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Icom IC-41S Instruction Manual

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  • Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL UHF C.R.S.TRANSCEIVER i41S...

  • Page 2: Important

    (Ctzens Band Rado Statons) Class Lcence and n New Zealand by MED General User Rado Lcence for Ctzens Band Rado and Icom, Icom Inc. and the Icom logo are regstered trademarks of Icom operaton s subject to condtons contaned n those lcences.
  • Page 3 Icom transcever. away from the lps and the transcever s vertcal. Icom s not responsble for the destructon or damage to an R WARNING! NEVER Icom transcever n the event the Icom transcever s used...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT .....................  6 TONE SQUELCH OPERATION ..........22–24 EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ................ ■ Tone squelch operaton ..............22 OPERATING NOTES................ ■ Pocket beep operaton ..............24 7 SELCALL OPERATION ............25–29 PRECAUTIONS .................. TABLE OF CONTENTS ................ ■...

  • Page 5: Accessories

    ACCESSORIES ■ Supplied accessories ■ Accessory attachments D Flexible antenna Flexible antenna Battery pack Battery charger Connect the suppled flexble an- tenna to the antenna connector. CAUTION: • NEVER HOLD the antenna when carryng the transcever. • Transmttng wthout an antenna may damage the transcever.

  • Page 6: Battery Pack

    ACCESSORIES ï Battery pack D Belt clip To attach the battery pack: To attach the belt clip: Slde the battery pack n the drecton of the arrow (q), then q Release the battery pack f t s attached. lock t wth the battery release button. w Slde the belt clp n the drecton of the arrow untl the belt •...

  • Page 7: Accessories

    ACCESSORIES ï Jack cover Attach the jack cover when the optonal speaker-mcrophone or headset s not used. To attach the jack cover: To detach the jack cover: q Attach the jack cover to the [MIC/SP] jack. q Unscrew the screws usng a Phllps screwdrver. w Tghten the screws usng a Phllps screwdrver.

  • Page 8: Panel Description

    PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Front panel q ANTENNA CONNECTOR Connects the suppled antenna. w TOP KEY* [Top] N (Functon/Set Mode) ➥ Push to turn Functon mode ON. • “F” appears when Functon mode s turned ON. ➥ Push and hold for 2 sec. to enter Set mode. (p. 34) F (Functon/RX VFO) Speaker ➥...
  • Page 9 PANEL DESCRIPTION r PTT SWITCH [PTT] (p. 12) o SCAN/TAG KEY* Push and hold to transmt; release to receve. N (Scan/Scan Tag) ➥ Push to start or stop the scan. (pgs. 19, 20) t CH UP/CH DOWN KEYS [CH UP]/[CH DOWN] ➥...

  • Page 10: Function Display

    PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Function display !1 PRIO/SET•P KEY* N (PRIO/PRIO Set) ➥ Push to select the prorty channel. (p. 13) ➥ Push and hold for 2 sec. to set the dsplayed channel as the prorty channel. (p. 13) F (S-Rng/PRIO Clear) ➥...
  • Page 11 PANEL DESCRIPTION t BELL INDICATOR !3 OPEN SCAN INDICATOR (p. 19) ➥ Appears when the pocket beep functon s n use. (p. 24) Appears when the ‘Open scan’ s selected. ➥ Blnks when the specfied SelCall or Smart Rng call s !4 GROUP SCAN INDICATOR (p.

  • Page 12: Programmable FunctOn Keys

    PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Programmable function keys The followng functons can be assgned to [Top], [Side1], S-Ring/PRIO Clear programmable functon keys wth the ➥ Push to transmt the Smart-Rng call. optonal CS-41S • When RX channel s selected, “N/A” appears. cloning software ➥...

  • Page 13: Panel Description

    PANEL DESCRIPTION Quiet/ID-MR Function/RX VFO (Ths key functon can be assgned to the [Top] key only.) ➥ Push to quet functon ON or OFF (CB channel operaton only). ➥ Push to turn Functon mode ON or OFF. ➥ Push and hold for 2 sec. to enter the receved ID code hs- ➥...

