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TABLE OF CONTENTS DESCRIPTION PAGE ACCESSORIES Optional Accessories ................................................. ii INTRODUCTION "Display Series" Model Numbers .............................. 1 Basic Features ........................................................... 1 CONTROL & OPERATION ............................................ 2 FIG-1: Radio Controls and Connectors .................... 2 OPERATION FIG-2: Volume Level Indicator .................................. 3 On-off/ Volume Adjust .........
INTRODUCTION THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING RITRON BASIC FEATURES Congratulations on your purchase of the Display Series base radio. Your new radio is the result of Ritron's 25 years history of designing, manufacturing, and supplying reliable, professional wireless communication products. Ritron wireless products will improve the operation, safety, and profitability of any organization by providing instant voice communications between employees throughout the workplace.
CONTROL & OPERATION 1 CHANNEL DISPLAY 5 The channel display will indicate the current operating channel. When the Scan Channel is selected the display will rapidly flash the channels being scanned, and will stop when a channel is received. The channel display also indicates the volume level between 0-9 whenever a volume control is pressed.
OPERATION As long as the Volume Up button is held down the volume will increase and the display will indicate the volume level as a number between 0 and 9. When the Volume Down button is held down the volume will decrease and the display will indicate the volume level as a number between 9 and 0. FIG-2: VOLUME LEVEL INDICATOR ON-OFF / VOLUME ADJUST To turn on the radio - press the On/Volume Up button. The radio will sound the Channel Beep.
OPERATION If you are unable to activate carrier or no squelch the radio has been optionally programming for Monitor Lockout. See your Ritron dealer or contact Ritron directly to disable this option. To activate 2-tone paging - simultaneously press both of the volume buttons and hold briefly before releasing. When 2-tone paging is turned on, the radio sounds a "triple beep". You will only hear broadcasts that first send your two unique paging tones.
OPERATION CHANNEL SCAN OPERATION Last Channel Scanned Alert Tone With Priority Scan enabled: Channel scanning allows you to listen to broadcasts on your radio channels. The "Display-Series" base radio will scan all channels programmed into the radio except the NOAA Weather Channel. When changing channels with the Channel Selector button, an alert tone will sound to indicate the last channel that received a message when the radio was scanning.
OPERATION When receiving a 2-tone page the radio will emit a "ring" tone similar to a telephone and the display will show a "C" to indicate that a call has been received. You can now proceed with normal two way communication until 2-tone paging has been reset. The "ring" tone will sound every time a 2-tone page is decoded. "Z" BUTTON - PROGRAMMABLE SOFT KEY The "Display-Series" base radio "Z" button can be programmed for any one of the following options to provide unique operation.
OPERATION NOAA WEATHER RADIO Use the PTT button to transmit messages without the DTMF ANI. If a channel is not programmed with a DTMF ANI string the "Z" button will function as a PTT button. 2-TONE PAGING ENCODE Pressing the "Z" button causes the radio to transmits a unique 2-tone page that can be programmed seperately for each channel.
NOAA WEATHER RADIO NOAA WEATHER CHANNEL 1. PRESS & HOLD UNTIL THE "RADIO OFF" TONES ARE HEARD, THEN RELEASE. 3. PRESS & RELEASE THE RADIO WILL START BEEPING. Once a NOAA weather frequency has been selected on your VHF model radio, a channel is created for listening to National Weather Service broadcasts. Press the Channel button to step through your radio channels. The NOAA Weather Channel will be after your last channel, and the display will light the segment representing the selected NOAA frequency.
RADIO PROGRAMMING HOW TO READOUT FIELD PROGRAMMABLE FREQUENCY & TONE CODES To talk to other users in your group, all radios must be set to the same frequency and Interference Eliminator codes. 3. PRESS & RELEASE THE RADIO WILL START BEEPING RAPIDLY. 1. Place the radio into Program/ Readout Mode by following the instructions in FIG7 at left. A "P" will appear on the LED display as you enter program mode. 2. PRESS & HOLD THE PUSH-TOTALK BUTTON. 4.
RADIO PROGRAMMING In our example we will program channel 3 of a UHF radio to operate on the "Brown Dot" frequency of 464.500 MHz (Frequency code "04") with 100.0 Hz tone (Tone code "12"). 04 1. Refer to Table 1 on page 11 to determine the two digit frequency code and write it down. 12 2. Refer to Table 2 on page 12 to determine the two digit tone code for 100.0 Hz and write it down. RADIO IDENTIFICATION 3. Place the radio into Program/ Readout Mode by following the instructions in FIG-7 on page 9.
RADIO PROGRAMMING TABLE 1: PROGRAMMABLE FREQUENCY CODES Code No. 01 02 19 20 21 22 23 00 Code No. 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 24 25 26 00 VHF MURS ** MHz Color Dot 154.6000 Green Dot 154.5700 Blue Dot 151.8200 MURS 151.8800 MURS 151.9400 MURS 154.6000 MURS/Green 154.5700 MURS/Blue DELETE Code* VHF Business Band MHz Color Dot 151.6250 Red Dot 151.9550 Purple Dot 151.9250 154.5400 154.5150 154.6550 151.6850 151.7150 151.7750 151.8050 151.8350 151.8950 154.4900 151.6550 151.
RADIO PROGRAMMING TABLE 2: INTERFERENCE ELIMINATOR PROGRAMMABLE QC TONE Code No. Hz Code No. Hz Code No. Hz CODES 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 00 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 Delete 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 123.0 127.3 131.8 136.5 141.3 146.2 151.4 156.7 162.2 167.9 173.8 179.9 186.2 192.8 203.5 210.7 218.1 35 225.7 36 233.6 37 241.8 38 250.3 39 69.4 40 159.8 41 165.5 42 171.3 43 177.
PROGRAMMING Courtesy Beep sounds a short tone at the end of each received transmission to indicate that the channel is clear and you may transmit. Transmit Clear To channel can be set to after the PTT has indicate that the radio begin talking. Talk Beep Any sound a short tone been pressed to is ready for you to Disable Field Programming only PC programming.
TROUBLESHOOTING NOTES 1. Reception can often be improved if you relocate by a short distance. This effect is more noticeable inside buildings. The range of the "Display Series" base radio is approximately two miles, line-ofsight. 2. If your radio does not detect calls from other radios on the channel, turn off Quiet Call by pressing and holding both volume buttons at the same timea double beep indicates Quiet Call is off. 3.
FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FCC REGULATIONS LICENSING The FCC requires the owners of the radios to obtain a station license before using them. The station licensee is responsible for ensuring that transmitter power, frequency and deviation are within the limits specified by the station license. The station licensee is also responsible for proper operation and maintenance of the radio equipment. This includes checking the transmitter frequency and deviation periodically, using appropriate methods.
RITRON, INC. LIMITED WARRANTY IMPORTANT WHAT THIS WARRANTY COVERS RITRON, INC. ("RITRON") provides the following warranty against defects in materials and/or workmanship in RITRON Radios and Accessories under normal use and service during the applicable warranty period (as stated below). "Accessories" means antennas, holsters, chargers, earphones, speaker/ microphones and items contained in the programming and programming/service kits.
Designed to work as an integrated system or as an add-on to virtually any existing 2-way radio system Display-Series Patriot & Jobcom Portables Pub. 14500045 REV. A Quick TalkTM Voice Alert Reporter for Remote Monitoring OutPost TM XT Quick Assist ® II of any sensor or switch Ruggedized Two-Way Callbox Push-Button RF Transmitter Battery-operated callboxes provide instant wireless communication over existing two-way radio systems 12-03 COPYRIGHT© 1999-2003 RITRON, INC.
