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Table of contents Table of contents ................................................................................... 3 Safety Information and Warnings ........................................................... 4 Controls and Connectors ........................................................................ 5 Installation ........................................................................................... 10 Operations ..............................................................................
Safety Information and Warnings Please read before installing or operating Your Oricom Radio 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.
Controls and Connectors Box Contents 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 UHF280 1 x RF Radio 1 x Controller Speaker Micrphone 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 1 x Microphone Hanger 1 x 2m long Extention cable 1 x
Controls and Connectors Front View Remote Head unit (UHF180) 1 2 3 9 4 5 6 1. Microphone connector 2. LCD Display 3. Power On/Off, channel & Volume control 4. Function button by short push & Duplex On/Off by long push 5. Open Scan, Memory On/Off, Group Scan 6 7 8 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.
Controls and Connectors Rear View Rear view of Radio (UHF180 & 280) 1. 3.5mm external jack for optional 8 ohm speaker 2. Power Supply connection 3. Antenna connection 3 2 1 Standard Microphone (UHF180) 1. 2. 3. 4.
Controls and Connectors Top view of Contoller Speaker Microphone (UHF280) 1. Volume Down, Channel Down 2. Volume Up, Channel Up 3. Power On/Off CH 200RX 1 3 2 Front view of Contoller Speaker Microphone (UHF280) 4. 5. 6. 7. LCD Display Function button & Duplex On/Off Open Scan, Memory On/Off, Group Scan 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.
Controls and Connectors LCD Icons & Indicators (UHF180 and UHF280) 1 2 3 4 5 6 18 7 8 16 9 10 11 12 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 13 FUNCTION RX or TX Signal strength Transmitter Indicator Receiver Indicator Quiet mode Priority On/Off Monitor On/Off Memory On/Off Key Lock 17 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
Installation INSTALLATION CAUTION When installing your radio in your vehicle, check that during installation you do not damage any wiring or vehicle components that may be hidden around the mounting position. For optimum performance your radio needs to be installed correctly. If you are unsure about how to install your radio, we suggest you have your radio professionally installed by a UHF specialist or Auto electrician. When installing the radio, avoid mounting it close to heaters or air conditioners.
Installation 1. Fix the mounting bracket in place by screwing through the slots in the bracket. 2. Fix the remote head unit to the mounting bracket with the thumb screws provided. 3. Connect the standard microphone to the remote head socket, and tighten up the thumb screw. Fitting the Controller Microphone 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’.
Installation Disconnecting the Remote Head/Speaker Controller Microphone It is recommended that the remote head be left permanently connected to the radio, but if it must be disconnected, proceed as follows: 1. Lift the rubber boot and the lip of the raised area on the front panel. 2. Ease the rubber boot out of the cable entry hole and slide it along the cable away from the front panel. 3. Identify the plug locking lever, move the lever towards the plug body.
Installation Wiring Methods There are two possible wiring configurations for connecting to the Vehicles power supply. A. Radio stays ON when the ignition is switched OFF Connect the radio's negative (black) lead to the vehicle chassis, or directly to the batteries negative terminal. Connect the radio's positive (red) lead via the 2 Amp fuse to the battery's positive terminal. Alternatively, the positive lead could be connected at the fuse box at a point that has +13.
Operations Power on and off * Press and hold the PWR button on the UHF180 Remote Head or the UHF280 microphone PWR button for 2 seconds. * The default channel is set at CH01. CH CH 200RX 200RX UHF180 UHF280 Volume control * The UHF180 has a rotary electric volume control. Adjust the volume by rotating the channel knob clock-wise or adjust the volume control by pressing the Volume Up or Volume Down buttons on the microphone. * The UHF280 has Volume Up or Volume Down buttons on the microphone.
Operations CH CH 200RX 200RX blinking Tri Function buttons To use the primary function (F, SC, PRI, ID, MO) press the required button. To use the secondary function (DPX, MEM, LO, CAL, TSQ) press and hold the button for 2 seconds. To use the third function (OS/GS, ALPHA, QUIET, MENU), press F/DPX and press the required button.
