Uniden UH8050S, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...UH8050S UHF CB Transceiver For more exciting new products please visit our website Australia www uniden com au New Zealand www uniden co nz ...

Page 2: ...ed Squelch System 21 DCS Digital Coded Squelch 21 Call Tone Function Wake Up Tones 22 DUAL Watch 22 Using Repeater Channels 23 Operating the UHF CB Radio in Duplex Mode 24 Scanning 24 Add Remove Channels from SCAN Memory 25 Master Scan Mode 25 Open Scan OS Mode 27 Group Scan GS Mode 28 Priority Watch 29 Selecting the Call Tone Wake Up Tone 29 Busy Channel Lockout 30 Roger Beep 30 Key Beep On Off 3...

Page 3: ...ceiver Quiet TSQ Mode 41 To Activate Deavtivate Tone Squelch TSQ on a Channel 42 Receiving a Selcall 42 Scanning Tone Squlched Channels 43 Group Calling 44 Selcall ID Format 44 Selcall Settings 45 Tone Period 45 Lead in Delay 45 Lead in Delay Programming 46 Lead in Tone 46 Alarm mode 47 Call Alarm Continue Mode 47 Group Call Mode 47 SELCALL Tone Frequency List 48 CTCSS Codes Table 48 DCS Codes Tab...

Page 4: ...F Capture Feature Control Features Optional Remote LCD Speaker Microphone Remote SPK MIC with Extension Cable LCD Display with 7 Backlight Colours LCD Brightness Contrast control Mobile DIN Size with DIN Sleeve and Removable Bracket 12V to 24V DC Power Input Under and over voltage alert function Signal Strength Power Meter Volume Control External Speaker Jack Power On Off Push Switch Front and Rea...

Page 5: ...LOSE CALL T SQ Close Call and Tone Squelch Channel 11 12 13 14 6 SCAN MEM Scan and Memory button 7 POLICE DCS CTCSS Police CB Fire Button DCS and CTCSS Tone button 8 REPLAY Replay Function button Move selection right 9 MIC Front Microphone Jack 10 VOL PWR Rotary Volume Control Power On Off Push control Controls and Connectors Connectors 11 Power Input Connection 12 Rear MIC Jack 13 External Speake...

Page 6: ...SELCALL Call Tone Button Selective Calling Button 16 INST Instant Channel Button 17 PTT Push To Talk Button 18 MICROPHONE 19 RJ45 type plug 20 Front MIC Jack Cover Controls and Connectors 6 UNIDEN UH8050S UHF CB Transceiver Controls Connectors ...

Page 7: ...SQ Close Call and Tone Squelch Button 26 POWER Power Button 27 MENU ENTER Menu and Select Buttton Move Selection Left 28 MICROPHONE 29 SPEAKER 30 Liquid Crystal Display LCD 31 VOL Volume Up Button 32 VOL Volume Down Button 33 POLICE Police CB Fire Button DCS CTCSS DCS CTCSS Button 34 SCAN MEM Scan and Memory Button 35 SQL Squelch Button 36 REPLAY Replay Button Move selection right 37 Select Up and...

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Page 9: ...icrophone Hanger with screws washers DC Power Cord with fuse UH8050S UHF CB Transceiver For more exciting new products please visit our website Australia www uniden com au New Zealand www uniden co nz Adaptor Cable Din Mount Sleeve Removable Bracket Screws Mounting Bracket Mounting Screws Washer Starts and Screws ...

Page 10: ...Optional Accessories 10 UNIDEN UH8050S UHF CB Transceiver UHF Antenna AT 870 External Speaker MS100 Remote LCD Speaker Microphone RM880 DECT Wireless Speaker Microphone MK800W Extension Cable EC 770 ...

Page 11: ...install your UH8050S in your vehicle using the DIN bracket consult your automobile manufacturer dealer or a qualified installer The DIN bracket is made up of a sleeve and a frame Before installing confirm that your UH8050S fits in the desired mounting area and you have all the necessary materials to complete the task ...

Page 12: ...6mm screws 5 Attach the DC power leads to UH8050S and your vehicle RED goes to a positive connection on your fuse block while BLACK connects to the vehicle chassis ground 6 Attach the antenna cable rear MIC and rear speaker to the back of UH8050S if using 7 Make sure all the connections are routed away from any potentially pinching or slicing sheet metal 8 Slide the front frame with UH8050S attach...

Page 13: ...lock tab at the bottom of the MIC plug and push it upwards At the same time tug on the MIC cord to draw back the MIC plug Rear MIC Jack Use the Rear MIC Jack if the main base is mounted where a front MIC connection is intrusive or if you wish to use the Remote LCD Speaker MIC with an optional extension cable Peel the dust cover from the rear MIC jack Push the MIC plug at the end of the microphone ...

