AOR AR6000, Operating Manual

Page 1: ... AR6000 Super Wide band Multi mode Receiver Operating manual AOR LTD ...

Page 2: ...WITCHING ON FOR THE FIRST TIME 21 3 3 VOLUME CONTROL 23 3 4 SQUELCH CONTROL 23 3 5 VFO SELECTION 23 3 5 1 TUNING FREQUENCY 24 3 6 RECEIVE MODE 25 3 6 1 AUTO MODE SELECTION 26 3 6 2 RECEIVE MODE SELECTION 27 3 7 CHANGING THE FREQUENCY STEP 27 3 8 IF BANDWIDTH 28 3 8 1 MANUALLY SELECTING IF BANDWIDTH 29 4 ADDITIONAL SETTINGS 30 4 1 AGC AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL 30 4 2 ATTENUATOR RF AMPLIFIER 30 4 3 RF ...

Page 3: ...EL OVERVIEW 41 6 2 STORING VFO FREQUENCIES AND DATA INTO MEMORY 42 6 3 MEMORY READ 44 6 4 DELETE MEMORY CHANNEL 44 6 5 DELETE ALL MEMORY CHANNELS IN THE MEMORY BANK 44 7 SCAN SCANNING MEMORY CHANNELS 45 7 1 SCAN OUTLINE INTRODUCTION 45 7 2 STARTING SCAN 45 7 3 SELECTING A SCAN BANK 45 7 4 DISPLAYING A MEMORY CHANNEL TEXT 46 7 5 SELECT SCAN 46 7 5 1 ADDING SELECT SCAN CHANNELS IN MEMORY READ MODE 4...

Page 4: ...RE ANT PROGRAM 64 9 8 CONFIGURE SD INFO 65 9 9 CONFIGURE WRITE TO SD 66 9 10 CONFIGURE READ FROM SD 67 9 11 CONFIGURE SD FORMAT 68 9 12 CONFIGURE VERSION 69 9 13 CONFIGURE INITIALIZE RESET 69 9 14 CONFIGURE MEMORY CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT 69 10 OPTION MENU 70 10 1 NOISE SQL NOISE SQUELCH 70 10 2 LSQL HYS LEVEL SQUELCH HYSTERISIS 70 10 3 NOTCH AUTO NOTCH 71 10 4 NR NOISE REDUCTION 71 10 5 NB NOISE BLANKE...

Page 5: ... 4 AUDIO FILTERS 80 11 4 1 LPF LOW PASS FILTER 80 11 4 2 HF HIGH PASS FILTER 81 11 4 3 DE EMPHASIS 82 11 4 4 CW PITCH 82 11 5 CLOCK 83 11 5 1 INITIAL SET 83 11 5 2 DISPLAYING THE CLOCK 85 11 5 3 ALARM PROGRAMMING 85 11 5 4 ALARM ACTIVATION 86 11 5 5 SLEEP TIMER 86 11 6 PRIORITY FUNCTION 87 11 6 1 CONFIGURING PRIORITY CHANNEL 87 11 6 2 ACTIVATING PRIORITY FUNCTION 88 11 7 RF GAIN CONTROL 88 12 PC C...

Page 6: ...l and familiarize yourself with the receiver It is acknowledged that sections of this manual are repetitive but this is to enable the manual to be used as a reference book Every effort has been made to make this manual correct and up to date Due to continuous developments of the receiver we acknowledge that there may be some errors or omission anomalies This manual is protected by copyright AOR LT...

Page 7: ...f the unit SD card interface Selectable IF bandwidths 200 Hz 500 Hz 1kHz 3 kHz 6 kHz 15 kHz 30 kHz 100 kHz 200 kHz along with the ability to shift the IF CTCSS and DCS selectable squelch functions DTMF tone decode Built in voice inversion descrambling Not available for the US consumer version CW pitch control AGC AFC Auto notch noise reduction NR noise blanker NB Fast Fourier Transform FFT analyze...

Page 8: ...an AC power outlet The polarity of the DC input jack is clearly marked the chassis of the receiver is at negative ground SAFETY NOTICE Always disconnect the power supply from the AC outlet or switch off the main power switch on the rear panel when the receiver is not in use for a long period of time If used mobile it should be noted that the AR6000 has NOT been manufactured or tested to meet any s...

Page 9: ...6000 receiver 1 AC power adapter 1 Operating manual this booklet 1 Control command list 1 4GB SD memory card Terminology Search Scan If you have not used a wide band receiver before or is not familiar with the terminology used it is very important to understand the difference between SEARCH and SCAN modes SEARCH The AR6000 provides several operations where transmissions active frequencies may be a...

