Kenwood TK-90 - Manual (Page 4)

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CONTENTS
PREPARATION / INSTALLATION ............................. 1
UNPACKING AND CHECKING EQUIPMENT ...... 1
S UPPLIED A CCESSORIES ......................................... 1
BASE STATION INSTALLATION .......................... 1
F OOT P ADS ......................................................... 1
A NTENNA C ONNECTION ........................................... 1
G ROUND C ONNECTION ........................................... 1
DC P OWER S UPPLY C ONNECTION ............................ 2
MOBILE INSTALLATION ...................................... 2
I NSTALLING THE T RANSCEIVER .................................. 2
A NTENNA C ONNECTION ........................................... 2
G ROUND C ONNECTION ........................................... 3
DC P OWER C ABLE C ONNECTION ............................. 3
GETTING ACQUAINTED .......................................... 4
FRONT PANEL ..................................................... 4
REAR PANEL ....................................................... 4
DISPLAY ............................................................... 5
MICROPHONE (OPTIONAL) ............................... 6
PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTIONS ......................... 7
BASIC OPERATIONS ................................................ 8
SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF ............................ 8
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME ................................. 8
SELECTING A CHANNEL .................................... 8
D IRECT F REQUENCY E NTRY ................................... 8
SELECTING A MODE ........................................... 8
D ATA O PERATION .................................................. 8
TRANSMITTING ................................................... 9
VOX (V OICE -O PERATED T RANSMISSION ) ................ 9
CW K EYING ........................................................ 9
C HANGING THE T RANSMIT P OWER .......................... 9
T IME -O UT T IMER ................................................. 9
O VERHEATING ...................................................... 9
SQUELCH/ MONITOR ....................................... 10
S QUELCH L EVEL ................................................ 10
C HANNEL M ONITORING ........................................ 10
MENU SETUP ......................................................... 11
ACCESSING THE MENU ................................... 11
MENU CONFIGURATION .................................. 11
SCAN ....................................................................... 12
BUSY FREQUENCY STOP ................................ 12
S CAN R ESUME T YPES ......................................... 12
PREFERRED SCAN ........................................... 12
ADD TO SCAN/ REMOVE FROM SCAN ........... 12
SCAN REVERT CHANNEL ................................ 12
SELECTIVE CALLS ................................................. 13
ACTIVATING SELCALL MODE .......................... 13
MANUAL SELCALLS .......................................... 13
S ELECTING A S TATION USING THE T RANSCEIVER K EYS .. 13
S ELECTING A S TATION USING A M ICROPHONE K EYPAD ... 13
DIRECT SELCALLS ........................................... 13
RECEIVING A SELCALL .................................... 13
MEMORY CALLS ............................................... 13
S ELECTING A M EMORY C ALL USING THE
T RANSCEIVER K EYS ............................................. 13
S ELECTING A M EMORY C ALL USING A
M ICROPHONE K EYPAD .......................................... 14
MANUAL STATUS CALLS .................................. 14
M AKING A S TATUS C ALL USING THE
T RANSCEIVER K EYS ............................................. 14
M AKING A S TATUS C ALL USING A
M ICROPHONE K EYPAD .......................................... 14
DIRECT STATUS CALLS ................................... 15
OPTIONAL VOICE MESSAGES ........................ 15
RECEIVING A STATUS CALL ............................ 15
R EVIEWING M ESSAGES IN THE S TACK M EMORY ......... 15
SEND THE GPS DATA ....................................... 16
M ANUALLY S ENDING THE GPS D ATA .................... 16
GPS P OLLING ................................................... 16
SHORT TEXT MESSAGES ................................ 16
ADVANCED OPERATIONS ..................................... 17
DIRECT CHANNEL ............................................ 17
SCRAMBLER ..................................................... 17
C HANGING THE S CRAMBLER C ODE ........................ 17
VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMIT)
SETUP ................................................................ 17
VOX G AIN ....................................................... 17
A NTI -VOX G AIN ............................................... 17
VOX D ELAY T IME .............................................. 18
ANTENNA TUNER ............................................. 18
EMERGENCY ..................................................... 18
CLARIFIER ......................................................... 18
NOISE BLANKER ............................................... 19
LCD BRIGHTNESS ............................................ 19
POWER-ON TEXT .............................................. 19
DISPAY NAME/ FREQUECY .............................. 19
PRE-AMPLIFIER/ ATTENUATOR ...................... 19
AUXILIARY ......................................................... 19
VGS-1 OPTIONAL VOICE GUIDE &
STORAGE UNIT ...................................................... 20
VOICE MEMOS .................................................. 20
R ECORDING A V OICE M EMO .................................. 20
P LAYING B ACK A V OICE M EMO .............................. 20
D ELETING A V OICE M EMO ..................................... 20
VOICE MESSAGES ........................................... 20
R ECORDING A V OICE M ESSAGE .............................. 20
P LAYING B ACK A V OICE M ESSAGE .......................... 21
T RANSMITTING A V OICE M ESSAGE ........................... 21
D ELETING A V OICE M ESSAGE ................................ 21
AUTO RECORDING ........................................... 21
P LAYING B ACK AN A UTO R ECORDING ...................... 21
D ELETING AN A UTO R ECORDING ............................. 21
VOICE GUIDE .................................................... 21
APPENDIX ............................................................... 22
KEY FUNCTIONS ............................................... 22