  • Page 14: Basic Operation

    BASIC OPERATION ■ Turning power ON D Battery type selection Pror to usng the transcever for the first tme, the battery pack must be fully charged for optmum lfe and operaton. The battery type MUST be selected accordng to the type of (p.

  • Page 15: Channel Selection

    BASIC OPERATION ■ Channel selection ■ Receiving and transmitting CAUTION: Transmttng wthout an antenna may damage ➥ Push [CH Up] or [CH Down] to select the desred channel. • Whle pushng and holdng [CH Up] or [CH Down], the dsplayed the transcever.

  • Page 16: D Transmitting Notes

    BASIC OPERATION Transmitting: D Transmitting notes Wat for the channel to become clear to avod nterference. • Transmit inhibit function q Whle pushng and holdng [PTT], speak nto the mcro- The transcever has several nhbt functons whch restrct phone at a normal voce level. transmsson under the followng condtons: •...

  • Page 17: Priority Channel Setting

    BASIC OPERATION ■ Priority channel setting D Set the priority channel The prorty channel, smply recalled by pushng (PRIO) and also s automatcally montored durng the prorty scan. q Select the desred channel. (p. 11) You can set the only one channel as the prorty channel. w Push and hold for 2 sec.

  • Page 18: MonTor FunctOn

    BASIC OPERATION ■ Monitor function ■ Adjusting the squelch level Ths functon s used to lsten to weak sgnal or to open the In order to receve sgnals properly, the squelch must be ad- tone squelch manually. justed to the proper level. ➥...

  • Page 19: DSplay BacklGhtNg

    BASIC OPERATION ■ Display backlighting ■ Set mode The transcever has dsplay backlght for nght-tme operaton. Set mode s accessed at power ON and allows you to set seldom-changed settngs. In ths case you can “customze” q Push and hold [Top] for 2 sec.

  • Page 20: Repeater Operation

    REPEATER OPERATION ■ Repeater operation ■ Accessing a repeater Repeaters allow you to extend the operatonal range of your A repeater amplfies receved sgnals and re-transmts them rado. on a dfferent frequency, allowng you to communcate over Normally, a repeater has ndependent frequences for re- greater dstances wth mproved relablty.

  • Page 21: Scan Operation

    SCAN OPERATION ■ Scan types Tag channels are ndependently set for open, group and pr- The transcever has 4 scan types, tag functon and 4 resume orty scans. Intally, all channels may be set as tag channels condtons provdng scannng versatlty. for all scans.

  • Page 22: Scanning Preparation

    Scanning preparation ■ D Tag channel setting IC-41S scans all tagged channels, and can be selected so q Select the desred scan type. (See at left.) the scan resume condton s a pause or tmer scan. Therefore, these tems must be set before startng a scan w Select the desred channel.

  • Page 23: Open Scan

    SCAN OPERATION ■ Open scan D Setting scan resume condition Open scan searches for beng transmtted sgnals automat- cally and makes t easer to locate new statons for contact q Push and hold [Top] for 2 sec. to enter set (Set Mode) or lstenng purposes.

  • Page 24: Group And PrOrTy Scans

    SCAN OPERATION ■ Group and priority scans e Push to start the scan. Group and prorty scans repeatedly watch a prorty chan- (Scan) nel whle scannng specfed channels. Ths s useful when Group scan starts. Blinks watng for a call on the prorty channel or several specfed channels.

  • Page 25: Repeater Search Scan

    SCAN OPERATION ■ Repeater search scan D Repeater search scan flow The repeater search scan s not only searchng for a sgnal on the repeater channels, but also access a repeater by Searches for sig- Scan start transmttng automatcally n sequence. nal on the repeater Scan channel...

  • Page 26: Tone Squelch Operation

    TONE SQUELCH OPERATION ■ Tone squelch operation CTCSS tone setting mode DTCS code setting mode The transcever s equpped wth 51 CTCSS tone frequences, 104 DTCS codes. CTCSS/DTCS operaton provdes com- muncaton wth slent standby snce you wll only receve calls from group members usng the same CTCSS tone frequency/ DTCS code.
  • Page 27 TONE SQUELCH OPERATION D Turning ON the tone squelch operation • Available DTCS code list q Select the desred channel except for channels 5 and 35. Code Code Code Code Code (p. 11) w Set the desred CTCSS tone frequency/DTCS code n set mode.

