KENWOOD NX-5000 Series Portable VHF/UHF Transceiver

This User guide covers only the basic operations of your radio. For using details instruction manual, refer to the following URL or QR code. https://manual.kenwood.com/files/B5K-0995-00.pdf

The AMBE+2TM 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 Communications 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.

7,970,606, #8,359,197, #8,315,860, and #8,595,002.

Firmware Copyrights
The title to and ownership of copyrights for firmware embedded in KENWOOD product memories are reserved for JVCKENWOOD Corporation.

NOTICES TO THE USER

• Government law prohibits the operation of unlicensed radio transmitters within the territories under government control.
• Illegal operation is punishable by fine and/or imprisonment.
• Refer service to qualified technicians only.

Safety: It is important that the operator is aware of, and understands, hazards common to the operation of any transceiver.

WARNING

• EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES (GASES, DUST, FUMES, etc.)
  Turn OFF your transceiver while taking on fuel or while parked in gasoline service stations. Do not carry spare fuel containers in the trunk of your vehicle if your transceiver is mounted in the trunk area.

• INJURY FROM RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSIONS
  Do not operate your transceiver when somebody is either standing near to or touching the antenna, to avoid the possibility of radio frequency burns or related physical injury.

• DYNAMITE BLASTING CAPS
  Operating the transceiver within 500 feet (150 m) of dynamite blasting caps may cause them to explode. Turn OFF your transceiver when in an area where blasting is in progress, or where “TURN OFF TWO-WAY RADIO” signs have been posted. If you are transporting blasting caps in your vehicle, make sure they are carried in a closed metal box with a padded interior. Do not transmit while the caps are being placed into or removed from the container.

One or more of the following statements may be applicable:

FCC WARNING
This equipment generates or uses radio frequency energy. Changes or modifications to this equipment may cause harmful interference unless the modifications are expressly approved by the party responsible/ JVCKENWOOD. The user could lose the authority to operate this equipment if an unauthorized change or modification is made.

INFORMATION TO THE DIGITAL DEVICE USER REQUIRED BY THE FCC
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 generate 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 the interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television 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 to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer for technical assistance.

This device contains licence-exempt transmitter(s)/receiver(s) that comply with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s licence-exempt RSS(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause interference.
2. This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.
   (NX-5000/ NX-3000 series)

SUPPLIER’S DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
47 CFR § 2.1077 Compliance Information
Trade name: KENWOOD
Model(s): NX-5000 series, NX-3000 series, NX· 1000 series
Responsible party: JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation 1440 Corporate Drive, Irving, TX 75038
Telephone number: 972-819·0700
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

PRECAUTIONS

Observe the following precautions to prevent fire, personal injury, and transceiver damage.

• Do not attempt to configure the transceiver while driving; it is too dangerous.
• Do not disassemble or modify the transceiver for any reason.
• Do not expose the transceiver to long periods of direct sunlight, nor place it near heating appliances.
• If an abnormal odor or smoke is detected coming from the transceiver, switch the transceiver power off immediately, and contact your KENWOOD dealer.
• Use of the transceiver while you are driving may be against traffic laws. Please check and observe the vehicle regulations in your area.
• Do not use options not specified by KENWOOD.
• Do not put the plastic bag used for packing of this eguipment on the place which reaches a small child’s hand. It will become a cause of suffocation if it wears flatly.
• Do not place the transceiver on unstable surfaces.
• Keep the volume as low as possible to protect your hearing.
• Always switch the transceiver power off before installing optional accessories.
• To dispose of built-in battery, be sure to comply with the laws and regulations in your country or region.
• JVCKENWOOD Corporation shall be free from any responsibilities for any incidental losses or damages, such as missing communications or call ,opportunities caused by a failure or performance error of the transceiver.
• If condensation forms, let it air dry or leave it in the same environment for a long time to eliminate the condensation before using it.

WARNING

• For passenger safety, install the transceiver securely using the supplied or optional mounting bracket and screw set so the transceiver will not break loose in the event of a collision.

CAUTION

• The transceiver operates in 12 V negative ground systems only! Check the battery polarity and voltage of the vehicle before installing the transceiver.

• Use only the supplied DC power cable or a KENWOOD optional DC power cable.

• Do not cut and/or remove the fuse holder on the DC power cable.

• Do not place the microphone cable around your neck while near machinery that may catch the cable.

• When replacing the fuse in the DC power cable, be sure to replace it with a fuse of the same value. Never replace a fuse with a fuse that has a higher value.
  

