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Oricom UHF180 Operating Instructions Manual

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Operating Instructions

For UHF180 and UHF280 80 Channel UHF
2-way Citizen Band Radio
Downloaded from www.cbradio.nl
Keep this user guide for future reference. Always retain your proof of purchase in case of
warranty service and register your product on line at: AUSTRALIA: www.oricom.com.au

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  • Page 1: Operating Instructions

    For UHF180 and UHF280 80 Channel UHF 2-way Citizen Band Radio Downloaded from www.cbradio.nl Keep this user guide for future reference. Always retain your proof of purchase in case of warranty service and register your product on line at: AUSTRALIA: www.oricom.com.au...
  • Page 2 Need Help? If you need assistance setting up or using your Oricom product now or in the future, call Oricom Support. Australia 1300 889 785 www.oricom.com.au Mon-Fri 8am – 6pm AEST New Zealand 0800 67 42 66 www.oricom.co.nz Mon-Fri 10am – 8pm NZST...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    During this time wideband channel use will be gradually phased out as users upgrade their existing radio’s. This means that the new Oricom narrowband radio you have purchased will have more channels than older wideband radios. Some of these channels are locked and cannot be used, (see the attached channel chart for more information).

  • Page 4: Safety Information And Warnings

    Safety Information and Warnings 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 5: Controls And Connectors

    Remote Head Unit 1 x Remote Head Unit with 2m cable 1 x Microphone Hanger 1 x UHF180 Standard Microphone 1 x User Guide 1 x DC Power Cord with inline fuse 1 x Mounting bracket with mounting...
  • Page 6 Controls and Connectors Front View Remote Head unit (UHF180) 1. Microphone connector 6. Priority Channel On/Off, Key Lock On/Off, Alpha-numeric display 2. LCD Display 7. ID setting, 5 tone SelCall, Quiet 3. Power On/Off, channel & Volume control 8. Monitor, TSQ On/Off, Menu 4.

  • Page 7: Rear View

    Controls and Connectors Rear View Rear view of Radio (UHF180 & 280) 1. 3.5mm external jack for optional 8 ohm speaker 2. Power Supply connection 3. Antenna connection Standard Microphone (UHF180) 1. Push To Talk (PTT) button 2. Volume Up, Channel Up 3.
  • Page 8 Controls and Connectors Top view of Contoller Speaker Microphone (UHF280) 1. Volume Down, Channel Down 2. Volume Up, Channel Up 3. Power On/Off Front view of Contoller Speaker Microphone (UHF280) 4. LCD Display 5. Function button & Duplex On/Off 6. Open Scan, Memory On/Off, Group Scan 7.
  • Page 9 Controls and Connectors LCD Icons & Indicators (UHF180 and UHF280) 1. FUNCTION 10. Open Scan 2. RX or TX Signal strength 11. Group Scan 3. Transmitter Indicator 12. Selelctive call Sending "To" 4. Receiver Indicator 13. Selective call Receiving "From"...

  • Page 10: Installation

    The radio contains a built-in loud speaker, The radio can be installed ‘out of the way’ and an external speaker can be used as an alternative (not supplied). To mount the Remote Head (UHF180) The remote head is supplied with a slim mounting bracket and thumb screws.
  • Page 11 Installation 1. Fix the mounting bracket in place by screwing through the slots in the bracket. 2. Fix the remote head unit to the mounting bracket with the thumb screws provided. 3. Connect the standard microphone to the remote head socket, and tighten up the thumb screw.
  • Page 12 Controller Speaker Microphone; part number, CSPKMIC Standard Microphone; part number, MIC050 These can be purchased from the dealer you purchased the radio from or directly from www.oricom.com.au. DC Power Connection The Radio is designed for 13.8 Volt DC, negative earth installations only (i.e.

  • Page 13: Antenna Installation

    If required you may install an external (8 ohm, max 5w power) speaker fitted with a 3.5mm plug (not supplied). There is a jack located on the rear of the radio and on the UHF180 there is an additional jack on the side of the remote head unit.