Page 10: ...active frequency when the squelch opens and the BUSY indicator lights up Advance the squelch control clockwise until the background noise is just cancelled this is known as the threshold position If the squelch control is advanced too far weaker signals may be missed More details about the remarkable features of the AR6000 High frequency 45 05 MHz IF output The AR6000 has a 45 05 MHz analog IF out...

Page 11: ...work connection When an optional external LAN interface is connected the AR6000 can be remotely controlled through the internet Triple channel reception Receive three frequencies simultaneously Any frequency below 25 MHz can be received independently separate from a frequency above 25 MHz Therefore two 2 separate frequencies can be received simultaneously Furthermore any two 2 frequencies above 25...

Page 12: ...dependent Side Band Simultaneously decoded LSB and USB Stereo Output AGC mode Manual RF gain mode CW Continuous Wave Built in narrow band IF filter 200 Hz 500 Hz Adjustable tone pitch 300 1100 Hz 50 Hz step NB Noise Blanker Operates in AM SSB and ISB modes Auto Notch Filter Effective to suppress a cyclic noise signal IF Shift Operates in SSB AM and CW mode Shift width 1200 Hz 1200 Hz 50 Hz step Se...

Page 13: ...Stereo headphone jack 3 5 mm stereo type 6 ACC1 Accessory connector Pin 1 12 VDC output 30 mA max Pin 2 Detector output Pin 3 External mute input Pin 4 Control 1 Pin 5 Control 2 Pin 6 GPS time pulse input Pin 7 Low level audio output 2 5 mV 600Ω Pin 8 Ground 7 AF Gain control 8 Squelch control 9 SD card slot 10 Main dial 11 Sub dial ...

Page 14: ... output connector BNC type 7 5MHz between 100kHz and 6GHz 9 External speaker output 3 5 mm mono 10 Line output connector 3 5 mm stereo 10 dBm 600Ω Can be selected as 12 kHz I Q output 11 AUX2 Auxiliary connector 2 Interface for an optional GPS unit 12 I Q output connector Optional USB type B connector 0 9MHz BW from 100kHz to 6GHz 13 AUX1 Auxiliary connector 1 D Sub 9 Male for expanded function su...

Page 15: ... Busy Squelch open 120 0dB S reading Antenna input level in dBm when amplifier is off ATT Attenuation level AMP RF amplifier on AUTO Auto receive mode ST 009 000k Frequency step L BANK Bank link VFO Operation mode VFO MEM SCAN S SCAN SRCH CYBER PAUSE Scan Search pause VCS Voice scan mode PASS Frequency pass AS M Auto memory store function activated DCS DCS Digital Code Squelch function activated T...

Page 16: ...heir face the secondary function is printed in white directly above the corresponding key To cancel the FUNC press this key again Press and hold the FUNC key for two seconds to go into the FFT display mode To cancel the FFT display mode press the FUNC key again SRCH SR MODE Press this key to go into search mode and initiate SEARCH If the receiver stops on an unwanted busy channel during search it ...

Page 17: ... VC VD and VE icons on the right bottom of the LCD Press the FUNC key and press the VFO key to access the VFO search menu where Delay Voice squelch and Mode squelch can be configured Press the FUNC key then press and hold the VFO key for two seconds to activate deactivate the dual band receive function 1 SR PROG Figure ONE for the numeric input of frequencies bank channel numbers etc Press the FUN...

Page 18: ...E for the numeric input of frequencies bank channel numbers etc Press the FUNC key and press the 5 key for two seconds to activate deactivate the dual frequency receive function in offset mode 6 RF GAIN Figure SIX for the numeric input of frequencies bank channel numbers etc Press the FUNC key and press the 6 key to activate the manual RF gain control To change the RF gain manually rotate the sque...

Page 19: ... For example the entry of 88 300000 MHz would be 8 8 3 MHz Note Frequencies below 3 0 MHz 3000 kHz are always displayed as kHz regardless of input format In memory mode press the FUNC key and press the to display the memory channel to be deleted Press the FUNC key and then press and hold the key for two seconds to activate the delete menu kHz CONFIG SD The kHz key is used to accept frequency input...

Page 20: ...quency step will automatically be determined from the receiver s band plan To change the frequency step press the STEP key Rotate the sub dial to select the desired frequency step and then press the MHz key Press the FUNC key and then press the STEP key to activate the AGC Automatic Gain Control menu In this menu FAST MIDDLE SLOW or OFF can be selected Usually FAST is used to receive CW MEDIUM for...

