Yaesu VX-5R Quick start guide

VX-5R Operation Notes
Controls and Connections
Control Description Page
PTT push-to-talk button 15
MONI press to disable squelch, allowing you to hear very weak signals near the background noise level 2, 29
VOLUME knob to adjust volume 12
TX/BUSY lamp glows red during Transmission, green during Receive 2
DIAL main tuning dial 14
MIC/SP jack 4-conductor miniature jack provides connection points for external MIC, audio, earphone, PTT and
ground
2
EXT DC coaxial DC jack for charging battery or powered operation 2
PWR press and hold this switch for one second to turn power on/off 12
L (black button) lamp for display and keypad for night operation 18, 2
F/W used to select alternate function for keypad buttons 2
Front Panel Display
Item Description Page
Va or Vb indicates the operating band in VFO mode 3
Freq Current Frequency/Data field 20, 3
F, L, S or W F = alternate key functions active
L = lock feature active
S = set mode active
W = memory write feature active
34
60
42
►►► S- and TX Power Meter 56, 3
NFM, AM or
W-FM
Operating Mode 15, 23,
3
Display Icons (from left to right on bottom line of display)
Icon Description Page
DW Dual Watch Active 50
+ or - Repeater Shift Direction 24
T CTCSS Encoder Active 26
SQ CTCSS Decoder Active 26
DCS DCS (Digital Coded Squelch) Active 27
Clock Automatic Power-Off Active 33
L ) ) ) Low TX Power Selected 30
Bell Bell Alarm Active 29
Telephone DTMF Autodialer Active 36
Battery (S) Battery Saver Active 32
Broken Battery Low Battery Indicator 10
Memory Recall
1. If operating in VFO mode, press the MR key.
2. Rotate the DIAL to the desired channel. OR, key in the memory channel number and press the MR key.
Memory Storage
1. In VFO mode, select the desired frequency. Set up any CTCSS or DCS tones, repeater offset, and power level as needed.
2. Press and hold F/W for 1 second.
3. Within 5 seconds of releasing F/W, rotate the DIAL to select the desired memory channel. Note that channels marked with a
* are free.
4. Press F/W to store the frequency into memory.
5. Note that you are still operating in VFO mode.
Changing Menu Settings
1. Press F/W, and then press SET.
2. Turn the DIAL to the menu item.
3. Press SET momentarily, and then rotate the DIAL to adjust or select the setting.
4. Press PTT momentarily to save the new setting.

Keypad Functions
Key Press Press F/W and then press Press and Hold
Band (Set AR) Band = set frequency band 13 Set = enter Set (menu) Mode AR = activate ARTS 13,
30
HM/RV
(EMG)
RV = reverse
Transmit/Receive
frequencies
25 HM = switch to Home
frequency
43 EMG = activate the
Emergency feature
37
TX PO (Lock) TX PO = select desired
transmit output level (Full,
L1, L2, L3)
30,
15
LOCK = Key Lockout 34 [none]
MR (SKP SC) MR = switch to Memory
Mode
43 SKP = designate a channel to
be skipped during scanning
48 SC = initiate Memory
Channel scanning
47
VFO (DW SC) VFO = switch to VFO mode 43 DW = Dual Watch 50 SC = initiate VFO scanning 47,
14
1 (TN FRQ) digit 1 TN = CTCSS or DCS
operation
26 FRQ = enable display of sub-
band frequency
20
2 (CD TAG) digit 2 CD = select CTCSS tone or
DCS code number
26 TAG = select display type
for memory operation
44
3 (DT VLT) digit 3 DT = DTMF autodialer
function
36 VLT = display battery type
and voltage
35
4 (MG DSP) digit 4 MG = activate the Memory
Group mode
45 DSP = switch display
between large and small
character mode
20
5 (AP ICO) digit 5 AP = Automatic Power Off 33 ICO = switch display
between alpha-numeric and
icon formats
56
6 (RP ONT) digit 6 RP = select direction of
uplink freq shift
25 ONT = display operating and
total transmit time for this
session
33
7 (ST TMP) digit 7 ST = select synthesizer steps
for VFO operation
22 TMP = display current
temperature of inside case
35
8 (BRO) digit 8 [none] BRO = display current
barometric pressure
55
9 (BP ALT) digit 9 BP = turn keypad beeper
on/off
35 ALT = display current
altitude
55
0 (SQ WX) digit 0 SQ = adjust squelch
threshold level
12 WX = recall the “Weather”
broadcast channel
17
Note: the numbers refer to the manual page numbers

