AOR AR-DV10 User manual

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DIGITAL RECEIVER
AR-DV10
Operating manual
AOR, Ltd.
Authority On Radio Communication
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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purcha ing the AR-DV10.
AR-DV10 i the world' mo t advanced multi-mode, SDR hand-held receiver that upport a
variety of digital, a well a analog mode .
Enjoy multi-digital ignal monitoring on the go!
Some of it out tanding feature are:
1) Wideband reception 100kHz - 1300MHz
2) Multi-mode digital demodulation (automatic detection except for Tetra)
3) All-mode analog reception
4) Fa t Memory Scan
5) Fa t Program Search
6) Receiving upport function ( uch a tep-adju tment, off et and priority reception)
7) MicroSD card upport (recording, memory data input/output, firmware update )
8) Dedicated radio IC for 520kHz - 1710kHz AM and 64MHz - 108MHz FM broadca t .
9) Supplied acce orie : Large capacity Lithium-ion battery pack, AC power adapter,
alkaline battery tray, cigarette lighter DC/DC converter, fa t charger cradle.
10) IPX5 water re i tant (providing the antenna, battery pack, belt clip, and all rubber
cover are firmly attached)
11) 2.56” (W) x 5.40” (H) x 1.61” (D) (65 mm x 137 mm x 41 mm) compact de ign.
Plea e read thi operating manual carefully. Thi information will allow you to enjoy
maximum performance from your receiver.
We incerely hope that the AR-DV10 will be your monitoring companion for many year to
come.
All product name referenced herein are trademark of their re pective manufacturer .
Mark uch a TM and ® ymbol are omitted in the body of the text.
AOR, Ltd.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ............................................................................................... 4
1. SUPPLIED ITEMS...................................................................................................... 5
2. CONTROLS & CONNECTORS ................................................................................. 6
2.1. TOP PANEL ............................................................................................................. 6
2.2. FRONT PANEL ........................................................................................................ 6
2.3. LEFT SIDE .............................................................................................................. 7
2.4. RIGHT SIDE ............................................................................................................ 7
2.5. REAR PANEL .......................................................................................................... 8
2.6. BOTTOM PANEL ..................................................................................................... 8
2.7. LCD DISPLAY ......................................................................................................... 9
3. POWER SUPPLY ..................................................................................................... 13
3.1. BATTERY PACK INSTALLATION & REMOVAL .................................................... 13
3.2. BATTERY PACK CHARGING................................................................................ 14
3.3. POWERING WITH ALCALINE BATTERIES .......................................................... 15
3.4. POWERING WITH CIGARETTE LIGHTER DC/DC CONVERTER ....................... 16
4. ANTENNA ................................................................................................................ 17
4.1 EARPHONE ANTENNA ......................................................................................... 17
5. BASIC OPERATION ................................................................................................ 1
5.1. POWER ON/OFF .................................................................................................. 18
5.2. VOLUME ............................................................................................................... 18
5.3. VFO MODE RECEPTION ..................................................................................... 19
5.4. FREQUENCY INPUT ............................................................................................ 19
5.5. RECEIVE MODE SELECTION .............................................................................. 20
5.6. IF BANDWIDTH SELECTION ............................................................................... 21
5.7. SQUELCH ............................................................................................................. 21
5.8. TUNING STEP ...................................................................................................... 22
5.9. STEP-ADJUST ...................................................................................................... 23
6. AUDIO RECORDING ............................................................................................... 25
6.1. FILE FORMAT ....................................................................................................... 25
6.2. RECORDING DURATION ..................................................................................... 25
6.3. RECORDING START/STOP.................................................................................. 25
6.4. PLAYBACK ............................................................................................................ 26
6.5. SD CARD FORMATTING ...................................................................................... 26
7. MEMORY CHANNEL & SCAN OPERATIONS ........................................................ 27
7.1. SAVE A FREQUENCY INTO A MEMORY CHANNEL ........................................... 27
7.2. SCAN A MEMORY BANK ...................................................................................... 28

