Kenwood TK-780 - Manuals

1 UNPACKING AND CHECKING EQUIPMENT Note: The following unpacking instructions are for use by your KENWOOD dealer, an authorized KENWOOD service facility, or the factory. Carefully unpack the transceiver. We recommend that you identify the itemslisted in the following table before discarding the pack...

2 VARIOUS ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN YOUR VEHICLE MAY MALFUNCTION IF THEY ARENOT PROPERLY PROTECTED FROM THE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY WHICH IS PRESENTWHILE TRANSMITTING. ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION, ANTI-SKID BRAKING, AND CRUISECONTROL SYSTEMS ARE TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF EQUIPMENT THAT MAY MALFUNCTION. IFYOUR ...

3 Hex-headed screw DC power cable Mountingbracket 5 x 16 mm self-tapping screw Spring washer Flat washer Antennaconnector Power input connector FOR PASSENGER SAFETY, INSTALL THE TRANSCEIVER SECURELY, USING THE SUPPLIEDMOUNTING BRACKET, SO THE TRANSCEIVER WILL NOT BREAK LOOSE IN THE EVENT OF ACOLLISI...

4 ORIENTATION FRONT PANEL q q q q q (Power) switch Press to switch the transceiver ON (or OFF). w w w w w / keys Press these keys to activate their programmable auxiliary functions{page 6}. e e e e e Display See page 5 for more information. r r r r r / keys Press these keys to activate their program...

6 PROGRAMMABLE AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS Keys w , r , and y {page 4} can be programmed with the auxiliary functions listed in the following table. The keys can only be programmed with functions,depending on whether you are using a DTMF/2-Tone/DMS model or a 5-Tonemodel. Please contact your dealer for furt...

8 BASIC OPERATIONS OPERATION OVERVIEW Your dealer can program your transceiver for DTMF/2-Tone/DMS signalling or5-Tone signalling. This transceiver can handle up to 250 groups with 250 channels in each group.Groups, channels, and their functions are programmed by your dealer. SWITCHING POWER ON/ OFF...

9 TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) The purpose of the Time-out Timer is to prevent any caller from using a channelfor an extended period of time. If you continuously transmit for a period of time that exceeds the programmedtime, the transceiver will stop transmitting and an alert tone will sound. To stopthe ton...

10 ADVANCED OPERATIONS SCAN If the Scan function is programmed, groups or channels can be scanned bypressing the key programmed as Scan . When the Scan key is pressed, the SCN indicator and “-SCAN-” or the revert group/ channel number appear on thedisplay. Scanning starts. Scan can be used as either...

11 DMS: ALPHANUMERIC 2-WAY PAGING FUNCTION DMS (Digital Message System) is an Alphanumeric 2-way Paging Function, andis a protocol owned by KENWOOD Corporation. DMS enables a variety of paging functions on your transceiver, some of which depend on dealerprogramming. KEY FUNCTIONS • Press Selcall Ent...

13 STATUS MESSAGE You can send and receive 2-digit Status messages (10 ~ 79) which may bedecided in your talk group. Messages can contain up to 16 alphanumericcharacters. A maximum of 15 received messages can be stored in the queue memory ofyour transceiver. These saved messages can be reviewed afte...

14 ■ Reviewing Messages in the Queue Memory 1 Press the key programmed as Queue to enter Queue Mode. • The last received message is displayed with the message number. 2 Use the / keys (right side keys only) to select the message you want to view, if more than one message is stored in the queue memor...

15 DTMF (DUAL TONE MULTI FREQUENCY) CALLS MAKING A DTMF CALL Note: To make a DTMF call, you must have an optional microphone with a DTMF keypad. Ask your dealer for more information. There are two methods of making DTMF calls: Manual dialing: 1 Press and hold the PTT switch. 2 Enter the desired digi...

16 AUDIBLE USER FEEDBACK TONES The transceiver emits various tones to indicate the transceiver’s operating status.Contact your dealer for further information on these tones: • Alert • DMS Signalling Decode Alert Tone • Group Call • Individual Call • Key Input Error • Key Press [A] • Key Press [B] • ...