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I N S T R U C T I O N M A N U A L

INSTRUCTION MANUAL TX4600 TX4600 INSTRUCTION MANUAL PAGE 3

The TX4600 is a radio transmitting device.

• Whentransmitting,keeptheantennamorethan25mmfromanypartoftheheadorbody.

• Donottransmitnearelectricalblastingequipmentorinexplosiveatmospheres.

• Donotallowchildrentooperatearadiotransmitterunsupervised.

SAFETY INFORMATION

SAfETy INfORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

IMPORTANT INfORMATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

EMERGENCy CHANNELS....................3

TELEMETRy CHANNELS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

fEATURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

CONTROLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

GENERAL OPERATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

CTCSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

SCANNING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

OpenScanMODe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

GrOupScanMODe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

SELECTIvE CALLING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

USING SELCALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

GROUP CALLING.........................14

LISTENING CHANNELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

SeekMODe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

MENU SETTINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

UHf CB OPERATING fREqUENCIES. . . . . . . . . . . 24

CTCSS TABLE............................25

SPECIfICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

SccOnTracTWarranTyaGainSTDefecTS. . 27

CONTENTS

IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING UHF CB RADIO

TheuseofthecitizenBandradioserviceislicensedinaustraliabytheacMaradiocommunications(citizensBandradioStations)classLicenceandinnewZealandbytheMinistryofeconomicDevelopmentnewZealand(MeD).aGeneraluserradioLicenceforcitizensBandradioandoperationissubjecttoconditionscontainedinthoselicences.

TheclasslicenceforusersandequipmentoperatinginthecB/prS477MHzbandhasbeenamended.Thisradiomeetsthenew80channelstandard.

insimpletermsthesameamountofspectrumisavailable;however,radiotransceiverscannowoperateinanarrowerbandwidthandhenceuselessspectrum.Theseradiosaregenerallyreferredtoasnarrowbandor12.5kHzradios.Byusing12.5kHzchannelspacinginsteadof25kHz,the40channelsoriginallyallocatedcannowbeexpandedto80channelstherebydoublingthechannelcapacityandrelievingcongestionintheuHfcB/prSband.

Original40channelwidebandradioswillcontinuetooperateontheoriginal40channels,howevertheywillnotbeabletoconverseonthenewerchannels41–80.Thenewernarrowbandradioswillbeabletoconversewithallolder40channelwidebandradiosonallchannels1to40aswellasthenewerchannelsallocatedfrom41to80.

Themixingofnarrowbandandwidebandradiosinthesamespectrumcancausesomepossibleoperatingissuesofinterferenceandvaryinglevelsofreceivedvolume.

POSSIBLE ISSUES

Whenanewnarrowbandradioreceivesatransmissionfromanolderwidebandradiothespeechmaysoundloudanddistorted-simplyadjustyourradiovolumeforbestperformance.

Whenanolderwidebandradioreceivesasignalfromanewnarrowbandradio,thespeechmaysoundquiet-simplyadjustyourradiovolumeforbestperformance.

Dependingonhowcloseyourreceivingradioistoanothertransmittingradio,therecanbeinterferencefromthetransmittingradioifitisusingachanneladjacenttothechannelyouarelisteningto.Simplytrygoingupordownafewchannelsfromthecurrentlyselectedchannel.

Theabovesituationsarenotafaultoftheradiobutasymptomofoperatingwidebandandnarrowbandradiosinthesamebandwidth.Thispossibleinterferencewilldecreaseovertimeasthepopulationofwidebandradiosagesanddecreases.

furtherinformationandupdatesareavailablefromtheaustraliancommunicationsandMediaauthority(acMa)atwww.acma.gov.auandtheMinistryofeconomicDevelopment(MeD),radioSpectrumManagementat:www.rsm.govt.nz

EMERGENCY CHANNELSTheacMahasallocatedchannels5/35foremergencyuseonly.channel5istheprimarySimplexemergencychannel.Whereachannel5repeaterisavailable,youshouldselectDuplexoncH5.

NoTe: channel35istheinputchannelforthechannel5repeaterthereforechannel35shouldalsonotbeusedforanythingotherthanemergencytransmissions.

TELEMETRY CHANNELSacMaregulationshaveallocatedchannels22and23fortelemetryonlyapplicationsandhaveprohibitedthetransmissionofspeechonthesechannels.consequently theTX4600hasatransmitinhibitappliedtochannels 22and23.

intheeventadditionaltelemetry/telecomandchannelsareapprovedbytheacMa,thesechannelsshallbeaddedtothosecurrentlylistedwherevoicetransmissionisinhibited.currentlytransmissionsonchannels61,62and63arealsoinhibitedandthesechannelsarereservedforfutureallocation.

INSTRUCTION MANUAL TX4600 TX4600 inSTrucTiOnManuaL paGe5

CONTROLS

channelupchannelDownpushToTalk

PPT

priority

MICROPHONE

TX4600

MENUF

SCANDIM

PRIQUIET

SQLALPHA

OFF.

channel channel LcD VolumeOn/Off Down up Display

Microphone Socket

Speaker

MenufUNCTION

Scan DiM

priorityqUIET

SquelchALPHA

(Dim) (Bright)

call/Skip

FRONT PANEL

LCD DISPLAY

CALL TOCALL FROM

Transmitindicator

Duplexindicator

Busyindicator

Scanindicator

QuieTMode

cTcSSindicator

channelinMemory indicator

QuieTTag

SelcallcallModealphanumericDisplay

channelnumber

FEATURES

• ingressprotectedtoip67

• SimpleoperationwithrotaryOn/OffVolumecontrol

• LargeLcDdisplaywithLampDimmingfunction

• presetSquelchcontrolwithuser-SelectableSensitivity

• channelScanningwithMemory

• frequencySeekfunctionwithBandedgeSelection

• allSurfaceMountTechnology

• 19user-SelectableListeningchannels

• SelectivecallingwithQuietMode

• CTCSS

• alphanumericTagging

• individualSelectableDuplexfunction

• Microprocessor Controlled Frequency Synthesiser: allowsuserprogrammablecontrolofscanning,Selcall,cTcSS,channelmemoriesandselectedfeatureoptions.

• Permanent Memory:retainsallusersettingsinnon-volatilememoryevenwhenthepowerhasbeenremoved.

• 80 Channels:nowexpandedto80channelsusingthenewnarrowbandspecification.

• Programmable Scan Function:Scansupto80programmablechannelswithbothGroupandOpenscanfunctionsavailable.

• User Programmable Receive-Only Channels:usetheTX4600’sfrontpanelcontrolstoprogramupto19ofyourownreceive-onlychannelsinthe403-520MHzfrequencyrange.

• In-Built CTCSS: userselectablecontinuousTonecodedSquelchSystemprovidesquietchanneloperation(canbeenabledordisabledonindividualchannels).

• In-Built Selcall: Selectivecallingofindividualsorgroupswithfourorfivedigitaniandfullyuser-adjustable5tonetransmittedSelcallident.alsoallowsalphanumericnamingofupto10identsforeasiercalleridentification.

• Front Facing Speaker:projectsthesoundforwardforgreaterclarity.

• Individually Programmable DUPLEX function:userselectableforonlythoseindividualchannelsinyourareathathaverepeaters,leavingtheothersfreeforuseasextrasimplexchannels.

• Priority Channel:auserprogrammableprioritychannelfeatureallowsyourworkingorlocalrepeaterchanneltobeinstantlyrecalledatthepressofabutton.

• Large High Contrast Liquid Crystal Display:fullydetailedLcDwithlargecharactersprovidesavisualindicationoftheselectedchannelandallselectedfunctionsataglance.LeDbacklitforviewingatnightwithDiMfunction.

• Quiet Mode:Selectableonindividualchannels,theQuietmodepreventsincomingsignalsfrombeing heardonselectedchannelsunlessprecededbyyourSelcallcode.

• Unique Page (Transpond) mode: allowsyoutotransferanincomingSelcalltoanotherradioifyour radioisunattended.

• Feature Disabling Function:allowsScanning,Squelch,Duplex,priority,channelselectionandcTcSSfeaturestobeenabledordisabledtomaketheradiosimplertooperate.

• Overvoltage Protection:Specialovervoltagedetectioncircuitryprotectstheradioandwarnsofexcessivevoltageconditionsbyflashingthedisplay.

• Australian Made:TheTX4600hasbeentotallydesignedandmanufacturedinGladesvillenSWtomeetthedemandingneedsoftheaustraliancommunity.


GENERAL OPERATION

FUNCTION KEY

ThefourkeysbeneaththeTX4600’sdisplayhavebothprimaryandsecondaryfunctions.TheirprimaryfunctionsareprintedinBlackwhiletheirsecondaryfunctionsareprintedinred.

To access the primary functions

Simplypresstherequiredkey. eg.TocontroltheSquelch,brieflypresstheSQLkey.

To access the secondary functions

presstheFkeyfollowedimmediatelybytherequiredkey.eg.ToDimthedisplay,brieflypresstheFkey(‘f’isdisplayed),thenpresstheDIMkey.Thedisplaywilldim.

NoTe: ifthesecondarykeyisnotpressedwithin10secondstheFkeyselectionwillbecancelled.

VOLUME ON/OFF

rotatethevolumecontrolclockwisepastthe‘click’toturntheTX4600on.continuetoadvancethecontrolclockwisetoincreasethevolume.rotatethecontrolcounterclockwisetoturntheradiooff.

NoTe: atminimumvolumesettingthereisstillsufficientvolumetobeheardinaquietcabinenvironment.

SELECTING CHANNELS

Brieflypressthechannel keytostepupwardsonechannelorthechannel keytostepdownwardsonechannel.ahighbeepwillbeheardateachpress.

pressandholdthe or keyfor1.5secondstoscrollquicklyupwardsordownwardsthroughthechannelsatarateof10channelspersecond.Whenthekeyisreleasedchannelscrollingstops.

TRANSMITTING

priortotransmitting,alwayscheckthechannelisnotbeingused.Thiscanbedonebyeitherlisteningorbycheckingthe‘Busy’indicatorisnotlit.

Totransmit,pressthepTT(push-to-Talk)buttononthemicrophone.Holdthemicrophoneabout5-8cmfromyourfaceandspeakatanormalvoicelevel.Themicrophoneisquitesensitivesoitisnotnecessarytoraiseyourvoiceorshout.releasethepTTwhenyouhavefinishedtalking.