Page 21: ...then press the MHz key to display the memory texts ATT ANT This key is used to select the RF attenuator menu The menu has a selection of AUTO AMP 0 dB 0 dB 10 dB or 20 dB Press the FUNC key and then press the ATT key to activate the antenna input selection menu The menu has a selection of 1 2 3 4 and PRG To use the antenna 3 and 4 an optional AS5001 antenna relay will be required CLR The CLEAR key...

Page 22: ...o level balance adjust menu for the sub band 3 GETTING STARTED 3 1 MAKING THE AR6000 READY FOR OPERATION 3 1 1 CONNECT THE ANTENNA There are two N antenna connectors on the rear panel 3 1 2 CONNECT POWER Connect the power to the DC power jack on the rear panel of the AR6000 A supplied AC power adapter or a regulated DC power supply 10 7 16 0V with capacity 2A may be used Do not connect to a 24V sy...

Page 23: ...ere may be an audible click when the unit is switched on and the volume may be accidentally set too high Opening screen After the opening screen appears on the LCD the main screen will then be displayed Main screen sample To power off the AR6000 press and hold the power switch on the front panel for two seconds After AR6000 SHUT DOWN message is displayed the receiver will automatically power off ...

Page 24: ...uelch level will be indicated on the LCD After setting the squelch level the LCD will return to original display While squelch opens B busy will appear in reverse contrast on the top left of the LCD 3 5 VFO SELECTION The AR6000 has five 5 VFOs identified as VA through VE on the right bottom of the LCD The term VFO historically means Variable Frequency Oscillator and today refers to a tunable data ...

Page 25: ...he MHz key Example Frequency entry of 81 3 MHz Press the 8 key Press the 1 key Press the key Press the 3 key Press the MHz key Example Frequency entry of 1134 kHz 1 134 MHz Press the 1 key Press the 1 key Press the 3 key Press the 4 key Press the kHz key Aborting frequency input If you do not wish to complete the frequency data input press the CLR key before completing the input sequence with the ...

Page 26: ...ions If needed the defaults may be manually overridden at anytime so that you may select an alternative receive mode and tuning step on any frequency AM Amplitude Modulation Used by broadcast services throughout the world on long wave medium wave and shortwave AM is also used by VHF airband UHF military airband SAM Synchronous AM Helps to listen to SW Shortwave AM broadcast stations with fading si...

Page 27: ...a result greater distances are possible on SSB and a smaller frequency bandwidth is required than with most other modes USB Upper Side Band The same comments apply as for LSB By convention Radio amateurs also use USB above 10 MHz ISB Independent Side Band Similar to SSB however 2 independent SSB signals are transmitted on the same frequency Decoded signals can be heard separately from the headphon...

Page 28: ...ired mode To accept the selection press the MHz key 3 7 CHANGING THE FREQUENCY STEP The specification for channel occupancy step separation and mode are decided by and allocated by the Departments of Governments following international discussions The allocation of frequency bands are not the same all over the world and channel separation step varies from band to band As an example the channel sep...

Page 29: ...e stated are possible The acceptable step size range is less than 1 MHz in 1 Hz steps or 2 Hz over 3 15 GHz 3 8 IF BANDWIDTH The IF bandwidth selects how SELECTIVE the receiver will be when monitoring signals off air However it is not simply a case of using the narrowest filter at all times particular modes require differing amounts of bandwidth in order to operate Otherwise the receive system wil...

Page 30: ...ut the receive mode frequency step etc will be retained until they are changed manually 3 8 1 MANUALLY SELECTING IF BANDWIDTH Press the FUNC key and then press the 3 key Select a new bandwidth from the list by rotating the sub dial To accept the new bandwidth selection press the MHz key Mode Bandwidth Remarks Mode Bandwidth Remarks WFM1 IF100k 100 kHz N A below 25 MHz CW2 200 200 Hz WFM2 IF 200k 2...

Page 31: ...AGC is set to OFF two horizontal bars are displayed on the LCD above KHz or MHz When AGC is set to OFF the RF gain control can be adjusted 4 2 ATTENUATOR RF AMPLIFIER Activating the attenuator reduces signal to the RF input stages of the AR6000 in order to prevent overloading due to connection to an external antenna or when the receiver is used close to strong transmissions The AR6000 has 5 settin...

