Kenwood TM-281A- Manual

Kenwood TM-281A

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – INSTRUCTION MANUAL; 44 MHz FM TRANSCEIVER; ENGLISH; NOTIFICATION
  • Page 3 – MODELS COVERED BY THIS MANUAL; 44 MHz FM Transceiver; MARKET CODES; Americas; FEATURES
  • Page 5 – ii; CONTENTS; VFO M
  • Page 7 – iv; CHAPTER; VFO R
  • Page 8 – SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES; Accessory; Microphone; WRITING CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED IN THIS MANUAL; li; Instruction
  • Page 9 – PREPARATION; Position the transceiver, then insert and tighten; MOBILE INSTALLATION; Install the mounting bracket in the vehicle using the
  • Page 10 – DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION
  • Page 11 – Connect the DC power cable to the regulated DC
  • Page 12 – dealer or an authorized; Kenwood; service center for; Fuse Location; ANTENNA CONNECTION; impedance antenna and low-loss coaxial feed; Feed line connector
  • Page 13 – ACCESSORY CONNECTIONS; . The external speaker jack; For voice communications, connect a 600; Microphone hanger
  • Page 14 – PC C; at the following URL:
  • Page 15 – YOUR FIRST QSO; • A high pitched double beep sounds and a Power-on; Turn the Volume control clockwise, to the 12 o’clock; • You may further turn the Volume control to adjust the; volume level of the signal.; To transmit, hold the microphone approximately 5 cm
  • Page 16 – GETTING ACQUAINTED; FRONT PANEL; MENU button/ Tuning control; CALL key; Tuning
  • Page 17 – MR key; REV key; DISPLAY
  • Page 19 – REAR PANEL; Antenna connector; Power Input 13.8 V DC cable; MICROPHONE; Press and hold to transmit. Release to receive.; key; to transmit; DTMF Microphone
  • Page 20 – DTMF keypad
  • Page 21 – OPERATING BASICS; SWITCHING THE POWER ON/OFF; ADJUSTING THE VOLUME; Press; the; Tuning control to adjust the level.; new setting and exit the squelch adjustment.
  • Page 22 – TRANSMITTING; ” and the RF Power meter appears. The RF; • If you press Mic [PTT] while you are outside the; transmission coverage, a high pitched error beep sounds.; You can configure different power levels for transmission.; SELECTING A FREQUENCY
  • Page 23 – MH; To adjust the MHz digit:; • The MHz digit blinks.; • You must be in VFO mode to make a direct frequency; Enter fills all remaining digits (the digits; • If you want to revise the MHz digits only, leaving the kHz
  • Page 25 – MENU SETUP; MENU ACCESS; • A brief explanation of the menu, and the setting and Menu; • As you change the Menu No., a brief explanation of each; currently selected Menu No.
  • Page 26 – MENU FUNCTION LIST; Function
  • Page 29 – OPERATING THROUGH REPEATERS; OFFSET PROGRAMMING FLOW; Select a receive frequency.
  • Page 30 – PROGRAMMING AN OFFSET; • “+” or “–” appears above the frequency, indicating which; the appropriate offset frequency.; • The selectable range is from 0.00 MHz to 69.95 MHz in
  • Page 31 – Available Tone Frequencies
  • Page 32 – AUTOMATIC REPEATER OFFSET; K market version only; E market version only; TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE; Call Channel default settings:; transceiver to transmit a 1750 Hz tone.; To change the setting of the CALL key:
  • Page 33 – REVERSE FUNCTION; To swap the transmission and reception frequencies:; • “R” appears when the function is ON.; indicator; appears when the function is ON.
  • Page 34 – TONE FREQUENCY ID SCAN; Tuning control while the identified tone
  • Page 35 – MEMORY CHANNELS; NUMBER OF MEMORY CHANNELS; To change the Memory Channel capacity:; • Simplex frequency operation
  • Page 36 – Turn; Tuning control to select your desired; • You can also directly enter a desired frequency using the; If storing a standard repeater frequency, select the; • A Memory Channel number appears and blinks.