SqUELCH CONTROL.

TheSquelchcontrolisusedtoeliminatethebackgroundnoisewhentherearenosignalspresent.TheTX4600

featuresapresetSquelchsystem.TheSquelchsensitivityhasbeenfactorysettoprovideoptimumperformanceinmostenvironments,howeverthesensitivitycanbealteredbytheuserifrequired,tosuitvaryingenvironmentalsituations.

TheSquelchcanbeopenedorclosedwiththeSQLkey.WhentheSquelchisopen,thereceiver’sbackgroundnoisecanbeheardand‘BuSy’isdisplayed.WhentheSquelchisclosed,thereceiverremainsquietwhentherearenosignalspresentbutanincomingsignalwilloverridethesquelchandbeheardinthespeaker.

To open the squelch

BrieflypresstheSQLkey.alowbeepwillbeheard.iftherearenosignalspresentyouwillhearthereceiver’sbackgroundnoise.

To close the Squelch,

BrieflypresstheSQLkeyagain.ahighbeepwillbeheardandthereceiverwillbecomequiet.

NoTe: ifanincomingsignalisveryweakandisclosetotheminimumsquelchlevel,itmaybecomebrokenor‘chopped’bythesquelchaction.Topreventthis,simplyopentheSquelchtoallowthesignaltobeheardclearly.alternativelyyoucanreducetheSquelchsensitivityasdescribedbelow.

SqUELCH SENSITIVITY

ThesensitivityoftheSquelchtoincomingsignalscanbesettosuityouroperatingenvironment.forexample,excessivelynoisyenvironmentsmaycausethesquelchtoopenonlocalnoise.TheTX4600hastenpresetSquelchsensitivitysettingsthatcanbeselectedusingtheMENUfunction.

To adjust the preset Squelch sensitivity

pleaserefertotheMENUsettingsonpage18.

PRIORITY CHANNEL

Theprioritychannelfeatureallowsyoutostoreoneof thechannelsasaprioritychannelthatcanbeinstantlyrecalledatthepressofakey.Thiscanbeusedtoprovideinstantaccesstoyourworkingchanneloryourlocalrepeaterchannel.

To store a Priority Channel:

1.Selecttherequiredchannel.

2.pressandholdthePRIkeyuntilahighbeepisheard.Theselectedchannelwillbestored.

To recall a Priority Channel:

BrieflypressthePRIkey.Theradiowillswitchstraighttotheselectedprioritychannel.anyactivefunctions(such asscanningorQuiet)willbecancelled.

DUPLEx OPERATION

Duplexoperationallowstheradiototransmitonadifferentfrequencytothatwhichisreceives.Thisallowsoperationthroughlocalrepeaterstations.Theserepeaterstationsautomaticallyre-transmityoursignaloverawiderarea,providinggreatlyincreasedrange.

Duplexoperationisonlyavailableonchannels1-8and41-48.Whenduplexisselectedonthesechannels,theradioreceivesonthatchannelbutactuallytransmits30channelshigher.

CTCSS

OVERVIEw

cTcSS(continuousTonecodedSquelchSystem)isasquelchquietingsystemthatallowsseveralgroupsofuserstosharethesamechannelwithoutdisturbingeachother.itusesapresetsub-audible(verylowfrequency)tonetoopenandclosethesquelchonyourradio.Thereareupto50tonesavailableintwooptionaltonesets.Thesystemappliesacontinuouslow-leveltonetoyourtransmissionandusesamatchingtonedecodertocontrolyourreceiver’ssquelch.WithcTcSSenabled,thechannelremainsquiettoallincomingsignalsunlesstheycarrythecorrecttone.Whenatransmissionwiththecorrecttoneisreceived,thesquelchopensandremainsopenforaslongasthesignalispresent.Whenthetransmissionends,thechannelbecomesquietagain.Transmissionsthatdonotusethecorrecttonewillnotbeheard.

TheTX4600allowscTcSStobeenabledordisabledonindividualchannels.

NoTe: ThecTcSStoneyouselectwillbeusedforallcTcSSenabledchannelsinyourradio.

MONITORING THE CHANNEL

itisusefultobeabletotemporarilyopenyourradio’ssquelchtoallowyoutolistenforsignalsfromothercTcSSusersoutsideyourgroup.BecausetheircTcSStoneisdifferenttoyours,yoursquelchwouldnormallyremainclosed,preventingyoufromhearingthem.youcanusetheSQLkeytoopenthesquelchandlistentothechanneltocheckthatitisclearbeforetransmitting.Thiswillhelppreventyoufromaccidentallytransmittingoverthetop ofsomeone.

To monitor the channel

presstheSQLkey.iftherearenosignalspresent,youwillheartheusualhissofanemptychannel.presstheSQLkeyagaintorestoretheSquelchtoitsprevioussetting.

SELECTING THE TONE SET

Therearetwostandardtonessetsavailable,onecomprising50tonesandtheothercomprising38tones.BothtonesetsareincludedintheTX4600toprovidecompatibilitywithotherGMeradiosystems.

SELECTING THE REqUIRED CTCSS TONE

TopreselectthecTcSStoneonyourradio,pleaserefertotheMenusettingsonpage19.

ENABLING CTCSS ON A CHANNEL

ifacTcSStonehasbeenselected,itcanbeenabledonindividualchannels.

1.pressthe or keystoselecttherequiredchannel.

2.pressandholdtheSQLkey.ahighbeepwillbeheardand‘SiLenT’willappearonthedisplay.

youmayactivatecTcSSonasmanychannelsasyouwishexceptchannel5whichisdesignatedforemergencyuse.

DISABLING CTCSS ON A CHANNEL

repeatsteps1and2above.alowbeepwillbeheardand‘SiLenT’willdisappear.

NoTe: youwillnotbeabletoactivatecTcSSifthecTcSStoneissetto‘of’.

SCANNING

OVERVIEw

TheTX4600hasaScanfunctionthatallowsgroupsofuserprogrammablechannelstobescannedforsignals.channelscanbescannedat20channelspersecond.Whenasignalisfound,scanningwillpauseonthatchanneltoallowthesignaltobeheard,thenresumescanningwhenthechannelisclearagain.

SCAN GROUPS

TheTX4600featurestwoscangroups-OpenScanandGroupScan.


Open Scan

allowsanyoftheinstalledchannelstobescannedforactivity.ifabusychannelisfound,scanningwillpausetoallowthesignaltobeheard.Oncethechannelhasbeenclearfor5seconds,scanningwillresumeautomatically.

21 3 4 5 6 7 8

eg:Scanningchannels1-8inOpenScan

Group Scan

alsoallowsanyoftheinstalledchannelstobescannedforactivity,butinaddition,italsoinsertsyourprioritychannelintothescansequence.Thismeansthatyourprioritychannelwillbemonitoredregularlywhilescanningtoensurethatnocallsaremissed.anysignalsreceivedonyourprioritychannelwilltakeprecedenceoveranysignalsreceivedontheotherchannels.

21 3 4 20 5 6 7 8 20

eg:Scanningchannels1-8withprioritychannel20inGroupScan.

SELECTING A SCAN GROUP

To preselect a scan group

TheradioisinitiallysettoOpenScanMode.pleaserefertotheMENUsettingsonpage18tochangetheScanGroup.

PROGRAMMING SCAN CHANNELS

yourTX4600issuppliedwithall80uHfcBchannelsprogrammedintotheOpenScanmemory.anychannelsnotneeded,canberemovedifrequired.TheGroupScanmemoryisemptybydefaultandyouwillneedtoadd channelstoitbeforeuse.

To add or remove channels from either scan memory:

1.ensurethattheradioisnotalreadyscanning.ifitis,brieflypresstheSCANkeytocancelthescanfunction.

2.ensureyouhavetherequiredscangrouppreselected(SeeMENUsettingsonpage18).

3.Selecttherequiredchannelusingthe or keys.

•if‘M’isvisibletotherightofthechannelnumber,theselectedchannelisalreadyinthescanmemory.itcanberemovedbyholdingtheSCANkeyinforafewsecondsuntilalowbeepisheard.‘M’willthendisappearindicatingthechannelisnolonger inmemory

•if‘M’isnotvisible,thentheselectedchannelisnot inthememory.Toaddit,holdtheSCANkeyinforafewsecondsuntilahighbeepisheard.‘M’will nowappear.

4.repeatstep3toaddorremoveotherchannelsinthescanmemory.

TO START SCANNING

Tobeginscanning,brieflypresstheSCANkey.ahighbeepwillbeheard,‘Scan’willappearinthedisplayandtheradiowillbeginscanning.inadditiontheselectedscangroupwillbedisplayedbelowthechannelnumber.

NoTe: ifthereisonlyonechannelprogrammedintotheOpenScanmemoryornoneintheGroupScanmemory,alonglowbeepwillbeheardwhenyoupresstheSCANkeyandthecommandwillbeignored.

TO STOP SCANNING

TocanceltheScan,brieflypresstheSCANkey.alowbeepwillbeheardand‘Scan’willdisappearfromthedisplay.

OPEN SCAN MODE

USING SCAN IN THE OPEN SCAN MODE

•ifabusychannelisfound,scanningwillpauseonthatchanneltoallowthesignaltobeheardandwillremainthereforaslongasthechannelremainsbusy.Oncethechannelhasbeenclearfor5seconds,scanningwillresumeautomatically.

•ifyourradiopausesonabusychannelandyoudon’twishtolistentothatconversation,brieflypresstheSKIP buttononthemicrophone(oroneofthechannelselectorkeys).Theradiowillskipoverthatchannelandresumescanningfromthenextchannelinthesequence.

•ifyourradioispausedonabusychannelandyouwishtoremainthere,brieflypresstheSCANkey.TheradiowillexittheScanmodeandremainonthebusychannel.

•Totransmitwhilepausedonabusychannel,simplypressthePTTbutton.TheradiowillexittheScanmodeandremainonthebusychannel.youcannowconverseonthatchannelintheusualway.Whenyouhavefinishedyourconversation,brieflypresstheSCANkeytoresumescanning.

•ifyourradioisscanningandyouneedtouseyourprioritychannel(foranurgentcalloranemergency),brieflypressthePRIkey.TheScanmodewillbecancelledandtheradiowilljumpstraighttothe prioritychannel.

