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AWR-RB5000

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Page 1: ...1 AWR User Manual AWR RB5000 Advanced Wireless Communications ...

Page 2: ...YOU Thank you for your purchase of Advanced Wireless Communications AWR RB5000 two way Base station This Base station is a business grade device Treat it with care and you will enjoy years of reliable operation ...

Page 3: ...ations The FCC has established limits for safe exposure to radio frequency RF emissions from portable two way radios The FCC requires manufacturers to demonstrate compliance with RF exposure limits before portable two way radios can be marketed in the U S When two way radios are approved for occupational controlled environment exposure limits the FCC requires users to be fully aware of and exercis...

Page 4: ...release the PTT button Transmitting 50 of the time or less is important since the radio generates measurable RF energy exposure only when transmitting in terms of measuring standards compliance For body worn operation always place the radio in an AWC approved belt clip or similar accessory that contains no metallic components and provides a minimum separation distance of 1 3 cm between the back of...

Page 5: ...ules Regulations FCC Rules require that all operators using Private Land Mobile radio frequencies obtain a radio license before operating their equipment Application for license must be made on FCC main form 601 and schedules D E and H FAX Forms can be obtained by fax from the FCC Fax On Demand system Call 1 202 418 0177 from your fax machine and request document number 000600 for the form schedul...

Page 6: ... 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 One or more of the following statements may be applicable FCC WARNING This equipment generates or uses radio frequency energy Changes or modifications to this equipment may cause harmful interf...

Page 7: ...dio when the airline crew instructs you to do so When in vehicles equipped with an air bag do not place a portable radio in the airbag deployment area Turn off your radio prior to entering any area with a potentially explosive atmosphere Do not remove install or charge batteries in such areas To avoid possible interference with blasting operations turn off your radio when you are near electrical b...

Page 8: ...on View 10 LCD Display Symbols 12 Safety and Care Instructions 14 Safety Precautions 14 Caring for this product 14 Caution 15 Getting Started 16 Turn the Unit ON OFF 16 Adjusting the Volume 16 Selecting a Channel 16 Transmitting and Receiving 17 Talk to another Radio 17 Keypad Lock 18 ...

Page 9: ...amming Mode 25 Local Programming Menu 26 Entering Programming Mode 27 Selecting the Main Menu 27 Selecting a Channel 29 Programming the Frequency 31 Programming the Key Function 32 Advanced Features 34 Limited Menu Feature 35 Frequencies List 36 CTCSS DCS Code List 40 Troubleshooting 45 ...

Page 10: ...le Function Key Default Menu Long Press Scan Short Press 4 A Programmable Function Key Default Channel View Short press Monitor Long press 5 F Programmable Function Key Default Key Lock Long press None Short press Exit current status key in local programming mode 6 Volume Adjustment Knob ...

Page 11: ...e 13 Power Switch 14 Channel Down Key Select item key in local programming mode 15 PTT Key 16 Headset Jack Programming Cable Jack 17 Bracket with Adjustable Angle NOTE The A S M and F keys can be programmed for a variety of functions See Local Programming Mode menu list later in this manual Please contact your dealer for further details on these functions ...

Page 12: ...12 LCD DISPLAYS AND SYMBOLS RB 5000 ...

Page 13: ...ceived Signal Strength Indicator High Power the current channel is high power H L Monitor indicator Speaker opened Speaker function disabled Keypad Lock DTMF Signaling Enable Scan The current channel is in scan list The current channel is priority channel Compander enabled Scrambler enabled VOX Enable ...

Page 14: ...ear water or in high moisture areas such as a bathroom or outdoors when rain is present CARING FOR THIS PRODUCT To ensure you receive the maximum benefit from using this product please observe the following guidelines Cleaning Use a damp cloth Do not use liquid cleaning agents benzene thinner or aerosols Repair Do not attempt to repair the product or modify the circuitry by yourself Only replaceme...

Page 15: ... equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Do not dispose this product as unsorted municipal waste Collection of such waste separately for special treatment is necessary To reduce the risk of electric shock do not expose equipment to rain or moisture ...

Page 16: ...abled speak the channel number The display briefly shows the power on message and radio firmware version number ADJUSTING THE VOLUME Rotate clockwise the volume adjustment knob to decrease the volume and counterclockwise to increase the volume SELECT A CHANNEL To select between channels maximum 16 1 Press to increase channel number 2 Press to decrease channel number ...

