Yaesu FT3DR, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...C4FM FM 144 430MHz DUAL BAND DIGITAL TRANSCEIVER FT3DR FT3DE Operating Manual...

Page 2: ...D number except for 00 29 Repeater Operation 31 Using the Memory 32 Registering to Memory Channels 33 Recalling a Memory Channel 33 Clearing Memories 34 Restore erased memory 34 Recalling the Home Cha...

Page 3: ...Setting the VOX automatic voice transmission Function 69 5 Setting the Voice Recording Function 69 Set Mode MEMORY Menu Operations 70 1 Setting Memory Bank Link 70 2 Assigning Name to Memory Bank 70 3...

Page 4: ...g the frequency offset for Repeater Shift RPT SHIFT FREQ Function 82 17 Disabling Receiver While No Signal Is Received Receiver Battery Save Function 82 18 Changing the Frequency Step Manually 82 19 S...

Page 5: ...s the transceiver from rain and splashes m Large capacity 1256 memory channels m Display memory tags comprised of up to 16 alpha numeric characters m Convenient reception of preset receiver memory cha...

Page 6: ...e Operating Band Press the BAND key Tuning the frequency Rotate the DIAL knob Adjusting the volume Rotate the VOL knob to adjust the volume to a comfortable level Adjusting the squelch setting The squ...

Page 7: ...ATA Terminal Connect the optional camera equipped microphone MH 85A11U to this terminal To use the clone function connect to an other FT3DR DE with an optional clone cable CT 168 When updating the fir...

Page 8: ...unction ON OFF Press and hold to enter DG ID number set ting screen A B key Pressing each time switches between A band and B band Each press switches between the Dual Band Receive mode and the Mono Ba...

Page 9: ...W FM Press Function menu screen Press and hold Memory write B band icon Lights when AF DUAL function is enabled z z Status Bar The battery condition is displayed in 8 steps Full battery power Battery...

Page 10: ...he attenuator to reduce the incoming signal from the antenna Bell function is activated TX RX DG ID is displayed TXxx The transmit DG ID number RXxx The receive DG ID number Squelch type is displayed...

Page 11: ...u Touch and hold To activate the Memory Write mode Each touch steps the transmit communication mode as follows AUTO TX FM TX DN AUTO AUTO Automatically selects the transmit mode to correspond to the r...

Page 12: ...d Receives only the displayed band MODE MODE Touch the frequency to display the numeric keypad screen for frequency input The memory tag and battery voltage etc are displayed on the lower segment z z...

Page 13: ...Screen The backtrack screen or the GPS information screen whichever was displayed last will be displayed The GPS satellites status and numbers are shown The following information is displayed Directi...

Page 14: ...T switch or press the BACK key several times to exit the set mode z z GM Group Monitor Screen Automatically listens for stations operating with GM function on the same frequency or stations operating...

Page 15: ...smit with this device while carry ing or using a medical appliance such as a cardiac pacemaker When transmitting use an external antenna and keep as far as pos sible away from the external antenna The...

Page 16: ...automobile air bags In case of an accident the transceiver may interfere with air bag deployment and result in extreme injury The wire cables may also cause the air bag to malfunction Do not power th...

Page 17: ...occur in the transceiv er the TV or the radio Do not transmit near the television and radio Transmissions may cause electromagnetic interference While transmitting keep the antenna as far from you as...

Page 18: ...When this product is contaminated with seawater sand or dirt rinse with fresh water and then wipe with a dry cloth immediately m Recommended maintenance interval To insure continued water resistance...

Page 19: ...s manual only the touch screen operation is described when either operation can be performed The following notation is also used in this manual This icon indicates cautions and information that should...

Page 20: ...etooth Headset SSM BT10 Microphone Adapter CT 44 DC Cable with and Cigarette Lighter Plug SDD 13 DC Cable E DC 6 Soft Case SHC 34 3x AA Cell Battery Case FBA 39 Li Ion Battery Packs 7 2 V 2 200 mAh SB...

Page 21: ...the transceiver may drop off together with the battery pack the transceiver and battery pack may fall off causing injury breakage and other damage z z Attaching the Protective Cap If the belt clip is...

