Alinco DR-438 - Initial Installation; Supplied Accessories; Mobile Installation; Power and Antenna Connections

CONTENTS
Supplied Accessories/Optional Accessories .....................1
Supplied Accessories .......................................................................1
Initial Installation ..................................................................2
Mobile installation ............................................................................2
DC Power Cable Connection ........................................................... 3
Power supply voltage Display .......................................................... 5
Antenna Connection ........................................................................5
Accessories Connections .................................................................5
Getting Acquainted ..............................................................7
Front panel .......................................................................................7
Rear panel .......................................................................................8
Display ............................................................................................. 8
Microphone ..................................................................................... 9
Operating Mode ........................................................................10
Basic Operations .................................................................11
Switching the Power On/Off ............................................................11
Adjusting the Volume ......................................................................11
Switch between VFO and Channel mode ....................................... 11
Adjusting Frequency/Channel Through Selector Knob ....................11
Adiusting squelch level ....................................................................11
Receiving ......................................................................................... 11
Transmitting ..................................................................................... 11
Transmitting Tone Burst Tone .......................................................... 12
Transmitting Optional Signaling .......................................................12
Memory Channel Programming ....................................................... 12
Memory Channel DeletIng ............................................................... 12
KEY OPERATIONS ................................................................13
Squelch Off/Squelch Off Momentarry .............................................. 13
Frequency/Memory Scan .................................................................13
Memory Scan ...................................................................................13
CTCSS/DCS Encode and Decode setup .........................................13
CTCSS SCAN ..................................................................................14
DCS SCAN ......................................................................................14
High/Mid/Low Power switch ............................................................. 14
Compander ...................................................................................... 14
Offset Direction and offset frequency setup .....................................14
Keypad Lockout ............................................................................... 15
Auto-Dialer Setup .............................................................................15
Transmitting Edited DTMF Tones in the Auto-dialer Memory ........... 15
Emergency Alarm ............................................................................. 15
PARAMETER SETTING MODE .............................................16
Frequency Channel Step Setup .......................................................16
DTMF, DTMF ANI, 2Tone or 5Tone Signaling .................................. 16
Sending 2-Tone Call .........................................................................17
Sending 5-Tone Call .........................................................................17
Sending DTMF call ..........................................................................17
Signaling Combination setup ........................................................... 17
High/Mid/Low Power Selection ........................................................ 18
Band-width Selection ....................................................................... 18
TX OFF Setup ..................................................................................18