Page 17: ...hannel 2 Press and hold PTT button and speak into the microphone to transmit 3 Release the PTT button once you have finished speaking to allow other radios to respond The radio will automatically hear received transmissions Note The transmit LED located above the speaker is red when transmitting and is green when receiving Signal Strength and Channel Busy Indicators When there is activity on a fre...

Page 18: ... Long Press is programmed for key lock default 2 While key lock is on you can still use the PTT button VOX OPERATION The Voice Activated Transmission VOX function allows your voice to activate transmission auto matically when the transceiver is used with an optional hands free microphone headset If the unit is set to VOX sensitivity 1 2 6 it will automatically detect and transmit your voice throug...

Page 19: ...in The radio displays 4 Lower the radio volume BEFORE placing the headset in or near your ear 5 To transmit speak into the accessory microphone To receive stop talking NOTE This product is compatible with Motorola headsets please ask your local Account Manager for further information Pressing the PTT button disables VOX ...

Page 20: ...herwise background noise will be heard Operation Press and hold the Monitor Default A key to enter this mode and release the key to exit Monitor toggle In this mode the receiving party can receive incoming calls from the trans mitting party regardless of CTCSS CDCSS condition If the channel frequency is not the same the receiving party will not receive any incoming calls Operation Press the Monito...

Page 21: ...o begins to scan the channels When the radio detects activity it stops on that channel and displays and the channel number 2 To talk to the person transmitting without switching channels press the PTT button before scan resumes If no transmission occurs scanning resumes Note these timers can be changed by the programming software 3 To stop scanning press the Scan Key If you press PTT while the rad...

Page 22: ...listen to press to resume scanning for the next active channel Without Priority Channel Providing that there is a scan list with 4 channels and all channels are non prioritized the normal scan operation would proceed in the following sequence as shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 Figure 2 ...

Page 23: ...el is programmed by the dealer via programming software or by the radio s keypad if full radio programming is activated Note If the radios receiving on a non priority channel the priority channel is still scanned The radio will switch to the priority channel once any activity is detected Power on Scan If Power on Scan is enabled by your dealer the radio will automatically enter scan mode when it i...

Page 24: ...mode press and hold the S M key and PTT key while turning the radio on CLONE will be displayed on the LCD 3 To start the cloning process press the PTT button of the Source radio 4 The Source radio LED will light steady red The Target radio will toggle from red to green There can be any number of Target radios 5 When complete the Source radio will display Clone the Target radio will Display OK If E...

Page 25: ...ce On Off default on Priority Scan On Off default off Vibration On Off 4002 default off BAT saver On Off default on Key tone On Off default on Roger Tone On Off default off PTT Tone On Off default off Backlight On Off default on Voice Off English Chinese CH NO CH 01 CH 02 CH 16 CH FREQ 01 02 64 Code Off 001 693 002 003 204 TX PWR H M L default Hi BCL On Off default off Call tone Off 0 1 2 9 defaul...

Page 26: ...tary Squelch off Monitor toggle Scan Key lock Call tone CH View Flash Light Call 1 4002 Call 2 4002 Menu None Monitor Toggle Scan Key Lock Call Tone CH view Flash Light Call 1 4002 Call 2 4002 Menu None Monitor momentary Squelch off Monitor toggle Scan Key lock Call tone CH View Flash Light Call 1 4002 Call 2 4002 Menu SF1 SF2 Short SF1 SF2 Short SF1 SF2 Short ...

Page 27: ...exit from the Programming Mode Key operation definition When you enter the local programming mode the key function is as below Select the main menu function Select the main menu function S M Enter sub menu or confirm the selected value function F Exit the sub menu status and return to front of the menu SELECTING Radio setting CH Setting Key setting MAIN MENU 1 When the radio is in radio setting pr...

Page 28: ...ANNEL DISPLAY MODE CH MODE 1 When the radio is in RADIO SETTING status press or until CH MODE displays on the bottom of the screen In the meantime the current display mode will appear in the middle of the screen 2 Press S M and the current display mode will flash RADIO SETTING CH MODE CH NO CH MODE CH NO CH SETTING KEY SETTING ...

