Oricom UHF100, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...Operating Instructions For UHF100 and UHF200 40 Channel UHF 2 way Citizen Band Radio UHF100 UHF200 Downloaded from www cbradio nl ...

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Page 3: ...ith all relevant Australian and New Zealand approval requirements Table of contents 3 Safety Information and Warnings 4 Controls and Connectors 5 Installation 10 Operations 14 UHF channels and frequencies 30 Warranty information Australia 33 ...

Page 4: ...xplosive atmospheres are often but not always clearly marked They include fueling areas such as below deck on boats fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities areas where the air contains chemicals or particles such as grain dust or metal powders and any other area where you would normally be advised to turn off your vehicle engine Blasting Caps and Areas To avoid possible interference with b...

Page 5: ...anger 1 x 2m long Extention cable 1 x Coupler for extention cable 1 x User Guide UHF100 1 x RF Radio 1 x Remote Head Unit with 2m cable 1 x UHF100 Standard Microphone 1 x DC Power Cord with inline fuse 1 x Mounting bracket with mounting screws for RF Radio 1 x Mount bracket with mounting screw for Remote Head Unit 1 x Microphone Hanger 1 x User Guide Controls and Connectors ...

Page 6: ...hannel Volume control 4 Function button by short push Duplex On Off by long push 5 Open Scan Memory On Off Group Scan 6 Priority Channel On Off Key Lock On Off Alpha numeric display 7 ID setting 5 tone SelCall Quiet 8 Monitor TSQ On Off Menu 9 External speaker Jack 3 5mm for optional 8 ohm speaker 1 4 5 6 7 8 2 3 9 ...

Page 7: ...0 200 1 3 5mm external jack for optional 8 ohm speaker 2 Power Supply connection 3 Antenna connection Standard Microphone UHF100 1 Push To Talk PTT button 2 Volume Up Channel Up 3 Volume Down Channel Down 4 Power On off Volume and channel selector 3 2 1 1 2 4 3 ...

Page 8: ...el Up 3 Power On Off Front view of Contoller Speaker Microphone UHF200 4 LCD Display 5 Function button Duplex On Off 6 Open Scan Memory On Off Group Scan 7 Priority Channel On Off Key Lock On Off Alpha numeric display 8 ID setting 5 tone Selcal Quiet 9 Monitor TSQ On Off Menu 10 PTT Switch 1 3 2 200RX CH 4 9 10 8 7 6 5 ...

Page 9: ...cator 4 Receiver Indicator 5 Quiet mode 6 Priority On Off 7 Monitor On Off 8 Memory On Off 9 Key Lock 10 Open Scan 11 Group Scan 12 Selelctive call Sending_to 13 Selective call Receiving from 14 38 CTCSS Tone On Off 15 DCS On Off 16 Channel number 17 ALPHA NUMERIC 18 Call Alarm 12 13 15 14 17 1 2 3 4 5 6 18 7 8 9 10 11 16 ...

Page 10: ...ioners Do not press the PTT or CALL button before installing the antenna Screw the mounting bracket and the remote head bracket to firm surfaces To install the Radio 1 Fix the radio bracket in a suitable location 2 Then fix the radio in the bracket using the thumb screws Note The radio contains a built in loud speaker The radio can be installed out of the way and an external speaker can be used as...

Page 11: ...phone Speaker UHF200 The Remote Head uses an 8 pin telephone style plug and socket 1 Position the microphone plug so the plastic flap faces downwards and press the plug into the socket until it clicks 2 Gently press the rubber boot into the hole surrounding the socket so that the slot around the boot fits neatly inside the rim of the entry hole 3 If required use the external cable supplied to allo...

Page 12: ...irectly from Oricom DC Power Connection The Radio is designed for 13 8 Volt DC negative earth installations only i e where the negative battery terminal connects to the chassis of the vehicle For installation on 24 volt systems an inverter not supplied will need to be used There are two possible methods of installation Over voltage protection The radio has a high voltage input detection system to ...

Page 13: ...use box via the 2 Amp fuse Antenna information The antenna not supplied is of critical importance to maximize your output power and receiver senstivity A poor quality antenna or one not designed for the specific frequency band you are using will give poor performance You should purchase an antenna designed for the 477MHz frequency band Antenna installation 1 Connect the antenna to the rear antenna...