  • Page 37 – STORING ODD-SPLIT REPEATER FREQUENCIES; • The transmission frequency is stored in the Memory; RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL; • The Memory Channel last used is recalled.; • You cannot recall an empty Memory Channel.
  • Page 38 – CLEARING A MEMORY CHANNEL; To erase an individual Memory Channel:
  • Page 39 – NAMING A MEMORY CHANNEL; desired Memory Channel.; • A blinking cursor appears.; • You can enter the following alphanumeric characters:; • Rather than using the Tuning control, you can use the; • The cursor moves to the next digit.
  • Page 40 – MEMORY CHANNEL TRANSFER; VFO T; press; Press
  • Page 42 – CALL CHANNEL
  • Page 43 – To monitor the Weather Radio frequency continuously:; • “WX” appears on the display.
  • Page 44 – select another frequency or Memory Channel.; When the Weather Alert tone is broadcasted, the; transceiver automatically switches to the AL channel.; CHANNEL DISPLAY
  • Page 46 – SCAN; Purpose
  • Page 47 – NORMAL SCAN; • Scan starts from the current frequency.; Storing a Program Scan Frequency Range
  • Page 48 – select a matching Memory Channel from U0 ~ U2.; Performing Program Scan
  • Page 49 – MEMORY SCAN; • Scan starts from the last Memory Channel number and; • Scan starts from the selected Memory Channel number; • To reverse the scan direction, turn the Tuning control or
  • Page 50 – CALL SCAN; PRIORITY SCAN
  • Page 51 – MEMORY CHANNEL LOCKOUT; selecting “OFF” in step 3.
  • Page 52 – SCAN RESUME METHOD; To change the scan resume method:
  • Page 53 – SELECTIVE CALL; CTCSS AND DCS; CTCSS
  • Page 54 – your desired CTCSS frequency.; • The selectable CTCSS frequencies are the same as; Available CTCSS Tone Frequencies; CTCSS F; ID S
  • Page 55 – DCS; DCS C; your desired DCS code.
  • Page 57 – MANUAL DIALING; To perform Manual Dialing, follow the steps below.; • The corresponding DTMF tones are transmitted.; DTMF M
  • Page 58 – DTMF TX H; AUTOMATIC DIALER; DTMF N; • You can also select a DTMF Memory Channel by using; • You can also enter a DTMF code using the Mic keypad.; cursor to the next digit.
  • Page 59 – Mic; DTMF T
  • Page 60 – DTMF LOCK
  • Page 61 – AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS; BEAT SHIFT
  • Page 62 – BEEP FUNCTION
  • Page 63 – BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT; To change the frequency step size:
  • Page 64 – The default step size for each model is as follows:; Market Code; DISPLAY BACKLIGHT; the display brightness.
  • Page 65 – LOCK FUNCTION; ” appears when this function is ON.; TUNE ENABLE
  • Page 66 – MICROPHONE PF KEYS (K; The microphone key default assignments are as follows:; Programmable Functions
  • Page 67 – NARROW BAND FM OPERATION; To operate the transceiver in narrow band FM:; • The current message and entry cursor appear.
  • Page 68 – PROGRAMMABLE VFO; • The current programmable frequency range for the band
  • Page 70 – MICROPHONE CONTROL
  • Page 71 – Key; MIC LOCK
  • Page 72 – OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
  • Page 73 – TROUBLESHOOTING; MAINTENANCE; • Model and serial number of equipment
  • Page 74 – RESETTING THE TRANSCEIVER; • All indicators light momentarily, followed by the full reset; • “WAIT” appears momentarily.
  • Page 75 – • The VFO reset confirmation message appears.
  • Page 76 – Problem
  • Page 78 – SPECIFICATIONS; il; General
  • Page 79 – Variable reactance modulation; Transmitter; Double superheterodyne; Receiver; V or less
  • Page 80 – INDEX
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144 MH6 FM TRANSCEIVER

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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