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  • Page 1 GMRS Two Way Radio UV-9G...
  • Page 2 PREFACE Congratulations on your purchase of a high quality BAOFENG product. Your two-way radio represents the state-of-the-art in high-tech engineering. Designed for GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) operation, this compact package is big in performance. It is a quality piece of electronic equipment, skillfully constructed with the finest components.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter1. Getting Started 5.3 Making a call 1.1 Regulations and Safety Warnings 5.4 Channel selection 1.2 Main features 5.5 Frequency (VFO) mode 1.3 Content of the packaging 5.6 Channel (MR) mode Chapter2. Charging the Battery Chapter6. Advanced Features 2.1 Charging the Battery Pack 6.1 Frequency scanning 2.2 Charger Supplied...

  • Page 4: Chapter1. Getting Started

    Chapter1. Getting Started 1.1 Regulations and Safety Warnings IMPORTANT NOTICE: FCC LICENSE REQUIRED This two-way radio operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. A user must be licensed prior to operating on Channels 1 through 7 on high power or 15 through 22, which comprise the GMRS channels of this radio.
  • Page 5 • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. RF Exposure Compliance and Control Guidelines and Operating Instructions To control your exposure and ensure compliance with the occupational/ controlled environmental exposure limits, always adhere to the following procedures.
  • Page 6 ■Precautions for Portable Terminals Operating Prohibitions To protect you against any property loss, bodily injury or even death, be sure to observe the following safety instructions: 1. Do not operate the product in a location containing fuels, chemicals, explosive atmospheres and other flammable or explosive materials.
  • Page 7 flammable or explosive materials. 2. Do not charge your battery that is wet. Please dry it with a soft and clean cloth prior to charge. 3. Do not charge your battery suffering deformation, leakage and overheat. 4. Do not charge your battery with an unauthorized charger. 5.

  • Page 8: Main Features

    1.3 Content of the packaging • 1 UV-9G transceiver with antenna • 1 Li-Ion battery pack • 1 Fast desktop charger • 1 Wall adaptor • 1 Belt clip If any item is missing, please verify with your BAOFENG dealer.

  • Page 9: Chapter2. Charging The Battery

    If this is the case, replace the battery pack. 2.2 Charger Supplied Please use the specified charger provided by BAOFENG. Other models may cause explosion and personal injury. After installing the battery pack, and if the radio displays low battery with a voice prompt, please charge the battery.

  • Page 10: How To Charge

    When keys, ornamental chain or other electric metals contact the battery terminal, the battery may become damage or injure a human. If the battery terminals are short circuited it will generate a lot of heat. Take care when carrying and using the battery.

  • Page 11: How To Store The Battery

    2.6 How to Store the Battery a. If the battery needs to be stored, keep it in status of 80% discharged. b. It should be kept in low temperature and dry environment. c. Keep it away from hot places and direct sunlight. »...

  • Page 12: Installing The Battery Pack

    releases, and then push the belt clip with your thumb until the belt clip is removed. 3.3 Installing the battery pack Before attaching or removing the battery make sure your radio is turned off by turning the power/volume knob all the way counter-clockwise.

  • Page 13: Additional Speaker/Microphone (Optional)

    3.4 Installing the Additional Speaker/Microphone (Optional) a. Use a flat-blade screwdriver to unscrew the screw at the lower end of the cover counterclockwise to remove the headset cover. b. Insert the protruding part of the lower end of the headset into the slot indicated by the arrow in the figure below, and then align the nut on the upper end of the headset with the corresponding threaded hole of the transceiver and rotate it clockwise until it is tightened.

  • Page 14: Chapter4. Radio Overview

    Chapter4. Radio Overview 4.1 Buttons and controls of the radio...
  • Page 15 1. Antenna 2. Led: transmission (red) ; reception (green) 3. Flashlight 4. SOS: If you keep it pressed for 5 seconds you will hear an alarm note and the radio will switch to alarm mode 5. Power / Switch / Volume control: Rotate to switch on/off the radio and adjust the volume 6.

  • Page 16: Display Of The Radio

    4.2 LCD Display of the radio LCD Display 1. These symbols show that you set a DCS or CTCSS code in tx or rx. In tx mode it appears while you are transmitting, while in rx mode it is shown also in stand-by condition. 2.

  • Page 17: Status Indications

    11. Battery level indicator. When the battery is almost used up, the icon starts blinking and the transmission is blocked. Charge the radio. 12. Indicates the channel number that you stored 13. When the radio is in reception mode, this icon is displayed 14.
  • Page 18 • [MENU] key: It is used for activating the MENU, choose each MENU selection and confirm the parameter. In the off state, press and hold this key to turn on the radio, allowing to switch between frequency (VFO) mode or memory (MR) mode.
  • Page 19 To enable the scanner, press and hold the [*SCAN] key for about two seconds. • Zero 0 Key The BAOFENG UV-9G features a battery voltage meter that the current voltage of the battery on the display. To see the voltage displayed, press and hold the [0SQL] key for about two seconds.

