locking ........................................................ 18
Adjusting the Keypad Beeper Volume Level ................ 18
Keypad/LCD Illumination ............................................. 19
Changing the Receiving Mode ...................................... 19
Changing the Channel Steps .......................................... 20
S-meter Squelch ............................................................ 21
Checking the Battery Voltage ....................................... 22
Checking the Temperature ............................................ 22
Band Scope Operation .................................................. 23
Tone Squelch/DCS Operation ......................................... 24
Tone Squelch Operation ................................................ 24
DCS Operation ............................................................. 26
DCS Code Inversion ................................................ 27
Tone Search Scanning ................................................... 28
Tone Squelch/DCS Bell Operation ............................... 29
Programming the User Beep .................................... 30
Memory Mode .................................................................. 32
Regular Memory Channel Operation ............................ 33
Memory Storage ....................................................... 33
Memory Recall ......................................................... 34
Labeling Memories .................................................. 34
Memory Offset Tuning ............................................. 36
Moving Memory Data to the VFO ........................... 36
Masking Memories .................................................. 37
Memory Bank Operation .......................................... 38
Assigning Memories to a Memory Bank ............. 38
Memory Bank Recall .......................................... 38
Removing Memories from a Memory Bank ........ 39
Changing a Memory Bank's Name ..................... 39
Memory Only Mode ................................................. 40
Special Memory Channel Operation ............................. 41
Weather Broadcast Channels ................................... 41
VHF Marine Channels ............................................. 42
Short-wave Broadcast Station Memory Channels .... 43
Scanning ............................................................................ 44
Setting the Scan-Resume Mode .................................... 44
VFO Scanning ............................................................... 44
How to Skip (Omit) a Frequency
during VFO Scan ...................................................... 47
Setting the Squelch Level
during active Scanning Operation ............................ 47
Memory Scanning ......................................................... 48
How to Skip (Omit) a Channel
during Memory Scan Operation ............................... 49
Preferential Memory Scan ........................................ 50
Memory Bank Scan .................................................. 51
Programmable (Band Limit) Memory Scan (PMS) ....... 52
Priority Channel Scanning (Dual Watch) ...................... 53
Automatic Lamp Illumination on Scan Stop .................. 54
Band Edge Beeper ........................................................ 54
Smart Search Operation ................................................. 56
Setting the Smart Search Mode ..................................... 56
Storing Smart Search Memories ................................... 57
Channel Counter Operation ............................................ 58
Setting the Channel Counter Sweep Width ................... 59
CW Learning Feature ..................................................... 60
CW Training Feature ...................................................... 62
Miscellaneous Setting ...................................................... 63
Password ....................................................................... 63
ATT (Front End Attenuator) ......................................... 64
Receive Battery Saver Setup ......................................... 64
Wakeup Feature ............................................................ 65
Disabling the BUSY Indicator ...................................... 66
Automatic Power-Off (APO) Feature ........................... 66
Automatic Power-On Feature ........................................ 67
My Bands Operation ..................................................... 68
Changing the Status of the [ VOL ] Key ......................... 69
S-meter Symbols ........................................................... 69
Cloning .............................................................................. 70
Set (Menu) Mode ............................................................. 71
Appendix ........................................................................... 88
External AM Radio Antenna Connections .................... 88
Line-In Audion Connections ......................................... 89
Computer Connections .................................................. 90
S-meter Connections ..................................................... 91
Specifications .................................................................... 92
Reset Procedures ............................................................. 94