User Guide – HX446 Series v10/10 Professional compact PMR446 handheld transceiver Common Information HX446E Entry HX446L LCD
Introduction Common This guide covers the ‘basics’ of your radio’s operation. To meet your exact requirements the radio may have been customised by your Entel authorised dealer. These features will be explained in a separate guide issued by the dealer.
Certification We Entel UK Limited of: 320 Centennial Avenue Centennial Park Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3TJ United Kingdom Declares under our sole responsibility that the product range: HX446 PMR446 UHF Handheld Radio Transceiver Conforms to the following standards or other nominative documents: • EN300 296-2 V1.2.1; EN301489-1 V1.8.1: 2008-04, EN3-1 489-5 V1.3.1: 2002-08; EN60950-1:2006 in accordance with Directive 1999/5/EC.
Radio care Common Warranty Caution The HX446E/L comes with a 12 month warranty, for details see our full terms & conditions.
Battery care / information • • • Common Do not charge the battery near fires or under direct sunlight • Use only the specified charger and observe charging requirements • Do not pierce the battery with any object or strike it with an instrument • Do not use the battery pack if it is damaged in any way • Do not reverse-charge or reverse-connect the battery • Do not touch a ruptured or leaking battery If liquids from the battery get into your eyes, immediately: The warranty on all batteries is 12 months o
Packing List Common • HX446E Transceiver with stubby or high efficiency whip antenna • CNB450E Rechargeable 1800mAh Li-Ion battery • CBH450 Spring loaded belt clip • CSAHX Dual slot intelligent rapid charger • User guide CD Optional Accessories Battery & Charger Options CNB450E CSAHX CSBHX Spare 1800mAh Lithium-Ion battery pack with rear clip 1-way dual slot intelligent rapid charger, 110-230v 6-way dual slot intelligent, rapid charger, 110-230v Carry Options CFC450 CLC452 CLC455 CBH450 Soft l
Optional Accessories Cont... For complete up to date list of optional accessories visit www.entel.co.uk Preparing your radio for use Attaching / Removing the Battery 1 To attach, locate the pegs on the bottom of the battery into the slots on the radio and press the top of the battery against the radio until you hear a click. 2 1 2 To remove, slide the two latches on the side of the battery down and pull the battery away from the top of the radio.
Preparing Your Radio For Use cont... Common Attaching / Removing Audio Accessories 1 To attach, remove the accessory cover by unscrewing the locking screw anti-clockwise (store the cover in a safe place). Attach accessory plug by locating the peg on top of the plug into the slot of the radio’s socket. Carefully tighten the locking screw clockwise until finger tight (do not tighten with a screwdriver etc).
Using Your Radio Making a Call Before transmitting on your radio, first ensure that the channel is not in use (yellow or green busy LED will be illuminated and audio may be heard from speaker). To transmit press and hold the PTT button on the side of the radio, speak clearly 25-50mm from the microphone. Release the button to receive. Transmit Time Out Timer (T.O.T.) A transmit time out timer is enabled on your radio. This will prevent the radio from transmitting continuously.
Using Your Radio cont... Voice Scrambler (option) Common With the optional voice scrambler you can prevent potential eavesdropping on your calls by others. This will make your voice transmission difficult to understand by anyone monitoring the same channel as you are using. If your dealer has made this a selectable feature, follow the instructions provided by the dealer. *Due to local regulation, in some countries the scrambler feature may not be available, please check with your dealer prior to purchase.
HX446E Standard Features: 16 programmable channel positions (8 RF frequencies) • Full transmit power output 0.5 watts • 1800mAH Lithium-Ion battery for superior operational time • CTCSS & DCS (Analogue & Digital squelch) with squelch tail elimination (removes the ‘shh’ noise) • Environmentally protected to IP55 i.e.
Controls & Indicators 2 Channel select control Antenna 1 On / Off / volume control HX446E 6 Function button 3 & LED indicator 3 Push To Talk (PTT) switch Speaker 4 Function button 1 Microphone 5 Function button 2 1 On / Off / volume control. Rotate clockwise to turn on and increase volume, anticlockwise to reduce volume and turn off. 2 Channel select control. Rotate to select the desired channel. 3 Push to talk button, press to speak and release to listen. 4 Function button 1.
Programming your HX446E radio The radio’s frequency and tone configuration can be changed in user programming mode. This will allow you to put any of the standard frequencies or tones into any channel position. When a radio has been configured this information can be quickly and easily cloned into other units using an optional cloning cable. The programming process is confirmed using a series of audible beep tone patterns.
Check / Modify CTCSS/DCS Tone Checking the current configuration • HX446E A momentary press of the bottom side function button will cause the radio to beep the CTCSS/DCS tone programmed into the channel (see CTCSS/DCS beep codes below). If no tone is programmed into a channel position a tone will sound.
