Icom IC PCR100 - Manuals

1 1 INSTALLATION ■ Hardware installation Refer to the diagram below for connections. Ground Supplied antenna to an AC adapter to an RS-232C port External speaker Personal computer

2 1 INSTALLATION ■ Antenna installation Antennas play a ver y impor tant role in receiver operation.Connecting a poor quality antenna to the IC-PCR100 will re-sult in less than optimum performance. Select antenna(s), such as a well-matched 50 Ω antenna and feedline. 1.5:1 of Voltage Standing Wave Ra...

3 1 INSTALLATION ■ AF output level selection The received audio can be input into your computer via thesound card. Before inputting the received audio into the [LINE IN] con-nector (connector name depends on your sound card), theoutput level of the [EXT-SP] must be set properly. Perform asfollows: C...

4 1 INSTALLATION ■ Software installation NOTE: Before using the program, make a backup copy ofthe original disk. After making a backup copy, keep theoriginal disk in a safe place. NOTE: Depending on the Windows ® system files, the PC may require rebooting. In this case, repeat the installationfrom t...

5 1 INSTALLATION ■ RS-232C port setting ‘COM Port Error’ or ‘Communication failed’ dialog box appearswhen the RS-232C serial port is not set correctly. NOTE: When launching the program for the first time, thissetting dialog appears for setting the RS-232C serial port. D Multi-function receiver scree...

■ Multi-function receiver screen q POWER BUTTON [POWER]Toggles the receiver power ON and OFF. w FILE MENU [File]Used for turning the software on/off, saving memory chan-nel contents or quitting the program, etc. e VIEW MENU [View]Used for showing/hiding the memory list screen/tool bar orselecting th...

14 2 PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Function controller screen q RECEIVE MODE BUTTONS [AM], [FM], [WFM] (p. 18)Select a receive mode. w AUTOMATIC RECEIVE MODE BUTTON [AUT-M] (p. 19)Selects an automatic receive mode. This mode selects apreviously programmed receive mode automatically de-pending on the receive f...

15 2 PANEL DESCRIPTION •Information display Double clicking the simple receiver also toggles the information display on/off. •Memory list screen •Setting screen •Band scoop screen •Function controller screen •Scan controller screen ■ Simple function receiver sub screens The simple function receiver ...

16 3 BASIC OPERATION ■ Receiving Make sure the hardware installation is finished. (p. 1) D Using the multi-function receiver screen q Click [POWER] to turn power ON. w Click the [VOLUME] control with the sub mouse button toincrease the audio level; click the [VOLUME] control withthe main mouse butto...

17 3 BASIC OPERATION ■ Setting a frequency Depending on the situation, the receive frequency can be setusing the following methods. Frequencies can be set from0.01000 to 1300.00000 MHz. D Using the tuning dial ➥ Click the tuning dial with the sub mouse button to increasethe frequency; click the tuni...

18 3 BASIC OPERATION ■ Setting a tuning step When using the tuning dial or [FREQ J ]/[FREQ K ] buttons to change the frequency, or when a scan function is activated,the frequency changes in increments determined by the settuning step. This can be changed if desired. The following tuning step are ava...

19 3 BASIC OPERATION ■ Automatic mode selection An automatic mode function is available to automatically setthe receive mode, IF filter passband width and tuning stepafter inputting a frequency. Each click of the [AUT-M] button toggles the automatic modefunction on and off. • For the simple function...

20 3 BASIC OPERATION ■ Setting squelch level The squelch function sets a minimum receive signal levelbelow which no audio is emitted from the speaker. This con-veniently prevents noise and static from being emitted whenreceiving weak signals or no signals at all. Further setting of squelch removes w...

21 3 BASIC OPERATION ■ Attenuator function Strong signals (such as from broadcast stations, pocket beep-ers, nearby amateur radio stations, etc.) can cause distortionof receive signals. The attenuator function can reduce signalstrength of interfering signals by approx. 20 dB. D Using the multi-funct...

22 4 MEMORY CHANNELS ■ General The receiver has 1000 memory channels in 20 banks for stor-age of often-used frequencies. D Memory channel contents The following information can be programmed into memorychannels: • Memory channel name • Operating frequency (p. 17)• Receive mode (p. 18)• IF filter sel...

23 4 MEMORY CHANNELS ■ Selecting a memory channel D Using the up/down button on the multi-function receiver screen q Click the [BANK ∧ ] or [BANK ∨ ] button to select a memory bank. w Click the [CH ∧ ] or [CH ∨ ] button to select a memory chan- nel. D Using the [Mch] button on the multi-function rec...