NoTe: intheOpenScanmodeyourTX4600willnotallowyoutotransmitwhileitisscanning.ifthePTTbuttonispressedwhilescanning,theradiowillgivealowbeepandwillignorethecommand.yourradiowillonlytransmitwhileitispausedonabusychannel.

GROUP SCAN MODE

GroupScanallowsyoutotransmitandreceivenormallyonyourpriority(working)channel,whilecontinuingtoscanseveralotherchannels.ThereceiverwillscantheotherchannelsONLY WHILE THERE ARE NO SIGNALS ON THE PRIORITY CHANNEL.

ifasignalappearsontheprioritychannelitwilloverrideanysignalsbeingreceivedonanyoftheotherchannels.inaddition,ifyoupressthePTTbuttonatanytime,theradiowilltransmitontheprioritychannelintheusualway.

SETTING UP THE GROUP SCAN

referringtotheappropriatesectionsofthismanual:

1.preselecttheGroupScanmode(seeMENUsettingsonpage18).

2.Storeyourpreferredworkingchannelintotheprioritychannelmemory(see‘prioritychannel’).

3.programtherequired‘other’channelsintoyourGroupScanmemory(see‘programmingScanchannels’).

SCANNING IN THE GROUP SCAN MODE

ToscanintheGroupScanmode,brieflypresstheSCAN key.ahighbeepwillbeheard,‘Scan’willappearinthedisplayandtheradiowillbeginscanning.

NoTe: iftherearenochannelsprogrammedintheGroupScanmemorywhenyoupresstheSCANkey(orthereisonlyonechannelprogrammedanditisthesameas

theprioritychannel),alowbeepwillbeheardandthecommandwillbeignored.

Whenscanning,theTX4600scansallthechannelsprogrammedintotheGroupScanmemory,withtheprioritychannelbeingscannedaftereveryfourthchannel(Dealerprogrammableoption,ifyourequiredifferenttimingforyourprioritychannel,pleasecontactyourDealer).

•ifasignalappearsontheprioritychannel-atany time-thereceiverwillswitchstraighttotheprioritychannelandwillstaythereforaslongasthechannel isbusy.Duringthistimeyoucantransmitontheprioritychannelintheusualway.Oncetherehasbeenno activityfor5seconds,theradiowillresumescanning theotherchannels.

•ifasignalappearsononeoftheotherchannels,scanningwillpauseonthatchannelandwillremaintherewhilethechannelisbusy,aslongastherearenosignalsontheprioritychannel.Duringthistimethereceiverwillcontinuetochecktheprioritychannelforsignalsevery2seconds,resultinginaseriesofsmall‘breaks’inthereceptionofthepausedchannel.Oncetherehasbeennoactivityonanychannelfor5seconds,theradiowillresumescanning.

•ifyourradiopausesonabusychannelandyoudon’twishtolistentothatconversation,brieflypresstheSKIP buttononthemicrophone(oroneofthechannelselectorkeys).Theradiowillskipoverthatchannelandresumescanningfromthenextchannelinthesequence.

•ifyourradioispausedonabusychannelandyouwishtoremainthere,brieflypresstheSCANkey.TheradiowillexittheScanmodeandremainonthebusychannel.notethattheradiowillnolongerbemonitoringtheprioritychannel(unlessitisthesameasthebusychannel).Toresumescanning,presstheSCANkeyagain.

•Totransmitonascannedchannel,pressthePTTbuttonwhiletheradioispausedonthatchannel,thentalkintheusualway.Theradiowillresumescanningwhenyouhavefinishedyourconversationandtherehasbeennofurtheractivityonthechannelfor5seconds.

•Totransmitonthepriority(working)channelaTanyTiMe,simplypressthePTTbuttonwhiletheradioisscanning.Theradiowillswitchstraighttotheprioritychannel.Whenyouhavefinishedyourconversationandtherehasbeennofurtheractivityontheprioritychannelfor5seconds,theradiowillresumescanningtheotherchannels.

•Togodirectlytotheprioritychannel,brieflypressthe PRIkey.TheradiowillexittheScanmode.


USING TwO GROUP SCAN OR TwO OPEN SCAN MODES

ifyouprefer,theTX4600canbere-programmedtohavetwoGroupScanmodesortwoOpenScanmodesinsteadofoneofeach.

forexampletheremaybeapplicationswhereyouhavenoneedtoscantheprioritychannelandwouldprefertohavetwoseparateOpenScanmodes.alternativelyyoumayhaveapplicationswhereyouprefertohavetwoGroupScanmodeswithdifferentScangroupsineach.

yourTX4600canbeDealerprogrammedtoconverttheGroupScanmodeintoasecondOpenScanmodeandviceversa.ifyouwouldprefertohavetwoGroupScanortwoOpenScanmodes,youshouldcontactyourGMeDealertoarrangeforthisfeaturetobeenabled(whenusingtwoGroupScanmodestheprioritychannelwillbethesamechannelforbothscangroups).

WhenthesecondOpenorGroupScanmodeisenabled, theresultingtwoScanmodesbecomeScan1andScan2.Toselecttherequiredscanmode,refertotheMENU settingsonpage18.

Whenenabled,thetwoScanmodeswillbeidenticalinoperation.Toprogramandoperateeach,refertotheOpenScan/GroupScansectionsabove.

NoTe: enablingordisablingthesecondOpenorGroupScanmodeisnotauserselectableoption.OnceenabledbyyourDealer,thechangedScanmodebecomesapermanentpartoftheTX4600’sfeaturesandreplacesthestandardScanselection.ifyoufindlaterthatyouneedtheoriginalGrouporOpenScanfunctionre-enabled,youwillneedtoreturnyourTX4600toyourDealerforre-programming.

SELECTIVE CALLING

OVERVIEw

yourTX4600hasaSelectivecallingsystemknown asSelcallthatoperateslikeatelephone.yourradioispre-programmedwithitsownuniqueSelcallidentificationnumber.ifthisnumberiscalledbyanotherradio,yourTX4600willbeeptoalertyou.ifyoudonotwanttohearanyotheractivitywhilewaitingonachannel,youcanselecttheQuieTmode.ThiswillforcetheradiotoremainquiettoallincomingsignalsuntilyourSelcallnumberiscalled.

yourTX4600willallowyoutostoreuptotenofyour mostfrequentlycalledSelcallnumbersinmemoryand eachnumbercanbelabelledwitha5-letternamefor easyidentification.

SELCALL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

yourTX4600isfactoryprogrammedwithitsownuniqueSelcallidentificationnumber(ident).Thisnumberidentifiesyourradiofromothersinyourarea.yourradio’sownSelcallidentwillbedisplayedforafewseconds,directlybeneaththechanneldisplay,whenyoufirstturntheradioon.

youwillneedtomakeyouridentknowntoanyonewhomayneedtocallyouusingSelcall.WheneveryourTX4600hearsaSelcallsignal,itcomparestheincomingidentwithitsown.ifthetwoidentsmatch,theradioknowsitisbeingcalledandsoundsanalarmtoalertyou,otherwisethecallisignored.

NoTe: althoughyourradio’sSelcallidentispre-programmedatthefactory,youcanarrangetohaveyourDealerchangeitifrequired.

SELCALL IDENT NAMES

WhenstoringSelcallidentsinmemory,theTX4600allowsyoutoadda5characternametoeachone,makingiteasiertoidentifywhoseidentyouarerecallingfromthememory.inaddition,ifanincomingSelcallmatchesoneoftheidentsstoredinthememory,thenamecanbedisplayedtomakeiteasierforyoutoidentifythecaller.

To add or display names

yourTX4600mustbeintheaLpHamode.ToswitchbetweenaLpHamodeandnuMericmode,brieflypresstheF(function)keyfollowedbytheALPHAkey.‘aLpHa’or‘nuMer’willbedisplayedfor2secondsbelowthechanneldisplaytoindicatetheselectedmode.

THE qUIET MODE (q)

yourTX4600canbesettomonitorsignalsonabusychannelbutremainQuieTunlessitreceivesitsownSelcallident.inthisway,youwon’tbedisturbedunlesssomeonecallsyou.WhenasignalcontainingyourSelcallidentisreceived,theQuieTmodeisdeactivatedandanalarmsoundstoalertyoutothecall.youcanthenconversenormallyonthechannel.TousetheQuieTmode,refertotheQuieTModesectionfurtherbelow.

NoTe: TheQuieTmodeoverridesthenormalSquelchsystemtoensurethattheradioremainsquietevenwhenthechannelisbusy.WhenQUIETisset,youmayseethe‘BuSy’iconappearonthedisplayindicatingthechannelisbeingused.However,unlesssomeonetransmitsyourSelcallident,nothingwillbeheardinthespeaker.

youcanactivatetheQuieTmodeonindividualchannelsie.somechannelscanbesettoremainQuietwhileotherscanremainopentoallincomingsignals.

TIP: SettingtheQuieTmodeisnotmandatory.youcanstilluseSelcallonanychannelwhethertheQuieTmodeissetornot.

SELCALL MEMORIES

yourTX4600isfittedwithone‘call’memoryand10Selcallidentmemories.The10SelcallidentmemoriesareusedtostorefrequentlyusedSelcallidents.Theadditional‘call’memoryholdstheidentyoulastsentorreceived.ThememoriescanbeviewedbybrieflypressingtheCALL button.Theinitialmemorydisplayedisthe‘call’memory.pressingthechannelselectionkeyswillstepthroughtheother10Selcallstoragememoriesinsequence.Selcallmemoriesarelabelled‘c0’to‘c9’.

USING SELCALL

ENTERING A SELCALL IDENT

1.presstheCALLbutton.‘caLLTO’isdisplayed,alongwiththelastsentorreceivedSelcallident.

NoTe: ifanALPHAlabelisdisplayedyouwillneedtoswitchtonumericMode.Totogglebetweenalphamodeandnumericmode,brieflypresstheFkeyfollowedbytheALPHAkey.ahighbeepindicatesalphamodeisselectedwhilealowbeepmeansthenumericmodeisselected.

2.entertherequiredSelcallidentasfollows:

(a)pressandholdtheFkeyuntiltheradiobeeps.Theright-handdigitoftheSelcallidentwillflash.

(b)pressthe or keystoselecttherequirednumberintheflashingdigitposition.

(c)BrieflypresstheFkeyagaintoselectthenextdigitposition.

(d)repeatsteps(b)and(c)toenterall5digitsasrequired.TheSelcallnumberisnowreadytosend.

