Icom IC-F4100D Series User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. Operation is subject to the condition that
this device does not cause harmful interference.
The photo shows
the VHF transceiver.
UHF TRANSCEIVERS
iF4100D
Series
VHF TRANSCEIVERS
iF3100D
Series
Limited functions only
Limited functions only

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FOREWORD
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and completely before
using the transceiver.
SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL— This instruc-
tion manual contains important operating instructions for the
IC-F3101D/IC-F3103D/IC-F3106D/IC-F3108D VHF TRANSCEIV-
ERS and the IC-F4101D/IC-F4103D/IC-F4106D/IC-F4108D UHF
TRANSCEIVERS.
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS
WORD DEFINITION
RDANGER! Personal death, serious injury or an explo-
sion may occur.
RWARNING! Personal injury, fire hazard or electric shock
may occur.
CAUTION Equipment damage may occur.
NOTE
If disregarded, inconvenience only. No risk
of personal injury, fire or electric shock.
For Canada:
This device complies with RSS-310 of Industry Canada. Opera-
tion is subject to the condition that this device does not cause
harmful interference.
Cet appareil est conforme au CNR-310 d’Industrie Canada. Son
exploitation est autorisée sous réserve que l’appareil ne cause
pas de brouillage préjudiciable.

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FCC INFORMATION
• FOR CLASS B UNINTENTIONAL RADIATORS:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televi-
sion reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment
off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference
by one or more of the following measures:
 •Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.
 •Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.
 •Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfrom
that to which the receiver is connected.
 •Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianfor
help.
CAUTION: Changes or modifications to this device, not expressly
approved by Icom Inc., could void your authority to operate this
transceiver under FCC regulations.
Icom, Icom Inc. and the Icom logo are registered trademarks of Icom Incorpo-
rated (Japan) in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France,
Spain,Russiaand/orothercountries.

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PRECAUTIONS
RDANGER! NEVER short the terminals of the battery pack.
RDANGER! Use and charge only specified Icom battery packs
with Icom radios or Icom chargers. Only Icom battery packs are
tested and approved for use with Icom radios or charged with Icom
chargers. Using third-party or counterfeit battery packs or chargers
may cause smoke, fire, or cause the battery to burst.
RWARNING! NEVER hold the transceiver so that the antenna
is very close to, or touching exposed parts of the body, especially
the face or eyes, while transmitting. The transceiver will perform
best if the microphone is 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) away from the
lips and the transceiver is vertical.
RWARNING! NEVER operate the transceiver with a headset
or other audio accessories at high volume levels. Hearing experts
advise against continuous high volume operation. If you experience
a ringing in your ears, reduce the volume level or discontinue use.
RWARNING! NEVER operate the transceiver while driving a
vehicle. Safe driving requires your full attention—anything less may
result in an accident.
CAUTION: MAKE SURE the flexible antenna and battery pack
are securely attached to the transceiver, and that the antenna and
battery pack are dry before attachment. Exposing the inside of
the transceiver to water will result in serious damage to the trans-
ceiver.
DO NOT operate the transceiver near unshielded electrical blast-
ing caps or in an explosive atmosphere.
DO NOT push [PTT] when not actually intending to transmit.
DO NOT use or place the transceiver in direct sunlight or in areas
with temperatures below –30°C (+22°F) or above +60°C (+140°F).

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PRECAUTIONS
DO NOT modify the transceiver. The transceiver warranty does
not cover any problems caused by unauthorized modification.
DO NOT use harsh solvents such as benzine or alcohol when
cleaning, as they will damage the transceiver surfaces.
BE CAREFUL! The transceiver will become hot when operating
it continuously for long periods of time.
KEEP the transceiver away from heavy rain, and never immerse
it in the water. The transceiver meets IP54* requirements for dust-
protection and splash resistance. However, once the transceiver
has been dropped, dust-protection and splash resistance cannot
be guaranteed because of possible damage to the transceiver’s
case or the waterproof seal.
*Onlywhenthebatterypack/caseandjackcoverareattached.
Even when the transceiver power is OFF, a slight current still flows
in the circuits. Remove the battery pack or batteries from the trans-
ceiver when not using it for a long time. Otherwise, the installed
battery pack or batteries will become exhausted, and will need to
be recharged or replaced.
MAKE SURE to turn the transceiver power OFF before connect-
ingthesupplied/optionalequipment.