Page 14: ...by pressing the Volume Up or Volume Down buttons on the microphone The UHF200 has Volume Up or Volume Down buttons on the microphone Adjust to the preferred volume level 200RX CH 200RX CH Channel Selection Briefly press the PWR button Select the channel by rotating the channel knob clock wise or adjust the channel selection by pressing the Channel Up or Channel Down buttons on the microphone from ...

Page 15: ...n any channel listen to check the channel is not already in use Transmitting Select the desired channel Press the PTT button on the microphone and speak normally into the microphone Hold it approx 7cm from your mouth Release the PTT button to end the transmission and listen for a reply Transmitting range The talk range depends on the environment and terrain it will be affected by concrete structur...

Page 16: ... priority channel is set MO TSQ ID CAL PRI LO SC MEM F DPX MENU QUIET ALPHA OS GS CTCSS CTCSS Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System CTCSS uses a sub audile tone to open and close the squelch on your radio This will allow a number of users to share the same channel without disturbing one another MO TSQ ID CAL PRI LO SC MEM F DPX MENU QUIET ALPHA OS GS Monitoring the Channel Monitoring the channel is...

Page 17: ... on a Channel Repeat steps 1 and 2 above Note You will not be able to activate CTCSS if the CTCSS tone is set to OFF SCANNING The radio SCAN function has the ability to allow programmable channels to be scanned for groups of users Channels can be scanned 40 channels per 5 seconds When a signal is found scanning will stop at that channel to allow the signal to be heard then resume scanning when the...

Page 18: ...iority Channel will take precedence over any signals received on the other channels GROUP OR PRIORITY SCAN MO TSQ ID CAL PRI LO SC MEM F DPX MENU QUIET ALPHA OS GS Allows you to monitor a Priority Channel while scanning other channels in the GS memory Memory On Off Push and hold the SC MEM button for 2 seconds M will appear above the selected channel Press SC MEM button to remove scan memory from ...

Page 19: ...s one of those in your radio s memory The name can be displayed instead of the Selcall ID number Recalling Selcall Idents from Memory 1 Press the ID CAL button to select the CALL TO mode 2 To select the required Identity in memory locations C0 to C9 Rotate the channel knob on the front display of the UHF100 And for the UHF200 press the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons on the microphone 3 When t...

Page 20: ...elect the required letter or number in the flashing character position MO TSQ ID CAL PRI LO SC MEM F DPX MENU QUIET ALPHA OS GS The following characters are available A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 _ b Briefly press the F DPX button again to select the next character position c Repeat steps a and b to enter all 5 characters as required d Now press and hold ...

Page 21: ...rm will be cancelled and the channel will be open for normal communication Group Calling The Group Calling function allows you to transmit an ALERT tone to all members of a group at the same time To setup Group Calling you must arrange your group ID codes in a certain format Example If one group consists of 8 vehicles the Group ID codes are arranged as follows 12345 12344 12343 12342 12341 12340 1...

Page 22: ... 1234 0 123 00 1234 1 123 01 1234 2 123 02 1234 3 123 03 UP TO UP TO 1234 9 123 99 QUIET Mode Q Puts the receiver in the Q mode When activated the radio prevents any unwanted conversations in the channels from being heard unless the call is specifically directed to you and the Selective call ID required to open the Q mode condition has been received Under this condition the PTT button is temporari...

Page 23: ...owing opeartions Automatically responds to the caller by transmitting Acknowledge tones Informs you that a caller is on the channel by emitting CALL Alarm and displays FROM icon Menu FUNCTIONS The MENU feature provides a convenient method of customizing some of the radio s functions The following Menu Options are available Note that some items are only available on certain channels To access the M...

Page 24: ...automatically exit the menu mode Please see below menu modes Control Functions STEP Display Default MENU SQ Level adjust off 7 3 OFF CTCSS DCS CTCSS 38 tone DCS 104ch 67Hz Back Light by 3 COLOR 1 Amber 2 Red 3 Green OFF 1 KEY BEEP ON OFF On Off ON 2 minute and 30 second On Off ON MENU Busy channel lock On Off OF SCAN stop time control 5 sec 10 sec 15 sec P5 P5 Roger beep On Off ON Operations ...