Page 32: ...4 ANTENNA INPUT The AR6000 has two antenna input ports However a total of four antennas can be used with the optional antenna relay switch Press the FUNC key and then press the ATT key to activate the antenna input selection menu The menu has a selection of 1 2 3 4 and PRG Rotate the sub dial to select the desired antenna input When PRG is selected and programmed the antenna input will be automati...

Page 33: ...AY In VFO mode press and hold the FUNC key for two seconds then the spectrum display screen appears on the LCD Spectrum Display screen 5 1 2 CHANGING THE FREQUENCY SPAN To change the frequency span press the FUNC key and then rotate the main dial The new frequency span will be displayed on the bottom left on the LCD To confirm entry press the FUNC key again 5 1 3 MOVING THE SPECTRUM Rotate the mai...

Page 34: ...taneously 5 2 1 DUAL CHANNEL RECEIVE IN OFFSET MODE In VFO mode any two frequencies above 25 MHz which are within 5 MHz can be received simultaneously in offset mode with the following conditions 1 Both frequencies must be above 25 MHz 2 The frequency offset must be within 5 MHz 3 IF bandwidth must be less than 100 kHz 4 The receive mode must be the same and must not be WFM 5 2 1 1 ACTIVATING DUAL...

Page 35: ...volume to the desired audio level for both frequencies Press the FUNC key to accept setting 5 2 1 4 DEACTIVATING DUAL CHANNEL RECEIVE Press the FUNC key then press the 5 key 5 2 2 DUAL BAND RECEIVE In VFO mode one frequency below 25 MHz defined as Sub frequency and another frequency above 25 MHz defined as Main frequency can be received simultaneously 5 2 2 1 ACTIVATING DUAL BAND RECEIVE In VFO mo...

Page 36: ...UNC key to accept setting 5 2 2 4 DEACTIVATING DUAL BAND RECEIVE Press the FUNC key then press and hold the VFO key for two seconds 5 2 3 TRIPLE CHANNEL RECEIVE Using both the Dual channel receive mode and Dual band receive mode at the same time a total of three channels can be received simultaneously 5 2 3 1 SETTING FREQUENCIES 1 Set the first two frequencies by following the procedures for dual ...

Page 37: ...following steps Note Once formatted all data on the card will be deleted and lost 1 Insert a new SD memory card with a printed label upward facing until you can hear a click 2 Wait until SD appears on the top middle of the LCD 3 Press the FUNC key and then press the kHz key The configuration menu will be displayed 4 When the configuration menu is displayed press the UP key four times to select SD ...

Page 38: ...ording time and total size of the SD memory card information is displayed 6 Press the MHz key to exit from this screen 7 Press the CLR key to exit the configuration menu 5 3 3 READ DATA FROM SD CARD To read memory contents of the AR6000 on the SD memory card perform the following steps 1 Insert a SD memory card with a printed label upward facing the slot on the front panel until you can hear a cli...

Page 39: ... TO SD CARD To write memory channel or search bank contents of the AR6000 to the SD memory card perform the following steps 1 Insert a SD memory card with a printed label upward facing the slot on the front panel until you can hear a click 2 Wait until SD appears on the top of the LCD 3 Press the FUNC key and then press the kHz key 4 When the configuration menu is displayed press the UP key six ti...

Page 40: ...card with a printed label upward facing the slot on the front panel until you can hear a click 2 Wait until SD appears on the top of the LCD 3 Press and hold the kHz key for two seconds Recording will start and the SD icon will change to REC 4 To stop recording press the CLR key and wait for 2 3 seconds The REC icon will change to SD and recorded audio file name will be automatically assigned 5 To...

Page 41: ...until you can hear a click 2 Wait until SD appears on the top of the LCD 3 Press the kHz key The file name screen will appear 4 Use the UP key or DOWN key to select the file To select the next page rotate the sub dial 5 Press the MHz key to playback audio 6 To stop press any key 5 3 7 DELETE FILES To delete a recorded audio file on the SD memory card perform the following steps 1 Insert a SD memor...

Page 42: ...o identify it Data may be written to each new page memory channel and each page may be overwritten with new data so they can be used over and over again The AR6000 has 2 000 memory channels and one priority channel Each memory channel may hold One receive frequency Receive mode Tuning step Frequency step adjust Attenuator setting Text comment of up to twelve characters De emphasis Antenna input AG...

Page 43: ...memory location bank and channel 4 Add a text comment optional or delete an existing comment 5 Press the MHz key to exit the menu and save the data to the specified memory location Example Storing the frequency of 123 500 MHz into memory bank 3 location 25 0325 while in VFO mode with the text comment of AIRBAND If a mistake is made during programming press the CLR key to abort entry and return to ...