24 4 MEMORY CHANNELS ■ Memory channel programming Each memory bank (1 to 20) can hold up to 50 channels andcan store the information listed below. Bank name, memory name, frequency, mode, filter, atten-uator, tuning step, select memory scan, skip channel, tonesquelch and remark. D Using the multi-fu...

25 4 MEMORY CHANNELS ■ Editing the memory list D Editing a bank name Bank names and memory names can be set or changed forthe screen being used. q Call up the memory list screen if it is not displayed. • For the multi-function receiver screen, click the memor y list screen button or select ‘Memory L...

26 5 SCAN OPERATION ■ Scan types Up to 20 programmed scan ranges, memory scan, memoryselect scan, memory skip scan, mode select memor y scanand auto memory write scan provide scanning versatility. PROGRAMMED SCAN(p. 27) Repeatedly scans between two user-programmed fre-quencies. Used for checking for...

27 5 SCAN OPERATION ■ Programmed scan Programmed scan automatically searches for signals withina specified frequency range. For programmed scan, scan edges must be programmedin advance. See the next section for details. D Using the multi-function receiver screen q Make sure the squelch is set to the...

28 5 SCAN OPERATION ■ Setting scan edges Settings such as frequency range, receive mode, tuning step,etc. must be set in advance. Up to 20 settings can be pro-grammed. q Call up the setting screen if it is not displayed. • For the multi-function receiver screen, click the [SET] button.• For the simp...

29 5 SCAN OPERATION ■ Auto memory write scan Auto memory write scan does the same as the programmedscan and then writes paused signal frequencies into memorychannels of a specified memory bank. Scan edges must beprogrammed in advance. (p. 28) D Using the multi-function receiver screen q Make sure th...

30 5 SCAN OPERATION ■ Memory scan This function searches all memor y channels in a selectedmemory bank. D Using the multi-function receiver screen q Make sure the squelch is set to the threshold point. (closedcondition) w Click the [BANK ∧ ] or [BANK ∨ ] button to select the de- sired memory bank. •...

31 5 SCAN OPERATION ■ Versatile memory scan Using the [Memory SCAN] tab in the setting screen you canset conditions specific only to memory channels during mem-ory scan. q Call up the setting screen if it is not displayed. • For the multi-function receiver screen, click the [SET] button.• For the si...

32 5 SCAN OPERATION ■ Scan resume condition When receiving a signal, scan automatically pauses on thatsignal. The scan resume condition sets the time that the scanpauses before resuming or whether scan stops instead ofpausing. q Call up the setting screen if it is not displayed. • For the multi-func...

33 5 SCAN OPERATION ■ Scan speed setting The searching speed of frequencies or memory channels isvariable. D Using the multi-function receiver screen ➥ Click the [SPEED] control with the sub mouse button to in-crease the scan speed; click the [SPEED] control with themain mouse button to decrease the...

34 6 BAND SCOPE ■ Operation The band scope function allows you to visually check a spec-ified frequency range. Receive audio is muted while monitoring the band scope.Push [ s / ❙ ❙ ] to pause sweeping and receive the audio. D Using the multi-function receiver screen q Click the sweep star t/pause bu...

35 6 BAND SCOPE t Click the waveform to select the frequency of the signal. • Click the [ s / ❙ ❙ ] button to pause a sweep and monitor the fre- quency. Repeat to resume the sweep. • While pausing the band scope, you can also select the frequency by clicking the wavefor m. The current receive freque...

36 7 TONE SQUELCH OPERATION The tone squelch opens only when receiving a signal con-taining a matching subaudible tone in FM mode. For exam-ple, you can silently wait for calls from group members usingthe same tone in an amateur band. D Using the multi-function receiver screen q Click the [FM] butto...

37 8 TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION REF. No power comes ON. • The RS-232C cable is not connected correctly. • The RS-232C port is not selected correctly. • Check the RS-232C cable. • Select the RS-232C port correctly. p. 1 p. 5 No sound comes from thespeaker. • Volume level is too l...

38 9 SPECIFICATIONS AND SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ■ Specifications • Frequency coverage (MHz): U.S.A. version 0.01–823.999,* 849.001–868.999, 894.001–1300 Non-U.S.A. versions 0.01–1300* * Specifications guaranteed 0.5–1300 MHz only. • Receive system : Triple superheterodyne (AM/FM) Double superheterodyne...

• Selectivity (typical) : FM/AM 6 kHz/–6 dB FM/AM 15 kHz/–6 dB WFM/FM/AM 50 kHz/–6 dB WFM 230 kHz/–6 dB • Max. audio output : 0.2 W (monaural) 0.1 W × 2 (stereo) (at 10% distortion with an 8 Ω load) • Antenna connector : BNC (50 Ω ) • RS-232C connector : D-sub 9-pin (female) • Ext. speaker connector...