Page 25: ... LCD backlight The three options are Amber Red and Green Key Beep On Off The Beep tone emits a tone when you press any of the buttons on the Microphone except PTT switch ToT Time of Timer Australian and New Zealand standards require that if the PTT is pressed for more than 3 minutes the unit must stop transmitting The radio is set to stop transmitting after 2 minutes and 30 seconds of continous tr...

Page 26: ...an be set from channel 1 to 8 used by local repeater stations When activated your radio will receive the Repeater on its specific channel all repeater outputs are on channel 1 to 8 but transmits to the repeater channel 31 through 38 e g CH01 on Duplex mode will receive on CH01 but transmit on CH31 CH02 on Duplex mode will receive on CH01 but transmit on CH32 CH and Number Simplex mode Transmit rec...

Page 27: ...each channel Push and hold the F DPX button for 2 seconds DPXON should appear on the LCD Push F DPX button to toggle the Duplex function On and Off MO TSQ ID CAL PRI LO SC MEM F DPX MENU QUIET ALPHA OS GS when transmitting Key Lock Push and hold the PRI LO button for 2 seconds to lock all buttons except for the buttons below volume up and down Power On Off Monitor F DPX Push to talk MO TSQ ID CAL ...

Page 28: ...eparately Turn power on Briefly press the F DPX button and then the Power button to access frequency band range Display will show default frequency band range Briefly press the power button the frequency number should be blinking you may use the rotary channel switch to select which channel you want example Press and hold the PRI LO button for 2 seconds 400 first digits should be blinking Rotary c...

Page 29: ... 6 Auto scan will commence in 2 to 3 seconds You will need to repeat steps 4 and 5 until the required frequency has been located 7 To store the required frequency briefly press the ID CAL button 8 To exit repeat step 2 Factory reset If the radio s display locks up or stops functioning properly you might need to reset your UHF radio Caution this procedure clears all the information you have stored ...

Page 30: ...lass licence UHF channels and frequencies IMPORTANT NOTE The operation of your UHF radio in Australia and New Zealand is subject to conditions in the following licenses In Australia the ACMA Radio communications Citizen Band Radio Stations and in New Zealand by MED the General User Radio License for Citizen Band Radio Channel Frequency MHz Usage 1 476 425 Duplex RX Simplex 2 476 450 Duplex RX Simp...

Page 31: ...77 100 Simplex 29 477 125 Simplex 30 477 150 Simplex 31 477 175 Duplex TX Simplex 32 477 200 Duplex TX Simplex 33 477 225 Duplex TX Simplex 34 477 250 Duplex TX Simplex 35 477 275 Emergency 36 477 300 Duplex TX Simplex 37 477 325 Duplex TX Simplex 38 477 350 Duplex TX Simplex 39 477 375 Simplex 40 477 400 Simplex Channel 5 and 35 paired for Duplex repeaters are reserved as emergency channels and s...

Page 32: ...and Telecommand use voice commnuications are not allowed on these channel by law Channel 9 and above are the best choices for general use in Simplex mode 38 CTCSS CODE LIST CODE Frequency Hz CODE Frequency Hz OFF OFF 20 131 8 1 67 0 21 136 5 2 71 9 22 141 3 3 74 4 23 146 2 4 77 0 24 151 4 5 79 7 25 156 7 6 82 5 26 162 2 7 85 4 27 167 9 8 88 5 28 173 8 9 91 5 29 179 9 10 94 8 30 186 2 11 97 4 31 19...

Page 33: ...duct 3 by the use of parts not manufactured or sold by Oricom or 4 by modification or service by anyone other than a Oricom or b an Oricom authorised service provider The Warranty Period will be 36 months from the date of purchase of the product evidenced by your dated sales receipt You are required to provide proof of purchase as a condition of receiving warranty services You are entitled to a re...

Page 34: ...d signed by an authorised representative of Oricom Oricom is not liable for any damages caused by the product or the failure of the product to perform including any lost profits or savings or special incidental or consequential damages Oricom is not liable for any claim made by a third party or made by you on behalf of a third party This limitation of liability applies whether damages are sought o...

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Page 36: ...functioning to specification before making a warranty claim please use the following resources Online Frequently Asked Questions www oricom com au and in New Zealand www oricom co nz Email our customer support team on support oricom com au Contact Oricom Customer Support team on 1300 889 785 or 02 4574 8888 Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm EST Please retain your purchase receipt and attach to the back ...