INTRODUCTION The GME Electrophone TX7000 UHF portable • Alpha-numeric labelling of selected channels transceiver has been wholly designed and and users simplifies channel selection and manufactured in Australia by Standard identification of incoming callers. Communications Pty. Ltd. to meet the requirements of commercial hand held users.
STANDARD CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS Front Panel Controls Volume ON/OFF Control. Antenna socket. Busy/Transmit/ Battery Low LED. • Press ONCE to activate backlight. • Press and HOLD to toggle Keyboard Lockout function. Carry Strap TX7000 anchor point. LAMP • Press to Transmit. Speaker. • Release to Receive. Microphone. • Press ONCE to step UP one channel. Liquid Crystal • Press and HOLD to step UP Display. channels continuously. BATT BUSY PRIV CALL TO FROM...
Standard LCD Indicators (For ADVANCED LCD indicators, refer to page 10). Channel Indicator Low battery Transmit Indicator Indicator BATT BUSY KeyLock Indicator Channel Busy Indicator Alphanumeric Labels OPERATION AND STANDARD FUNCTIONS TURNING THE TX7000 ON OR OFF SELECTING CHANNELS Rotate the volume control clockwise past the The channels in your radio are preprogrammed BATT 'click' to turn the TX7000 on.
BUSY CALL TO CALL TOFROM PRIV CALL TO CALL TO SCAN QUIET CALL TO CALL TO E.g. to select channel 20 press on the press the key. The backlighting will turn BATT keypad. BUSY off automatically after 5 seconds. CALL TO BATT BUSY CALL TOFROM...
is already in use. If this is the case, pressing the The BUSY Indicator PTT switch while the channel is busy will result in a low beep and the transmitter will not Whenever the channel is active, the BUSY function. indicator will appear on the display and the green LED on the top of the radio will light.
PROGRAMMED KEY ALLOCATIONS FOR YOUR RADIO TX7000 Key Lock ✔ Lamp ✔ Selcall LAMP Programming No Operation Quiet Scan / Mem Low power Squelch Talk Around BATT BUSY No Operation Scan / Mem PRIV CALL TO FROM SCAN Low power QUIET Squelch Talk Around...
Advanced LCD Indicators ‘CALL FROM’ and Low Transmit Power ‘CALL TO’ Selcall Indicator Indicators Channel in Memory Indicator Talk Around Indicator Quiet Channel Tag Scan Selection Indicator Indicator PRIV CALL TOFROM SCAN Quiet Mode Indicator QUIET Private (CTCSS active on CB) Indicator Open Scan (OS) or Group Scan (GS) Incoming/Outgoing...
To select Talk Around: To listen for signals on the channel: Briefly press the Talk Around key. A high beep Press and HOLD the Monitor key to listen for will be heard and T/A will appear on the display. signals on the channel. A high beep will be You can now talk to the other radio in the usual heard as the key is pressed.
the radio will resume scanning for further To change the scan group: signals. Exactly how the scanning feature reacts to a signal will depend on the options Briefly press the OS/GS key. A beep will be programmed into your radio. heard and the display will change to indicate the group you have selected.
your Working Channel can only be programmed Selecting Scan: by your dealer. When programmed, the working channel becomes the channel of priority in the O n c e y o u h a v e y o u r s e l e c t e d g ro u p s Group Scan and Dual Watch modes.
BUSY CALL TOFROM PRIV SCAN BATT QUIET BUSY PRIV CALL TOFROM SCAN QUIET Setting the Dual Watch mode: codes match, it knows it is being called and sounds an alarm to alert you. It also displays 1. Select the required other channel using the the caller's unique code or an alphanumeric CALL TO label identifying the caller to you.
CALL TOFROM PRIV SCAN BATT QUIET BUSY CALL TOFROM PRIV SCAN QUIET the PTT switch. Scanning will pause and M will Receiving Signals on the Working Channel. be displayed. You can now transmit and receive on that channel in the usual way. SCAN will still If a signal appears on the working channel while CALL TO be displayed to remind you that the Scan...
BATT BUSY CALL TOFROM PRIV SCAN be heard and Call To will be displayed, 4. Now press and HOLD the Call key to BATT QUIET BUSY along with a maximum 5 digit Selcall transmit the Selcall code. The LED on top of CALL TOFROM PRIV SCAN...
BATT BUSY CALL TOFROM PRIV SCAN BATT QUIET BUSY CALL TOFROM PRIV SCAN QUIET To tag a channel for use in the Selcall quiet your radio has been preprogrammed with the mode: necessary Selcall codes for your group, with no provision to manually alter them.
press, the selected digit will appear in the necessary DTMF tone sequences for your right hand flashing digit position, pushing application, with no provision to manually alter the other digits towards the left. them. . To send a Selcall to ten consecutively DTMF "Speed Dial"...
BATT BUSY PRIV CALL TOFROM SCAN BATT remember which function key holds the Therefore if the number you had entered was BUSY BATT QUIET BUSY CALL TOFROM PRIV SCAN required code, press each one until the 1234A, you would actually be sending a QUIET CALL TOFROM PRIV...
SIDE PANEL SOCKETS ACCESS PANEL These sockets are For Service Use ONLY DC Supply Input Socket • Connect 9-12 Volts DC MAX • Do NOT connect 13.8 Volts. • Do NOT connect power while battery pack is attached. Programming Socket Charging Socket MAINTAINING YOUR BATTERY PACK convenient recharging facility nearby), the following hints can greatly reduce the amount of Continuously monitoring a busy channel will...
For information on removing, fitting and then switch to trickle charge mode to keep the recharging the battery pack, refer to ‘GETTING battery topped up until needed. STARTED’ on page 4 of this manual. USE ONLY GME ELECTROPHONE APPROVED CHARGERS. USE OF OTHER TYPES MAY BE DO NOT CONNECT YOUR CAR D A N G E R O U S A N D W I L L V O I D T H E BATTERY DIRECTLY TO THE...
reasonably high location or are close to a local Single Channel Operation: The TX7000 draws repeater, try using the LOW transmit power more power from the battery when scanning setting. This reduces the transmitter power from than when monitoring a single channel. This is 5 Watts to 1 Watt, effectively tripling the ‘talk’...
ACCESSORIES BCD6000 BCV6000 Fast charges a fully discharged battery pack, The optional BCV6000 vehicle trickle with or without the radio attached in about 4.5 charger will allow you to charge your hours. Automatically switches to trickle charge TX7000’s battery pack in about 18 when the fast charge cycle is completed.
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MC6000 LCH7000 Remote speaker Leather belt holster microphone with w i t h s w i v e l earphone monitor jack retaining strap. and retaining clip. HS7000 Optional lightweight headset with Boom Microphone. Attaches to the CC04 sockets on top of the radio to provide full remote speaker, Waterproof pouch to enable microphone and the push-to-...
CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your TX7000 is a quality product and should be • Do not drop the unit. We recommend you treated with care. The following suggestions will purchase one of the range of leather cases help keep your transceiver in good condition for designed specifically for the TX7000.
Should failure occur however, GME ELECTROPHONE maintain a fully equipped service facility and spare parts stock to meet the customer’s requirements long after expiry of the warranty period. A Division of STANDARD COMMUNICATIONS PTY. LTD. Head Office: SYDNEY MELBOURNE...
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