Kenwood TK-3130 - Manuals

1 UNPACKING AND CHECKING EQUIPMENT Carefully unpack the transceiver. We recommend you identifythe items listed in the following table before discarding thepacking material. If any items are missing or have beendamaged during shipment, file a claim with the carrierimmediately. S U P P L I E D A C C E...

2 ORIENTATION Antenna Power switch/ Volume controlTurn clockwise to switch the power ON and counter-clockwise to switch the powerOFF. Rotate to adjust thevolume. MENU keyPress and hold whileswitching the power ONto enter Menu Mode.Press to select settingswhile in Menu Mode. CAL keyPress beforemaking...

4 PREPARATION I N S TA L L I N G / R E M O V I N G T H E B AT T E RY P A C K The battery pack is not charged at the factory; charge it beforeuse (pages 6 and 7). Average battery pack life: 10 hours • Average times are calculated using 5% transmit time, 5%receive time, and 90% standby time. ◆ Do not ...

8 I N S TA L L I N G / R E M O V I N G T H E B E LT H O O K If desired, attach the belt hookto the rear of the transceiverusing the 2 supplied screws. I N S TA L L I N G / R E M O V I N G O P T I O N A L A C C E S S O R I E S Note: Always switch OFF the transceiver power when installing orremoving t...

9 GETTING STARTED q q q q q Switch the Power ON. Switch the transceiver power ON by turning the Powerswitch/ Volume control clockwise. • A confirmation tone sounds. To switch the transceiver power OFF, turn the Powerswitch/ Volume control fully counterclockwise, until a clicksounds. w w w w w Adjust...

11 QUIET TALK/ DIGITAL QUIET TALK QT (Quiet Talk) and DQT (Digital Quiet Talk) are functions thatreject signals from undesired par ties that are using the samechannel as you. You will hear audio from the speaker onlywhen you receive a signal that contains a tone or codematching the one set up on the...

12 SCANNING THE CHANNELS You can scan both channels of the transceiver to search for asignal. When the transceiver verifies a signal on a channel, itproceeds to check whether or not its QT/ DQT settingmatches that which is set up on your transceiver. If the QT/DQT matches, the transceiver stops at t...

14 MONITORING A CHANNEL When no signals are present, the squelch on the transceiverautomatically mutes the speaker so you will not hearbackground noise. To manually deactivate the squelch, pressand hold the MON key. • When deactivated, the monitor icon appears on the displayand the LED lights green....

18 VOICE SCRAMBLER Whereas the Quiet Talk and Digital Quiet Talk functions giveyou privacy in so much that you are able to ignore unwantedcalls, the voice scrambler gives you complete privacy. Whenactivated, any other par ty listening on your channel and usingthe same QT/ DQT settings that you have ...

19 OPERATING FEATURES T R A N S M I S S I O N P O W E R You can adjust the transmission power on all channels.Selecting low power will allow longer use of the battery pack.Selecting high power will allow you to transmit far ther, in casethe other par ty is too far away for low power usage. To change...

20 D I S P L AY I L L U M I N AT I O N You can set the display illumination to remain off, remain on,or turn on when you press any key other than the PTT switch(auto). When set to auto, the lamp remains on for 5 secondsafter pressing a key before turning off again. To turn the display backlight ON: ...

21 T I M E - O U T T I M E R The purpose of the Time-out Timer is to prevent any singleperson from using a channel for an extended period of time.If you continuously transmit for 3 minutes (default value), thetransceiver will stop transmitting and a tone will sound. Tostop the tone, release the PTT ...

22 B AT T E R Y P O W E R S AV E R This transceiver has been designed to give you the most outof your batter y power. While using the transceiver, the batterysaver will automatically switch ON after 10 seconds haveelapsed with no operations or received calls. Operating thetransceiver or receiving a ...

24 C A L L T O N E S Call tones are used to alert you as to when a party member isbeginning a call. You can set up a call tone to one of 6 typesin order to easily identify yourself to your par ty members. Ifeach party member uses a different call tone, it is easy toknow who is making the call. To se...

25 C A L L A L E RT It is also possible to set up your transceiver so that you arealerted using vibration. When vibration alert is activated, thevibration icon appears on the display. To select your received alert tone method: 1 Turn the transceiver power OFF. 2 Press and hold the MENU key while tur...

27 NOTICES TO THE USER This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation issubject to the following two conditions:(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and(2) this device must accept any interference received, includinginterference that may cause undesired operation. One o...

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