Kenwood TK-90 Car Stereo System User Manual


 
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CONTENTS
PREPARATION / INSTALLATION ............................. 1
UNPACKING AND CHECKING EQUIPMENT...... 1
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UPPLIED ACCESSORIES ......................................... 1
BASE STATION INSTALLATION .......................... 1
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OOT PADS ......................................................... 1
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NTENNA CONNECTION........................................... 1
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ROUND CONNECTION ........................................... 1
DC POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION ............................2
MOBILE INSTALLATION ......................................2
INSTALLING THE TRANSCEIVER .................................. 2
ANTENNA CONNECTION........................................... 2
GROUND CONNECTION ........................................... 3
DC POWER CABLE CONNECTION ............................. 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
DIRECT FREQUENCY ENTRY................................... 8
SELECTING A MODE........................................... 8
DATA OPERATION .................................................. 8
TRANSMITTING ................................................... 9
VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMISSION) ................ 9
CW KEYING........................................................ 9
CHANGING THE TRANSMIT POWER .......................... 9
TIME-OUT TIMER ................................................. 9
OVERHEATING...................................................... 9
SQUELCH/ MONITOR ....................................... 10
SQUELCH LEVEL ................................................ 10
CHANNEL MONITORING........................................ 10
MENU SETUP ......................................................... 11
ACCESSING THE MENU ................................... 11
MENU CONFIGURATION .................................. 11
SCAN ....................................................................... 12
BUSY FREQUENCY STOP................................ 12
SCAN RESUME TYPES......................................... 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
SELECTING A STATION USING THE TRANSCEIVER KEYS .. 13
SELECTING A STATION USING A MICROPHONE KEYPAD ... 13
DIRECT SELCALLS ........................................... 13
RECEIVING A SELCALL .................................... 13
MEMORY CALLS ............................................... 13
SELECTING A MEMORY CALL USING THE
TRANSCEIVER KEYS ............................................. 13
SELECTING A MEMORY CALL USING A
MICROPHONE KEYPAD.......................................... 14
MANUAL STATUS CALLS.................................. 14
MAKING A STATUS CALL USING THE
TRANSCEIVER KEYS ............................................. 14
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AKING A STATUS CALL USING A
MICROPHONE KEYPAD.......................................... 14
DIRECT STATUS CALLS ................................... 15
OPTIONAL VOICE MESSAGES ........................ 15
RECEIVING A STATUS CALL ............................ 15
REVIEWING MESSAGES IN THE STACK MEMORY ......... 15
SEND THE GPS DATA ....................................... 16
MANUALLY SENDING THE GPS DATA .................... 16
GPS POLLING................................................... 16
SHORT TEXT MESSAGES ................................ 16
ADVANCED OPERATIONS..................................... 17
DIRECT CHANNEL ............................................ 17
SCRAMBLER ..................................................... 17
CHANGING THE SCRAMBLER CODE........................ 17
VOX (VOICE-OPERATED TRANSMIT)
SETUP ................................................................17
VOX GAIN ....................................................... 17
ANTI-VOX GAIN ............................................... 17
VOX DELAY TIME.............................................. 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
RECORDING A VOICE MEMO .................................. 20
PLAYING BACK A VOICE MEMO .............................. 20
DELETING A VOICE MEMO ..................................... 20
VOICE MESSAGES ........................................... 20
RECORDING A VOICE MESSAGE.............................. 20
PLAYING BACK A VOICE MESSAGE .......................... 21
TRANSMITTING A VOICE MESSAGE........................... 21
DELETING A VOICE MESSAGE ................................ 21
AUTO RECORDING ........................................... 21
PLAYING BACK AN AUTO RECORDING ...................... 21
DELETING AN AUTO RECORDING ............................. 21
VOICE GUIDE .................................................... 21
APPENDIX ............................................................... 22
KEY FUNCTIONS............................................... 22