Page 22: ...immediately The battery pack is presumed to be at the end of its service life or defective In this case replace the battery pack with a new one Charge the battery pack within the temperature range fr...

Page 23: ...s shown in the figure at the right 3 Press and hold the Power Lock switch to turn the transceiver ON When the memory card is properly detected lights on the display z z Removing the microSD memory car...

Page 24: ...sceiver is subsequently turned ON the opening screen appears followed by the fre quency screen Please enter your Callsign Max 10 letters 2 Input the call sign toggle the alphabet input screen and the...

Page 25: ...kely to be silenced but it may become more difficult to receive weak signals 2 Press the SQL switch to save the setting Toggling the Operating Band Normally both operating bands are displayed on the t...

Page 26: ...174MHz 174MHz 222MHz 222MHz 420MHz 420MHz 470MHz 803MHz 1000MHz z z Frequency bands on B band AIR Band 144 MHzBand VHF 1 430 MHzBand 470MHz 580MHz 108MHz 137MHz 137MHz 174MHz 174MHz 222MHz 222MHz 420M...

Page 27: ...he display After receiving the signal FM of will change to indicate the mode of the received signal The display differs depending on the received signal z z Setting the transmit mode when using the AM...

Page 28: ...matically selected within the AIR band 108 136 995 MHz Transmitting 1 While pressing and holding the PTT switch speak into the microphone The TX BUSY indicator will glow red during transmis sion If th...

Page 29: ...ing and return to the normal operation The transmission power level may be set separately for each frequency band Locking the Keys and DIAL knob 1 Press the Power Lock switch LOCK is shown on the disp...

Page 30: ...e DG ID number of the transceiver is set to a DG ID number other than 00 received signals that do not have the same DG ID number may not be heard 2 When accessing a C4FM digital repeater controlled by...

Page 31: ...essing and holding the DISP key will set the transmit and the receive DG ID numbers to 00 If the receive DG ID is set to a number other than 00 only signals with that DG ID will be received Normally s...

Page 32: ...0 only signals with that DG ID will be received Normally set the receive DG ID number to 00 except when communication is desired only with group members For example if the transmit and receive DG ID n...

Page 33: ...exit from the re verse state The repeater settings may be changed from the Set Mode Set Mode CONFIG 15 RPT SHIFT Allows setting the repeater shift direction Set Mode CONFIG 16 RPT SHIFT FREQ Allows ch...

Page 34: ...e transceiver allows using 24 types of memory banks A maximum of 100 memory channels can be registered in each memory bank 900 899 4 3 2 1 L50 U50 L49 U49 L4 U4 L3 U3 L2 U2 L1 U1 904 903 902 901 999 9...

Page 35: ...eturn to normal operations Recalling a Memory Channel 1 Press the V M key The memory channel most recently used appears on the display 2 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired memory channel Touch...

Page 36: ...mory channel Recalling the Home Channels 1 Touch F MW and then touch HOME If HOME is not displayed touch BACK to display HOME and then touch it z z HOM and the home channel frequency of the cur rently...

Page 37: ...e text input area See Text input screen on page 89 to input a memory tag When a memory tagged Memory channel is recalled both the memory tag and the frequency will be displayed The Memory tag is only...

Page 38: ...ive seconds 3 Press the PTT switch or touch STOP to cancel the scanning If the scan has paused on a signal rotating the DIAL knob will cause scanning to resume instantly If the transceiver is turned O...

Page 39: ...er Broadcast Channels for activity every five seconds while scanning If you watch the display carefully you can observe the scanner periodically shift to the Weather Broad cast channel and quickly aca...

Page 40: ...ng undesired channels to be skipped during scanning Alternatively only designated memory channels may be set to be scanned during memory scanning Programmable Memory scan PMS This function scans only...

Page 41: ...ies 10 channel used for the VHF Weather Broadcast Station are regis tered to dedicated preset receiver memory channels International VHF Marine Radio preset receiver memory channels INTVHF are listed...

Page 42: ...ast channels see the following table To stop receiving the WX Channel Frequency press the BACK key or touch F MW followed by P RCVR WX Channel Frequency List Memory channel No Frequency MHz Memory cha...