Page 44: ...b dial clockwise 5 Z 6 9 0 a To enter A press the 3 key b Press the DOWN key to move the cursor to the right c Press the 3 key Rotate the sub dial to select I d Press the DOWN key e Press the 4 key f Rotate the sub dial to select R g Press the DOWN key h Press the 3 key i Rotate the sub dial to select B j Press the DOWN key k Press the 3 key A appears l Press the DOWN key m Press the 4 key n Rotat...

Page 45: ...e press the VFO key 6 4 DELETE MEMORY CHANNEL To delete the contents of a single memory channel perform the following steps 1 In memory read mode press the FUNC key and then press the decimal key 2 The memory delete menu will appear and blink 3 If you wish to delete this memory channel contents press the MHz key 4 To cancel press the CLR key 6 5 DELETE ALL MEMORY CHANNELS IN THE MEMORY BANK To del...

Page 46: ...ft of the LCD to indicate that the scan process has been started a bank number will be also be displayed representing the current bank Ensure that the squelch is set to threshold point so that background noise is cancelled and the squelch closes otherwise scan will not operate When scan has been selected only the currently displayed memory bank which contains data will be scanned and receive mode ...

Page 47: ...t to be passed skipped 7 5 1 ADDING SELECT SCAN CHANNELS IN MEMORY READ MODE In memory read mode press the FUNC key and then press the PASS key to toggle the select scan tag on off S appears on the left of the memory bank of the LCD 7 5 2 DELETE SELECT SCAN CHANNELS IN MEMORY READ MODE To delete all selected scan channels perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press and hold the...

Page 48: ...y 7 6 LOCKING OUT UNWANTED ACTIVE MEMORY CHANNELS PASS It is possible to lock out PASS unwanted memory channels while in scan mode This is useful to eliminate unwanted permanent transmissions It is important to understand the PASS function before taking action or transmissions may be missed In memory read mode or while stopped on an unwanted frequency press the PASS key Pressing the PASS key again...

Page 49: ...splayed on the bottom right corner of the LCD If there is no registered channel will appear 5 Press the PASS key 6 Press the MHz to exit from this menu 7 7 SCAN GROUP The AR6000 has 20 scan groups to be used with the bank link function and other functions The following parameters can be registered for each of the scan groups Bank link setting Scan pause Scan delay Voice scan Mode scan 7 7 1 BANK L...

Page 50: ...mains on the busy channel until the received signal disappears or the memory channel is changed To set the scan pause parameter perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the SCAN key The bank link screen will appear 2 Select the bank link group number and then press the DOWN key The pause setting screen will appear 3 Rotate the sub dial to set scan pause parameter between 1 6...

Page 51: ...onfirm entry press the MHz key To set other parameters press the DOWN key 7 7 4 VOICE SCAN When the voice scan function is activated the scan process will stop only on active channels which have modulation such as voice present The AR6000 will not remain on unmodulated channels such as blank carriers The parameter ranges are off and 1 7 To set the voice scan parameter perform the following steps 1...

Page 52: ...tain channels a specific receive mode only can be quickly selected and scanned To set the mode scan parameter perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the SCAN key The bank link screen will appear 2 Select the bank link group number and then press the DOWN key The pause setting screen will appear 3 Press the DOWN key three times to select MODE SCAN parameter in reverse contr...

Page 53: ... limit 9 kHz frequency To activate the VFO search perform the following steps 1 In VFO mode press and hold either the VFO key UP key or DOWN key for two seconds The search process starts The search direction can be changed by rotating the main dial or pressing the UP key or DOWN key 2 When the receiver stops on a busy frequency you can resume manual search by rotating the main dial or pressing the...

Page 54: ...search loops around and starts the process again Note If no search banks have been programmed the search will not operate 8 1 2 2 REVERSING THE SEARCH DIRECTION To reverse the search direction rotate the main tuning dial or press the UP key or DOWN key This is useful to enable you to search back over an interesting point of the search process 8 1 2 3 FORCING THE SEARCH TO RESUME If the AR6000 stop...

Page 55: ...it in MHz format After an entry of the frequency the cursor will automatically move downward 5 Rotate the sub dial to select the receive mode If AUTO is selected the IF bandwidth and frequency step will be entered automatically 6 If you selected other than auto mode press the DOWN key and enter the IF bandwidth and frequency step manually 7 Press the DOWN key to enter the search text 8 For example...