  • Page 20: Chapter5. Basic Operations

    5. BASIC OPERATIONS 5.1 Power on the radio • Turning the unit on To turn the unit on, simply rotate the Volume/Power knob clockwise until you hear a "click". If your radio powers on correctly there should be an audible double beep after about one second and the display will show a message or flash the LCD depending on settings for about one second.

  • Page 21: Channel Selection

    5.4 Channel selection There are two modes of operation: Frequency (VFO) mode, and Channel or Memory (MR) mode. For everyday use, Channel (MR) mode is going to be a whole lot more practical than Frequency (VFO) mode. However, Frequency (VFO) mode is very handy for experimentation out in the field. Frequency (VFO) mode is also used for programming channels into memory.

  • Page 22: Chapter6. Advanced Features

    fixed and cannot be modified. Channels 117-127 are NOAA channels, and the frequency is fixed and cannot be modified. It is allowed to scan and receive. Channel 55-116 is a user-defined scan receiving channel. Only the receiving frequency is allowed to be set, and the transmitting frequency is forbidden.

  • Page 23: Cursor▼▲Conversion (A/B)

    Directly press [EXIT] key to move the cursor up and down. Then, you can modify or confirm the parameters indicated by the cursor. Important1: UV-9G has a dual-frequency display function. In frequency mode, you will see on the display two different receiving and transmitting frequencies; while in channel mode the two different channels will be displayed.

  • Page 24: Flashlight

    Memory channels are an easy way to store commonly used frequencies so that they can easily be retrieved at a later date. The BAOFENG UV-9G features 128 memory channels that each can hold: Receive frequencies, group signaling information, bandwidth, ANI/ PTT-ID settings and a six character alphanumeric identifier or channel name Frequency Mode vs.
  • Page 25 d. [MENU] [1][1] [MENU] 123.0 [MENU] [EXIT] Selects desired RX encode tone e. Enter RX frequency (Ex. 432000) f. [MENU] [2][7] [MENU] [6][0] [MENU] Enter the desired channel (Ex 60) -->>[EXIT] RX has been added g. In the off state, press and hold the [MENU] key to turn on the radio return to MR mode, and the channel number will reappear.

  • Page 26: Chapter7. Working The Menu System

    7. WORKING THE MENU SYSTEM For a complete reference on available menu items and parameters, see Appendix C, Shortcut Menu operations. Note: in channel mode, the setting of these features is not possible: CTCSS/ DCS tones, wide/narrow bandwidth, PTT-ID, Busy channel lock out, channel name edit. 7.1 Basic use Using the menu with arrow keys a.

  • Page 27: Functions And Operations

    Thanks to this function you can adjust the squelch in 10 different levels: • level 0: opened squelch. With this setting, UV-9G will detect all signals, also the weakest ones, but will also receive the background noise or undesired signals.
  • Page 28 automatically activated. You can choose amongst 11 levels: OFF-10. 1 is the highest level, 10 is the lowest one. Note: the higher is the level, the higher is the microphone sensitivity. The VOX function cannot be modified in SCAN and FM radio mode.
  • Page 29 • R-DCS: D023I-D754I (Inverse DCS) Note: In UV-9G there are 208 groups of normal and inverse DCS codes. This function cannot be amended in channel mode. (12) Receiving CTCSS (R-CTCSS) - MENU No.11 As DCS codes, the CTCSS codes can be added to the channels for creating new private channels.
  • Page 30 (19) SCAN Resume Mode (SC-REV) - MENU No.18 Thanks to this function, UV-9G can SCAN in frequency or channel mode. You can choose amongst three options: • TO: Time-operated SCAN Whenever a signal is detected, the radio will suspend the SCAN for 5 seconds, and then will continue to SCAN even if the signal is still present.
  • Page 31 This function is used to set the display mode of channel B. Display modes: • FREQ.: Frequency + channel No. • CH: Channel number • NAME: Channel name Note: Channel name mode must be set by the programming software. Up to three numbers or characters can be edited. (24) Busy Channel Lock (BCL) - MENU No.
  • Page 32 In this menu you can delete a channel of the radio. (30) Standby backlight (WT-LED) - MENU No.29 In this MENU you can choose the color of the backlight when the radio is in standby mode. You can choose amongst: •...
  • Page 33 You can choose amongst the following settings: OFF: UV-9G can receive in both VFO (not simultaneously); ▲ or ▼ will blink on the transmitting frequency band. A: The radio can receive in both VFO (not simultaneously) but can transmit in VFO A only.
  • Page 34 With this function you can set the display mode when the radio is turned on. Available options: • FULL: full frequency character is displayed. • MSG: UV-9G is displayed. (39) Roger beep (ROGER) - Menu No. 39 When the PTT is released, the radio will beep to confirm to other users that you have finished your transmission and that they can start talking.
  • Page 35 Appendix A. – Trouble shooting guide Phenomena Analysis Solution The battery may be installed improperly. Remove and reattach the battery. The battery power may run out. Recharge or replace the battery. You cannot turn on the radio. The battery may suffer from poor contact caused Clean the battery contacts or replace the by dirty or damaged battery contacts.