Page 14: ...s Locate a suitable mounting position Apply high quality Double Sided tape onto the flat area of the MIC Hanger back piece and then press firmly to the mounting position The Microphone Hanger comes in two parts How and where you mount the MIC hanger will determine which parts to use Conventional Mounting with Screws Use the front part of the MIC Hanger only Locate a suitable mounting position and ...

Page 15: ...he Radio The socket end of the extension cable connects with the microphone plug 1 The rubber collar dust cover on the microphone cable is not required and can be cut away or pushed out of the way along the cable 2 Drill a 13mm hole at the MIC hanger location 3 Thread the microphone plug through the hole and connect with the extension cable 4 Mount the MIC Hanger over the hole and cable 5 At the R...

Page 16: ...covered by the manufacturer s warranty If the input voltage falls below 10 2VDC LO DC flashes for 5 seconds The power turns off automatically if voltage falls below 9 0VDC Switch your UH8050S OFF and disconnect it from the power source before locating the cause of the power supply problem Operation 16 UNIDEN UH8050S UHF CB Transceiver Setting the Volume Turn the volume control at the base or press...

Page 17: ...UH8050S UHF CB Transceiver Setting the Manual Squelch Turn the outer ring of the SQ control at the base to adjust the Squelch NOTE You must select a channel which is not in use before setting the SQUELCH control see p 19 for Selecting a Channel Think of the squelch con trol as a gate If you turn Squelch fully clockwise it raises the Squelch gate so high that no signals get through If you turn Sque...

Page 18: ... flashes If SQL 4 tight squelch is selected then SQT icon flashes Selecting tight squelch mode may prevent the reception of weak signals High noise areas may still break the squelch 3 Press SQL to store the setting 18 UNIDEN UH8050S UHF CB Transceiver Operation ...

Page 19: ...nnels are numbered 01 80 The user programmable RX channels are numbered 81 180 and only show in the DCS CTCSS code area when programmed When the POL icon is showing then pre programmed police frequencies will be available When the FIRE icon is showing then pre programmed fire ambulance frequencies will be available The police fire ambulance frequencies do not have channel numbers instead PO appear...

Page 20: ...tting INST icon appears to designate the Instant channel Recalling the Instant Channel Momentarily press INST to return to the Instant Channel Press INST again to return to the previous channel Transmitting The UH8050S transmits only on UHF CB Channels NOTE For your reference a list of the available channels corresponding frequencies and guidelines for their use and selection is printed on p 51 p ...

Page 21: ...els corresponding frequencies and guidelines for their use and selection is printed on p 51 p 52 For Australia Channels 05 and 35 are reserved for Emergency Calls Rotate the Channel knob on the base to select the desired channel to use CTCSS Press and hold DCS CTCSS on the base CTCSS icon flashes Turn the Rotary Channel Selector at the base or press on the optional Remote SPK MIC to select DCS CTC...

Page 22: ...nd transmission is attempted within one minute then an error tone will sound DUAL Watch Dual watch will continuously monitor the Instant channel and the current channel for activity see Programming the Instant Priority Channel p 20 Press and hold DUAL DUAL icon appears and two beeps will sound To cancel DUAL Watch press and hold DUAL DUAL icon disappears NOTE Every 1 5 seconds the Instant channel ...

Page 23: ...ting on CH31 the repeater station down converts your signal and retransmits on CH01 Using Repeater Channels UHF CB repeaters are used to retransmit or relay your signal Repeaters will extend the range of your radio and overcome the shielding effect caused by solid obstructions In normal Simplex operation your radio transmits on one particular frequency and receives on that same frequency If there ...

Page 24: ...hannel groups 1 Press SCAN to start Scanning 2 The SCAN icon appears 3 The scan direction can be changed at any time by rotating the Channel knob on the base 4 Press SCAN to stop Scanning Operation 24 UNIDEN UH8050S UHF CB Transceiver NOTE Only channels 01 08 and channels 41 48 are available for Duplex Check with your local Retailer for information on available repeaters If a button is not pressed...

Page 25: ...ect and receive group transmissions continual communication without interruption When transmitting in this mode the radio switches to an unused group channel if it detects another signal with no code or the wrong code on the channel last used by the group In this way all group users will be able to have continual communication to or from other users CH09 CH20 are stored into GS Memory and CTCSS01 ...

Page 26: ... channel memory Open Group Scan is disabled P1 Master Scan is ON with loading CH09 20 in GS P2 Master Scan is ON with loading CH21 30 39 40 in GS P3 Master Scan is ON with loading CH49 60 in GS P4 Master Scan is ON with loading CH61 70 79 80 in GS 3 Press MENU one more time 4 Turn the Rotary Channel Selector to select the desired Subcode CTCSS or DCS NOTE If a button is not pressed within 10 secon...