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VOICE CODING TECHNOLOGY
The AMBE+2™ voice coding Technology embodied in this product
is protected by intellectual property rights including patent rights,
copyrights and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc. This
voice coding Technology is licensed solely for use within this Com-
munications Equipment. The user of this Technology is explicitly
prohibited from attempting to extract, remove, decompile, reverse
engineer, or disassemble the Object Code, or in any other way
convert the Object Code into a human-readable form. U.S. Patent
Nos.
#5,870,405, #5,826,222, #5,754,974, #5,701,390, #5,715,365,
#5,649,050, #5,630,011, #5,581,656, #5,517,511, #5,491,772,
#5,247,579, #5,226,084 and #5,195,166.

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SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES
The following accessories are supplied with the transceiver.
Flexible antenna
(This illustration is for the VHF type.)
Battery pack*
Belt clip* Jack cover
(with screws)
Battery charger*AC adapter*
* Not supplied, or the shape is different, depending on the version.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ........................................................................................ i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS...................................................................... i
FCC INFORMATION ........................................................................... ii
PRECAUTIONS.............................................................................. iii, iv
VOICE CODING TECHNOLOGY ........................................................ v
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES............................................................... vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................ vii, vii
1 ACCESSORIES ......................................................................... 1–4
 ■ Accessory attachments .............................................................. 1
2 PANEL DESCRIPTION ............................................................ 5–11
 ■ Front, top and side panels .......................................................... 5
 ■ LED indicator .............................................................................. 7
 ■ Programmable function keys ......................................................8
3 BASIC OPERATION .............................................................. 12–24
 ■ Turning power ON..................................................................... 12
 ■ Channel selection ..................................................................... 13
 ■ Call procedure .......................................................................... 14
 ■ Receiving and transmitting ....................................................... 15
 ■ Setting the microphone gain..................................................... 18
 ■ Setting the squelch level........................................................... 19
 ■ Setting the Beep level............................................................... 20
 ■ Setting the Ringer level............................................................. 21
 ■ Output power level selection..................................................... 22
 ■ Priority A channel selection ...................................................... 22
 ■ MDC 1200 system operation ....................................................23
 ■ Lone Worker Emergency Call...................................................23
 ■ Emergency Call ........................................................................ 24
4 IDAS OPERATION................................................................. 25–30
 ■ IDAS operation ......................................................................... 25
 ■ IDAS-Trunk operation ............................................................... 25
 ■ Receiving a call.........................................................................26

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 ■ Transmitting a call ..................................................................... 28
 ■ Position data transmission........................................................ 30
 ■ Status message transmission................................................... 30
 ■ Encryption function ................................................................... 30
5 BATTERY CHARGING .......................................................... 31–41
 ■ Caution (for the BP-264 ni-m h b at t e r y ).................................... 31
 ■ Caution (for the BP-265 Li-ion b at t e r y ) .................................... 33
 ■ Battery chargers ....................................................................... 36
6 BATTERY CASE .......................................................................... 42
 ■ Optional battery case (BP-263) ................................................ 42
7 OPTIONS ............................................................................... 43–48
 ■ VOX function............................................................................. 46
8 SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION ..................................... 49–50
(INFORMATION EN MATIÈRE DE SÉCURITÉ).................... 51–52
TABLE OF CONTENTS

■Accessory attachments
DFlexible antenna
Connect the flexible antenna to the antenna connector.
CAUTION:
•NEVER HOLD just the antenna
when carrying the transceiver.
•Transmittingwithoutanantennawill
damage the transceiver.
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DBelt clip
To attach the belt clip:
➥Slide the belt clip in the direction of the arrow until the belt clip
locks in place, and makes a ‘click’ sound.
Battery pack
Belt clip
To detach the belt clip:
qRemove the battery pack from the transceiver, if it is attached.
(p. 3)
wLift the tab up (q), and slide the belt clip in the direction of the
arrow (w).
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D Battery pack or case
To attach the battery pack or case:
q Fitthebatterypack/caseinthedirectionofthearrow,thenclose
it.
w Hook the latch until it makes a ‘click’ sound.
q
Latch
w
Battery pack/case
To remove the battery pack/case:
Be careful! The latch is tightly locked, so use caution when re-
leasing it. DO NOT use your finger nail. Use the edge of a coin
or screwdriver tip to carefully release it
.
qUnhook the latch.
wLift up the
batterypack/case in the direction of the arrow.
q
w

