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BelFone BF-TM8500 User Manual

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THANK YOU
We are grateful you choose BelFone series professional radio communications
products!
Since 1989, in order to lead the market, BelFone has been always engaging in
research and exploration of radio communications technologies. We make
every effort to research and design products according to modern complicated
communications environment, and offer complete and customized
communication solutions to clients. Our products will satisfy you due to its
excellent performance and outstanding communications. No matter what field
you are in, you will be satisfied with the radio.
DMR digital FM transceiver model: BF-TM8500
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  • Page 1 We are grateful you choose BelFone series professional radio communications products! Since 1989, in order to lead the market, BelFone has been always engaging in research and exploration of radio communications technologies. We make every effort to research and design products according to modern complicated communications environment, and offer complete and customized communication solutions to clients.
  • Page 2 Warning！ ◆In explosive atmospheres(inflammable gas, dust particles, powder-covered, etc.), please turn the power off. Do not carry spare fuel containers in the trunk of your vehicle if your ◆ transceiver is mounted in the trunk area. Various electronic equipment in your vehicle may malfunction if they are not ◆...
  • Page 3 ◆If you want to use the machine for secondary development, please contact with BelFone’s technical engineer or dealer for technical assistance. ◆Please keep radio surface clean and dry, wipe it by cloth moistened with...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Supplied Accessories......................... 5  Installation of Accessories ........................ 6  Getting Acquainted ......................... 11  Basic Operation ..........................14  LCD Icons ..........................14 Turning the power on /off ....................... 15 Adjusting the volume ......................15 Selecting a Channel ......................... 15 Selecting a Zone ........................

  • Page 5: Supplied Accessories

    Acce essorie Note es: The acce essories list ted below ar re covered b by BelFone d dealer, auth orized agen nts or facto ories. Afte er carefully y unpackin g the trans sceiver, ple ease confir rm the item...

  • Page 6: Installation Of Accessories

    nstalla tion of f Acce essorie bile Transc ceiver Insta allation installthe etransceiv ver,select asafe,co onvenient locationi insideyou hiclethatm minimizes sdangert toyourpa assengers andyour selfwhile the hicleisinm motion.T rytochoo osethelo cationwh hichiswel l-ventilate dshielded dfromdire ectsunlig Inst tallthem ountingb bracketin thevehic leusingth hesupplie...
  • Page 7 e antenna a for a ba ase station n shall be e set in a  high gro ound with hout staclesaro ound;the antenna fortransc ceiverissu uitablefo rinstalling gin ecenterof fthecarro oof;theh higherante ennawill gainbette ercoverag tes: Use a low- loss coaxial feed line th at also has...
  • Page 8 nnect the transceiv ver to a 2 4 V batte ery. If nec cessary to  connect the tran nsceiverto o24Vpow werplease eselecta specified DC-DCba attery. prevent t the risk o of short ci ircuits, dis sconnect other wir ing from the gativebat tteryterm...
  • Page 9 nnection m ay lead to the device e get smok crophone In nstallation t the groov ves of the hand micro ophone plu ug on the top and in nsert it into o the crophone i nterface o of the mob bile, please e press do own a littl...
  • Page 10 Before fi nished al l connect tions, Plea ase don’t t directly connect the ◆ tran nsceiverto oanACo outlet. Ensuretra ansceiver andDCp powerare cutoff. ◆ Connect t the transc ceiver’s D C power connecto r to the c connector r on ◆...

  • Page 11: Getting Acquainted

    etting Acqu ainted ont Pan Power swi tch key: sh hort press to turn Progra ammable K Key F4 power on, long press s to turn po ower off. LED Indica ator Right K Key: Short t press to select a channel , long pres ss to...
  • Page 12 ear Pane ANT： Co onnect an external a ntenna or a dummy load to this s terminal DC 13.8V V： Conne ct to13.8 V V DC powe BNC： C Connect to GPS anten PC Jack: Connect to o PC andard Microp phone...
  • Page 13 PTT Ke Microph hone（MIC C） ptional M Microph hone Left Ke UP Ke PTT K Prog grammable e Key F2 ogrammabl le Key F3 OK Ke icrophone （MIC） Right K Numeric c key Prog grammable e Key F4 * Key: To delete DOWN K ogrammabl...

