Operation; Preliminary Steps; Operation Quick Start - Vertex Standard VX-451 Operating Manual

Preliminary Steps

r Install a charged battery
pack onto the transceiver,
as described previously.
r Screw the supplied antenna
onto the Antenna jack.
Never attempt to operate
this transceiver without an
antenna connected.
r 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-450 Series.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Water resistance of the transceiver (IP57: 1
meter / 30 minutes) is assured only when the
following conditions:
r Battery pack is attached to the transceiver;
r Antenna is connected to the antenna jack;
r and MIC/SP cap is installed in the MIC/
SP jack.
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Operation Quick Start

r Tu r n t h e t o p p a n e l 's
VOL/PWR knob clock-
wise to turn the radio
on.
r Turn the top panel's CH
Selector knob to choose
the desired operating
channel. On the VX-454
and VX-459, a channel
name will appear on the
LCD.
r If you want to select the operating channel from a
different Channel Group, press the Programmable
key (assigned to the Group Up or Down function)
to select the Channel Group you want before se-
lecting the operating channel. A Group name will
appear on the LCD whenever the Programmable
key is pressed.
Note: Some models are programmed so that the
operating channels are selected by the Program-
mable key and the Channel Group is selected by
VX-450 S O M
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