Page 56: ...hat you can delete program search data of course you may simply overwrite the data too To delete search bank perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press and hold the key for two seconds The following delete menu will appear with the DEL MEM CH in reverse contrast 2 Press the DOWN key to move the cursor downward Select DEL SRCH in reverse contrast 3 Rotate the sub dial to select...

Page 57: ...ps 1 Press and hold the PASS key for two seconds 2 The search pass menu appears 3 Rotate the sub dial to select the search pass bank 4 Press the DOWN key 5 Rotate the sub dial to select the channel 6 Enter the lower limit frequency from the numeric keypad 7 Enter the upper limit frequency from the numeric keypad If there is an entry error press the PASS key 8 To accept data entry press the MHz key...

Page 58: ...SEARCH A special function has been provided to speed up the search process which is capable of searching about 100 channels per second Unlike other normal searching processes the Cyber search automatically searches all frequencies in the search bank with a signal level above the squelch level and monitors them at the same time The search results will be displayed in the signal level order the stro...

Page 59: ...nk is between 10 19 press the key to move the cursor to the second row and enter only the first digit of the search bank number from the numeric keypad Example If the search bank is 12 enter 2 4 Press the MHz key to complete setting or press the DOWN key to set other parameters 8 2 2 SEARCH PAUSE The search pause parameter determines how long the receiver will remain on an active frequency before ...

Page 60: ...ong the receiver will wait for a reply before continuing to search The parameter ranges are off hold and 0 1 to 9 9 seconds To set the search delay parameter perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the SRCH key The search link screen will appear 2 Select the bank link group number and then press the DOWN key twice The pause delay screen will appear 3 Rotate the sub dial to ...

Page 61: ...emory The received frequencies will be saved on memory bank 39 If there is no space to save frequencies on the bank the auto store function will not work If the received frequencies are already on the bank it will not be changed To set the auto store function perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the SRCH key The search link screen will appear 2 Select the bank link group...

Page 62: ...from SD card SD FORMAT Format SD card VERSION Display the firmware of the receiver CONFIGURATION MENU 3 3 INITIALIZE Return the receiver to the factory s default settings MEMORY CHANNEL ASSIGN Assign a number of memory channels 9 1 CONFIGURE LAMP The AR6000 is equipped with high intensity green LEDs to illuminate the LCD when operating in areas of low level lighting The lamp may be configured in t...

Page 63: ...earning operation of the receiver To access the configuration menu press the FUNC key and then press the kHz key Press the DOWN key to select BEEP in reverse contrast Rotate the sub dial to select the desired beep level between the range of 0 off to 7 loudest Press the MHz key to accept the entry and return to a standard display Alternatively press the CLR key to abort entry Or press the DOWN key ...

Page 64: ...s the CLR key to abort entry Or press the DOWN key to move to the next item on the configuration menu 9 5 CONFIGURE SQL SKIP The squelch skip menu is used to configure the SD card voice recording when squelch is open or closed When squelch skip is set to off the recording process will take place even when the squelch is closed and no audio signal is present When squelch skip is set to on the recor...

Page 65: ...n the receiving frequency is below 25 MHz antenna 2 must be used 2 When the optional external antenna relay switch is connected up to 4 antennas may be used Configuring example Antenna 1 25 MHz 100 MHz Antenna 2 200 MHz 300 MHz To configure the antenna program perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the kHz key 2 Press the DOWN key six times to go to Configuration 2 3 and s...

Page 66: ... repeat above steps from step 3 9 8 CONFIGURE SD INFO The AR6000 has a built in SD memory card interface used for voice recording and or memory management To display information of the inserted SD memory card perform the following steps 1 Insert a SD memory card with a printed label upward facing the slot on the front panel until you can hear a click 2 Wait until SD appears on the top of the LCD 3...

Page 67: ...Insert a SD memory card with a printed label upward facing the slot on the front panel until you can hear a click 2 Wait until SD appears on the top of the LCD 3 Press the FUNC key and then press the kHz key 4 When the configuration menu is displayed press the DOWN key eight times to select WRITE TO SD in reverse contrast 5 Press the MHz key 6 Using the numeric keypad enter the desired file name N...

Page 68: ... will display the original screen 9 10 CONFIGURE READ FROM SD To read memory channel or search bank contents from the SD memory card perform the following steps 1 Insert a SD memory card with a printed label upward facing the slot on the front panel until you can hear a click 2 Wait until SD appears on the top of the LCD 3 Press the FUNC key and then press the kHz key 4 When the configuration menu...