User Programmable Key Lock The user programmable Key Lock function allows the Key Lock to be assigned to the lower side button and enabled \ disabled via the radio’s controls without the use of a computer. Checking The Status Of The Key Lock To check whether the key lock is currently enabled or disabled: • Put the radio into User Programming Mode (UPM) by pressing and holding the top side button and the PTT button when you turn the radio on.
Radio Cloning Radio cloning allows you to copy the programmed channel and button setup information from a ‘master’ radio into other unprogrammed radios without the use of a PC. Cloning is performed by connecting two radios together using a HXCL cloning lead. How to clone a radio HX446E Connect the HXCL lead to the accessory socket on both radios. Ensure the master radio is powered up before the slave radio. 1.
Frequency Table Frequency 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 446.00625 MHz 446.01875 MHz 446.03125 MHz 446.04375 MHz 446.05625 MHz 446.06875 MHz 446.08125 MHz 446.09375 MHz Beeps • •• ••• •••• ••••• •••••• ••••••• •••••••• HX446E No CTCSS (PL) Tone Table Ref CTCSS (Hz) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0 62.5 67 69.3 71.9 74.4 77 79.7 82.5 85.4 88.5 91.5 94.8 97.4 100 103.5 107.2 110.9 114.8 118.8 123 127.3 131.8 136.5 141.3 146.
DCS (DPL) Tone Table HT446E Ref DCS 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 023 025 026 031 032 043 047 051 054 065 071 072 073 074 114 115 116 125 131 132 134 143 152 155 156 162 165 172 174 205 223 226 243 244 245 Beeps ▬ ● 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ref DCS 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110
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HX446L Features: All the features of the HX446E (see page 8) plus the following additional / Dealer programmable features: • LCD Display • Up to 255 programmable channel positions (8 RF channels) • Low battery indication on LCD dispaly • Battery count is displayed at switch on • Multiple channel scan groups HX446L 19
Controls & Indicators 2 Channel change control Antenna 1 On / Off / Volume control 5 Dealer programmable button 3 & LED indicator Speaker Microphone 4 Dealer programmable buttons 1 & 2 1 On / Off / Volume control. Rotate clockwise to turn on and increase volume, anticlockwise to reduce volume and turn off. 2 Channel change control. 3 Push To Talk button (PTT), press to speak and release to listen. 4 Dealer programmable buttons 1 & 2 (ask your dealer for more information).
LCD Indicators • Keypad Locked • Bluetooth Device Connected • Accessory Connected • VOX Enabled • Scramble Enabled • Battery State • Receive Strength / TX Output RX / L HX446L 21
Programming your HX446L radio The radio’s frequency and tone configuration can be changed in user programming mode. This will allow you to put any of the standard frequencies or tones into any channel position. When a radio has been configured this information can be quickly and easily cloned into other units using an optional cloning cable. The programming process is confirmed using a series of audible beep tone patterns.
User Programmable Key Lock The user programmable Key Lock function allows the Key Lock to be assigned to the lower side button and enabled \ disabled via the radios controls without the use of a computer. Checking The Status Of The Key Lock To check whether the key lock is currently enabled or disabled: • Put the radio into User Programming Mode (UPM) by pressing and holding the top side function button and the PTT button when you turn the radio on.
Radio Cloning HX446L Radio cloning allows you to copy the programmed channel and button setup information from a ‘master’ radio into other unprogrammed radios without the use of a PC. Cloning is performed by connecting two radios together using a HXCL cloning lead. How to clone a radio Connect the HXCL lead to the accessory socket on both radios. Ensure the master radio is powered up before the slave radio.
Default Channel Configuration The HX446 hand portable radio has been factory programmed with the default frequencies in the table below. This configuration may offer compatibility with other brands of PMR446 radio but can be altered either by your dealer or using button programming mode to match any existing PMR446 equipment. Ch. 1 446.006250 Ch. 2 446.018750 Ch. 3 446.031250 Ch. 4 446.043750 Ch. 5 446.056250 Ch. 6 446.068750 Ch. 7 446.081250 Ch. 8 446.093750 Ch 9 446.006250 Ch10 446.018750 Ch11 446.
Troubleshooting Guide PROBLEM PROBABLE CAUSE SOLUTION Radio will not power on Battery needs charging Battery is exhausted Recharge battery pack Replace the battery pack Radio will not talk with others Radios may be on different channel Check that all radios in same group or tone code are using the same channel and tone Hearing others’ conversations Using same channel and tone as other users Select a different channel and tone Control buttons not functioning Button lock activated Turn Button loc
Notes Notes Use this page to record important information, such as the serial number of your radio and any private channels programmed by your dealer etc.
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