SENDING A SELCALL

WiththeSelcallnumberdisplayed,pressandholdtheCALL buttonfor2seconds.alongbeepwillbeheardandtheradiowilltransmittheSelcallident.

NoTe: ifthecallisnotsentwithin10secondsofenteringthelastidentdigitthecallmodewilltimeoutandtheradiowillreturntonormalmode.ToexitthecaLLTOmodewithoutsendingtheSelcallbrieflypresstheCALLbutton

CALL ACKNOwLEDGE

ifyourSelcalltransmissionissuccessful,theradioyoucalledshouldrespondwithan‘acknowledge’signal-usuallytwoquickbeeps.Thiswillconfirmtoyouthattheradioyoucalledisnowalertingitsusertoyoursignal.

STORING SELCALL IDENTS

yourTX4600isfittedwith10userprogrammableSelcallidentmemories,allowingyoutostoreupto10frequentlyusedSelcallidents.ThememoriesareaccessedbypressingtheCALLbutton,thenpressingthechannelselectorkeystoscrollthroughthememories.identmemoriesarelabelled‘c0’to‘c9’.

To Store a Selcall Ident in memory

1.presstheCALLbuttontoselectthecaLLTOmode.‘caLLTO’isdisplayedalongwiththelastsentorreceivedSelcallident.

2.presschannelselectorkeystoselecttherequiredidentmemory(locations‘c0’to‘c9’).

TIP: iftheradiodisplayslettersinsteadofnumbersintheSelcallidentposition,yourradioisinaLpHamode.ToswitchbacktonuMericmode,brieflypresstheF (function)keyfollowedimmediatelybytheALPHAkey.alowbeepwillbeheardand’nuMer’willbedisplayedforafewsecondsintheidentposition.

3.Withtherequiredmemorylocationdisplayed,entertheSelcallidentasfollows:

(a) pressandholdtheFkeyuntiltheradiobeeps.Theright-handdigitoftheSelcallidentwillflash.

(b) pressthe or keystoselecttherequirednumberintheflashingdigitposition.

(c) BrieflypresstheFkeyagaintoselectthenextdigitposition.

(d) repeatsteps(b)and(c)toenterall5digits asrequired.

CALL TO


RECEIVING SELCALLS

WhenyourTX4600receivesitsSelcallident,analarmwillsoundtoalertyoutothecall.initiallythealarmwillbeepurgentlyat2beepspersecondforaround10secondsthenslowtoaround1beepevery3secondsifthecallisnotanswered.itwillthencontinuetobeepindefinitelyuntilyoucancelit(thewayyourTX4600handlestheSelcallalertcanbealteredbyyourDealer).

inadditiontothealarm,thewords‘caLLfrOM’willappearonthedisplayalongwiththecallersSelcallidentoraLpHanametoinformyouoftheidentityofthepersoncalling.ToswitchbetweentheSelcallidentandtheaLpHanamebrieflypresstheFkeyfollowedbytheALPHAkey.

CANCELLING THE SELCALL ALERT

Thefollowingaretherecommendedmethods:

To Cancel the Alarm and talk on the channel:

pressthePTTswitchandtalkintheusualway.Thealarmwillbecancelledandthechannelwillbeopenfornormalcommunication.

To return the call:

pressandholdtheCALLbuttonforafewsecondsuntiltheradiobeeps.ThecallersSelcallwillbesenttothecaller.

To Cancel the Alarm and listen on the channel:

BrieflypresstheQUIETbutton(ifQuieThasbeenactivated).Thealarmwillstopbeepingandthechannel willremainopentoanyincomingsignals.

qUIET MODE

TheQuieTmodemutestheTX4600’sreceivertopreventanyincomingsignalsfrombeingheardinthespeakeruntilyourSelcallidentisreceived.inthiswayyoucanmonitorabusychannelforpersonalcallswithoutbeingdisturbedbyunwantedsignals.

ifyourSelcallidentisreceived,theQuieTmodeisthencancelledandallincomingsignalsareheardinthespeaker.

SETTING UP THE qUIET MODE

TosetuptheQuieTmodeyoumustfirst‘tag’thechannelsthatyouwanttostayQuiet,thenactivatetheQuieTmode.OncetheQuieTmodeisactivated,thechannelsyouhavetaggedwillremainQuiettoallincomingsignalsunlessyourSelcallidentisreceived.channelsnottaggedwillremainopentoallsignalsandwilloperatenormally.

To Tag individual channels for QUIET operation:

1.Selecttherequiredchannelusingthe or keys.

2.BrieflypresstheFkeythenpressandholdtheQUIET keyuntiltheradiobeeps.‘Q’willappeartotherightofthechanneldisplayindicatingtheselectedchannelisnowtaggedforQuietoperation.

To Remove the QUIET Tag from Individual Channels:

1.SelectachannelthathasbeentaggedforQuietoperation.‘Q’willbedisplayed.

2.BrieflypresstheFkeythenpressandholdtheQUIET keyuntiltheradiobeeps.‘Q’willdisappearindicatingthischannelisnolongertaggedforQuietoperation.

ACTIVATING THE qUIET MODE

1.first,selectachannelthathasbeentaggedforQuietoperation(youcannotactivatetheQuietmodeunlessyouhaveselecteda‘tagged’channel).‘Q’willbedisplayed.

2.nowbrieflypresstheFkeyfollowedbytheQUIETkey.‘QuieT’willappearonthedisplay.

nowallchannelsthatweretaggedforQuietoperationwillbeoperatingintheQuietMode.

(e) nowpressandholdtheFkey.Theentireidentwillflashforafewsecondsthentheradiowillbeepasthenewidentisstored.

RECALLING SELCALL IDENTS FROM MEMORY

1presstheCALLbuttontoselectthecaLLTOmode.‘caLLTO’isdisplayedalongwiththelastsentorreceivedSelcallident.

2.pressthe or keystoselecttherequiredidentmemoryinlocations‘c0’to‘c9’.

3.WhentherequiredSelcallMemoryisdisplayed,press andholdtheCALLbuttontosendtheident.

NAMING YOUR SELCALL IDENTS

TheTX4600allowsyoutonameeachSelcallidentusinga 5characteraLpHaname.Thenameisstoredinmemoryalongwiththeidentmakingiteasiertoidentifywhoseidentyouarerecallingfromthememory.ifanincomingSelcallmatchesoneofthoseinyourradio’smemory,thenamecanbedisplayedinsteadoftheSelcallident.

DISPLAYING ALPHA NAMES

TodisplaytheSelcall’saLpHaname,youmusthavetheradio’saLpHadisplaymodeselected.TotoggletheaLpHadisplaymode,brieflypresstheF(function)keyfollowedbytheALPHAkey.‘aLpHa’or‘nuMer’willbedisplayedfor2secondsbelowthechanneldisplaytoindicatethe selectedmode.

TIP: Thenormalchanneldisplaymaygivenoindicationofwhichdisplaymodeisselected.Theselectedmodewillonlybecomeobviouswhendisplayingidents.

ENTERING AND STORING A SELCALL NAME

NoTe: BeforeaddinganaLpHanametoaSelcallident,youshouldfirststoretherequiredidentinmemoryasdescribedaboveunder‘STOrinGSeLcaLLiDenTS’on page11.

1.ensuretheaLpHamodeisselected(brieflypresstheF keyfollowedbytheALPHAkeytotoggleaLpHamode).

2.BrieflypresstheCALLbutton.ThecaLLTOmodewillbeselectedandthelast-sentSelcallmemorylocationwillbedisplayed.

3.pressthe or keystoselecttherequiredSelcallmemory(locationsc0toc9).ifnoaLpHanamehasbeenprogrammedforthatmemorytheradiowillprobablydisplay‘-----’otherwiseitwilldisplaythelastaLpHanameprogrammedintothatmemory.

4Withtherequiredmemorylocationdisplayed,entertherequiredaLpHanameasfollows:

(a)pressandholdtheFkeyuntiltheradiobeeps.Theleft-handcharacteroftheaLpHanamewillflash. pressthechannelselectorkeystoselecttherequiredletterintheflashingcharacterposition.

Thefollowingcharactersareavailable:

aBcDefGHiJkLMnOpQ

rSTuVWXyZ_Space-,

0123456789

TIP: Holdingthechannelselectorkeyforafewsecondswillcausetheradiotostepquicklythroughtheavailablecharacters.

(b)BrieflypresstheFkeyagaintoselectthenextcharacterposition.

(c)repeatsteps(b)and(c)toenterall5characters asrequired.

(d)nowpressandholdtheFkey.TheentireaLpHanamewillflashforafewsecondsthentheradiowillbeepasthenameisstored.

repeattheproceduretoaddaLpHanamestoanyotherSelcallidentsstoredinmemory.

To exit the CALL TO mode

BrieflypresstheCALLbutton.Theradiowillreturntonormaloperation.

NoTe: TheradiocanbeleftintheaLpHadisplaymodesothatanincomingSelcallmatchingoneofthoseintheradio’smemorywilldisplaythenameassociatedwiththatSelcallidentinsteadoftheidentitself.anyincomingSelcallsnotmatchingthoseinthememorywilldisplay-neW-.TodisplaytheSelcallidentofthatcaller,brieflypresstheF keyfollowedbytheALPHAkeytoreturntothenuMericdisplaymode.

CALL TO

CALL FROM

CALL FROM


DE-ACTIVATING THE qUIET MODE

1.SelectanychannelthathasbeentaggedforQuietoperation.‘Q’and‘QuieT’willbedisplayed.

2.Brieflypressthe FkeyfollowedbytheQUIETkey.‘QuieT’willdisappearfromthedisplayandallchannelsthatweretaggedforQuietoperationwillnowoperatenormallyagain.

RECEIVING SIGNALS IN THE qUIET MODE

•ifanormalsignalisreceivedonaQuieTchannel,thechannelwillappearbusy(the‘BuSy’indicatorwillbevisible)butnosoundwillbeheardfromthespeaker. Thismeansyouwillnotbedisturbedbythesignal.

•ifanormalsignalisreceivedonanOpenchannel(onethatisnottaggedwith‘Q’)thesignalwillbeheardin theusualway.