  • Page 14: Basic Operation

    asic O Operati CD Icons Signal St trength Connect t to PC High / Midd dle/ Low Connect t to Bluetoot th earphon Power Digital Mod Direct /Ta alk around Mode Analog Mo Fail to sen nd messag Analog com mpatible Message send succ...

  • Page 15: Turning The Power On /Off

    rning the power o n /off ort press th he power s switch key to tur rn on the ra adio, an au udio voice mpts the c current cha annel numb ber; ng press th he power sw witch key about 3 seconds s to turn off...

  • Page 16: Call

    compatible analog , press 【AD Switch】button to switch to analog compatible digital mode; the current channel mode is analog compatible digital, press 【AD Switch】button to switch to digital compatible analog mode. Note: AD Switch function only switching the channel mode temporarily, while you restart the radio or rotate channel selector knob, the current channel will resume defaulting mode.
  • Page 17 （2） You can select the private call from address book and press PTT key to call. （3） Enter Contacts menu and go to manual dial menu or press programmed “Manual Dial” key, input a private call number you want to call, then press PTT key to transmit;...

  • Page 18: Receiving And Calling Back

    button to call. （2） You can select all call from address book and press PTT button to call. Receiving and calling back While a call is received on current channel, LED indicator glows green. While a group or private call is received, you may press the PTT key within the preset time period to call back.
  • Page 19 Emergency On To send emergency information, only set as short press Emergency Off To exit emergency mode, only set as long press Monitor To enable or disable monitor function quickly Backlight On/Off Quick switch backlight mode. Keypad Lock To lock or unlock the keypad quickly Scan On/Off To enable or disable scan function quickly All Alert Tones On/Off To enable or disable all tones quickly...

  • Page 20: Functions And Operations

    function Record On/Off To enable or disable record quickly Site Lock on/off Quick to lock current site Manual Site Roam Quick to roam to next available site VFO/MR Switch Quick to switch channel display mode Bluetooth Write Quick to enable or disable the Bluetooth Write On/Off feature.
  • Page 21 Feature  Description  Call Alert  To send an alert to private contact and remind other person to call back  Device Allow you check if the target radio is active on the current Check  channel while don’t send any tone alert to the target device.  Remote Allow you to send a "Remote Monitor"...

  • Page 22: Scan

    5. New Contact You can add a private call contact to the contact list. When edit name, press[*] key to delete, press [#] to switch input method, name input 16 characters at most; then input number, the available number range is 1~16776415. After add a private call contact successfully, on contacts list will show new contact.

  • Page 23: Zone

    2. View/Edit List Users can view the members, add or delete channels by editing a scan list. The list is with a maximum of 16 members. It is not allowed to create a new scan list or delete existing scan lists from the device. Digital and analog channel will be appeared in the same scan list.

  • Page 24: Call Logs

    displays: , read message displays: , you can reply, forward or delete them. 3. Preset SMS User can save 10 common preset text messages with maximum of 140 characters via programming software Note: Preset text messages also can assign to one touch call, and press the programmed key to send messages.

  • Page 25: Settings

    he answere ed calls list t can save up to 50 e entries priv vate call, us ser can vie e details or r press PT TT key to tr ransmit, , a and can ad d it to cont tact list or elete it.
  • Page 26 Boot Interface: Allow a user to enable or disable the boot screen via menu. If the BOOT INTERFACE is enabled, while the radio power on, the screen will display BelFone Logo. Keypad Lock: Allow a user to enable or disable keypad lock via menu. While Keypad locked indicate: , press [OK] +[#] key to unlock.
  • Page 27 assword co orrectly, the en input a new passw word twice the same, , that will odify the pa assword s uccessfully ote: This men nu is effectiv ve if power o on password d is set via p programming g software.

  • Page 28: Digital Emergency Operation/ Alarm

    My Number, Firmware Version, CP Version, Hardware Version, Voice Record Version, GPS Data, BT Info and Send GPS Data. 3. Channel Configure Channel configure function is used to modify the current channel parameters, on digital channel; it allows you to modify RX/TX frequency, channel name. TOT, TX contact, CC index, choose slot, RX group list;...