Operations Priority Channel To store a Priority Channel, press the PRI/LO button. The letter "P" will appear when the priority channel is set. The channel you selected as your Priority Channel will then be automatically monitored during the Group Scan. Note: You can only store one channel as your priority channel. To store a Priority Channel 1. Select the required channel. 2. Briefly press and hold the PRI/LO button a loud beep is heard. The letter "P" appears when the priority channel is set.
Operations Selecting the Required CTCSS Tone To pre-select the CTCSS tone on your radio, please refer to the MENU settings on page 24. Enabling CTCSS on a Channel CTCSS when enabled is on all channels excluding channels 5 and 35. 1. Rotate the Channel knob to select the required channel. The letters "CT" will appear. 2. Press and hold the MO/TSQ button.
Operations Open Scan Group Scan With Group Scan the Radio scans for activity, but in addition, it also inserts your Priority Channel into the scan sequence. This means that your Priority Channel will be monitored regularly while scanning to ensure that no calls are missed. Any signals received on your Priority Channel will take precedence over any signals received on the other channels.
Operations Selcall Selcall or Selective Calling is a function that allows you to selectively call another radio, using a unique ID number. Your radio has 10 programmable Selcall ID memories. The ID memories are displayed as "C0 to C9". Here you will program Selcall ID numbers of other radios. Your Radio’s Selcall Identification number is preset at "12345". You must change this number to your own unique five digit Selcall ID number.
Operations Entering, Editting and Storing a Selcall Name or ID number 1. Briefly press the ID/CAL button. The CALL TO mode will be selected and the last-sent Selcall memory location will be displayed. 2. Rotate the Channel knob to select the required Selcall memory (locations C0 to C9). If no ALPHA name or ID number has been programmed for that memory, the radio will display ‘- - - - -’ otherwise it will display the last ALPHA name or NUMERIC code programmed into that memory. 3.
Operations To return the call Press F/DPX and hold the ID/CAL button for 2 seconds until the radio beeps. The callers Selcall Identity will be sent to the caller. Cancelling the Selcall Alert To cancel the alarm and talk on the channel, press the PTT button. The alarm 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.
Operations To call the group, program the Base radio Group ID code to 1234A. When you call the group, all of the above vehicles will receive the Group Calling Tone. Group call IDs can be stored in memory the same way as a Standard Selcall ID code, please refer to Entering, Editing and Storing a Selcall ID number at page 20.
Operations Setting up QUIET Mode To setup QUIET mode you must first ‘tag’ the channels that you want to stay quiet, then activate the QUIET mode. Once QUIET mode is activated, the channels you have tagged will remain quiet to all incoming signals unless your Selcall Ident is received. Channels not tagged will remain open to all signals and will operate normally. 1) Select the channel you want to put in "Q" mode using the channel selector. 2) Briefly press F/DPX and then Quiet button.
Operations Third functions MENU list * Use the channel knob to change the value of each setting. * Use the Scan button to select the next function. * If a button is not pressed within 8 seconds the Radio will automatically exit the menu mode. * Please see below menu modes. Control Functions SQ Level adjust MENU MENU 24 STEP Display Default off 3 7 OFF, CTCSS, DCS CTCSS 38 tone DCS 104ch 67Hz Back Light by 3 COLOR 1. Amber 2. Red 3.
Operations SQL: The radio has 8 preset ( off - 7) squelch levels: off - SQ off (monitor on condition) 1 - Max sensitivity (min squelch) 7 - min sensitivity (max/tight squelch) CTCSS and DCS setting This feature allows you to receive signals only from callers who have selected the same CTCSS and DCS code. DCS is similar to CTCSS. It provides 104 extra, digitally coded, squelch codes that follow after the 38 CTCSS codes. CTCSS 1-38, followed by DCS 1-104.
Operations Duplex Operation General Your radio has a Repeater Access function to allow use of local Repeater stations (if available in your area). Repeaters are shared radio system installed by interested parties (clubs, local business etc.) that pick transmissions on specific channels and re-transmit (or repeat) the received signal to another channel.