  • Page 28: Pocket Beep OperatOn

    TONE SQUELCH OPERATION ■ Pocket beep operation Ths functon uses CTCSS (subaudble) tones and DTCS code for callng and can be used as a “common pager” to n- form you that someone has called whle you were away from the transcever. D Waiting for a call from a specific station q Select the desred channel except for channels 5 and 35.

  • Page 29: Selcall Operation

    SELCALL OPERATION ■ General ■ Calling operation D TX code channel selection In addton to the tone squelch operaton for slent stand-by, the SelCall operaton s avalable. SelCall s an abbreva- (TX Code CH) enables you to change the TX code ton for “Selectve Callng.”...

  • Page 30: D Tx Code Number Edit

    SELCALL OPERATION D TX code number edit r Push [PTT] to transmt to the selected TX code channel, or push to set the selected TX code (TX Code CH) enables you to change the TX code con- (TX Code CH) channel and return to the stand-by mode.

  • Page 31: D Transmitting An Individual Call

    SELCALL OPERATION t Push [CH Up] or [CH Down] to set the desred code. o Push [PTT] to transmt to the selected TX code channel, • Select “” when group code s set. or push to set the selected TX code (TX Code CH) channel and return to the stand-by mode.

  • Page 32: When Receiving A Call

    SELCALL OPERATION ■ When receiving a call D Receiving an individual call Recall the memorised RX code: q When recevng an ndvdual call (default settng); q Push [Top] • “PRo” beeps sound. to enter the functon mode, then (Functon) • The receved code channel name s dsplayed. push and hold for 2 sec.

  • Page 33: Selcall Operation

    SELCALL OPERATION ■ Quiet mode operation To enable SelCall mute: When the quet mode operaton s turned ON, the SelCall mute s actvated and allows the slent operaton untl recev- ➥ When “ ” blnks, push [Side1] to mute the (Montor) channel.

  • Page 34: Other Functions

    f the operator s temporarly away from any pre-settngs. All IC-41S’s operatng on the same the transcever. The Smart-Rng s for manual, and the ATS operatng channel wll answer back to the call n the sur- s for automatc confirmaton.

  • Page 35: Rx Frequency SettNg (For Rx Channels Only)

    OTHER FUNCTIONS ■ RX frequency setting (for RX channels only) D RX frequency programming The receve frequency n the RX channels can be re-pro- grammed wthn 450 to 520 MHz frequency range dependng q Select the desred RX channel (‘RX-XX’). (See at left) on the settng.
  • Page 36 OTHER FUNCTIONS * to select the desred dgt to be edted. i Push and hold [Top]* for 2 sec. to return to the normal r Push operaton condton. • RX frequency settng s memorzed to the channel. • Pushng [Top]* also returns to the normal operaton condton. In ths case, the RX frequency settng s not memorzed to the channel.

  • Page 37: WDe/Narrow FunctOn

    OTHER FUNCTIONS ■ Wide/Narrow function ■ PTT hold function Ths functon temporarly/permanently changes the band- The PTT swtch can be operated as a one-touch PTT swtch wdth between wde or narrow on the RX channel only. (each push toggles between transmt/receve). Usng ths functon you can transmt wthout pushng and holdng the q Select the desred RX channel.

  • Page 38: Set Mode

    SET MODE ■ Set mode D Set mode operation Set mode allows you to change seldom used common set- tng for the transcever, or ndvdual settng for the operatng q P ush and hold [Top] for 2 sec. to enter Set mode. (Set Mode) channel.

  • Page 39: Set Mode Tems

    SET MODE ■ SET mode items D Backlight condition D Squelch level Select the nose squelch threshold level wthn 0 to 9 ranges. The transcever has dsplay backlght for nght-tme operaton. : Backlght turns ON contnuously. • There are 10 squelch levels to choose from 0 s completely open; 9 s tght squelch;...