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7.3. SCAN PASS .......................................................................................................... 30
7.4. BROWSE MEMORY BANKS/CHANNELS ............................................................ 30
7.5. EDIT A MEMORY CHANNEL ................................................................................ 31
7.6. ASSIGN TITLES TO MEMORY BANKS ................................................................ 32
7.7. CREATE A GROUP OF LINKED MEMORY BANKS ............................................. 32
7.8. SCAN A GROUP OF LINKED MEMORY BANKS.................................................. 34
7.9. COPY/ERASE/MOVE CHANNELS, BANKS AND GROUPS ................................ 34
. PRIORITY RECEPTION ........................................................................................... 35
9. PROGRAM SEARCH ............................................................................................... 36
9.1. CREATE A SEARCH BANK................................................................................... 36
9.2. RUN A SEARCH .................................................................................................... 37
9.3. SEARCH PASS ..................................................................................................... 38
9.4. CREATE A GROUP OF LINKED SEARCH BANKS .............................................. 39
9.5. SEARCH A GROUP OF LINKED SEARCH BANKS .............................................. 40
9.6. COPY/ERASE/MOVE SEARCH BANKS, GROUPS AND PASS FREQ. ............... 40
10. ADVANCED OPERATION...................................................................................... 42
10.1. SIGNAL ATTENUATOR ....................................................................................... 42
10.2. AGC ..................................................................................................................... 42
10.3. INPUT CHARACTERS & SYMBOLS .................................................................. 43
10.4. DATA EDITOR (COPY, MOVE, DELETE) ............................................................ 44
10.5. ADVANCED SQUELCH TYPES .......................................................................... 45
10.5.1. CTCSS & REVERSE TONE ............................................................................. 45
10.5.2. DCS .................................................................................................................. 46
10.6. ANALOG VOICE DESCRAMBLER ..................................................................... 47
10.7. ADVANCED DIGITAL MODE SETTINGS ............................................................ 47
10.8. OFFSET RECEPTION ........................................................................................ 49
10.9. REMOTE MODE ................................................................................................. 49
11. RECEIVER SETTINGS .......................................................................................... 50
11.1. CALENDAR & CLOCK ........................................................................................ 50
11.2. SYSTEM SETTINGS ........................................................................................... 50
12. RECEIVER DATA BACKUP & RESTORE ............................................................. 53
13. FIRMWARE UPDATE ............................................................................................ 55
14. TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................................................... 57
15. SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................. 59

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
• Do not u e any other power adapter than the one upplied with the receiver. Only the
upplied power adapter i te ted and approved for u e with thi receiver. U ing
un-approved power adapter may cau e moke, fire, or battery to damage.
• Do not li ten with earphone at high volume level . If you experience a ringing in your
ear , reduce the volume level or di continue u e.
• Do not operate the receiver in a wet environment unle the flexible rubber antenna,
battery pack, belt-clip and all rubber cover are ecurely attached to the receiver. Be
ure the battery pack i dry before attaching it. Expo ing the in ide of the receiver to
water can re ult in eriou damage to the receiver. In ca e the battery pack ha been
expo ed to water, immediately dry the contact completely before attaching it again to
the receiver.
• Do not operate the receiver while driving a vehicle, a an accident may occur.
• Do not u e har h olvent uch a alcohol or benzene to clean the receiver, a it i
likely to damage the receiver’ urface . If the receiver became dirty, wipe it clean with a
oft, dry cloth.
• Do not leave the receiver in direct unlight for an extended time, or in area with
temperature below –10°C or over +60°C.
• Thi receiver meet IPX5 requirement for waterproof protection. However, after the
receiver ha been dropped or opened by an unauthorized per on, waterproof protection
cannot be guaranteed becau e of po ible damage to the receiver’ ca e or waterproof
eal.
Special precautions regarding the supplied lithium-ion battery pack:
• Do not hort the battery pack terminal . A hort may occur if the terminal touch metal
object , therefore, be cautiou when placing the battery pack in a pocket or bag. A hort
may damage the battery pack, and al o con titute a potential fire hazard.
• Do not expo e the battery pack terminal to any liquid. Do not charge or u e a wet
battery pack.
• Do not attempt to open or impact the battery pack, or older the terminal , a thi may
cau e liquid leakage, fire hazard, damage and per onal injury.
• Never expo e the battery pack to temperature higher than +60°C uch a in a vehicle
during hot ea on , a it could initiate a fire, or degrade the battery performance.
• U e only the upplied AOR battery pack with the upplied AOR power adapter. The
upplied power adapter i te ted and approved for u e with the upplied AOR battery
pack. U ing unapproved battery pack or power adapter may cau e moke or fire; or
may cau e the battery pack to bur t.
Recycling of the lithium-ion battery pack
Lithium-ion batterie have an e timated life time of 300 to 500 charge , after which they
become weak, even fully charged. Contact your local dealer to purcha e a new battery pack
and to obtain information on how lithium-ion batterie hould be recycled in your country.
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1. SUPPLIED ITEMS
・ AR-DV10 Digital Receiver (including antenna ring) ................................................. 1
・ AA-10* AC power adapter ................................................................................... 1
・ BP-10 Lithium-ion battery pack .......................................................................... 1
・ CC-10 Fa t charger cradle ................................................................................. 1
・ BC-10 Belt clip .................................................................................................... 1
・ RA-10 Antenna ................................................................................................... 1
・ DC-10 Cigarette lighter DC/DC converter ........................................................... 1
・ BT-10 Alkaline battery tray ................................................................................. 1
・ microSD card ................................................................................................................ 1
・ Printed u er manual ....................................................................................................... 1
(* The European ver ion i AA-10E)