•ifasignalcontainingyourSelcallidentisreceivedonanychannel-OpenorQuieT-theQuieTmodewillbecancelledandthealarmwillbeeptoalertyoutothecall.inaddition,thecallersidentoraLpHanamewillbedisplayed.allchannelswillnowbeopenfornormaltransmissionandreception.

ifyouwishtorespondtothecallingradiousingSelcall,pressandholdthecallbuttonfor1.5secondsuntiltheradiobeeps.Thecallersidentwillbetransmittedbacktothemcausingthealarmintheirradiotobeactivated.

To cancel the alarm on your radio

BrieflypressthePTT.

To return your radio to the QUIET mode

BrieflypresstheF(function)keyfollowedbytheQUIET key.‘QuieT’willre-appearonthedisplay.

SCANNING IN THE qUIET MODE

TheTX4600willallowyoutoscanwhiletheQuieTmodeisactive.usingthisfeatureyoucanmonitoragroupofQuietchannelsoracombinationofQuietandOpenchannels.

TO SCAN IN THE qUIET MODE:

1.preselecttheGroupScanmode(seeMenusettings).

2.SelectthechannelsyouwishtoscanandstorethemintheScanmemory.

3.fromthosechannels,selecttheonesyouwishtoremainQuietandtageachoneforQuieToperation.

4.SelectataggedchannelandactivatetheQuietMode(presstheFkeyfollowedbytheQUIETkey).

5.presstheSCANkey.Theradiowillbeginscanningand‘Scan’and‘QuieT’willbedisplayed,indicatingtheradioisscanningintheQuieTmode.

RECEIVING SIGNALS wHILE SCANNING IN THE qUIET MODE

•ifanormalsignalisreceivedonanopenchannel,scanningwillpausewhilethechannelisbusyandwillresumescanning5secondsafterthechannelbecomesclear.(ifyouwerescanninginGroupScanmode,theradiomayswitchbetweentheopenchannelandtheprioritychannel-thisisnormal).

•ifanormalsignalisreceivedonaQuietchannelbutyourSelcallidentisnotdetected,thesignalwillbeignoredandscanningwillcontinue.

•ifasignalcontainingyourSelcallidentisreceivedonanychannel-OpenorQuiet-bothscanningandQuieTmodeswillbecancelledandthereceiverwillstayonthatchannel.inaddition,thealarmwillbeeptoalertyoutothecallandthecallersidentoraLpHanamewillbedisplayed.Thechannelwillnowbeopenfornormaltransmissionandreception.

TIP: ToensurereliableSelcalldetectionwhenscanningintheQuietmode,itisrecommendedthatyourestrictthenumberofchannelsintheScangroupto4orless.

GROUP CALLING

TheTX4600’sSelcallsystemincludesaGroupcallfunctionwhichallowsyoutocallupto1000radiossimultaneously.Thiscanbeusefulinanemergencysituationwhereyoumayneedtotransmitamessagetoalargenumberofradiosinyourgroup.

Bydefault,yourradioisfactory-settoallowupto10radiostobecalledatonce.ifyourapplicationrequiresmore,youcanarrangeforyourDealertore-programthisoptiontoallow100or1000radiostobecalled.ThefollowingdescriptionassumesthedefaultGroupcallsettingof 10radios.

TheGroupcallfunctionworksbyallowingyoutoenteraspecial‘groupcode’intothelastdigitpositionoftheSelcallidentyouaresending.The‘groupcode’appearsasan‘a’whendisplayedintheradio.Whenthis‘groupcode’isreceived,itsubstitutesforallothernumbersinthelastdigitposition.aslongasthefirst4digitsoftheSelcallyouaresendingmatchthoseoftheradiosyouarecalling,theirSelcallalarmwillbeactivatedasiftheirfull5digitSelcallidentshadbeenreceived.

Toachievethis,the10radiosyouarecallingmustbeprogrammedwithsequentiallynumberedSelcallidents.

eg.12330,12331,12332,12333..-->,12339

•TransmittingtheSelcallident12031willonlyactivatethealarmintheradiowiththeSelcallidentof12331.

•Transmitting1233awillactivatethealarmsinallradioswithidents12330through12339(atotalof10radios).

iftheradiosinyourfleetdonothavesequentiallynumberedSelcallidentsandyouwanttomakeuseofthisfunction,youcanarrangeforyourDealertore-programtheSelcallidentsinyourradios.

PROGRAMMING AND SENDING GROUP CALLS

TheprocessforenteringaGroupcallidentisthesameasenteringanormalSelcallident.

1.presstheCALLbutton.‘caLLTO’isdisplayed,alongwiththelastsentorreceivedSelcallident.

2.entertherequiredSelcallidentasfollows:

(a)pressandholdtheF(function)keyuntiltheradiobeeps.Theright-handdigitoftheSelcallident willflash.

(b)pressthe or keystoselect‘a’intheflashingdigitposition.ThisisthespecialcodethatwillcreatetheGroupcall.

(c)BrieflypresstheF(function)keyagaintoselectthenextdigitposition.

(d)repeatsteps(b)and(c)toentertheother4digitsasrequired.Thelastdigitwillbesetto‘a’.

Oncetheidenthasbeenenteredyouhave10secondstosenditotherwisethecaLLTOmodewillbecancelledandtheidentyouenteredwillbelost.

NoTe: WhereyourTX4600allowsit,programminggroupcallsfor100radiosisidenticalexceptthatyouwillneedtoselect‘a’forthelasttwodigits(e.g.123aa).for1000radiosyouwillneedtoselect‘a’forlastthreedigits(e.g.12aaa).

eg.

To Send the Selcall Ident:

WiththerequiredSelcallidentdisplayedinthecaLLTOmode,pressandholdtheCALLbuttonforafewsecondsuntiltheradiobeeps.TheSelcallidentwillbesentautomaticallyandtheradiowillreturntonormaloperation.

Call Acknowledge in Group Mode:

Thereisnocallacknowledgewhensendinggroupcalls.ThisistopreventalltheradiosinyourgroupfromtryingtorespondtoyourSelcalltransmissionatthesametime.

Storing Group Call Idents:

GroupcallidentscanbestoredinmemoryinthesamewayasastandardSelcallident.

Receiving Group Calls:

receivingaGroupcallisidenticaltoreceivinganormalSelcallexceptthatthealarmsoundisaLOWtonebeepinsteadofthenormalHightonebeep.ThecallersidentoraLpHanameappearsonthedisplayintheusualway.

LISTENING CHANNELS

TheTX4600hasprovisionforaddinganadditional19userprogrammable‘Listening’frequenciesbetween403MHzand520MHz.Thesechannelscanbeprogrammedbyyouusingthefrontpanelkeys,makingtheTX4600auseful uHfscanningreceiver.

SETTING THE FREqUENCY STEP

Theextrafrequenciescanbeprogrammedin12.5kHzor 25kHzsteps.Thesteprateispresetandcanbetoggled asfollows

1.SwitchtheradioOff.

2.Holdthe keywhileswitchingtheradioOn.

3.12.5kor25.0kwillbedisplayedindicatingtheselectfrequencystepis12.5kHzor25.0kHz.

ACTIVATING LISTENING CHANNELS

Bydefault,thereceive–Onlychannelsaredisabledandonlythestandard80uHfcBchannelscanbeaccessed.Tomakeuseoftheextrachannelsyoumustactivatetheprogrammingmodeandprogramfrequenciesintothechannelsyouwishtouse.Thosechannelswillthen becomeavailable.

To activate the programming mode:

1.Switchtheradiooff.

2.HoldtheMENUkeywhileswitchingtheradioOnagain.

usingthe or keysyouwillnowbeabletoselectadditionalchannelsbetween81and99.

CALL TO

100radiosidentSent:123aaidentscalled:12300->12399

1000radiosidentSent:12aaaidentscalled:12000->12999


OnceyouhaveenabledandprogrammedyouradditionalListeningchannels,switchtheradioofftoendtheprogrammingmode.Whenyouswitchitonagain,normaloperationwillberestoredandanyListeningchannelsyouhaveenabledwillnowbeavailableabovechannel80.

PROGRAMMING THE FREqUENCIES

Beforeprogrammingchannelfrequencies,makesuretheradioisinthenuMericmode.ifitisintheaLpHamodepressF(function)followedbyALPHA.‘nuMer’willbedisplayed.

To program a frequency into a channel

1.activatetheprogrammingmode(holdMENUthenswitchoN).

2.pressthe or keystoselecttherequiredchannelnumber(81–99).

3.pressandholdtheMENUkeyuntiltheradiobeeps.ifthechannelhasneverbeenactivated,‘Off’willbedisplayed,otherwiseafrequencywillbedisplayed.

4.pressthe or keystoadjusttheflashingdigitvalue.

5.presstheCALLbuttontoadvancetothenextdigit.

•advancingabove9orbelow0causestheadjacentdigittochangeaccordingly.

•Thedisplayonlyindicatesto10kHzresolution. ThekHzdigitisnotdisplayed.

eg.468.425MHzwilldisplayas

•Whileyouareselectingthefrequency,thereceiverisliveandwillreceivesignalsonthefrequencybeingdisplayed.youcanusethisfeaturetomanuallyidentifyactivefrequenciesandstorethem.

6.Onceyouhavethecorrectfrequencydisplayed,press andholdtheMENUkeytostoreit.

To removealisteningfrequencyfromachannel,rotatethechannelselectoruntilthedisplayreads‘–off–’.

To program additional frequencies

repeatsteps2–6above.

Whenyouhavefinishedprogrammingyourchannels,switchtheradiooff.Whenyouswitchitonagain,normaloperationwillberestoredandtheListeningchannelsyouprogrammedwillnowbeavailableabovechannel80.

SETTING ALPHA LABELS FOR YOUR LISTENING CHANNELS.

yourextralisteningchannelscanbesettodisplayeitherthechannelfrequencyorameaningfullabelthatyouchoose.pleaserefertothefrequency/aLpHaadjustmentfunctionintheMenusettingsonpage18.

SEEK MODE

TheSeekmodeisauniquefeaturethatallowsyoutocontinuouslyscanabandoffrequenciesbetween403MHzand520MHzforactivity.Oncetheradiohasreachedtheupperlimitof520MHzitwillresumescanningfrom403MHzagain.ifyoufindanactivefrequencyyoucanassignittoaListeningchannel.Thisfeaturemakesiteasiertolocateactivechannelswhenyouaren’tsureoftheexactfrequencyyouwanttolistento.

ENABLING THE SEEK MODE

NoTe: BeforeusingtheSeekmodeyoushould

1.preselectyourpreferredfrequencystep(12.5kHz or25kHz).