  • Page 36: Appendix A. - Technical Specifications

    Appendix B. - Technical Specifications Frequency Range 136.0-174.0 & 400.0-480.0MHz (Scanning Receiver) GMRS 462.5500 ~ 467.7250 MHz (Rx & Tx) Memory Channel 30 GMRS Channels + 11NOAA Weather + 87Scanner Channels Operation Voltage DC 7.4 V ±10% Battery Capacity 1800mAh (Li-Ion) Transmission current ≤1500mA Receive Sensitivity...

  • Page 37: Appendix C. - Shortcut Menu Operations

    Appendix C. - Shortcut Menu operations MENU Name Selectable Enter item LCD display (Full Name) 0-9 Levels SQL - Squelch Level MENU+0 0:Lowest 9:Highest 2.5K/5.0K/6.25K/10.0K STEP –Step Frequency MENU+1 12.5K/20.0K/25.0K/50.0K HIGH:5W Low:1W TXP – Transmit Power MENU+2 On channels 8-14, the output power cannot be modified.
  • Page 38 OFF/1,2,3…8，9,10 ABR –Auto Backlight MENU+6 *Time-out for the LCD backlight. (seconds) *Monitor [A] and [B] at the same time. The TDR – Dual Watch MENU+7 display with the most recent activity ([A] or [B]) Operation becomes the selected display. BEEP - Keypad Beep MENU+8 *Allows audible confirmation of a key press.
  • Page 39 67.0HZ…254.1HZ *Mutes the speaker of the transceiver in the absence of a specific and continuous R-CTCS - Receiver CTCSS MENU+11 sub-audible signal. If the station you are Listening to does not transmit this specific and continuous signal, you will not hear anything. D023N…D754N D023I …D754I *Transmits a specific low-level digital signal to...
  • Page 40 1,…,15 S-CODE - Signal Code MENU+17 TO : Time Operation - scanning will resume after a fixed time has passed SC-REV - Scanner MENU+18 CO : Carrier Operation -scanning will resume Resume Method after the signal disappears SE : Search Operation -scanning will not resume OFF: No ID is sent BOT: The selected S-CODE is sent at the beginning...
  • Page 41 *Disables the [PTT] button on a channel that is already in use. The transceiver will sound a BCL – Busy Channel MENU+23 beep tone and will not transmit if the [PTT] Lock-out button is pressed when a channel is already in use.
  • Page 42 *When enabled, priority is returned to selected display once the signal in the other display Watch mode disappears. *This function is used eliminate squelch tail STE - Squelch Tail MENU+35 noise between BAOFENG handhelds that are Elimination communicating directly (no repeater).
  • Page 43 Reception of a 55 Hz or 134.4 Hz tone burst mutes the audio long enough to prevent hearing any squelch tail noise. OFF/ 1,2,3…10 RP-STE-Squelch Tail *This function is used eliminate squelch tail MENU+36 Elimination noise when communicating through a repeater. OFF/ 1,2,3…10 RPT-RL - Delay the *Delay the Tail Tone of Repeater (X100...

  • Page 44: Appendix D. - Gmrs Frequency Chart (Mhz)

    Appendix D. - GMRS Frequency Chart (MHz) CH.No CH.Freq. CH.No CH.Freq. CH.No CH.Freq. 462.5625 467.6375 462.7000 462.5875 467.6625 462.7250 462.6125 467.6875 467.5500 (Tx)/ 462.5500 (Rx) 462.6375 467.7125 467.5750(Tx)/ 462.5750(Rx) 462.6625 462.5500 467.6000 (Tx)/ 462.6000(Rx) 462.6875 462.5750 467.6250(Tx)/ 462.6250(Rx) 462.7125 462.6000 467.6500(Tx)/ 462.6500(Rx) 467.5625 462.6250...
  • Page 45 Disclaimer The Company endeavors to achieve the accuracy and completeness of this manual, but no warranty of accuracy or reliability is given. All the specifications and designs are subject to change without notice due to continuous technological development. No part of this manual may be copied, modified, translated, or distributed in any manner without the prior written consent of the Company.
  • Page 46 Print version: UV-9G_GMRS_V2.0...

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