Contents Contents Safety Information ..........1 Radio ID ..............14 Supplied Accessories ........2 Languages Selection ..........14 Getting Acquainted ..........3 SQ(Squelch Level) ............14 ■Radio Diagram ............. Battery Save ............14 Battery Information ..........4-5 Time Out Timer(TOT) ..........14 ..............■Caution ■Alert Tone Settings ..........14 ■Battery Charging ...........
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Contents Contents Color Code Match .............15 9 Troubleshooting and Maintenance ....18 Band wi dth ..........15 ■Troubleshooting ..........18 ■Maintenance and Cleaning: Only RX ............15 .......18 ■Digital Part ..........16 10 Specifications …........19-20 ..........1 6 R X C C : : 11 Sub-tone Tables ..........21...
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Please read the following information carefully to become familiar with your new SFE two-way radio SD618: Do not attempt to repair, disassemble or re-assemble the radio. Repair should only be carried out by a qualified Radio Engineer. In order to avoid electromagnetic interference, please turn off the radio in any areas where radio transmissions are not permitted e.g.
Getting Acquainted Getting Acquainted Battery Information Radio Diagram Caution: Li-ion battery packs and flammable objects. Mishandling may cause the battery to rupture producing flames or extreme heat. Please take note of the following precautions. ● In order to avoid damage to the battery, only use the charger provided. The supplied charger is an intelligent charger and has automatic overload-protect functions built in.
Accessories Installation Battery Information Battery Charging Installing/Removing the Battery Pack 1. If the Red LED flashes and the radio sound a beep every 30s after Make sure the radio is turned off. Hold the top of radio body, push install the battery into radio, that means the battery is low. Please use the battery button with finger along with the direction shown as ①...
Accessories Installation Accessories Installation Installing/Removing the Antenna Snap the battery pack into place until you heard a click. Check that the Screw the antenna into the connector on the top of the radio by battery pack fits tightly in place against the body of the radio. holding the antenna at its base and turning it clockwise until it is (See Figure 5) secure.
Accessories Installation Figure 8 Press the channel button to select the required channel. The current channel number will be Installing an Earpiece heard. Turn the radio OFF. Open the Speaker/microphone plastic cover with your fingernail, and then insert the speaker/microphone plug into the SP/MIC jacks making sure it is all the way home, then turn the radio Volume Adjustment Rotate the Volume knob to adjust the volume, clockwise to increase...
Emergency Alert The side key can be re-assigend to any of the following functions by To activate the emergency alert, in standby status, long press the programming sofrware and you can select “short press” or “long press” side key which programmed as “Emergency Alert” for 3 seconds (with long press duration 0.5-2.5 seconds) as per your request.
Function and Operation Key Assignment Basic Setting Scan ON/OFF:Press the programmed scan key to initiate radio scanning from the current channel,and scanning ascends through the channel Radio ID numbers in scan list.The green/blue LED flashes when scanning Each radio can be assigned with an ID number,which is useful and proceeds,and solidly glows when a signal is received with signaling match can be identified by other users to place an individual call/group call on a channel.Press the scan key again to exit radio scanning.The scan...
Function and Operation Function and Operation 3.Keypod Tone: Digital Part ON/OFF selective 4.Digital Calling Tone: ON/OFF selective,in digital mode RX CC(Receiving color code): Transceiver will receive transceiver will emit an alert tone"Deng"automatically once after PTT incoming call when receiving color code matched,RX CC is 0-15 pressed,this is used to alert its in digital mode and also transmitting selective by PC software programming.
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Function and Operation Troubleshooting and Maintenance Analog Part RX Sub-tone Type/TX Sub-tone Type:None/CTCSS/DCS/Reverse Problem Solution DCS selective The battery is low. Please recharge the battery The transceiver Digital Contact(Valid only for digital channel) Individual pack and make sure the battery pack is does not work call/Group call/All call are available for selection,the transceiver properly fitted or insert a fresh battery, refit it if...
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Specification General Receiving Frequency Senstivity Analog:12dB SINAD:0.22uV Digital:5% BER:0.25uV Frequency range 400-480MHz/ 3 50-390MHz/136-174MHz Adjacent-channel selectivity 65/60dB(25KHz/12.5KHz) Channel capacity 32CH Inter-modulation 60/55dB(25KHz/12.5KHz) Channel Zone 2 Zones Audio Output ≤1W Channel spacing 12.5KHz/ 2 5KHz Hum&Noise 40dB Operating voltage 3.7V DC ±10% Battery capacity Li-lon battery 1800mAh Transmitting...
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6 months for batteries and accessories, from the date of original purchase.This warranty is limited to repair or replacement of defective parts only and is not valid if the equipment has been tampered with, misused or damaged. This manual is special for transceiver SD618 series.
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