2.enabletheListeningchannelnumbersthatyouwishtostoreactivefrequenciesinto.youcannotuseSeekmodeunlessatleast1channelisenabled.

3.Selectthenumericmodesothatthefrequencycanbedisplayed(ratherthantheaLpHalabel).

To enable the Seek mode:


2.HoldtheSCANkeywhileswitchingtheradiooNagain.‘Seek’willbedisplayedforafewseconds.TheradioisnowinSeekmode.

NoTe: WhenyouhavefinishedusingtheSeekmodesimplyswitchtheradiooff.Whenyouswitchitonagain,normaloperationwillberestored.

SCANNING FOR ACTIVE FREqUENCIES IN THE SEEK MODE

To scan for active frequencies and store them into a Listening channel:

1.SelecttherequiredListeningchannel(81–99).Thefrequencycurrentlyselectedforthatchannelwillbedisplayed.

2.BrieflypresstheSCANkey.Theradiowillbeginscanningthefrequencybandstartingfromtheselectedfrequency.Thechannelnumberwillremainconstant(becausetheradioisscanningfrequenciesnotchannels)butthefrequencywillchangeasthescanadvancesthrough theband.

3.Tochangethescanningdirectionpressthe or keys.press keytoscanupwardsinfrequencyor keytoscandownwards.

4.Whenasignalisfound,scanningwillpauseonthatfrequency.Oncethesignalhasgoneandthefrequencyremainsclearfor5seconds,scanningwillresume.

5.TomanuallyskipoveranactivefrequencyandcontinuescanningpresstheCALLbutton.Tocontinuescanninginaspecificdirectionortochangethedirection,presstheappropriate or key.

6.Whenyoufindafrequencyyouwishtostore,press andholdtheSCANkeyuntiltheradiobeeps.ThefrequencywillbestoredundertheselectedListeningchannelnumber.

TostoreactivefrequenciesintootherListeningchannelsrepeatsteps1–6above.

SETTING SEEK MODE FREqUENCY LIMITS

WheninSeekmode,thedefaultfrequencyrangeistheentireListeningbandof403-520MHz.However,inmanycasesyoumayonlybeinterestedinasearchingforsignalswithinasmallsectionoftheavailablefrequencyband.TomakesearchingeasiertheTX4600allowsyoutosetupperandlowerfrequencylimits.TheSeekfunctionwillthensearchonlywithinthoselimits.Thislimitsthescantotheareayouaremostinterestedin,therebyincreasingthechanceoffindinganactivefrequencywithinthatband.

To Scan within Frequency limits

1.SelecttherequiredListeningchannel(81–99). Thefrequencycurrentlyselectedforthatchannelwill bedisplayed.

2.HoldtheMENUkeyuntiltheradiobeeps.Theradiowillenterthefrequencyeditmode.

3.SelecttheLOWerfrequencylimitusingtheCALLbuttontoselecttheflashingdigitpositionandthe or keystochangethefrequencyvalue.

4.WhentheLOWerfrequencylimithasbeenselected,brieflypresstheSCANkeythenpressandholdthe key.Theradiowillgivealongbeep.TheLOWerlimitisnowstored.

5.nowselecttheupperfrequencylimitusingthecaLLbuttontoselecttheflashingdigitpositionandthe or keystochangethefrequencyvalue.

6.Whentheupperfrequencylimithasbeenselected,brieflypresstheSCANkeythenpressandholdthe key.Theradiowillgivealongbeep.Theupperlimitisnowstored.

7.pressandholdMENUtoexitthefrequencyeditmode.nowfollowthesamestepsasdescribedunder‘ScanningforactivefrequenciesintheSeekMode’onpage16.Theonlydifferencewillbesmallerfrequencybandwhichwillnowscanonlywithinthefrequencylimitssetabove.

NoTe: TheSeekfrequencylimitswillremainstoredintheradioevenafteryouhaveswitchedtheradioOff.ThenexttimeyouusetheSeekmodethesamefrequencylimitswillapply.Tochangethefrequencylimitssimplyresetthemasdescribedabove.

TIP: TheLowerfrequencylimitshouldnormallybelowerthantheupperfrequencylimit.However,ifyoushouldenteralowerfrequencylimitthatishigherthantheupperfrequencylimittheradiowillthenscanfrequenciesOuTSiDetheselimits.inotherwordsyoucanexcludethefrequenciesbetweenthelimits.

ifupperLimitisgreaterthanLowerLimit,radiowillscaninSiDethelimitrange.

ifupperLimitislessthanLowerLimit,radiowillscanOuTSiDethelimitrange.

4 6 8 4 2

12.5/25kHz100kHz1MHz10MHz100MHz

520403MHz

LowerLimit

UpperLimit

LowerLimit

520403MHz

UpperLimit


MENU SETTINGS

OVERVIEw

TheMENUfeatureprovidesaconvenientmethodofcustomizingorstoringsomeoftheradio’sfunctions.ThefollowingMenuOptionsareavailable.notethatsomeitemsareonlyavailableoncertainchannels.

To access the Menu functions:

1.pressandholdtheMENUkey.ThefirstMENUfunctionisdisplayed.

2.BrieflypresstheMENUkeyagaintocyclethrougheachavailablefunctionintheorderlistedabove.afterthe lastfunctionhasbeenselected,thecyclereturnsto thebeginning.

3.pressthe or keystoaltertheparametersoftheselectedfunction.

4.pressandholdtheMENUkeytoexitandstoreanychanges.

FREqUENCY/ALPHA ADJUSTMENT

Thefrequency/ALPHAadjustmentisonlyavailablewhenauserprogrammableListeningchannelisselected.itallowsyoutomanuallyadjustthechannelfrequencyor,ifALPHA modeisselected,letsyouedittheALPHAlabelforthatListeningchannel.

1.Selectauserchannelbetween81and99.

2.pressandholdtheMENUkeyuntiltheradiobeeps.

iftheradioisinnumericmode,thechannelfrequencywillbedisplayed.iftheradioisinALPHAmode,yourselectedaLpHalabelwillbedisplayed(ifyouhavenotsetalabel forthischannel,‘ALPHA’willbedisplayed).

3.Brieflypressthe or keytochangethecharacterornumberintheflashingdigitposition.

4.BrieflypresstheCALLbuttontomovetothenextflashingdigitposition.

5.Onceyouarehappywithyourselection,pressandholdtheMENUkeytostorethenewsetting.

SETTING THE SqUELCH SENSITIVITY

ThesensitivityoftheSquelchtoincomingsignalscanbesettosuityouroperatingenvironment.inquietrurallocationsalowsettingwillallowtheweakestsignalstobereceivedwhilestillkeepingtheradioquietbetweentransmissions. incitylocations,ahighersettingmightbeneededtoensurethesquelchremainsclosedwhensubjectedtothehigherinterferencelevelsoftenencounteredinhighdensityareas.

TheTX4600hasten(10)presetSquelchsensitivitysettings(labelledSQL-0toSQL-9)thatcanbeselectedusingtheMenufunction.TheminimumSquelchsetting(SQL-0)willopentheSquelchallowingallsignalstobeheard.SQL-9isthemaximumsetting,requiringverystrongsignalstoopenthesquelch.ThefactorydefaultisSQL-3whichgenerallyprovidesreliablesquelchoperationformostapplications.

To preselect the Squelch sensitivity:

1.Selectachannelbetween1and80.

2.pressandholdtheMENUkeyuntiltheradiobeeps.SQL-xwillbedisplayedwherexisanumberfrom0to9.

3.pressthe or keytoincreaseordecreasethepresetsquelchtothedesiredsetting.

4.pressandholdtheMENUkeytostorethenewsetting.

SELECTING THE SCAN MODE

TheTX4600featurestwoscangroups–OpenScanandGroupScan.

NoTe: ifpreferred,yourdealercanreconfigureyourunittohavetwoOpenScanortwoGroupScangroups.

To select the Scan Group:

1.Selectachannelbetween1and80.


3.BrieflypresstheMENUkeyagain.‘OScan’(OpenScan)or‘GScan’(GroupScan)willbedisplayed.

NoTe: iftwoOpenScanortwoGroupScangroupshavebeeninstalled,Scan1orScan2willbedisplayed.

4. pressthe or keytoselecttherequiredScanGroup.

5. pressandholdtheMENUkeyuntiltheradiobeeps,tostorethesetting.

NoTe: iftwoOpenScanortwoGroupScangroupsareavailable,theradiowilldisplay‘Scan1’fortheoriginal OpenScanand‘Scan2’fortheoriginalGroupScan.

SELECTING DUPLEx

Duplexoperationallowstheradiototransmitonadifferentfrequencytothatwhichisreceives.Thisallowsoperationthroughrepeaterstations.repeatersautomatically re-transmityoursignaloverawiderarea,providing greatlyincreasedrange.

Duplexoperationoperatesonlyonchannels1–8or 41–48.Whenduplexisselectedonthesechannels,theradioreceivesonthatchannelbutactuallytransmits30channelshigher.eg.

TheTX4600allowsyoutoselectDuplexoperationindividuallyoneachchannel.

To enable or disable Duplex on a channel:

1.Selecttherequiredchannel1–8or41–48(theDuplexsettingfeatureisonlyavailableonthesechannels).


3.BrieflypresstheMENUkeytwice.‘dupOn’(DuplexOn)or‘dupOf’(DuplexOff)willbedisplayed.

4.pressthe or keytoselecttherequiredDuplexsetting.

5.pressandholdtheMENUkeyuntiltheradiobeeps,tostorethesetting.

CTCSS TONES

cTcSS(continuousTonecodedSquelchSystem)isasquelchquietingsystemthatallowsseveralgroupsofuserstosharethesamechannelwithoutdisturbingeachother.itusesoneofasetofsub-audible(verylowfrequency)tonestoopenandclosethesquelchonyourradio.

Therearetwostandardtonessets,onecomprising50tonesandtheothercomprising38tones.BothtonesetsareincludedintheTX4600toprovidecompatibilitywithotherradiosystem.

To toggle the required tone set:


2.pressandholdtheSQLkeywhileswitchingtheradioonagain.

3.‘cTc50’or‘cTc38’willbedisplayedindicatingwhichtonesetisselected.