Page 69: ...rd display 9 11 CONFIGURE SD FORMAT To format an SD card perform the following steps 1 Insert a new SD memory card with a printed label upward facing the slot on the front panel until you can hear a click 2 Wait until SD appears on the top of the LCD 3 Press the FUNC key and then press the kHz key 4 When the configuration menu is displayed press the UP key four times to select SD FORMAT in reverse...

Page 70: ...the original factory default settings and all memory contents will be deleted To initialize the AR6000 perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the kHz key 2 Press the UP key to select INITIALIZE in reverse contrast 3 Press the MHz key to continue 4 If you wish to initialize press the MHz key To cancel press the CLR key 5 After initialized the receiver will be powered off au...

Page 71: ...o polarity function may be configured 10 1 NOISE SQL NOISE SQUELCH This allows control of the signal to noise ratio required to unmute the receiver Only active in AM FM WFM NFM SFM FMST receive modes To activate the function perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the 0 key 2 Rotate the sub dial to select the noise squelch level between 1 and 255 This function can be set to...

Page 72: ... select NOTCH in reverse contrast 3 Rotate the sub dial to select the level from the choice of OFF LOW MID and HIGH 4 Press the MHz key to accept the entry and return to a standard display Alternatively press the CLR key to abort entry or press the DOWN key to move to the next item on the configuration menu 10 4 NR NOISE REDUCTION Noise reduction function is effective for random noise on the recei...

Page 73: ...te This function operates only in the NFM mode To activate the function perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the 0 key 2 Press the DOWN key five times to select SCR in reverse contrast 3 Rotate the sub dial to select the inversion frequency from the range of 2000 Hz 7000 Hz in 10 Hz step Once properly selected the decoded voice becomes intelligible 4 Press the MHz key to...

Page 74: ...pecifically modulated sub audible tones or to verify the CTCSS frequency used Note This function operates only in the NFM mode with a frequency of 25 MHz or higher To activate the function perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the 0 key 2 Press the DOWN key several times to select CTCSS in reverse contrast AFC does only work in NFM mode with a filter setting up to 30kHz I...

Page 75: ...peed is 134 3 bit sec in NRZ Non Return Zero format FM modulation Note This function operates only in the NFM mode with a frequency of 25 MHz or higher To activate the function perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the 0 key 2 Press the DOWN key several times to select DCS in reverse contrast 3 Rotate the sub dial to toggle between OFF ALL or to select the DCS code from t...

Page 76: ...TMF tones To activate the function perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the 0 key 2 Press the DOWN key several times to select DTMF in reverse contrast 3 Rotate the sub dial to select on off 4 Press the MHz key to accept the entry and return to a standard display Alternatively press the CLR key to abort entry or press the DOWN key to move to the next item on the configur...

Page 77: ...z 8 20 MHz 25 MHz 5 Press the MHz key to accept the entry and return to a standard display Alternatively press the CLR key to abort entry or press the DOWN key to move to the next item on the configuration menu Note On the spectrum scope screen signals of only the selected frequency range can be displayed while the filter is on 10 13 VIDEO OUT VIDEO OUTPUT Note This function operates with a freque...

Page 78: ...e properly decoded The AR6000 has a shift direction reverse function to correct the problem To activate the video modulation polarity function perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the 0 key 2 Press the DOWN key several times to select VIDEO IMG in reverse contrast 3 Rotate the sub dial to select normal or reverse 4 Press the MHz key to accept the entry and return to a st...

Page 79: ...e receive frequency in three different ways Same step size as the main dial 10 times faster than the main dial One of the step sizes from 0 1 kHz 100 Hz 0 5 kHz 500 Hz 1 kHz 5 kHz 10 kHz 50 kHz 100 kHz 500 kHz 1000 kHz 1 MHz To select the sub dial step frequency perform the following steps 1 Press the STEP key 2 Press the UP key 3 Rotate the sub dial to select the new step frequency 4 Press the MH...

Page 80: ...he MHz key The active channel will be transferred to VFO C and the AR6000 will switch to VFO C automatically While scanning Press the SCAN key and then press the MHz key The active channel will be transferred to VFO C and the AR6000 will switch to VFO C automatically 11 3 1 3 BETWEEN VFOs This function enables you to copy the current VFO frequency to another VFO To activate the VFO copy function p...

Page 81: ... DOWN key 11 3 3 VFO VOICE SQUELCH When the VFO voice squelch function is activated the audio will be muted on unmodulated voice signals The squelch parameter ranges are off and 1 7 To set the voice squelch parameter perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the VFO key 2 Press the DOWN key to select VOICE in reverse contrast 3 Rotate the sub dial to set voice squelch paramet...