Page 27: ...el is found scanning will stop on that channel If the received signal ceases the unit will wait 3 seconds for the signal to return otherwise scanning resumes After transmission in scan mode the unit will wait 20 seconds for the signal to return otherwise scanning resumes To deactivate SCAN press SCAN NOTE If SCAN is deactivated while on an active channel the UH8050S will stay on that active channe...

Page 28: ...activity regularly when Priority Watch is ON If the Priority Channel becomes active the radio will stay on that channel for as long as the signal is present If the received signal ceases Priority Scanning continues after 3 seconds If scanning stops on a channel which is not a Priority Channel UHF CB Radio will continue monitoring the Priority Channel for activity while listening to the active one ...

Page 29: ... none of the channels are active the UH8050S will reinstate the scan start channel NOTE If OS GS Scanning is initiated when there are no channels programmed in OS GS memory an error tone will be heard and scanning will not start see Add Remove Channels from SCAN Memory p 25 Selecting the Call Tone Wake Up Tone 1 Press MENU six times The call tone setting flashes 2 Turn the Rotary Channel Selector ...

Page 30: ...r to change the setting between ON or OFF 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit from the menu mode NOTE If a button is not pressed within 10 seconds the UH8050S will automatically exit the Menu Mode Roger Beep 1 Press MENU eight times The roger beep ROGER setting flashes 2 Turn the Rotary Channel Selector to change the setting between ON or OFF 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit from the menu mode NO...

Page 31: ...l automatically exit the Menu Mode Alpha Tag The SELCALL IDs and Extra Receive Channels have the option of displaying a name Alpha Tag instead of the ID or frequency Set Alpha Tag to ON to display the name if it has been programmed 1 Press MENU ten times The Alpha Tag ALPHA setting flashes 2 Turn the Rotary Channel Selector to change the setting between ON or OFF 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit...

Page 32: ...te SPK MIC to change the volume sync on off 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit from the menu mode NOTE When volume sync function is active the volume of base and optional Remote SPK MIC are synchronized Volume sync function can be used only when the optional Remote SPK MIC is connected NOTE If a button is not pressed within 10 seconds the UHF CB Radio will automatically exit the Menu Mode ...

Page 33: ...otary Channel Selector to change the setting between ON or OFF 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit from the menu mode Simple Mode Setting NOTE If a button is not pressed within 10 seconds the UHF CB Radio will automatically exit the Menu Mode LCD Contrast 1 Press MENU 14 times The LCD Contrast setting flashes 2 Turn the Rotary Channel Selector to change the setting between 01 low contrast to 10 hig...

Page 34: ...nnel mode UHF CB channel 1 Press hold MENU The lowest available empty RX channel will flash 2 Turn the Rotary Channel Selector if you wish to select another RX channel 3 Press SCAN to begin the frequency edit The MHz digit range flashes Use or to shift between MHz range between 400 520MHz kHz range in 12 5kHz steps Turn the Rotary Channel Selector to select the desired frequency within MHz kHz ran...

Page 35: ...ate the new channel is programmed The RX channel number flashes 4 If a name is desired press SCAN to begin Alpha Tag edit see manual programming above 5 Press and hold ENTER or wait for 10sec to exit programming mode Store a frequency found using CLOSE CALL to a RX Channel Start Close Call RF Capture feature When an active frequency is found which you wish to store press HOLD to stay on that frequ...

Page 36: ...most recent received signal has been played back a long confirmation tone sounds and the radio returns to the previous mode During playback older recordings can be accessed by turning the Rotary Channel Selector to skip forward back between recordings stored within the 1 minute buffer The record number indicates which discrete recording is currently being replayed NOTE Received signals shorter tha...

Page 37: ...RF capture works well for locating the source of strong local transmissions such as mobile and handheld two way radios in areas with no other strong transmission sources However if you are in an area with many transmission sources such as pager radio transmitters multi use radio towers traffic control devices etc Close Call RF capture might not find the transmission you are searching for or it mig...

Page 38: ...is a data channel then the frequency can be added to the lockout list and ignored in future 1 First press HOLD to stay on that frequency 2 And then press and hold HOLD to lockout that frequency and resume Close Call RF Capture mode Unlock a Locked out frequency 1 The locked out frequencies can be reviewed by pressing MENU while you are in Close Call mode LO displays and the lowest frequency in the...

Page 39: ...nsceivers in its class Receiver Quieting Tone Squelch When activated on individual UHF CB channels except for emergency CH05 and CH35 it automatically mutes the receiver audio circuit of the radio It will stay in this Quiet mode as long as the Selcall tone code Selcall ID required to open the muting circuit is not received Call Alarm When a received code matches to your Selcall ID an alarm CA Aler...