NoTe: WhenswitchingupfromcTc38tocTc50,theradiowillretaintheselectedcTcSStonefrequencyandautomaticallyupdatethetonesetnumbertoreflectitsnewpositioninthecTc50tonesettable. eg.ifcTcSStonefrequency233.6Hz(cTc38toneset#36)wasselected,theradiowillthendisplayequivalentcTc50toneset#47. WhenswitchingdownfromcTc50tocTc38,ifthereisnoequivalentcTc38frequency,thecTcSStonewillbesetto‘of’(0Hz).youwillneedtoreselectanewtone.

Menu Settings Ch 1-8 Ch 41-48

Ch 9-40Ch 49-80

RX Only Ch

frequency/ aLpHaadjustment

•

SquelchSettings • • •

Open/GroupScan • • •

Duplex/Simplexmode

•

cTcSSTones • • •

Lampcolour • • •

Battery/S-MeterSelection

• •

Battery/S-MeteraLpHaSelection

•

LcDcontrast • • •

BeepTonelevel • • •

Simplex

channel1channel31

Simplex/Duplex Range Comparison

repeater operation

Vechicle Vechicle

channel31

channel1 repeater

Station

Channel Selected 1 2 3 4 5* 6 7 8 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

Receive Channel 1 2 3 4 5* 6 7 8 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

Transmit Channel 31 32 33 34 35* 36 37 38 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78

*emergencychannelonly


4.pressthe or keystoselectyourpreferredchoiceofS-MeTandbaTT.


TodisplayS-Meter,BatteryVoltageorfrequency/alphalabelon‘Listening’channels(81–99):

1.Selectachannelfrom81–99.


3.BrieflypresstheMENUkeyrepeatedlyuntil‘S-MeT’(SMeter),‘baTT’(Battery)or‘aLpHa’isdisplayed.

4.pressthe or keystoselectyourpreferredchoiceofS-MeT(SMeter),baTT(Battery)oraLpHa.


LCD CONTRAST

usethissettingtoadjusttheLcDdisplaycontrast.

To adjust the contrast:

NoTe: adjustingthecontrastmayaffecttheviewingangle.


2.BrieflypresstheMENUkeyrepeatedlyuntil‘LcDXX’isdisplayed(whereXXisanumberfrom0to15).

3.pressthe or keystoselecttherequiredcontrastsetting.LcD15isthehighestcontrastsetting


BEEP TONE LEVEL

usetheBeepTonesettingtoadjustthevolumelevelofthekeypadbeeps.

To adjust the keypad beeps:

1.pressandholdtheMENUkeyuntiltheradiobeeps.2.BrieflypresstheMENUkeyrepeatedlyuntil‘beep’isdisplayed.

3.pressthe or keystoselecttherequiredkeypadbeeplevel.Selecting‘beep0’willturnthekeypad beepsoff.


INSTALLATION

GENERAL

itisadvisabletospendalittletimeselectingthebestlocationforyourTX4600.Themountingbracketcanberotatedabove,beloworbehindtheradioenablingtheradiotobemountedinawiderangeoflocations.inaddition,anoptionalflushmountingkitallowstheradiotobeflushmountedinapanelordashboard.

keepthefollowingpointsinmindwhenchoosingalocation:

•TheTX4600isdesignedtomeetip67specificationswhichallowsfortemporaryimmersioninwater,howeverwerecommendedyouselectalocationthatwillminimizeexcessiveexposuretocontinuousrainorspray.

•Selectalocationthatwon’texposeyourradio tocontinuousdirectsunlightwhichcould causeoverheating.

•ensurethelocationallowsafreeflowofairaround theheatsinkonthebackoftheradio.

•Themicrophoneandallcontrolsshouldbereadilyaccessibleandtheloudspeakereasilyheardfromthenormalsteeringordrivingposition.anextensionspeakercanbeinstalledifrequired.

To preselect a CTCSS tone:


2.BrieflypresstheMENUkeyrepeatedlyuntil‘cTcXX’isdisplayed,whereXXisanumberbetween1and50 orof.

3.pressthe or keytoselecttherequiredcTcSStonenumber(seecTcSSTonechartonpage25). ifthecTc38tonesetisenabledtherewillbe38tonesavailableotherwisetherewillbe50tones.

NoTe: TodisplaythecTcSSfrequencyinsteadofthetonenumber,brieflypresstheSQLkey.ThecTcSSfrequency(inHz)willbedisplayed.BrieflypresstheSQLkeyagaintoreturntothetonenumber.

cTcSSTonenumberDisplayed

cTcSSTonefrequencyDisplayed

4.ToturncTcSStonesOffselectcTcof


LAMP COLOUR

ThedisplaylampcanbesettoOrange,redorGreentomatchotherequipmentyoumighthaveinstalledortosatisfypersonalpreference.


2.BrieflypresstheMENUkeyrepeatedlyuntil‘LaMp’isdisplayed.

3.pressthe or keystocyclethroughtheavailablecoloursofOrange,redorGreen.


BATTERY/S-METER/ALPHA SELECTION

TheTX4600hastheoptionofdisplayingeitherthebatteryvoltageortheincomingsignalstrength(S-meter)intheareabeneaththechanneldisplay.inaddition,when‘Listening’channels(81–99)areselected,theradioprovidesanextraoptionofdisplayingthefrequencyoftheselecteduserchanneloracustomaLpHalabel(whenaLpHamode isselected).

The‘Listening’channelsaretreatedindependentlytothenormaluHfcBchannelsinthatyoucanforexample, selectS-MeterorBatteryVoltageonchannels1–80 yetdisplaythechannelfrequency(oranaLpHalabel) onchannels81–99.

To display S-Meter or Battery Voltage on channels 1 – 80:

1.Selectachannelfrom1–80.


3.BrieflypresstheMENUkeyrepeatedlyuntil‘S-MeT’(SMeter)or‘baTT’(Battery)isdisplayed.

panelMounting OverheadMounting uprightMounting

flushMounting(OptionalMk001Bflushmountingkitavailable)

TX4600

MENUF

SCANDIM

PRIQUIET

SQLALPHA

OFF.


INSTALLING THE UNIT

afterchoosingalocation,holdtheunitwiththemountingbracketattached,tothedesiredpositionandmarkthelocationwithapencil.removethemountingbracketfromtheradioanddrillthemountingholes.Boltorscrewthebracketinplaceusinghardwaresuitableforthemountingsurface.Theunitissuppliedwithstainlesssteelscrews,however,ifthemountingsurfaceisunsuitableforscrewsyoumayneedtoreplacethesewithstainlesssteelbolts.remember,insomeapplicationsthefixingsforoverheadmountedunitsmayhavetosurviveroughconditions.

DC CONNECTIONS

connectthereDpowerleadtothepositive(+)sideofthebatteryortoanaccessorypointinthevehicle’sfusebox.

connecttheBLackpowerleadtothenegative(-)sideofthebatteryortoagroundpointinyourvehicle.

NoTe: ThereDpowerleadisfittedwitha3ampfuse.ifthefuseblows,useonlyastandard3amp(3aG)fuseas areplacement.useofahigherratedfuseoraslow-blowtypecouldresultindamagetoyourradiowhichwouldvoidthewarranty.

ifrequired,anextensionspeakermaybeinstalledtoimprovesoundlevelsinnoisyenvironmentsorinlocationsfurtherawayfromthesteeringordrivingposition.forlocationsexposedtowaterwerecommendtheSpk45orSpk07.fordryinstallationstheSpk04,Spk08orSpk09aresuitableextensionspeakers.

NoTe: Theinternalspeakercontinuestooperatewhentheextensionspeakerispluggedin.

TX4600

extensionSpeaker (optional)

UHf antenna

TX4600

ANTENNA INSTALLATION

itisessentialtoselectagoodquality,highefficiency, 477MHzantenna.apoorqualityantennaoronenotdesignedforthespecificfrequencybandyouareusing willgiveverypoorperformance.

GMehaveahugerangeofsuitable477MHzuHfcBantennastosuitmostinstallationsandapplications.WerecommendyoucontactyourlocalDealerforadvice.

connecttotheantennacabletotherearantennasocketusingapL259coaxialconnector.

NOISE SUPPRESSION

TheinherentdesignoffMtransceiversresultsinahighlevelofresistancetoignitionandelectricalinterference.Howeverinsomeinstallationsitmaybenecessarytotakeadditionalstepstohelpreduceoreliminatenoiseinterference.Duringinstallation,trytoroutetheDcbatteryleads,theantennaleadoranyaccessorywiresawayfromtheenginecompartment,ignitionoralternatorwiring.ifthenoisecontinues,itmaybenecessarytofitasuppressionkitinwhichcasewerecommendyouconsultanautoelectricianforadvicespecifictoyourinstallation.

Higherfrequencyelectricalinterferencecausebyelectricmotorscanbesuppresseddirectlyatthemotorterminals.

DISCONNECTING THE MICROPHONE

itisrecommendedthatthemicrophonebeleftpermanentlyconnectedtotheTX4600,butifitmustbedisconnected,proceedasfollows:

1.insertasmallscrewdriverbetweentherubberbootandthelipoftheraisedareaonthefrontpanel.

2.easetherubberbootoutofthecableentryholeandslideitalongthecableawayfromthefrontpanel.

3.identifythepluglockinglever,workthescrewdriverbladebehinditandmovethelevertowardstheplugbody.atthesametimegentlypulltheplugfromthesocket.(seediagram)

ifrequired,replacementmicrophonesareavailablewithplugandrubberbootalreadyfitted.