  • Page 14: Operations

    Operations Power on and off * Press and hold the PWR button on the UHF180 Remote Head or the UHF280 microphone PWR button for 2 seconds. * The default channel is set at CH01. UHF180 UHF280 Volume control * The UHF180 has a rotary electric volume control. Adjust the volume by rotating the channel knob clock-wise or adjust the volume control by pressing the Volume Up or Volume Down buttons on the microphone.
  • Page 15 Operations blinking Tri Function buttons To use the primary function (F, SC, PRI, ID, MO) press the required button. To use the secondary function (DPX, MEM, LO, CAL, TSQ) press and hold the button for 2 seconds. To use the third function (OS/GS, ALPHA, QUIET, MENU), press F/DPX and press the required button.
  • Page 16 Operations Priority Channel To store a Priority Channel, press the PRI/LO button. The letter "P" will appear when the priority channel is set. The channel you selected as your Priority Channel will then be automatically monitored during the Group Scan. Note: You can only store one channel as your priority channel.
  • Page 17 Operations Selecting the Required CTCSS Tone To pre-select the CTCSS tone on your radio, please refer to the MENU settings on page 24. Enabling CTCSS on a Channel CTCSS when enabled is on all channels excluding channels 5 and 35. 1.
  • Page 18 Operations Open Scan Group Scan With Group Scan the Radio scans for activity, but in addition, it also inserts your Priority Channel into the scan sequence. This means that your Priority Channel will be monitored regularly while scanning to ensure that no calls are missed. Any signals received on your Priority Channel will take precedence over any signals received on the other channels.
  • Page 19 1. Press the ID/CAL button to select the CALL TO mode. 2. To select the required Identity in memory locations 'C0' to 'C9'. Rotate the channel knob on the front display of the UHF180. And, for the UHF280 press the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons on the microphone.
  • Page 20 Operations Entering, Editting and Storing a Selcall Name or ID number 1. Briefly press the ID/CAL button. The CALL TO mode will be selected and the last-sent Selcall memory location will be displayed. 2. Rotate the Channel knob to select the required Selcall memory (locations C0 to C9).
  • Page 21 Operations To return the call Press F/DPX and hold the ID/CAL button for 2 seconds until the radio beeps. The callers Selcall Identity will be sent to the caller. Cancelling the Selcall Alert To cancel the alarm and talk on the channel, press the PTT button. The alarm will be cancelled and the channel will be open for normal communication.
  • Page 22 Operations To call the group, program the Base radio Group ID code to 1234A. When you call the group, all of the above vehicles will receive the Group Calling Tone. Group call IDs can be stored in memory the same way as a Standard Selcall ID code, please refer to Entering, Editing and Storing a Selcall ID number at page 10 Radios 100 Radios...
  • Page 23 Operations Setting up QUIET Mode To setup QUIET mode you must first ‘tag’ the channels that you want to stay quiet, then activate the QUIET mode. Once QUIET mode is activated, the channels you have tagged will remain quiet to all incoming signals unless your Selcall Ident is received.
  • Page 24 Operations Third functions MENU list * Use the channel knob to change the value of each setting. * Use the Scan button to select the next function. * If a button is not pressed within 8 seconds the Radio will automatically exit the menu mode.
  • Page 25 Operations SQL: The radio has 8 preset ( off - 7) squelch levels: off - SQ off (monitor on condition) 1 - Max sensitivity (min squelch) 7 - min sensitivity (max/tight squelch) CTCSS and DCS setting This feature allows you to receive signals only from callers who have selected the same CTCSS and DCS code.