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NEVER remove or attach the batterypack/case when the trans-
ceiver is wet or soiled. This may result in water or dust getting into
the transceiver,
batterypack/case, and may result in them being
damaged.
NOTE: Keep the battery terminals clean. It’s a good idea to clean
the battery terminals once a week.
D Jack cover
Attach the jack cover when the optional equipment is not used.
To attach the jack cover:
qAttach the jack cover to the
[SP MIC] jack.
wTighten the screws.
To detach the jack cover:
qRemove the screws with a
phillips screwdriver.
wDetach the jack cover to con-
nect the optional equipment.
w
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w
q
q
q

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2PANEL DESCRIPTION
■ Front, top and side panels
Microphone
Speaker
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tLOWER KEY
UPPER KEY
PTT SWITCH
ANTENNA
CONNECTOR
ROTARY
SELECTOR
LED INDICATOR
VOLUME
CONTROL
SPEAKER-
MICROPHONE
JACK
qROTARY SELECTOR
Rotate to select the pre-programmed memory channels or scan
lists, depending on the pre-programming.
wVOLUME CONTROL [VOL]
Rotate to turn the power ON or OFF, and adjust the audio level.

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PANEL DESCRIPTION
eLED INDICATOR (p. 7)
➥Lights red* while transmitting.
*When the optional battery case is attached, the LED indicator
lights orange.
➥Lights green while receiving a signal, or when the squelch is
open.
➥
Lights/blinksorangewhenthematched2/5-tonecodeisre-
ceived, depending on the pre-programming.
rSPEAKER-MICROPHONE JACK [SP MIC]
Connect the optional speaker-microphone or VOX adapter
cable.
tLOWER KEY [Lower]
yUPPER KEY [Upper]
The desired function can be assigned by your dealer. (p. 8)
uPTT SWITCH [PTT]
Hold down to transmit; release to receive.
iANTENNA CONNECTOR
Connect the antenna.
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Jack cover
NOTE: Attach the jack cover
when the optional equipment
is not used. (p. 4)

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2PANEL DESCRIPTION
■ LED indicator
The LED indicator indicates the status of various
parameters of the transceiver as follows;
(Ref.; R=Red, G=Green, O=Orange)
R* R*
TX Low BATT2 R* R* R* R*
O
O O
G G G G
G G
G G G G G G G G
R G R G R G R G R G R G R G R G
R O R O R O R O R O R O R O R O
G
G G
Clone Err
Clone TX/RX
Low BATT1
Low BATT2
Busy
F/S Scan
Call LED Blink
Call LED ON
TX Low BATT1
R*
TX
•TX:LightsRedwhiletransmittingasignal.
•RX:LightsGreenwhilereceivingasignal.
•CallLED(ON):TurnsONwhilereceivingamatched2/5-tone.
•CallLED(Blink):Blinkswhilereceivingamatched2/5-tone.
•Fast/Slowscan:BlinkswhentheFast/Slowscanisactivated.
•LowBattery1:Youshouldchargethebattery.(blinksslowly)
•LowBattery2:Youmustchargethebattery.(blinksfast)
•TXlowBattery2:VeryLowBatterywasdetectedduringTXmode.
•ChannelError:Anon-programmedchannelisselected.
* Lights (or blinks) orange when the optional battery case is attached.
•TXlowBattery1:LowBatterywasdetectedduringTXmode.