Page 43: ...ers rotate the DIAL counterclockwise until it clicks once during scanning When a signal is received during scanning the scanning stops to receive the frequency for 5 seconds To set the transceiver ope...

Page 44: ...RCVR If P RCVR is not displayed touch BACK to display P RCVR and then touch it 3 Press the BAND key to select SW 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired channel For the available international VH...

Page 45: ...Nikkei 50 7 315 NORWAY Norway 51 9 590 NORWAY Norway 52 9 925 NORWAY Norway 53 9 985 NORWAY Norway 54 6 065 SWEDEN Sweden 55 9 490 SWEDEN Sweden 56 15 240 SWEDEN Sweden 57 17 505 SWEDEN Sweden 58 6 12...

Page 46: ...ton for 3 seconds until the SSM BT10 LED blinks red blue alternately 2 Press and hold the DISP key and then touch OPTION 3 Touch 2 Bluetooth 4 Touch SEARCH Searching is displayed and the model name of...

Page 47: ...eadset When FT3DR DE VOX automatic voice transmission function is turned ON the Blue tooth headset can perform hands free operation and transmit automatically just by talking Turn the VOX function ON...

Page 48: ...ect SSM BT10 Remove a registered paired Bluetooth device from the list Select the Bluetooth device to be deleted in step 5 above and touch DEL Display device list If 3 Bluetooth device list is touched...

Page 49: ...PTT switch in order to transmit and it is not necessary to use an ac cessory VOX headset in order to utilize VOX operation Setting VOX function 1 Press and hold the DISP key and then touch TX RX 2 To...

Page 50: ...centered main band operating frequency 1 Touch F MW and then touch SCOPE If SCOPE is not displayed touch FWD to display SCOPE and then touch it 2 With the current operating frequency in the center th...

Page 51: ...aph is touched it will become the center operating frequency so communication with friends may begin immediately Using the Voice Recording With the voice recording function the received audio of the o...

Page 52: ...e recorded and whether or not to include the transmit audio in the recording may be selected in the set mode Recording is stopped when the transceiver is turned OFF 2 Touch F MW and then touch REC STO...

Page 53: ...ay LOG and then touch it 2 Touch VOICE The recorded file will be displayed in a list PICT VOICE MESSAGE 3 Touch the file to playback Playback will begin The receiver audio will not be heard during pla...

Page 54: ...one Speak into this part with a normal voice Clip Securely clip the microphone to belt or other objects Connect to the DATA terminal of the transceiver Make sure to insert the connector in the right d...

Page 55: ...s 3 To save the image onto the microSD memory card touch SAVE Press the BACK key or touch DEL to return the display to the previous operating screen without saving the image 4 To transmit the saved im...

Page 56: ...the separate WIRES X Instruction Manual which is available on the Yae su website APRS Automatic Packet Reporting System function The FT3DR DE uses a GPS receiver to acquire and display its position lo...

Page 57: ...For additional details on the following Functions refer to the Advanced Manual which may be downloaded from the Yaesu website Tone squelch feature The tone squelch opens the speaker audio only when a...

Page 58: ...IAL knob to display a sub menu that is not displayed then touch it You can also turn the DIAL knob to indicate a menu item and then press the DISP key to select it 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the...

Page 59: ...n modulation level WIDE NARROW 3 RX MODE Select the receive mode AUTO FM AM 2 DIGITAL 1 DIGITAL POPUP Set the POP UP time OFF BAND2s BAND4s BAND6s BAND8s BAND10s BAND20s BAND30s BAND60s BAND CONTINUE...

Page 60: ...each 05 47 7 PR FREQUENCY Set a non communication squelch 300Hz to 3000Hz 1600Hz 8 SQL LEVEL Select a squelch level LEVEL 0 to LEVEL15 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 0 to LEVEL 8 LEVEL 1 AM radio LEVEL 0 to LEVEL 8 L...

Page 61: ...cator ON or OFF A BAND ON OFF B BAND ON OFF RADIO ON OFF 6 CLOCK TYPE Set the clock shift function A B 7 GPS LOG Set the GPS log recording time interval OFF 1sec 2sec 5sec 10sec 30sec 60sec 8 HOME VFO...