Operations 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 476.4375 476.4625 476.4875 476.5125 467.5375 476.5625 476.5875 476.6125 477.1875 CH71 477.2125 CH72 477.2375 CH73 477.2625 CH74 477.2875 CH75 477.3125 CH76 477.3375 CH77 477.3625 CH78 If you transmit on CH01 duplex mode, you are actually transmitting on CH31 the repeater station down converts your signal and retransmits on CH01. Your UHF180 and UHF280 allows you to pre-select Duplex operation individually on each channel.
Operations 200 Receive (RX) only Channels Manual Programming The UHF Radio has a wideband search feature which will allow you to search Frequencies ranging from 400-512MHz (in 12.5KHz steps). You may search the full range or you may search one of 4 smaller bands separately. 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.
Operations * press the PRI/LO button, next 2 digits will be blinking for the next frequency digits. * Rotary channel switch to select which 2 frequency digits you want. To store the required frequency, briefly press the ID/CAL button. Briefly press the F/DPX button and Power button to exit. Automatic programming 1. Press the PWR button to turn the radio on. 2. Briefly press the F/DPX button and then the Power Button. * The default Band frequency range will be displayed. 3.
UHF channels and frequencies Channel Frequency Table Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence 2002 No licence is required to own or operate this radio in Australia and New Zealand. The Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence 2002 contains the technical parameters, operating requirements, conditions of licence and relevant standards for Citizen Band (CB) radios. CB radios must comply with the class licence for their use to be authorised under the class licence.
UHF channels and frequencies 1 ! / " 2 0 1 ! / " 2 0 / !"/9/2" !"/9" !"/9" !"/9" !"/9"1" !"/9" !"/9"/ !"/9"" !"/9"2" !"/92 !"/92 !"/92 !"/921" !"/92 !"/92/ !"/92" !"/922" !"/90 !"/90 !"/9/2" !"/9" !"/9" !"/9" !"/9"1" !"/9" !"/9"/ !"/9"" !"/9"2" !"/92 !"/92 !"/92 !"/921" !"/92 !"/92/ !"/92" !"/922" !"/90 !"/90 1 C 11C 1!C 1 C 1/C 1"C 12C 10 ! " C " C "1C "!C " C "/C ""C "2C "0 2 !""9 2
UHF channels and frequencies 38 CTCSS CODE LIST CODE OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 32 Frequency(Hz) OFF 67.0 71.9 74.4 77.0 79.7 82.5 85.4 88.5 91.5 94.8 97.4 100.0 103.5 107.2 110.9 114.8 118.8 123.0 127.3 CODE 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Frequency(Hz) 131.8 136.5 141.3 146.2 151.4 156.7 162.2 167.9 173.8 179.9 186.2 192.8 203.5 210.7 218.1 225.7 233.6 241.8 250.
UHF180 Technical Specification UHF180 Technical Specification Compliance Frequency Range TX Frequency Range RX Number of TX/RX Channels Number of user programmable RX only Channels Channel Spacing TX/RX Wide Band Scanner Operating modes Selcall ID Scanning Speed Antenna Impeadance Operating Volts nominal Operating Volts Range Over Voltage Protection Over Current Protection Reverse Polarity Protection Frequency Stability Transmitter RF Output Power Modulation Maximum Deviation Spurious Emissions TX Audio pr
UHF180 Technical Specification Intermodulation Immunity Spurious Immunity Audio Output Power RX Audio de-emphasis Audio frequency response External speaker jacks Remote head (only) Dimensions Weight Transciever Dimensions Weight 34 > 70dB > 70dB 3 Watts Maximum -6dB/octave 300Hz to 3kHz 300Hz to 3kHz One on transceiver one on head unit for optional 8 Ohm mono spe aker (3.5mm jack.
Customer Support Customer Support If you have any problems setting up or using this product you will find useful tips and information in the Troubleshooting section of this user guide as well as “Frequently Asked Questions” on our website www.oricom.com.au. If you have further questions about using the product after reviewing the resources above or would like to purchase replacement parts or accessories please call our Customer Support Team.
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