  • Page 40: D Beep Level

    SET MODE D Beep level D Signal Monitor function Set the key-touch beep output level from 1 to 5. Ths functon controls the mute condton. The mute s re- leased (audble) durng SelCall code sgnal and roger beep emsson. Beep level 3 (default) Beep level 1 D Microphone gain level Signal monitor ON (default)

  • Page 41: D Scan Resume Timer

    SET MODE D Time-Out timer (TOT) D Scan resume timer The Tme-Out Tmer (TOT) functon lmts contnuous trans- The scan resume condton can be set as a pause (P5) or msson to prevent accdental prolonged transmsson, etc. tmer scan (15/10/5). When a sgnal dsappears, scan re- Ths tmer cuts a transmsson OFF after 1 mn.
  • Page 42 SET MODE D Roger Beep r Push [CH Up] or [CH Down] several tmes to select the desred dgt. Ths functon emts a beep on the communcaton party to nform the transmsson s finshed. * to set the dgt and the edtable dgt move to t Push Roger beep OFF (default) Roger beep ON...

  • Page 43: Battery Charging

    Icom rados or Icom charger. Only Icom battery seawater, or any other lquds. Never charge or use a wet packs are tested and approved for use and charge wth Icom battery. If the battery gets wet, be sure to wpe t dry before rados or Icom charger.

  • Page 44: D Charging Caution

    R DANGER! NEVER charge the battery pack n areas wth an abnormal odor, heats up, or s dscolored or deformed. If any of these condtons occur, contact your Icom dealer or extremely hgh temperatures, such as near fres or stoves, dstrbutor.

  • Page 45: Battery Chargers

    BATTERY CHARGING ■ Battery chargers ï Rapid charging with the BC-160 ï AD-106 installation The BC-160 provdes rapd chargng of optonal L-Ion battery The AD-106 must be nstalled nto the BC- charger adapter packs. 119N or BC-121N before battery chargng. •...
  • Page 46 BATTERY CHARGING ï Rapid charging with the BC-119N+AD-106 ï Rapid charging with the BC-121N+AD-106 The optonal BC-119N provdes rapd chargng of battery The optonal BC-121N allows up to 6 battery packs to be packs. The followng tems are addtonally requred. charged smultaneously.

  • Page 47: Battery Case

    BATTERY CASE ■ Optional battery case (BP-240) When usng the optonal battery case, nstall 6 × AAA (LR03) Fig.1 sze alkalne batteres as llustrated at rght. BP-240 q Unhook the battery cover release hook (q), and open the cover n the drecton of the arrow (w). (Fg.1) w Then, nstall 6 ×...

  • Page 48: Optional Swivel Belt Clip

    OPTIONAL SWIVEL BELT CLIP ■ MB-93 contents r Clp the belt clp to a part of your belt. And nsert the transcever nto the belt clp untl the base clp nserted fully nto the groove. Qty. q Belt clp ��������������������� 1 w Base clp ��������������������...

  • Page 49: DetachNg

    OPTIONAL SWIVEL BELT CLIP ■ Detaching w Release the battery pack f t s attached. (p. 2) q Turn the transcever upsde down n the drecton of the arrow and pull out from the belt clp. e Pnch the clp (q), and slde the base clp n the drecton of the arrow (w).

  • Page 50: Options

    OPTIONS D BATTERY PACK D DC CABLES • CP-23L cigarette lighter cable Battery pack Voltage Capacity Battery life* Allows chargng of the battery pack through a 12 V cgarette lghter 1900 mAh (mn.) socket. (For BC-119N/BC-160) BP-232N 7.4 V 13.5 hrs. 2000 mAh (typ.) •...

  • Page 51: Specifications

    • External speaker connector • Power supply requrement : 7.2 V DC nomnal* (negatve ground) All stated specifications are subject to change without *Specfied Icom’s battery pack only notice or obligation. • Frequency stablty : ±2.5 ppm (–30°C to + 60°C) : 50 Ω...

  • Page 52: Warranty And Product Registration

    Icom Incorporated s proud of ts advanced technology and the hgh Pty Ltd to an authorzed Dealer of Icom (Australa) Pty. Ltd. Please check with us if you feel an Icom product is being qualty of workmanshp and components ncluded n the producton of every product.
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  • Page 55 MEMO...
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