• Do not touch the metal surface of the transceiver while it is in use.
  Do not mount the transceiver such that the chassis can come in contact with skin. High temperatures may burn your skin.

SD™ and microSD™ are trademarks of SD-3C, LLC in the United States and/or other countries.

The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by JVCKENWOOD Corporation is under license. Other trademarks and trade names are those of their respective owners.

MANDATORY SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS TO INSTALLERS AND USERS

• Use only manufacturer or dealer supplied antenna.

• Antenna Minimum Safe Distance: Refer to the values in the table below.

• Antenna Gain: O dBd referenced to a dipole.
  The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a safety standard for human exposure to RF (Radio Frequency) energy which is below the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act) limits.

• Antenna Mounting: The antenna supplied by the manufacturer or radio dealer must not be mounted at a location such that during radio transmission, any person or persons can come closer than the minimum safe distance indicated in the table below.

• To comply with current FCC/ ISED RF Exposure limits, the antenna must be installed at or exceeding the minimum safe distance shown above, and in accordance with the requirements of the antenna manufacturer or supplier.

• Vehicle installation: The antenna can be mounted at the center of a vehicle metal roof or trunk lid, if the minimum safe distance is observed.

• Base Station Installation: The antenna should be fixed-mounted on an outdoor permanent structure.
  RF Exposure compliance must be addressed at the time of installation.

Antenna substitution: Do not substitute any antenna for the one supplied or recommended by the manufacturer or radio dealer.
You may be exposing person or persons to excess radio frequency radiation. You may contact your radio dealer or the manufacturer for further instructions.

WARNING

Maintain a separation distance from the antenna to person(s) of at least the distance indicated in the table below.

You, as the qualified end-user of this radio device must control the exposure conditions of bystanders to ensure the minimum separation distance (table below) is maintained between the antenna and nearby persons for satisfying RF Exposure compliance. The operation of this transmitter must satisfy the requirements of Occupational/Controlled Exposure Environment, for work-related use, transmit only when person(s) are at least the minimum distance from the properly installed, externally mounted antenna.
Transmit only when people outside the vehicle are at least the recommended minimum lateral distance away from the antenna/vehicle.

Antenna Minimum Safe Distance

Frequeny Range

|

Rated Power

|

Safe Distance

---|---|---

VHF

|

50W

| 170 cm (5.6 feet)
110W|

240 cm (7.9 feet)

UHF

|

45W

| 140 cm (4.6 feet)
100W|

160 cm (5.3 feet)

700/800 MHz

|

30W

| 100 cm (3.3 feet)

800/900 MHz

| 15W|

70 cm (2.3 feet)

”This transmitter is authorized to operate with a maximum duty factor of 50%, in typical push-to-talk mode, for satisfying FCC/ ISED RF exposure compliance requirements.”

SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES

Carefully unpack the transceiver. We recommend that you identify the items listed in the following list before discarding the packing material. If any items are missing or have been damaged during shipment, file a claim with the carrier immediately.

Item|

NX-5000 series

|

NX-3000 series

|

NX-1000 series

---|---|---|---

NX-5xxx

|

NX-5xxxB

|

NX-5xxxHB

DC power cable with fuses (15 A)| 1| –| –| 1| 1
Mounting bracket| 1| –| –| 1| 1
Microphone| 1| –| –| 1| 1
Microphone hanger
4 x 16 mm self-tapping screw| 1| –| –| 1| 1
3| –| –| 3| 3
Screw set
5 x 16 mm self-tapping screw
M4 x 6 mm hex-headed screw with washer Spring washer
Flat washer| 4| –| –| 4| 4
4| –| –| 4| 4
4| –| –| 4| 4
4| –| –| 4| 4
Socket| –| –| 1| –| –
Molding cover| –| –| 1| –| –
M4 x 10 mm pan head sems screw| –| –| 2| –| –
User guide| 1| 1| 1| 1| 1

BASIC OPERATION

NX-5000 series
The illustration shows the model with an operation panel (Option:KCH-19) attached.

NX–3000 series

NX-1000 series

SWITCHING POWER ON/OFF
Press ( ) to switch the transceiver ON.
Press ( ) again to switch the transceiver OFF.

ADJUSTING THE VOLUME
Press the [ Volume Up ] button to increase the volume. Press the [ Volume Down ] button to decrease the volume.

SELECTING A ZONE ANO CHANNEL
Select the desired zone and channel using the buttons programmed as [ Zone Up ]/ (Zone Down] and [ Channel Up ]/ [ Channel Down ].

TRANSMITTING

1. Select the desired zone and channel.

2. Press the button programmed as [Monitor] or [Squelch Off) to check whether or not the channel is free.
   • If the channel is busy, wait until it becomes free.

