Page 2 - SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL.; CONTENTS; BEFORE OPERATION
T hank you for purchasing this n ew transceiver. IMPORTANT:------------------------------- P lease read this instruction m anual carefully before placing your transceiver in service. SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL. C A U TIO N :--------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Page 3 - awahhineib; EFORE; BLOCK DIAGRAM and
I.I awahhineib EFORE OPERATION 6 . P riority A lert F unction ................................................................ 27 R E P E A TE R O P E R A TIO N ................................................................ 28 T ransm itter O ffs ets R everse F unction T one and C TC S S O peratio...
Page 4 - CLEANING
The power requirement is 13.8 VDC. N ever attem ot connection to a 24 V D C s ource. D o not place the unit in areas of excessive dust, high hu m idity o r on u nstable surfaces. D o not drop pieces of m etal, needles, coins and other elec trically conductive m aterials into the unit. D o not touc...
Page 5 - SPECIFICATIONS AND ACCESSORIES; oc
2. SPECIFICATIONS AND ACCESSORIES 2-1. SPECIFICATIONS Models Specifications TM-231A TM-231E TM-331A TM-431A (U.S.A. version) TM-431A/431E TM-531A TM-531E (00) c 0) 0 Frequency range [MHz] 144 to 148 144 to 146 220 to 225 438 to 450 430 to 440 1240 to 1300 Mode F3E (FM) Antenna impedance 50Q Power re...
Page 6 - INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
2-2. ACCESSORIES Unpack your new transceiver carefully and examine it for visible damage. If the equipment has been damaged in shipment, notify the transportation company immediately. Save the boxes and packing material for future shipping. The following accessories should have been included in the...
Page 7 - A. Battery Connections
3-2. CONNECTION 3-2-1. Mobile Installations Cautions:------------------------------ 1. B efore installing the pow er cable disconnect th e nega tive lead from the battery for safety . 2. A fter insta llation and w iring have been com pleted go back and check your w ork to ensure that you have not m...
Page 9 - © Microphone connector
4. OPERATION ® © P O W E R sw itch P ress to turn th e transceiver O N or O FF . © T uning control T his control is used to select the desired transm it- ter/receiver frequency, M H z step, M em ory C hannel, Fre quency S tep, T one F requency, S can D irection, etc. © V O L control T his control i...
Page 10 - © VFO key
© (D (3) © VFO key T his key is used to return to V FO operation after operat ing in th e M R or C A LL channel m ode. P ressing this sw itch w ill allow the tuning control and m icrophone U P /D W N keys to increase o r decrease the operating frequency. P ress and hold the key for longer than 1 se...
Page 11 - Call key; SHIFTAL TONET.ALT REVSTEP DRS; SHIFT funciion
0 Call key P ress this key to activate the call channel function. P ress the F key m om entarily and then press the C A LL key to store th e currently displayed data into the C A LL channel. T he radio w ill allow you up to 10 seconds to press the C A LL key after pressing the F key. P ress the F ke...
Page 13 - LC
LC D D IS P LA Y P A N E L ® (D , -f-A^ LC (z) LOCK - - REV AL DRS CTCS5 ^ <1fATnf> ^ mm mm n=. ------------------ —- 0 LO C K O n w hen the LO C K function has been ac tivated. 0 - + D isplays the s elected transm itter offset - - direction. (E uropean version) 0 R E V O n w hen the R everse...
Page 18 - dD
4. P ress the C A LL key w ithin 10 seconds. A long beep w ill sound and the F indica tor w ill tu rn off in the dis play. This indicates that the low er lim it has been suc cessfully stored in m em ory. dD 5. N ow select th e desired upper tuning lim it using the M H z key and tuning control, or...
Page 19 - To activate the ALT function; GD
4-2-5. ALT (TM-531A/531E only) T he A LT system operates sim ilar to an A FC (A utom atic F re quency C ontrol) system . T his system is useful w hen the fre quency of either station starts to drift. W hen this occurs distortion of the signal is the usual result. T he A LT system w ill detect th e...
Page 23 - Ro; Vtufr—t—; SD; po
■ O dd S plit M em ory C hannels 1. P ress the V FO key to select the V FO m ode. 2. S elect the desired receiver frequency, tone inform a tion etc. (For exam ple 145.6 00 M H z) 3. P ress the F key m om entar ily. T he F indicator and a m em ory channel num ber w ill appear in the display. (C han...
Page 31 - a o 8 I I; D O; B S I
4-8. Digital Recording System T he optional D R U -1 (D igital R ecording U nit) perm its you to m anually or autom atically record up to a m axim um of 8 different voice m essages for later playback. T he autom atic recording fu nction w orks in conjunction w ith the T.A LT function. Y ou can selec...
Page 32 - Extended Recording
T he relationship betw een the m axim um num ber of phrases and the recording tim e for each phrase is show n in the dia gram below : Maximum num ber of Phrases Recording time (Tone Quality settings 1) (second) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 1 6 1 6 3 2 F or exam ple if the current num ber of phrases is ...
Page 33 - B I I
R ecording an incom ing receive 1. S elect the desired operat ing frequency. R ecordings can be m ade from the V F O m ode, the M em ory M ode or the C all C hannel m ode. 2. P ress the D R S key to select the D R S m ode. T he D R S indicator should tu rn on in the display. T he display should be ...
Page 37 - OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
7. OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES 7-1-1. CTCSS unit TSU-6 T he use of the optional sub-audible tone decoder T S U -6 al low s for C T C S S Tone S quelch operation. W hen this option is active squelch w ill only open w hen the proper tone is received. InstallationCaution:-------------------------------------...