Radio remains ON when Ignition Switch is OFF

ToTX4600

carBattery

ignitionSwitch

fuse

chassis

RED

BLACK+veAccIgn

Radio turns ON and OFF with Ignition Switch

ToTX4600

RED

BLACK+veAccIgn

ignitionSwitch

fuse

chassiscarBattery

cable

Screwdriver

LockingLevermovetolefttoreleaseplug

cableentryhole


UHF CB OPERATING FREqUENCIESChannel Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz)

1 476.425~ 21 476.925 41 476.4375~ 61• 476.9375

2 476.450~ 22# 476.950 42 476.4625~ 62• 476.9625

3 476.475~ 23# 476.975 43 476.4875~ 63• 476.9875

4 476.500~ 24 477.000 44 476.5125~ 64 477.0125

5* 476.525~ 25 477.025 45 476.5375~ 65 477.0375

6 476.550~ 26 477.050 46 476.5625~ 66 477.0625

7 476.575~ 27 477.075 47 476.5875~ 67 477.0875

8 476.600~ 28 477.100 48 476.6125~ 68 477.1125

9 476.625 29 477.125 49 476.6375 69 477.1375

10 476.650 30 477.150 50 476.6625 70 477.1625

11+ 476.675 31 477.175~ 51 476.6875 71 477.1875~

12 476.700 32 477.200~ 52 476.7125 72 477.2125~

13 476.725 33 477.225~ 53 476.7375 73 477.2375~

14 476.750 34 477.250~ 54 476.7625 74 477.2625~

15 476.775 35* 477.275~ 55 476.7875 75 477.2875~

16 476.800 36 477.300~ 56 476.8125 76 477.3125~

17 476.825 37 477.325~ 57 476.8375 77 477.3375~

18 476.850 38 477.350~ 58 476.8625 78 477.3625~

19 476.875 39 477.375 59 476.8875 79 477.3875

20 476.900 40^ 477.400 60 476.9125 80 477.4125

*emergencyuseonly+OfficiallyDesignatedcallchannel#Telemetry/Selcalluseonly.VoiceTransmissionisinhibitedasrequiredbyaS/nZS4365.2010^roadchannel~repeaterchannels•GuardBandchannel.TransmissionisinhibitedasrequiredbyaS/nZ4365.2010

CTCSS 50 Tone

Set38 Tone

SetFrequency 50 Tone

Set 38 Tone

SetFrequency 50 Tone

Set.38 Tone

SetFrequency

1 1 67.0 18 17 118.8 35 - 183.5

2 - 69.4 19 18 123.0 36 30 186.2

3 2 71.9 20 19 127.3 37 - 189.9

4 3 74.4 21 20 131.8 38 31 192.8

5 4 77.0 22 21 136.5 39 - 196.6

6 5 79.7 23 22 141.3 40 - 199.5

7 6 82.5 24 23 146.2 41 32 203.5

8 7 85.4 25 24 151.4 42 - 206.5

9 8 88.5 26 25 156.7 43 33 210.7

10 9 91.5 27 - 159.8 44 34 218.1

11 10 94.8 28 26 162.2 45 35 225.7

12 11 97.4 29 - 165.5 46 - 229.1

13 12 100.0 30 27 167.9 47 36 233.6

14 13 103.5 31 - 171.3 48 37 241.8

15 14 107.2 32 28 173.8 49 38 250.3

16 15 110.9 33 - 177.3 50 - 254.1

17 16 114.8 34 29 179.9 of of 0

(cTcSSfrequencyshowninHz)


ELECTRICAL

General

Compliant Specification: MeetsaS/nZS4365forradiocommunicationsequipment intheuHfcitizenandpersonal radioservice.

Frequency Range TX: 476.425-477.4125MHz

Frequency Range RX: 403-520MHz

Number of Channels: 80uHfcB+19receiveonly

Channel Spacing: 12.5kHzonly

Operation Mode: Simplexch1-80 SemiDuplexch1-8,41-48 Scanning Speed: 20channelspersecond

Antenna Impedance: 50Ohmsnominal

Operating Voltage Range:10-15voltsDc

Nominal Battery Voltage: 13.8voltsDc

Over Voltage Protection: 30VDcmax.at18VDctherfpowerisreduced,andthewords‘HiDc’flash.

Over Current Protection: in-line3afuse

Reverse Polarity Protection: ShuntDiode

Frequency Stability: ± 2.5ppM

Selcall Tone Length: 40ms

Transmitter

RF Output: 5.0wattsmax.

Spurious Emission: <-67dB

Frequency Transients during switching: <3kHz

Modulation: fM

Maximum Deviation: < ± 2.5 kHz at + 20 dB

Spurious Emissions: <-26dBm

Transmit Frequency Response: +6dBperoctave

300Hzto3kHz+1-3dB.

Audio Signal to Noise: >45dB

Out of Band Emission: -70dBc

Current Consumption: 1.7ampswith50Ohmtermination

Receiver

Circuit Type: DoubleconversionSuperheterodyne

Intermediate Frequencies:1st-21.4MHz 2nd-450kHz

Current Consumption: <[email protected]

Sensitivity: -123dBmfor12dBSinaDunweighted

Selectivity: -6dBat±3.5kHz-60dBat±12.5kHz

Intermodulation Immunity: 73dB

Blocking Immunity: 100dB

Spurious Response Immunity: 70dB

Image Rejection: 70dB

Audio Power: 3wattsaverageinto4Ohms

Audio Signal to Noise: >45dB

Receive Frequency Response: -6dB/Octavede-emphasis

300Hzto3kHz+1-3dB

Conducted Spurious Emission: <-57dBm

MECHANICAL

Dimensions: 65(H)x165(L)x56(D)mm

Weight: 472grams

ENVIRONMENTAL

Temperature Range: -10°cto+60°c

Weatherproof: Meetsip67

Shock and Vibration: MiLSTD810method

SPECIFICATIONS aresubjecttochangewithoutnoticeorobligation.

SPECIFICATIONSThiswarrantyagainstdefectsisgivenbyStandardcommunicationsptyLtdacn000346814(We,us,ourorGMe).Ourcontactdetailsaresetoutinclause2.7.

1. Consumer guarantees

1.1OurgoodscomewithguaranteesthatcannotbeexcludedundertheaustralianconsumerLaw.youareentitledtoareplacementorrefundforamajorfailureandforcompensationforanyotherreasonablyforeseeablelossordamage.youarealsoentitledtohavethegoodsrepairedorreplacedifthegoodsfailtobeofacceptablequalityandthefailuredoesnotamounttoamajorfailure.

1.2Totheextentweareable,weexcludeallotherconditions,warrantiesandobligationswhichwouldotherwisebeimplied.

2. Warranty against defects

2.1ThisWarrantyisinadditiontoanddoesnotlimit,excludeorrestrictyourrightsunderthecompetitionandconsumeract2010(australia)oranyothermandatoryprotectionlawsthatmayapply.

2.2Wewarrantourgoodstobefreefromdefectsinmaterialsandworkmanshipforthewarrantyperiod(seewarrantytable)fromthedateoforiginalsale(oranotherperiodweagreetoinwriting).Subjecttoourobligationsunderclause1.2,wewillatouroption,eitherrepairorreplacegoodswhichwearesatisfiedaredefective.Wewarrantanyreplacementpartsfortheremainderoftheperiodofwarrantyforthegoodsintowhichtheyareincorporated.

2.3Totheextentpermittedbylaw,oursoleliabilityforbreachofacondition,warrantyorotherobligationimpliedbylawislimited

(a)inthecaseofgoodswesupply,toanyoneofthefollowingaswedecide-

(i) thereplacementofthegoodsorthesupplyofequivalentgoods;

(ii) therepairofthegoods;

(iii)thecostofrepairingthegoodsorofacquiringequivalentgoods;

(b)inthecaseofserviceswesupply,toanyoneofthefollowingaswedecide–

(i) thesupplyingoftheservicesagain;

(ii) thecostofhavingtheservicessuppliedagain.

2.4forrepairsoutsidethewarrantyperiod,wewarrantourrepairstobefreefromdefectsinmaterialsandworkmanshipforthreemonthsfromthedateoftheoriginalrepair.Weagreetore-repairorreplace(atour

option)anymaterialsorworkmanshipwhichwearesatisfiedaredefective.

2.5Wewarrantthatwewillperformserviceswithreasonablecareandskillandagreetoinvestigateanycomplaintregardingourservicesmadeingoodfaith.ifwearesatisfiedthatthecomplaintisjustified,andasoursoleliabilitytoyouunderthiswarranty(totheextentpermittedatlaw),weagreetosupplythoseservicesagainatnoextrachargetoyou.

2.6Tomakeawarrantyclaimyoumustbeforetheendoftheapplicablewarrantyperiod(seewarrantytable),atyourowncost,returnthegoodsyouallegearedefective,providewrittendetailsofthedefect,andgiveusanoriginalorcopyofthesalesinvoiceorsomeotherevidenceshowingdetailsofthetransaction.

2.7Sendyourclaimto: StandardcommunicationsptyLtd.unitB,22-24collegeStreet,Gladesville,nSW2111,australia.Telephone:(02)98798888fax:(02)98164722. email:[email protected]

2.8ifwedeterminethatyourgoodsaredefective,wewillpayforthecostofreturningtherepairedorreplacedgoodstoyou,andreimburseyouforyourreasonableexpensesofsendingyourwarrantyclaimtous.

3. What this warranty does not cover

3.1Thiswarrantywillnotapplyinrelationto:

(a)goodsmodifiedoralteredinanyway;

(b)defectsanddamagecausedbyusewithnonStandardcommunicationsproducts;

(c)repairsperformedotherthanbyourauthorisedrepresentative;

(d)defectsordamageresultingfrommisuse,accident,impactorneglect;

(e)goodsimproperlyinstalledorusedinamannercontrarytotherelevantinstructionmanual;or

(f) goodswheretheserialnumberhasbeenremovedormadeillegal.

4. Warranty period

4.1WeprovidethefollowingwarrantyonGMeandkingrayproducts.norepairorreplacementduringthewarrantyperiodwillreneworextendthewarrantyperiodpasttheperiodfromoriginaldateofpurchase.

PRODUCT TYPE WARRANTY PERIOD

477 MHzUHf CB mobiletransceivers 3 years

STANDARD COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACT wARRANTY AGAINST DEFECTS

adivisionof:Standard Communications Pty. Ltd.

Head office: LockedBag2086,northryde,nSW1670,australia.T:+61(0)298446666f:+61(0)298446600

Adelaide: unit1,14phillipsSt,Thebarton,Sa5031T:(08)82342633F:(08)82345138

Brisbane: unit1,89-101factoryrd,Oxley,QLD4075T:(07)32786444F:(07)32786555

Melbourne: 7Microcircuit,DandenongSouth,Vic3165 T:(03)97980988F:(03)97980177

Perth: unit1,10-12HarvardWay,canningVale,Wa6155 T:(08)94555744 F:(08)94553110

Sydney: unitB,22-24collegeSt,Gladesville,nSW2111 T:(02)98798888F:(02)98164722

Auckland: 2/24BishopDunnpl,eastTamaki,Manakau2163nZ T:(09)2740955F:(09)2740959

forcustomersoutsideaustraliaandnewZealandpleasecontactyourlocalGMeretaileroremail:[email protected]

partnumber:310228Drawingnumber:42333-7 www.gme.net.au

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