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2. CONTROLS & CONNECTORS
2.1. TOP PANEL
(1) Antenna jack (BNC 50Ω)
Attach the upplied flexible antenna or connect
an external antenna.
(2) Antenna ring
Cover the gap between the antenna and the jack.
Remain on the jack when the antenna i
removed.
(3) VOLUME (inner) knob
Turn thi (inner) control clockwi e to increa e the
volume and counterclockwi e to decrea e the
volume.
(4) DIAL selector (outer) knob
Tune the frequency up or down and elect
menu item .
2.2. FRONT PANEL
(5) LCD (liquid crystal display)
Show elected operating condition , a
de cribed in chapter 2.7 “LCD DSPLAY”
(6) Cursor keys and [ENT] key
[◀] and [ ▶] are u ed to change the
frequency or elect an item di played on
the LCD. Pre the [ENT] key to tore
the election or entered value . The
[ENT] key i al o u ed to witch VFO .
Pre and hold the [ENT] key to di play
the memory channel regi tration menu.
(7) [MENU] key
Di play the MENU-TOP creen.
( ) [MODE] key
Di play the receive mode menu.
(9) [  ] REC key
Start / top audio recording to the SD
card.
(10) [CLR] key
Cancel the current operation or return
to parent menu.
(11) [ ] key lock
Pre and hold to enable/di able the lock
feature. When enabled, all control
except VOL and PWR will be di abled.
(12) Numeric keypad
The keypad i u ed when etting frequencie , bank & channel number , or entry
election in a menu.
(13) Loudspeaker

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2.3. LEFT SIDE
(14) POWER switch
Pre the witch briefly to turn the receiver ON.
Pre and hold it for 3 econd to turn the receiver
OFF.
(15) SQL/MONI (squelch/monitor) switch
Pre to enable the quelch value to be adju ted
with the DIAL. Pre again to validate and ave
the etting.
Pre and hold thi button to open the quelch
manually, to li ten for weak ignal . That i the
MONITOR function.
(16) microSD card slot
Lift the rubber cover to in tall the upplied SD card.
The SD card i u ed for audio recording &
playback. The card i al o u ed to backup and
re tore memorie , memory bank , y tem & CSV
data, a well a to in tall firmware update .
All rubber covers must be closed and the
battery pack installed for the receiver to be
waterproof (IPX5).
2.4. RIGHT SIDE
(17) EARPHONES jack
(3 pin 3.5mm, mono output)
Lift the rubber cover to connect earphone . A menu
etting allow the earphone cable to act a an
antenna for FM Broadca t band (64 -
107.99999MHz, 100kHz IF bandwidth only).
(1 ) DATA jack
(USB mini-B ocket)
Lift the rubber cover to connect a USB cable for
command control. (No AOR oftware upplied.)
(19) EXT DC jack
To power the receiver from an external ource,
connect either the upplied AC power adapter or
the cigarette lighter DC/DC converter.
For afety rea on , u e only the upplied power
device .

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2.5. REAR PANEL
(20) Belt clip screw holes
Mount the belt clip here u ing the 2
upplied crew .
When the belt clip i not u ed, it i
important to affix the crew to the body to
prevent water entering the e hole .
(21) Belt clip
(22) Battery pack
Only u e the upplied lithium-ion battery
pack.
Be ure the rubber ga ket i properly
eated when in erting the battery pack.
All rubber covers must be closed and the
battery pack installed for the receiver to be
waterproof (IPX5).
2.6. BOTTOM PANEL
(23) Battery pack latch
(24) Locking plate (grey color)
To in tall the battery pack:
In ert the battery in the battery compartment,
pre the end of the battery latch on the bottom of
the receiver, then lock the pack by liding the
locking plate be ide the latch until the entire
“LOCK” appear .
To remove the battery pack:
Turn the receiver off, lide the locking plate until
“UNLOCK” appear entirely, lift the end of the
battery up, by pre ing the battery latch, then
remove the battery from the receiver.