  • Page 26: Duplex Operation

    Operations Duplex Operation General Your radio has a Repeater Access function to allow use of local Repeater stations (if available in your area). Repeaters are shared radio system installed by interested parties (clubs, local business etc.) that pick transmissions on specific channels and re-transmit (or repeat) the received signal to another channel.
  • Page 27 If you transmit on CH01 duplex mode, you are actually transmitting on CH31 the repeater station down converts your signal and retransmits on CH01. Your UHF180 and UHF280 allows you to pre-select Duplex operation individually on each channel. Push and hold the F/DPX button for 2 seconds, "DPXON" should appear on the LCD.
  • Page 28 Operations 200 Receive (RX) only Channels Manual Programming The UHF Radio has a wideband search feature which will allow you to search Frequencies ranging from 400-512MHz (in 12.5KHz steps). You may search the full range or you may search one of 4 smaller bands separately. Turn power on.
  • Page 29 Operations * press the PRI/LO button, next 2 digits will be blinking for the next frequency digits. * Rotary channel switch to select which 2 frequency digits you want. To store the required frequency, briefly press the ID/CAL button. Briefly press the F/DPX button and Power button to exit. Automatic programming 1.

  • Page 30: Uhf Channels And Frequencies

    UHF channels and frequencies Channel Frequency Table Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence 2002 No licence is required to own or operate this radio in Australia and New Zealand. The Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence 2002 contains the technical parameters, operating requirements, conditions of licence and relevant standards for Citizen Band (CB) radios.
  • Page 31 UHF channels and frequencies !"/9/2" !"/9/2" "C !""92" !"/9" !"/9" !""9  !"/9" !"/9" "C !""9 !"/9" !"/9" !""9  !"/9"1" !"/9"1" "1C !""91" !"/9" !"/9" !""9  !"/9"/ !"/9"/ "!C !""9/ !"/9"" !"/9"" !""9"  !"/9"2" !"/9"2" "C !""92" !"/92 !"/92 !""91...
  • Page 32 UHF 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 97.4 192.8 100.0 203.5 103.5 210.7 107.2 218.1 110.9 225.7...

  • Page 33: Uhf180 Technical Specification

    UHF180 Technical Specification UHF180 Technical Specification Compliance AS/NZS 4365:2011 Frequency Range TX 476.425 - 477.4125 MHz Frequency Range RX 400 - 512MHz Number of TX/RX Channels 75 UHF CB Number of user programmable RX only Channels Channel Spacing TX/RX 12.5KHz...
  • Page 34 UHF180 Technical Specification Intermodulation Immunity > 70dB Spurious Immunity > 70dB Audio Output Power 3 Watts Maximum RX Audio de-emphasis -6dB/octave 300Hz to 3kHz Audio frequency response 300Hz to 3kHz External speaker jacks One on transceiver one on head unit for optional 8 Ohm mono spe aker (3.5mm jack.)

  • Page 35: Customer Support

    If you have any problems setting up or using this product you will find useful tips and information in the Troubleshooting section of this user guide as well as “Frequently Asked Questions” on our website www.oricom.com.au. If you have further questions about using the product after reviewing the resources above or would like to purchase replacement parts or accessories please call our Customer Support Team.

  • Page 36: Warranty

    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 37 Warranty Warranty Information (Australia) This Warranty is provided by Oricom International Pty Ltd ABN 46 086 116 369, Unit 1, 4 Sovereign Place, South Windsor NSW 2756, herein after referred to as “Oricom”. Oricom makes no other warranties or conditions, express or implied, including as to acceptable quality and fitness for a particular purpose, except as stated in this Warranty.
  • Page 38 Oricom does not warrant that the operation of the product will be uninterrupted or error free. Oricom is not responsible for damage that occurs as a result of your failure to follow the instructions that came with the product. These terms and conditions together...
  • Page 39 Warranty and which may not be so excluded, restricted or modified. For warranties that cannot be excluded, restricted or modified, Oricom limits the remedies available to those specified in the relevant legislation. Oricom products come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law.
  • Page 40 Phone: 1300 889 785 (Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm AEST) Web: www.oricom.com.au Fax: (02) 4574 8898 Contact details for Oricom support and warranty claims in New Zealand Email: support@oricom.co.nz Phone: 0800 674 266 (Monday to Friday 10am to 8pm NZST) Web: www.oricom.co.nz...

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