Page 40: ...L The Selcall ID memory will open 2 Turn the Rotary Channel Selector to select the desired memory slot to edit NOTE Up to 10 ID memories can be stored If you expect to make calls to radios not stored in the ID memory then leave memory ID 1 blank for manual ID entry at the time of the call 3 Press SCAN to begin the ID edit The 5th digit of the ID flashes 4 Use or to shift between digits A 6th digit...

Page 41: ...CAN to begin ID edit The 5th digit of the ID flashes b Use or to shift between digits A 6th digit for 6 tone Selcall is available and indicated by a _ c Turn the Rotary Channel Selector to select the desired ID 4 Press CALL SELCALL to transmit the Selcall CAL will display when transmitting the Selcall An acknowledge tone coming from the called radio will be received if you have successfully made c...

Page 42: ... Selcall ID it will perform the following operations a Automatically responds to the caller by transmitting Acknowledge Tones b Informs you that a caller is on the Channel by emitting a CALL ALARM Default Alarm Setting four successive beeps in a regular interval for 10 seconds Refer to p 40 Alarm Mode for other alarm settings and displays the CAL icon c Flashes the TSQ icon for about 20 seconds al...

Page 43: ...thin 20 seconds TSQ Scanning resumes The CAL icon remains on the LCD display To look for the Channel where the CALL is received a Cancel TSQ Scanning by pressing SCAN b Turn the Rotary Channel Selector to browse through the TSQ Channels The CAL indicator marks the Channel where the Call is received 2 When answered TSQ Scanning is automatically deactivated The Channel is removed from the QUIET Oper...

Page 44: ...X X X X A 100 radios X X X A A 1000 radios X X A A A 10000 radios X A A A A where X is a common Selcall ID prefix of your group and A is the CCIR Assigned Group Tone Code Example If one group comprises 10 members with Selcall IDs the ID numbers could be as follows Group ID Individual ID 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 4 3 to 1 2 3 4 9 all in TSQ mode at CH20 If someone transmits ID 1234A on CH...

Page 45: ...er Off the UH8050S 2 Press and hold POWER and MENU The SELCALL Settings Menu will display no tone will sound 3 Press MENU repeatedly to select the Tone Period setting which is indicated on the display as Pd 4 Press SCAN to edit the setting The current setting flashes 5 Turn the Rotary Channel Selector to select the desired tone period from 40ms 70ms or 100ms 6 Press SCAN to exit the setting 7 Pres...

Page 46: ...ead in Tone when programmed rides on the Lead in Delay Hence when transmitting a Selcall ID a continuous tone will be heard for the duration of the Lead in Delay The main purpose of the Lead in Tone is to increase the probability of contact between your unit and another radio when TSQ Scanning 1 Power Off the UH8050S 2 Press and hold POWER and MENU The SELCALL Settings Menu will display no tone wi...

Page 47: ...odes transmission by using the PTT button is possible when the TSQ icon is flashing 1 Power Off the UH8050S 2 Press and hold POWER and MENU The SELCALL Settings Menu will display no tone will sound 3 Press MENU repeatedly to select the Alarm mode setting which is indicated on the display as AL 4 Press SCAN to edit the setting The current setting flashes 5 Turn the Rotary Channel Selector to select...

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Page 50: ... use This allows for additional channels to be added up to 80 Channels This simply means that the new narrowband radio you have purchased will have more channels than older radios Please refer to the guidelines above and the channel chart for further channel information A list of currently authorised channels can also be obtained from the ACMA website in Australia and the MBIE website in New Zeala...

Page 51: ...nly 3 476 475 477 225 CH33 23 476 975 RX only 4 476 500 477 250 CH34 24 477 000 5 476 525 477 275 CH35 25 477 025 6 476 550 477 300 CH36 26 477 050 7 476 575 477 325 CH37 27 477 075 8 476 600 477 350 CH38 28 477 100 9 476 625 29 477 125 10 476 650 30 477 150 11 476 675 31 477 175 12 476 700 32 477 200 13 476 725 33 477 225 14 476 750 34 477 250 15 476 775 35 477 275 16 476 800 36 477 300 17 476 82...

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Page 53: ...ied altered or used as part of any conversion kits subassemblies or any configurations not sold by Uniden Aust or Uniden NZ C Improperly installed contrary to instructions contained in the relevant Owner s Manual D Repaired by someone other than an authorized Uniden Repair Agent in relation to a defect or malfunction covered by this warranty or E Used in conjunction with any equipment parts or a s...

Page 54: ...service Depending on the country in which the Product was first purchased if you believe that your Product does not conform with this warranty you should deliver the Product together with satisfactory evidence of your original purchase such as a legible copy of the sales docket to Uniden at the addresses shown below You should contact Uniden regarding any compensation that may be payable for your ...

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