Page 62: ...incoming message MSG OFF 2sec to 60sec CONTINUOUS EVERY 2s to EVERY 10m 4sec GRP OFF 2sec to 60sec CONTINUOUS 4sec BLN OFF 2sec to 60sec CONTINUOUS 4sec 6 APRS MSG GROUP Group filtering for received...

Page 63: ...mation AMBIGUITY OFF 1 digit 2digit 3digit 4digit SPD CSE ON OFF ALTITUDE ON OFF 14 BEACON INTERVAL Set a beacon automatic sending interval 30sec 1min 2min 3min 5min 10min 15min 20min 30min 60min 15 B...

Page 64: ...s on the following setting items for each type refer to the APRS Instruction Manual LOW SPD HIGH SPD SLOW RATE FAST RATE TURN ANGL TURN SLOP TURN TIME 28 TIME ZONE Set the time zone UTC 13 00 to UTC 0...

Page 65: ...UP 3 Setting the Search Channels for the BAND SCOPE Function Set the number of channels to be displayed for the band scope when the BAND SCOPE function is used 1 Press and hold the DISP key and then...

Page 66: ...evel of the LCD backlight and key button light 1 Press and hold the DISP key and then touch DISPLAY 2 Rotate the DIAL knob then touch 6 LCD DIMMER 3 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired brightne...

Page 67: ...h 8 SENSOR INFO 3 The battery voltage is shown on the LCD The indication differs depending on the type of the power supply used Battery pack Lit Battery case Dry External power supply adapter Ext Duri...

Page 68: ...n ON The amount of attenuation by the attenuator ATT is about 10 dB 2 Setting the Transmit Modulation Level The transmit modulation level can be set to half of its usual level Select OFF for normal am...

Page 69: ...BAND 10 seconds 2 Displaying Your Location in Digital Mode Set whether or not to display your location in digital mode 1 Press and hold the DISP key and then touch TX RX 2 Touch 2 DIGITAL 3 Touch 2 LO...

Page 70: ...tion 1 Press and hold the DISP key and then touch TX RX 2 Touch 2 DIGITAL 3 Touch 4 DIGITAL VW 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired setting ON The digital voice FR VW mode may be selected OFF...

Page 71: ...be muted 1 Press and hold the DISP key and then touch TX RX 2 Touch 3 AUDIO 3 Touch 2 MUTE 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired mute setting OFF Disable the muting audio MUTE 30 Mute the audio...

Page 72: ...o Memory Channel By selecting 3 MEMORY NAME you can assign a name such as a call sign and broad cast station name to each memory channel and home channel For additional details refer to the Advanced M...

Page 73: ...st unused memory channel number 1 Press and hold the DISP key and then touch MEMORY 2 Touch 6 MEMORY WRITE 3 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired setting NEXT Registers to the smallest unused me...

Page 74: ...mit Homeomorphic 4 Setting the Transmission Method of the DTMF Code Set the transmission method of the registered DTMF code by selecting 4 DTMF MODE For additional details refer to the Advanced Manual...

Page 75: ...G 2 Touch 9 SQL S METER 3 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the setting value referring to the table below Remark The default setting OFF Display Operating Status OFF S Meter squelch function is OFF By d...

Page 76: ...nob to select the desired setting ON Mutes the audio during the tone search operation OFF Does not mute the audio during the tone search operation Remark The default setting ON 5 Rotate the DIAL knob...

Page 77: ...ting the Time to Resume Scanning SCAN RE START Function Set the time interval to resuming scanning after a received signal ends during scanning 1 Press and hold the DISP key and then touch SCAN 2 Rota...

Page 78: ...sly specified banks can be scanned OFF Only the memory channels assigned to the recalled memory bank are scanned Remark The default setting ON 6 Setting the Priority Memory Channel transmit operation...

Page 79: ...eventing transmissions when the receive channel is busy 1 Press and hold the DISP key and then touch CONFIG 2 Touch 2 BCLO 3 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired setting OFF Permits starting a t...

Page 80: ...the DISP key and then touch CONFIG 2 Touch 5 BUSY LED 3 Rotate the DIAL knob to select A BAND B BAND or RADIO then press the DISP key 4 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired setting ON Turns the...

