TX-150M SCAN MENU D/T MARINE TRANSCEIVER INSTRUCTION MANUAL Manufactured by www.ttikorea.co.
ENGLISH Thank you for purchasing this TTI radio. All our products are built to offer excellent value by combining advanced features, great design and manufacturing quality. To ensure you are familiar with the operation and features of your radio, and in order to obtain the best performance, please read this manual carefully before operation.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Caution ...................................................... 4 Radio Controls ........................................... 5 Equipment and Accessories Supplied ....... 6 Fitting the Battery pack .............................. 6 Battery Charging ....................................... 7 Radio Controls ........................................... 8 LCD Display ............................................ 10 Basic Radio Operation .............................
Caution ENGLISH IMPORTANT - READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and completely before operating your radio and retain this manual for future reference. NEVER connect the radio to a power source other than the supplied battery. This may damage your product. NEVER operate your radio with the antenna less than 5cm from exposed parts of the body. NEVER use the radio in or near a mining facility or other area which uses remotely triggered explosives or an area labelled "Blasting Area".
1 Strap Hole 2 Antenna 3 PTT Button 11 Jack Cover Lid Holder 4 Squelch & Monitor Button 12 Accessory Jack 5 Keypad Lock Button 13 LCD Display 6 Down Button 14 Up Button 7 Channel 16 Button 15 Scan Button 8 Menu Button 16 Dual/Triple Watch 9 Microphone 17 Speaker ENGLISH 1.
2. Equipment and Accessories Supplied ENGLISH 1. TX-150M radio 2. Replaceable Antenna 3. Li-Ion Battery pack (730mAh) 4. Charging Cradle 5. Power Adaptor 6. Carry Case 7. Instruction Manual 1 unit 1 unit 1 unit 1 unit 1 unit 1 unit 1 unit 3. Fitting the Battery pack Fitting 1. Ensure that your radio is switched off. 2. Align the bottom of the battery pack with the securing slots at the back of the radio. 3. Press the top of the battery into the back of the radio until it 'clicks' home. Removal 1.
To charge your radio, carefully follow these instructions: 1. Connect the power adaptor to the main power supply and connect the adaptor power plug to the charging cradle. 2. Disconnect any radio accessories and ensure the radio is switched off. 3. Insert the radio into the charging cradle until it 'clicks' home. The charger LED will glow red and charging will start. If the charger LED blinks red and green or the charger LED does not light, re-insert the radio into the charging cradle. 4.
5. Radio Controls ENGLISH 1. Power On/Off/Volume control Turn the knob clockwise to switch on and increase the volume and counter-clockwise to decrease the volume and switch off the radio. The radio will emit a confirmation tone when it switches on. 2. Push-To-Talk (PTT) button Press and hold this button to speak (transmit) and release the button to hear (receive) messages. You can only communicate with other marine band radios when the channel and privacy code settings are the same as yours.
8. MENU & LCM button Press this button briefly to activate the function menu. Press the button again (repeatedly) to step through the function menu. Press and hold this MENU D/T button to return to the previously used channel. 9. DUAL WATCH & TRIPLE WATCH button Press this button briefly to activate and de-activate the Dual Watch. Press and hold this button to SC D/T activate or de-activate the Triple Watch. Pressing this button briefly again during executing Triple Watch will change the mode to Dual Watch.
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The marine radio service that this radio uses shares channels on a 'take turns' basis. This means that other users and groups may be using any channel and privacy code combination. To communicate with other marine radios, all units must be switched to the same channel. If the combination you have chosen is already in use please make an alternative selection. 1. Switch on your radio. 2. Check and if necessary change the channel settings (see Function Mode). 3.
9. Radio Features Explained ENGLISH Volume Level To adjust the volume level, use the POWER On/Off/VOLUME control. To increase the volume turn this control clockwise, to decrease the volume turn this control counter-clockwise. Channels This radio operates on any one of the marine band radio channels. To communicate with other marine band radios, all units must be switched to the same channel and privacy code. To change the radio channel, press the UP or DOWN button when the radio is in stand-by mode.
Keypad Lock To toggle the key lock, press and hold the Keypad Lock button. The keypad lock icon appears when the lock is activated. Channel 16 The channel 16 (Distress channel) is used to initially contact another radio station for emergency communications. This channel is automatically monitored during Dual Watch and Triple Watch. Upon stand-by, you must monitor the channel 16.
ENGLISH When a signal is received on one channel among the three the unit will pause for about 5 seconds before resuming the triple watch. To activate the triple watch mode, first select a radio channel (see Channels) as the primary channel and select one priority channel. Press and hold the Dual Watch and Triple Watch button. The radio display will alternate among the primary channel, the channel 16 and the priority channel. The triple watch icon will appear.
To change the Priority Channel setting, press the MENU button until the Priority Channel icon and current setting flashes. Use the UP or DOWN button to change the setting. Press the PTT or MENU button or wait for 5 seconds to store your choice. The Priority Channel icon will appear when one Priority Channel has been selected. Key Beep If the Key Beep is activated, your radio will emit a confirmation tone whenever you use the keypad. You can activate or deactivate the Key Beep as required.
ENGLISH Call Tone Three kinds of Call Tones are available or the Call Tone can be turned off. To change the Call Tone setting, press the MENU button until the Call Tone icon appears. Use the UP or DOWN button to change the setting. Press the PTT or MENU button or wait for 5 seconds to store your choice. Display & Keypad Backlight The display and keypad backlight will illuminate for 5 seconds whenever any buttons (except for the PTT button) are pressed.
If you experience problems with your TX-150M marine band radio first check the battery power level as low batteries can cause problems such as poor transmission, weak reception and reduced sound quality. Then check the manual and radio display to ensure that a function (such as Lock) has not been activated by accident. If these steps do not solve the problem reset your unit as follows: 1. Switch off the radio. 2. Press and hold the Menu button, Down button and PTT button together. 3.
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13. Technical Specifications CH 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 26 27 28 37A 60 Frequency (MHz) Transmit Receive 156.050 156.100 156.150 156.200 156.250 156.300 156.350 156.400 156.450 156.500 156.550 156.600 156.650 156.700 156.750 156.800 156.850 156.900 156.950 157.000 157.050 157.100 157.150 157.200 157.250 157.300 157.350 157.400 157.850 156.025 160.650 160.700 160.750 160.800 160.850 156.300 160.950 156.400 156.450 156.500 156.550 156.600 156.650 156.700 156.
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY We, TTI Tech Co., Ltd. (TTI house, 163-4, Poi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea) declare on our sole responsibility that this equipment complies with the essential requirements of the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment Directive, 1999/5/EC, and that any applicable Essential Test Suite measurements have been performed.