Page 82: ...ress the CLR key to abort entry 11 4 2 HF HIGH PASS FILTER The audio high pass filter limits the audio base response improving intelligibility in certain circumstances There are three available selections for cut off frequencies 0 3 kHz 0 6 kHz and THRU The high pass filter is automatically selected according to the IF bandwidth Conditions Cut off frequency IF bandwidth 0 5 kHz 15 kHz 0 3 kHz IF b...

Page 83: ...entry and return to a standard display Alternatively press the CLR key to abort entry 11 4 4 CW PITCH Comfortable listening to CW is usually centered around a tone of 700 Hz to 800 Hz However the center frequency may be changed according to personal preferences The selectable range is between 300 Hz 1100 Hz in 50 Hz step Note this function is available only in CW mode To select the CW pitch freque...

Page 84: ... hold the 7 key for two seconds 2 Rotate the sub dial to select either 12H or 24H This selection affects both clocks 3 Press the DOWN key to select CLOCK in reverse format 4 Using the main dial adjust hours 5 Using the sub dial adjust minutes 6 Press the DOWN key to select TEXT in reverse format 7 Add the text comment three characters using the numeric keypad and sub dial Example PST Key Character...

Page 85: ...racters 1 SPACE 2 1 3 A Example To select U press the 4 key then rotate 4 M the sub dial 8 times clockwise 5 Z 6 9 0 a Press the 4 key Rotate the sub dial to select U b Press the UP key to move the cursor to the right c Press the 4 key Rotate the sub dial to select T d Press the UP key e Press the 3 key Rotate the sub dial to select C If needed the key adds as blank space and the PASS key erases t...

Page 86: ... automatic switch on 3 Press the DOWN key to select LENGTH in reverse contrast 4 Rotate the sub dial to select how long in minutes the ALARM or RADIO will stay powered on once the alarm has activated The available time period is from 1 to 120 minutes 5 Press the DOWN key to select ACT in reverse contrast 6 Rotate the sub dial to select from BEEP RADIO RADIO SD REC SQL SKIP ON and RADIO SD REC SQL ...

Page 87: ...n the following day To activate the alarm function perform the following steps 1 Press the FUNC key and then press the 8 key ALARM will be displayed on the top middle of the LCD 2 Switch the AR6000 off by pressing the POWER switch on the front panel Note Do not turn the main power switch off or unplug the power cable from the receiver 3 When the preset time has arrived either the beep will sound o...

Page 88: ...ive frequency until the signal disappears If no activity is detected the receiver returns to the VFO frequency scan channel or search bank from where it originated The priority function has a large number of applications and is particularly useful for keeping an eye on a distress frequency while scanning or searching another frequency band Note Depending upon the frequency and mode stored as prior...

Page 89: ... FUNC key and then pressing the 6 key The RF gain control reduces the level of amplification applied to the receiver s circuits This has the effect of reducing the sensitivity of the receiver The normal position for the AR6000 RF gain control is fully counterclockwise when set at its most sensitive As the control is rotated clockwise the S meter will advance to indicate what strength signal is req...

Page 90: ...s to be installed You can download the latest driver from the USB device manufacturer s website at http www ftdichip com ftdrivers htm Click VCP Drivers and then select version corresponding to your operating system The following are the specifications for the communication protocol Communication speed 115 200 bps default 57 600 bps 38 400 bps 19 200 bps 9 600 bps Data 8 bit Stop bit 1 Parity None...

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Page 92: ...se of accessories from manufacturers other than AOR 8 Equipment that has had serial numbers removed or altered in any way 9 Damage that occurred as a result of shipment Claims must be presented to the carrier 10 AOR is not responsible for any costs arising from installation or reinstallation of the equipment nor for any consequential such as loss of use damage claims Obtaining Warranty Service 1 Y...

Page 93: ...R product contact AOR at 310 787 8615 during normal business hours 9 am 5 pm Pacific Time Zone or write to AOR 20655 S Western Ave Suite 112 Torrance CA 90501 You may also send a fax to AOR at 310 787 8619 Additional information is available at the AOR web site www aorusa com We suggest attaching your purchase receipt to this half of the warranty card and keeping this information in a secure locat...

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Page 95: ...suji Taito Ku Tokyo 111 0055 Japan URL www aorja com US distributor AOR USA INC 20655 S Western Ave Suite 112 Torrance CA 90501 Phone 310 787 8615 Fax 310 787 8619 URL www aorusa com e mail info aorusa com Dec 15 2017 Printed in Japan ...