  • Page 29: Analog Emergency Operation/ Alarm

    ch the max ximum retr ries and th en exit em mergency m mode. rm with Ca all: You can n press pro ogrammed d” Emergen ncy On/Off f” key to se ergency in nformation, and then press PTT T to transm mit an emer rgency call rm with vo...

  • Page 30: Alone Worker

    ergency in formation to others, t the receive er will ring alarm tone e. The ana logy ergency ty ype and mo ode are the e same as digital em ergency. 1. S Send Eme ergency Ala analog ch annel, if th he alarm si gnaling typ pe is set as...
  • Page 31 software, you can select it.  Enabling Position 1. Go to MenuSettingsSettingsLocation SwitchOn; 2. Press programmable key [Location On/Off]; 3. Via the programming software to enable it.  Viewing Position 1. Viewing the radio’s position: Go to the MenuSettingsSystem InfoLocation Data; and then view the location information of your radio (including its data, time, longitude, latitude, speed, altitude, and number of visible satellites).

  • Page 32: Voice Recording

    oice Rec cording ile activate ed voice re ecorder, it w will continu uously reco ord all tran smitted an rece eived signa als. There are 2 Rec c modes av vailable: co ompress or r uncompre compress s mode can n reduce m memory but t uncompre...

  • Page 33: Voice Encryption

    de, when you use B Bluetooth earpiece f firstly, to p perform th he pairing nnection. D Do as follow 1. T Turn on the e Bluetoot h earpiece e, the earpi iece enter the pairing g mode auto omatically, , then LED D indicator of earpiece...

  • Page 34: Pseudo Trunk

    interference between each other. Note: This function is available only in digital mode. Pseudo Trunk While slot is set as pseudo trunk, and one time slot is already occupied, it can automatically switch into the free one. If the pseudo trunk TX time slot is set as none, both time slot 1 or time slot 2 can transmit;...

  • Page 35: Roam

    oaming aming is a available in digital mode, thu us to allow w your ra dio to ext tend mmunicatio on beyond a single s site, by con nnecting to o different a available s sites ch are co nnected v ia an IP s site connec ct system.

  • Page 36: Analog Feature

    channel if it is already in use. If the channel is busy, press PTT key and a warning tone will be sounded. Analog Channel This feature can restrict the channel if it is already in use you will be unable to transmit.

  • Page 37: Analog Signaling

    on the current channel, CTCSS/CDCSS match is required for the radio to receive an incoming signal. You can select a CTCSS/CDCSS from CTCSS standard frequency table or CDCSS standard code table or input non standard values manually via the programming software. Decode: Only when receiver receives a call containing matching the decode, ●...

  • Page 38: 5-Tone Signaling

    Receive 2-Tone Signaling Allow the user define the call type of the 2-tone system as “Call Prompt”, “Voice Call Prompt”, or “Selective Call”. While received signaling and match with decode format, the radio displays the call type and an alert tone will sound. And within the receiver’s resetting time the LED glows orange.

  • Page 39: Dtmf Signaling

    DTMF Signaling DTMF Contact While users set 5-Tone signaling type for the current channel, the contact list includes a total of 200 items. On the menu of DTMF contact, you can select one of the contacts to replace the address code of decoding sequence and encoding sequence.

  • Page 40: Specifications

    Specifications General Frequency range UHF:400-480 MHz Channel Capacity 1024 Zones Channel Spacing 12.5KHz Operating Voltage DC 13.8V (±20%) Frequency Stability ±1.5ppm Antenna Impedance 50Ω Dimensions (L×W×H) 162（L）* 157(W)* 51 (H)mm Weight 1300g Transmitter RF Output Power High Power： 50W Middle Power：25W Low Power：10W 4FSK Modulation 12.5kHz Only data：7K60FXD...

  • Page 41: Statement

    Statement Our Company endeavors to achieve the accuracy and completeness of this manual, if you have any question, you can contact with us, we will make a detailed answer to you in time. All the above specifications and design are subject to change without prior notice due to continuous development.
  • Page 42 FCC Part15 Requirement FCC Part15.19 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Part15.21 Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

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