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Oricom UHF182XP Operating Instructions Manual

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Operating Instructions
UHF182XP 80 Channel UHF Citizen Band Radio
Keep this user guide for future reference. Always retain your proof of purchase in case warranty
service is required.
www.oricom.com.au

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  • Page 1 Operating Instructions UHF182XP 80 Channel UHF Citizen Band Radio Keep this user guide for future reference. Always retain your proof of purchase in case warranty service is required. www.oricom.com.au...
  • Page 2 When a new narrowband radio receives a transmission from an older wideband radio the speech may sound loud and distorted – simply adjust your radio volume for the best listening performance. When an older wideband radio receives a signal from a new narrowband radio the speech may sound quieter - simply adjust your radio volume for best listening performance.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Installation of your Oricom Radio...........8 Operations ..................11 UHF CB channels and frequencies ..........26 Express Warranty (Australia) ............30 Need Help? If you need assistance setting up or using your Oricom product now or in the future, call Oricom Support. Australia (02) 4574 8888 www.oricom.com.au Mon-Fri 8am –...

  • Page 4: Controls And Indicators

    Controls and Indicators Controls and Indicators Front View of Controller Speaker Microphone 1. Push to Talk (PTT) 6. Scan/Key lock (Press hold and power on) 2. LCD display 7. Priority channel recall/ 3. On/off, Mode (Volume/ Monitor On/Off channel/SQ) 8. Triple watch/Menu 4.
  • Page 5 Controls and Indicators Rear View of Radio 1. Antenna Jack 1 2. Antenna Jack 2 3. Power supply connection 4. 3.5mm external jack for optional 8 ohm speaker...

  • Page 6: Lcd Icons & Indicators

    Controls and Indicators LCD Icons & Indicators 1. Signal strength & TX meter of 7. CTCSS or DCS channel ANT1 display 2. Duplex on 8. CTCSS on 3. Status display 9. DCS on 4. Scrambler on 10. Memory channel 5. Signal strength & TX meter of 11.

  • Page 7: Please Read Before Installing Or Operating Your Oricom Radio

    Important information Please read before installing or operating your Oricom radio The operation of your UHF radio in Australia and New Zealand is subject to conditions in the following licenses: In Australia, the ACMA Radio communications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) and in New Zealand by MED the General User Radio License for Citizen Band Radio.

  • Page 8: Installation Of Your Oricom Radio

    Installation of your Oricom Radio Fitting the Controller Speaker Microphone The controller speaker microphone uses a 6-pin telephone style plug and socket: 1. Position the microphone plug so the plastic flap faces upward, and insert the plug into the socket until it ‘clicks’.
  • Page 9 Installation of your Oricom Radio This radio is designed for operation on a 12 Volt battery system. It should not be connected directly to a 24 Volt CAUTION system. When installing your radio in your vehicle, check that during installation you do not damage any wiring or vehicle components that may be hidden around the mounting position.

  • Page 10: Antenna Information

    Installation of your Oricom Radio The radios positive (red) lead should connect to an accessory point in the vehicle’s fuse box via the 3 Amp fuse. Antenna information The antenna (not supplied) is of critical importance to maximise your output power and receiver sensitivity.

  • Page 11: Operations

    Operations Operations Turning on the Power Press and hold the Channel selector. At power on, the current applied DC voltage is displayed numerically as shown below. Special over and under voltage detection circuitry protects the radio and warns of excessive voltage condition by the LCD flashing the 3 backlight colours.

  • Page 12: Setting The Squelch Level

    Operations Setting the Squelch Level 1. Press channel selector 2 times. The current squelch level is displayed. 2. Select the squelch level by rotating the channel knob. The radio has 16 preset (off to 15) squelch levels, off-Squelch open. 1-Max. sensitivity (Min. squelch) 15-Min.
  • Page 13 Operations Press ANT/AUTO button to change the antenna connection to terminal 2. The connected antenna appears on the LCD as below. To reactivate manual antenna select, press ANT/AUTO. Ant 2 icon Ant 1 icon Auto Antenna Select When Auto Antenna Select is active the antenna with the best signal will be selected, this antenna will also be used to transmit.
  • Page 14 Operations Key Lock To prevent accidental entries, you can lock the keypad. To enable or disable the "Key lock" function: Turn radio off, while holding SC/RM button turn the Radio on. When the key lock is active, a warning beep will be heard if you attempt to press keys.

  • Page 15: Priority Scan

    Operations When a signal is found, scanning will stop at the channel to allow the signal to be heard, then resume scanning when the channel is clear again. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 ….. 77-78-79-80 Priority scan With Priority Scan, The radio scans for activity, but in addition, it also inserts your Priority Channel into the scan sequence.

  • Page 16: Monitor Function

    Operations Note: To enable a removed channel, select the channel, then press and hold SC/RM until SKPoF appears. Priority Channel Recall You can store a priority channel through the menu in the "P" setting. To recall the priority channel press the PRI/MO button. "P"...