3. Press the PTT switch and speak into the microphone. Release the PTT switch to receive.
   • For best sound quality, hold the microphone approximately 1.5 inches (3 – 4 cm) from your mouth.

RECEIVING
Select the desired zone and channel. If signaling has been programmed on the selected channel, you will hear a call only if the received signal matches your transceiver settings.

Receiving Group Calls (Digital)
When you receive a group call on a Conventional channel and the received group ID matches the ID set up on your transceiver, you can hear the caller’s voice.
When you receive a group call on a Trunking channel, the transceiver automatically switches to the communications channel to receive the call.

Receiving Individual Calls (Digital)
When you receive an individual call, a ringing tone will sound and the caller’s ID will appear on the display. To respond to the call, press and hold the PTT switch and speak into the transceiver as you would during a normal transmission.

INFORMATION ON SOFTWARE LICENSE

This transceiver uses a software according to the following license agreements. (NX-5000/ NX-3000/ NX-1 ooo series)

*zlib LICENSE (NX-5000/ NX-3000 series)
Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
This software is provided ‘as-is’, without any express or implied warranty.
In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must 111ot be misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
   Jean-loup Gailly (jloup@gzip.org)
   Mark Adler (madler@alurrini.eatteeh.edu)

*libpng LICENSE (NX-5000/ NX-3000 series)

This copy of the libpng notices is provided for your convenience. In case of any discrepancy between this copy and the notices in the file png.h that is included in the libpng distribution, the latter shall prevail.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE, DISCLAIMER, and LICENSE:
If you modify libpng you may insert additional notices immediately following this sentence.
This code is released under the libpng license. libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.6.8, December 19, 2013, are Copyright (c) 2004, 2006-2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, and are distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng-1.2.5 with the following individual added to ttne list of Contributing Authors
Cosmin Truta

libpng versions 1.0.7, July 1, 2000, through 1.2.5 – October 3, 2002, are Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, and are distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng-1.0.6 with the following individuals added to the list of Contributing Authors and with the following additions to the disclaimer:
Simon-Pierre Cadieux
Eric S. Raymond
Gilles Vollant

There is no warranty against interference with your enjoyment of the library or against infringement. There is no warranty that our efforts or the library will fulfill any of your particular purposes or needs. This library is provided with all faults, and the entire risk of satisfactory quality, performance, accuracy, and effort is with the user.
libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.0.6, March 20, 2000, are Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, and are distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng-0.96, with the following individuals added to the list of Contributing Authors:
Tom Lane
Glenn Randers-Pehrson
Willem van Schaik

libpng versions 0.89, June 1996, through 0.96, May 1997, are Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Andreas Dilger Distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng-0.88, with the following individuals added to the list of Contributing Authors:
John Bowler
Kevin Bracey
Sam Bushell
Magnus Holmgren
Greg Roelofs
Tom Tanner

libpng versions 0.5, May 1995, through 0.88, January 1996, are Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc.
For the purposes of this copyright and license, “Contributing Authors” is defined as the following set of individuals:
Andreas Dilger
Dave Martindale
Guy Eric Schalnat
Paul Schmidt
Tim Wegner

The PNG Reference Library is supplied “AS IS”. The Contributing Authors and Group 42, Inc. disclaim all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose.
The Contributing Authors and Group 42, Inc. assume no liability for direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages, which may result from the use of the PNG Reference Library, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.

Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify, and distrib:ute this source code, or portions hereof, for any purpose, without fee, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this source code must not be misrepresented.
2. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such and must not be misrepresented as being the original source.
3. This Copyright notice may not be removed or altered from any source or altered

The Contributing Authors and Group 42, Inc. specifically permit, without fee, and encourage the use of this source code as a component to supporting the PNG file format in commercial products. If you use this source code in a product, acknowledgment is not required but would be appreciated.

A “png_get_copyright” function is available, for convenient use in “about” boxes and the like:
printf(“%s” ,png_get_copyright(NULL) );

Also, the PNG logo (in PNG format, of course) is supplied in the files
“pngbar.png” and “pngbar.jpg” (88×31) and “pngnow.png” (98×31 ).

Libpng is OSI Certified Open Source Software. OSI Certified Open Source is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.
Glenn Randers-Pehrson
glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
December 19, 2013

*Md5 (NX-5000/ NX-3000/ NX-1000 series)

Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2002 Aladdin Enterprises. All rights reserved. This software is provided ‘as-is’, without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
   L. Peter Deutsch ghost@aJaddin.com

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