Kenwood TK-2140E- User Manual

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 thatyou identify the items listed in the following table beforediscarding the packi...

2 B ATTERY P ACK P RECAUTIONS ◆ Do not recharge the battery pack if it is already fully charged.Doing so may cause the life of the battery pack to shorten or thebattery pack may be damaged. ◆ After recharging the battery pack, disconnect it from the charger.If the charger power is reset (turned ON a...

5 • Do not charge the battery for longer than the specified time! If the battery pack has not finished charging even after theregulated time has passed, stop it. The battery may generateheat or smoke, rupture, or burst into flame. • Do not place the battery pack into a microwave or highpressure cont...

11 GETTING ACQUAINTED q q q q q Antenna connector Connect the antenna here. w w w w w Rotary encoder Rotate this encoder to activate its programmablefunction: Channel Up/ Down (default) or Group Up/Down. For further details, contact your dealer. e e e e e Power switch/ Volume control Turn clockwise ...

12 r r r r r LED indicator This LED lights red during transmission and greenwhile receiving a signal. During Selective Call Alert,the LED flashes orange. If programmed by yourdealer, when the battery pack power is low, the LEDflashes red during transmission. Replace orrecharge the battery pack at th...

14 D ISPLAY r o t a c i d n I n o i t p i r c s e D s a ll e w s a r e b m u n l e n n a h c d n a p u o r g e h t s y a l p s i D . s g n it t e s e l b a m m a r g o r p r e l a e d s u o i r a v . d e t c e l e s s i l e n n a h C y ti r o i r P e h t n e h w s r a e p p A s a d e m m a r g o r p...

15 PROGRAMMABLE AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS Keys w , t , and o to !4 {pages 11 to 13} can be programmed with the auxiliary functions listed in thefollowing table. The keys can only be programmed withfunctions, depending on the model purchased. Pleasecontact your dealer for further details on these functions...

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17 OPERATING BASICS S WITCHING P OWER ON/ OFF Turn the Power switch/ Volume control clockwise to switch the transceiver ON. • If the Radio Password function is programmed, “LOCK 1” willappear on the display when the power is turned ON. Tounlock the transceiver, enter the password, then press the Sid...

18 M AKING A C ALL 1 Select the desired group and channel. 2 Press the Monitor key to check whether or not the channel is free. • You must use the key programmed with either Monitor or Monitor Momentary . • If the channel is busy, wait until it becomes free. 3 Press and hold the PTT switch and speak...

19 SCAN If the Scan function is programmed, groups or channelscan be scanned by pressing the key programmed as Scan . Scan can be used as either Single Scan or Multi Scan. Single Scan monitors only the channels of asingle group. Multi Scan monitors all channels of everygroup. When the Scan key is pr...

20 S CAN L OCKOUT If a programmable auxiliary key is programmed with Scan Del/Add , each channel can be locked out of the scan sequence manually. The add indicator ( ▼ ) will no longer appear on the display when the selected channelis locked out. S CAN R EVERT You can select a revert channel using t...

21 SIGNALLING DTMF S IGNALLING Your dealer can program a group with a DTMF signallingcode. When you receive a call with a code that matchesyours, the signalling indicator will flash and a tone willsound. Squelch opens and you will hear the call.Squelch will close when you receive a call with a codet...

23 DMS (Digital Message System) is an Alphanumeric 2-wayPaging Function, and is a protocol owned by KENWOOD Corporation. DMS enables a variety of paging functionson your transceiver, some of which depend on dealerprogramming. K EY F UNCTIONS DMS: ALPHANUMERIC 2-WAY PAGING FUNCTION Selcall Mode Queue...

24 S ELCALL (S ELECTIVE C ALLING ) A Selcall is a voice call to a particular station or to agroup of stations. ■ Transmitting 1 Select your desired group and channel. 2 Press the key programmed as Selcall List to enter Selcall Mode. 3 Use the encoder to select the ID of the stationyou want to call. ...

25 S TATUS M ESSAGE You can send and receive 2-digit Status messages(10 ~ 79) which may be decided in your talk group.Messages can contain up to 16 alphanumericcharacters.A maximum of 15 received messages can be stored inthe queue memory of your transceiver. These savedmessages can be reviewed after...

26 Press any key or wait until the pre-programmed timerexpires to return to Normal Operation Mode. ■ Reviewing the Messages in the Queue Memory 1 Press the key programmed as Queue to enter Queue Mode. • Depending on how your dealer has set up yourtransceiver, either the last received message or thef...

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