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PANEL DESCRIPTION
■ Programmable function keys
The following functions can be assigned to the [Upper] and [Lower]
programmable function keys.
Consult your Icom dealer or system operator for details concerning
your transceiver’s programming.
SCAN
Push to start and cancel the scanning operation.
•WhenthescanstartedwiththePowerONScanorAutoScanfunc-
tion, push to pause the scanning operation. The paused scan re-
sumes after the specified time period has passed.
PRIORITY A CHANNEL, PRIORITY B CHANNEL
Push to select the Priority A or Priority B channel.
PRIORITY A CHANNEL (REWRITE),
PRIORITY B CHANNEL (REWRITE)
➥Push to select the Priority A or Priority B channel.
➥Hold down [Prio A (Rewrite)] or [Prio B (Rewrite)] for 1 second to
assign the operating channel to Priority A or Priority B channel,
respectively.
MEMORY CHANNELS 1, 2, 3, 4
Push to directly select memory channel 1, 2, 3 or 4, if programmed.
Consult your dealer for details.
LONE WORKER (p. 23)
➥Push to turn the Lone Worker function OFF.
➥Hold down to turn the Lone Worker function ON.
•WhentheLoneWorkerfunctionisturnedON,andnooperationis
performed for the specified time period, the Emergency function is
automatically turned ON.
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2PANEL DESCRIPTION
MONITOR, MONITOR (AUDIBLE)
➥PushtoturntheCTCSS(DTCS)or2/5-tonesquelchMuteON
or OFF.
 •Only during LMR operation, push to open any squelch func-
tions, or deactivate any mute functions.
•Only during PMR operation, push to activate one or two of the
following functions* on each channel.
- Hold down to un-mute the channel (Audible mode).
- Push to mute the channel (Inaudible mode).
- Push to send a ‘reset code’ after the communication is finished.
*Ask your dealer for details.
NOTE: The un-mute condition may automatically return to
the mute condition, after a specified time period.
➥Depending on the presetting, holding down this key for 1 sec-
ond cancels a scan.
LOCK
Hold down to electronically lock all programmable keys except
[Moni(Audi)], [Call] (including Call A and Call B), [Emergency],
Surveillance] and [Lone Worker].
HIGH/LOW (p. 22)
Select the transmit output power level temporarily or permanently,
depending on the presetting.
•Askyourdealerfortheoutputpowerlevelforeachselection.
TALK AROUND
➥Push to turn the Talk Around function OFF.
➥Hold down to turn the Talk Around function ON.
 •TheTalkAroundfunctionequalizesthetransmitfrequencytothe
receive frequency for transceiver-to-transceiver communication.
DTMF AUTODIAL
Push to transmit a programmed DTMF code.

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PANEL DESCRIPTION
WIDE/NARROW
➥Push to switch the IF bandwidth to Wide.
 •Thewidepassbandwidthcanbeselectedfrom20or25kHzusing
the optional cloning software (PMR operation only). Ask your dealer
for details.
➥Hold down to switch the IF bandwidth to Narrow.
CALL, CALL A, CALL B
Pushtotransmita2/5-tonecode.
•Tonecalltransmissionmaybenecessarybeforeyoucallanothersta-
tion, depending on your signalling system.
•[CallA]and/or[CallB]keysmaybeavailablewhenyoursystemem-
ploysselective‘Individual/Group’calls.Askyourdealerwhichcallis
assigned to each key.
EMERGENCY
Hold down for specified time period to transmit an emergency call.
•Theemergencycalltransmitswithbeeps,and the LED lights red.
•Thetransceivercantransmitanemergencycallwithout the beep
sounding and the LED indicator lighting. Ask your dealer for details.
•Ifyouwanttocanceltheemergencycall,holddownthekeyagain
before transmitting the call.
•Theemergencycallistransmittedonetimeonly,orrepeatedlyuntilre-
ceiving an acknowledgement signal, or until the power is turned OFF.
When a matched 5-tone code signal is received, the emergency func-When a matched 5-tone code signal is received, the emergency func-
tion can be cancelled depending on the presetting. (PMR operation
only)
SURVEILLANCE
➥Push to turn the Surveillance function OFF.
➥Hold down to turn the Surveillance function ON.
 •WhenthisfunctionisturnedON,thebeepisnotheardandtheLED
does not light when a signal is received, or a key is pushed.
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SIREN
Hold down for 1 second to emit a siren sound.
This function can be used for situations other than an emergency
alert, such as a security alarm for example.
The transceiver emits the siren sound until the power is turned
OFF.
ENCRYPTION
Push to turn the Voice Encryption function ON or OFF while operat-
ing in the digital mode.
ANNOUNCE
Push to turn the Channel Announce function ON or OFF.
•WhenthisfunctionisturnedON,thetransceiverannouncestheposi-
tion of [ROTARY SELECTOR] between 1 and 16 when rotating [RO-
TARY SELECTOR] to a desired scale.
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2PANEL DESCRIPTION