Oricom UHF180, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...annel UHF 2 way Citizen Band Radio UHF180 UHF280 Keep this user guide for future reference Always retain your proof of purchase in case of warranty service and register your product on line at AUSTRALIA www oricom com au Downloaded from www cbradio nl ...

Page 2: ...ed assistance setting up or using your Oricom product now or in the future call Oricom Support Australia 1300 889 785 www oricom com au Mon Fri 8am 6pm AEST New Zealand 0800 67 42 66 www oricom co nz Mon Fri 10am 8pm NZST ...

Page 3: ...wing operators to use additional narrowband channels and also use narrowband transmissions on some current wideband channels This increased the number of channels up to 80 75 of which are useable voice channels What issues may users experience during the transition phase When a new narrowband radio receives a transmission from an older wideband radio the speech may sound loud and distorted simply ...

Page 4: ... 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 blasting operations turn your r...

Page 5: ...ger 1 x 2m long Extention cable 1 x Coupler for extention cable 1 x User Guide UHF180 1 x RF Radio 1 x Remote Head Unit with 2m cable 1 x UHF180 Standard Microphone 1 x DC Power Cord with inline fuse 1 x Mounting bracket with mounting screws for RF Radio 1 x Mount bracketing with mounting screws 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: ...0 280 1 3 5mm external jack for optional 8 ohm speaker 2 Power Supply connection 3 Antenna connection Standard Microphone UHF180 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 UHF280 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: ...s or air conditioners Never press the PTT or CALL button before connecting the antenna to the radio 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 exte...

Page 11: ...Speaker UHF280 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 and joiner supplied to...

Page 12: ...he radio from or directly from www oricom com au 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 Over voltage protection The radio has a high voltage input detection system to warn you if an ove...

Page 13: ...n accessory point in the vehicle s fuse 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 poorly installed inferior quality antenna or one not designed for the correct frequency band will give poor performance You should only purchase an antenna designed for the 477MHz frequency band Antenna install...

Page 14: ...by pressing the Volume Up or Volume Down buttons on the microphone The UHF280 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: ... 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 ch...

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 UHF180 And for the UHF280 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: ...llowing opeartions t VUPNBUJDBMMZ SFTQPOET UP UIF DBMMFS CZ USBOTNJUUJOH DLOPXMFEHF UPOFT t OGPSNT ZPV UIBU B DBMMFS JT PO UIF DIBOOFM CZ FNJUUJOH MBSN BOE 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 Menu...

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: ...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 Out 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 transm...

Page 26: ... 1 to 8 and 41 to 48 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 and 41 to 48 but transmits to the repeater channel 31 through 38 and 71 through 78 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 Sim...

Page 27: ...nd retransmits on CH01 Your UHF180 and UHF280 allows you to pre select Duplex operation individually on 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 button...

Page 28: ...parately 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 ch...

Page 29: ...til you get to an open frequency 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 ...

Page 30: ...ith the class licence for their use to be authorised under the class 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 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 C ...

Page 31: ...els At the time of production Channels 61 62 and 63 are guard channels and are not available for use Channel 5 and 35 paired for Duplex repeaters are reserved as emergency channels and should be used only in an emergency CTCSS and DCS will not operate on Channel 5 and 35 A list of currently authorised channels can be obtained from the ACMA website in Australia and the MED website in New Zealand Ch...

Page 32: ...7 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 31 192 8 12 100 0 32 203 5 13 103 5 33 210 7 14 107 2 34 218 1 15 110 9 35 225 7 16 114 8 36 233 6 17 118 8 37 241 8 18 123 0 38 250 3 19 127 3 ...

Page 33: ... Range 10 to 15 VDC Over Voltage Protection Diode and voltage regulator Over Current Protection 2 Amp fuse Reverse Polarity Protection Shunt diode Frequency Stability 5ppm Transmitter RF Output Power Nominal 5watts Modulation F3E FM Maximum Deviation 2 5kHz Spurious Emissions 30 dBm TX Audio pre emphasis 6dB octave from 300Hz to 3kHz Current Consumption during TX 1 6 Amps with 50 Ohm antenna termi...

Page 34: ... octave 300Hz to 3kHz Audio frequency response 300Hz to 3kHz External speaker jacks One on transceiver one on head unit for optional 8 Ohm mono spe aker 3 5mm jack Remote head only Dimensions 30 d x 110 w x 29 h mm Weight 150g Transciever Dimensions 135 d x 110 w x 29 h mm Weight 420g UHF180 Technical Specification ...

Page 35: ...using the product after reviewing the resources above or would like to purchase replacement parts or accessories please call our Customer Support Team Our dedicated local support team are more likely to be able to help you than the retailer where you made your purchase Important Please retain your purchase receipt and attach to the back page of this user guide as you will need to produce this if w...

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Page 37: ...hase as a condition of receiving warranty services You are entitled to a replacement product or repair of the product according to the terms and conditions of this document if your product is found to be faulty within the Warranty Period This Warranty extends to the original purchaser only and is not transferable Rechargeable battery cells and rechargeable battery packs if supplied with this produ...

Page 38: ...o the warnings and follow the instructions set out in this user guide for the proper installation and use of the product 2 negligence on your part or misuse by you of the product 3 an uncontrollable external cause which results in the product not functioning including but not limited to power failure lightning or over voltage and 4 modification to the product or services carried out on the product...

Page 39: ...ation Oricom products come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure Warranty...

Page 40: ...or NSW 2756 Australia Email support oricom com au Phone 1300 889 785 Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm AEST Web www oricom com au Fax 02 4574 8898 Contact details for Oricom support and warranty claims in New Zealand Email support oricom co nz Phone 0800 674 266 Monday to Friday 10am to 8pm NZST Web www oricom co nz Ref 20102011 ...