Menu # Name Settings Explanation Page
01 SQUELCH 0 – 15 Set AM and FM-N squelch threshold level; default is 01 12
02 WFM SQL 0 – 8 Set the FM-Wide squelch threshold level; default is 02 61
03 NAME SET -- Store alphanumeric tags 44, 61
04 ICON -- Icon select 56
05 VFO ALL, BAND select/disable the VFO band edge 22
06 ARS On./Off enable/disable the Automatic Repeater Shift 24
07 RPT SHIFT -RPT, +RPT, SIMP set the direction of the repeater shift 25
08 SHIFT 0 – 99.95 MHz set the magnitude of the repeater shift 25
09 VFO SPLIT On/Off enable/disable VFO Split operation 21
10 VFO LINK On/Off enable/disable VFO Link feature 22
11 VFO STEP 5/9/10/12.5/15/
20/25/50/100 KHz
set the size of the VFO steps 22
12 RESUME 5 SEC, BUSY, HOLD select the scan resume mode 46, 63
13 SCAN LAMP On/Off when on, activate lamp on scan stop 50
14 RX SAVE OFF, 200 mS, 300 mS,
500 mS, 1S, 2S
select the RX mode Battery Saver Interval 32
15 TX SAVE On/Off enable/disable the Transmit battery saver feature 32
16 APO OFF, 30 min, 1 hr, 3 hr,
5 hr, 8 hr
set the Automatic Power Off idle time 33
17 BUSY LED On/Off enable/disable the Busy LED 33
18 ARTS BEEP In Range, Always, Off select the beep option for ARTS operation 40
19 ARTS ITVL 15 sec, 25 sec set the polling interval for ARTS operation 39
20 KEY BEEP On/Off enable/disable the keypad beeper 35
21 EDGE BEEP On/Off enable/disable the band edge beeper 51
22 BELL OFF, 1, 3, 5, 8,
REPEAT
set the CTCSS bell ringer repetitions 29
23 MON/T-CAL MON, T-CAL select the MON key function 29
24 HOME/REV HOME, REV select the function of the HM/RV (EMG) key 43, 65
25 LAMP MODE KEY, TOGGLE, 5 SEC set the LCD/Keypad Lamp mode 18
26 TOT OFF, 1 min, 2.5 min, 5
min, 10 min
set the TOT time (maximum length of a single transmission) 31
27 BCLO On/Off enable/disable the Busy Channel Lock-Out feature 31
28 CLOCK SFT On/Off Shifting of CPU clock frequency 65
29 SQL TYPE OFF, TONE, TONE
SQL, DCS
select the Tone Encoder and/or Decoder mode 26
30 TONE SET 39 std CTCSS tones set the CTCSS tone frequency, default is 100 Hz; note that you must
press the 2 key to save settings, instead of PTT
26
31 DCS SET 104 std DCS codes set the DCS code, default is 023; note that you must press the 2 key
to save settings, instead of PTT
27
32 DTMF SET programming the DTMF autodialer 36
33 CW ID program and activate the CW ID (Morse id) feature 41
34 SPEC-ANAL SINGLE, CONTINUE select the spectrum analyzer sweep mode 53
35 SMRT SRCH SINGLE, CONTINUE select the Smart Search sweep mode 52
36 RX MODE AUTO, N-FM, W-FM,
AM
select the operating mode 23, 67
37 LOCK MODE KEY, DIAL, PTT, etc. select the control locking combination to use 34
38 HALF DEV On/Off reduce the deviation level by 50% 30
39 LANGUAGE English, Japanese select the language for the Set (menu) mode 39
40 ON TIMER Off to 24:00 set the time until the unit will turn itself on 34
41 CONTRAST 1 – 10 set the display contrast level, default is 557
42 MTR SYMB >>, ■, ●,♦, ▬,= select the S/PO meter symbol; default is >> 56
43 BARO OFST -500 to +500 hpa set the correction for barometric pressure; default is 0 hpa 54
44 ALTI OFST -500 to +500 m set the correction for altitude; default is 0 m 54
45 DISP MODE NONE, TEMP, BARO,
ALTV etc.
set the display for when the transceiver’s power is off 57