Page 81: ...and transfer to the VFO 1 Press and hold the DISP key and then touch CONFIG 2 Touch 8 HOME VFO 3 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired setting ENABLE Turning the DIAL knob in home channel transfe...

Page 82: ...cified time 4 Press the DISP key 5 Rotate the DIAL knob to set the hour then press the DISP key 6 Rotate the DIAL knob to set the minute then press the DISP key 7 Touch TIMER ON or TIMER OFF to set th...

Page 83: ...ss and hold the DISP key and then touch CONFIG 2 Rotate the DIAL then touch 13 PTT DELAY 3 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the desired setting OFF 20ms 50ms 100ms 200ms 4 Selecting OFF disables the PTT...

Page 84: ...steps of 0 1 second to 1 0 sec 1 5 to 10 sec 1 50 In steps of 0 5 second to 1 0 sec 1 50 to 60 sec 1 300 sec In steps of 5 second OFF Disables the Battery save function 4 Selecting OFF disables this...

Page 85: ...returns to the receive mode The TOT setting is retained until OFF is selected in step 3 above 21 Setting the Frequency Selection Range for Operation in VFO Mode VFO MODE Function Sets the frequency t...

Page 86: ...hen the transceiver restarts with the settings read from the microSD memory card applied 2 Saving Loading Memory Channel Information to from microSD Memory Card Memory channel setting information can...

Page 87: ...and then touch SD CARD 2 Rotate the DIAL then touch 3 MEMORY INFO The bar graph and the following information will be displayed Used space x xxx MB Free space x xxx MB Capacity x xxx MB 4 Formatting...

Page 88: ...AL knob to select SP SEL then press the DISP key 10 Rotate the DIAL knob to select the speaker CAMERA The audio is routed to MH 85A11U speaker internal speaker is OFF INT SP The audio is routed to the...

Page 89: ...screen can be switched to the number input screen by touching 123 The number input screen can be switched to the alphabet input screen by touching ABC Up to 10 characters can be entered Characters th...

Page 90: ...default settings 1 Turn the transceiver OFF 2 Press and hold the BACK key and the DISP key and turn the transceiver ON simultaneously The beep sounds and the confirmation screen is displayed 3 Touch O...

Page 91: ...o save the characters and return to normal operation Touch to move the cursor to left right in the text input area Touch to insert a space at the cursor position Touch to erase the character at the cu...

Page 92: ...ive Ground with FBA 39 Current Consumption Approx 140 mA Mono Band Receive 170 mA Dual Band Receive 86 mA Mono Band Receive Standby 120 mA Dual Band Receive Standby 67 mA Mono Band Receive Standby Sav...

Page 93: ...174 222 MHz NFM 1 V 12 dB SINAD 222 225 MHz NFM 0 5 V 12 dB SINAD 300 350 MHz NFM 0 5 V 12 dB SINAD 350 400 MHz NFM 0 2 V 12 dB SINAD 400 470 MHz NFM 0 18 V 12 dB SINAD 470 580 MHz NFM 1 5 V 12 dB SIN...

Page 94: ...n to improper voltage supply damage caused by inadequate packing or shipping procedures loss of damage to or corruption of stored data product modification to enable operation in another country purpo...

Page 95: ...LOSS OF DAMAGE TO OR CORRUPTION OF STORED DATA OR FOR SPECIAL INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES HOW EVER CAUSED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND PROPERTY AND...

Page 96: ...ner receiver is not a digital scanner and is incapable of being converted or modified to a digital scanner receiver by any user WARNING MODIFICATION OF THIS DEVICE TO RECEIVE CELLULAR RADIOTELEPHONE S...

Page 97: ...radio equipment FT3DE is in full compliance with EU Radio Equipment Directive 2014 53 EU The full text of the Declaration of Conformity for this product is available to view at http www yaesu com jp...

Page 98: ...oduced without the permission of YAESU MUSEN CO LTD YAESU MUSEN CO LTD Tennozu Parkside Building 2 5 8 Higashi Shinagawa Shinagawa ku Tokyo 140 0002 Japan YAESU USA 6125 Phyllis Drive Cypress CA 90630...