  • Page 17: Menu Function

    Operations To store the channels in TRI1 or TRI2, select the channels and features CTCSS/DCS/Duplex on the display then enter menu mode and save the channel in TRI1 or TRI2. If only one additional channel is required, then select "Off" in TRI2. Once Watch is activated, by pressing the TW/MENU button, the TRI1 and TRI2 channels are checked in the following sequence.
  • Page 18 Operations 3. Use the rotary selector to change the parameters of the selected function. 4. To exit the menu, Press PTT button or press and hold the menu button for 2 seconds. The following feature can be selected by using the "MENU" button: 1) User selectable Off, 38 CTCSS and 104 DCS codes (CTCSS or DCS cannot be enable on channel 5 and 35) 2) Scrambler setting (Off, 1 to 5 different frequencies)
  • Page 19 Operations Function Parameter Display Default CTCSS38 CTCSS and DCS DCS 104 Scrambler 1 to 5 Backlight LED Green colour Bright of LCD Bright Duplex Priority CH. Scan mode Scan resume time 5, 10, 15 Busy channel lock...
  • Page 20 Operations Function Parameter Display Default Key beep tone Roger beep tone 1 to 5 Melody Call 1 to 5 Triple watch CH 1 Triple watch CH 2 Squelch tail Auto power off 1H, 2H, 4H Software Version Ver 01...

  • Page 21: Lcd Backlight Brightness

    Operations CTCSS and DCS setting This feature allows you to receive signals only from callers who have selected the same CTCSS and DCS code. DCS is similar to CTCSS. It provides 104 extra, digitally coded, squelch codes that follow after the 38 CTCSS codes. CTCSS 1 - 38, followed by DCS 1 - 104.
  • Page 22 Operations Repeater Station The Repeater Access function can be set (from channel 1 to 8 and 41 - 48) used by local repeater stations. When activated, your radio will receive the Repeater on its specific channel (all repeater output are on channel 1 to 8 and 41 to 48) but transmit to the repeater channel 31 through 38 and 71 to 78.

  • Page 23: Priority Channel Set

    Operations 476.525 477.275 CH35 476.550 477.300 CH36 476.575 477.325 CH37 476.600 477.350 CH38 476.4375 477.1875 CH71 476.4625 477.2125 CH72 476.4875 477.2375 CH73 476.5125 477.2625 CH74 467.5375 477.2875 CH75 476.5625 477.3125 CH76 476.5875 477.3375 CH77 476.6125 477.3625 CH78 For this example we are adopting CH01 as the repeater channel. Duplex mode can be turned on or off on the duplex channels.

  • Page 24: Busy Channel Lock

    Operations If P5 is selected, SCAN will stop as long as a signal is present and will resume SCAN again 5 seconds later. Busy channel Lock If the channel is already in use, you can prevent the UHF CB radio from transmitting.

  • Page 25: Auto Power Off

    Operations Auto Power Off This feature allows the radio to be connected directly to the battery of a vehicle and when enabled, will automatically turn the radio off, if it has not been used for a preset period of time 1, 2 or 4 hours. The main purpose of the feature is if the radio is inadvertently left on when directly connected to the battery it automatically turns the radio off to prevent the battery from being discharged.

  • Page 26: Uhf Cb Channels And Frequencies

    UHF CB channels and frequencies UHF CB channels and frequencies EMC Technologies (NZ) Ltd IMPORTANT NOTE: The operation of your UHF radio in Australia and Test Report No 101127.1 Report date: 25 November 2010 New Zealand is subject to conditions in the following licenses: In Australia the ACMA Radio communications (Citizen Band Radio Nominal Carrier Stations) and in New Zealand by MED the General User Radio License...
  • Page 27 UHF CB channels and frequencies * The primary use for these channels is repeater operation using 750 kHz offset. Channels 1-8 inclusive are used for mobile reception and channels 31-38 for mobile transmission. Note that additional channels 41-48 and 71-78 are also available for repeater operation to supplement channels 1-8 and-31-38 respectively as approved by the ACMA CBRS Class Licence in Australia and the MED GURL in New Zealand.
  • Page 28 UHF CB channels and frequencies 38 CTCSS CODE LIST CODE Frequency(Hz) CODE Frequency(Hz) 131.8 67.0 136.5 71.9 141.3 74.4 146.2 77.0 151.4 79.7 156.7 82.5 162.2 85.4 167.9 88.5 173.8 91.5 179.9 94.8 186.2 97.4 192.8 100.0 203.5 103.5 210.7 107.2 218.1 110.9...
  • Page 29 UHF CB channels and frequencies DCS codes table DCS Code DCS Code DCS Code Code No. Code No. Code No. (Octal) (Octal) (Octal) 100 (A0) 101 (A1) 102 (A2) 103 (A3) 104 (A4)

  • Page 30: Express Warranty (Australia)

    You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure. Oricom warrants that the product is free from defects in materials or workmanship during the Express Warranty Period. This Express Warranty does not extend to any product from which the serial number has been removed or was purchased outside of Australia.
  • Page 31 No change to the conditions of this Express Warranty is valid unless it is made in writing and signed by an authorised representative of Oricom. Oricom will not be liable under this Express Warranty, and to the extent permitted by law will not be liable for any defect, loss, damage or injury arising out of or in connection with a: 1.
  • Page 32 Please note that if a Customer Support Team member advises that your product does not qualify for return, this warranty does not apply to your product. Products that are authorised to be returned to Oricom in Australia must include all of the following: •...
  • Page 33 Express Warranty (Australia) Important Information Repair Notice Please be aware that the repair of your goods may result in the loss of any user-generated data (such as stored telephone numbers, text messages and contact information). Please ensure that you have made a copy of any data saved on your goods before sending for repair.
  • Page 34 Oricom Support - Australia For all product enquiries, troubleshooting or to discuss the range of Oricom products, feel free to contact Oricom or visit our website for answers to frequently asked questions. (02) 4574 8888 Monday - Friday 8am –...