Page 29: ...Press and hold PTT to exit Local programming mode NOTE To set MIC Sensitivity VOX delay TOT Speaker Priority Scan Key tone PTT tone Roger Backlight Channel Voice the process is similar with channel display mode PROGRAMMING CHANNEL PARAMETERS 1 When the radio is in CH SETTING status Press or until the CH NO appears in the bottom of the screen This is the first setting item after you enter channel p...

Page 30: ...nnel number NOTE there are 16 channels that can be selected 4 Press S M to confirm the selecting channel 5 Press or to set another function or Press F to exit channel setting menu or Press and hold PTT to exit Local programming mode CH NO CH 01 CH NO CH 02 CH NO CH 02 ...

Page 31: ... or until the CH FREQ appears on the bottom of the screen 2 Press S M and the 08 will flash 3 Press or to select the frequency NOTE See page 36 37 for information on frequencies for communicating with other business radios There are 64 available frequencies CH FREQ 08 CH FREQ 08 CH FREQ 01 ...

Page 32: ... Scrambler setting the process is similar with programming frequency for the Code list see page 36 44 PROGRAMMING SF1 Push to Talk KEY SHORT PRESS FUNCTION 1 When the radio is in key setting programming status press or until the SF1 short appears on the bottom of the screen NOTE when SF1 function is set to none NONE will appear on the screen 2 Press S M to set SF1 key short press function The NONE...

Page 33: ... another function 4 Press S M to confirm the key function 5 Press or to set another function or Press F to exit KEY SETTING status or Press and hold PTT to exit Local programming mode NOTE FOR SF1 long A short A long S M short S M long F short and F long key setting the process is similar to SF1 short SF1 SHORT PTT SF1 SHORT PTT ...

Page 34: ...om damage due to continuous transmission If the transmission exceeds the preset time transmission will be inhibited and a beep tone will sound To stop the beep tone release the PTT key Press the PTT key again to resume transmitting SCRAMBLER If enabled transmit audio will not be heard clearly unless the receiving radio also has scramble enabled COMPANDER Companding is a feature that allows improve...

Page 35: ...feature allows the user to access commonly altered settings This settings include Battery Save on off PTT Tone on off TX Power H M L Scan List on off Power on Scan Channel Selection if enabled by programming software Note Scan list on off determines if the selected channel will be part of the scan list ...

Page 36: ... 10 461 0625 11 461 0875 Display Number Frequency MHz 23 462 7625 24 462 7875 25 462 8125 26 462 8375 27 462 8625 28 462 8875 29 462 9125 30 464 4875 31 464 5125 32 464 5375 33 464 5625 Display Number Frequency MHz 12 461 1125 13 461 1375 14 461 1625 15 461 1875 16 461 2125 17 461 2375 18 461 2625 29 461 2875 20 461 3125 21 461 3375 22 461 3625 ...

Page 37: ... 466 2375 43 466 2625 44 466 2875 Display Number Frequency MHz 56 469 5625 57 462 1875 58 462 4625 59 462 4875 60 462 5125 61 467 1875 62 467 4625 63 467 4875 64 467 5125 Display Number Frequency MHz 45 466 3125 46 466 3375 47 466 3625 48 467 7875 49 467 8375 50 467 8625 51 467 8875 52 467 9125 53 469 4875 54 469 5125 55 469 5375 ...

Page 38: ...06 82 5 007 85 4 008 88 5 009 91 5 Display Number Code MHz 021 136 5 022 141 3 023 146 2 024 151 4 025 156 7 026 162 2 027 167 9 028 173 8 029 179 9 030 186 2 031 192 8 Display Number Code MHz 010 94 8 011 97 4 012 100 0 013 103 5 014 107 2 015 110 9 016 114 8 017 118 8 018 123 0 019 127 3 020 131 8 ...

Page 39: ...39 Display Number Code MHz 032 203 5 033 210 7 034 218 1 035 225 7 036 233 6 037 241 6 038 250 3 ...

Page 40: ...43N 045 047N 046 051N 047 054N 048 065N 049 071N Display Number Digital Code 061 152N 062 155N 063 156N 064 162N 065 165N 066 172N 067 174N 068 205N 069 223N 070 226N 071 243N Display Number Digital Code 050 072N 051 073N 052 074N 053 114N 054 115N 055 116N 056 125N 057 131N 058 132N 059 134N 060 143N ...

Page 41: ...1N 079 306N 080 311N 081 315N 082 331N Display Number Digital Code 094 432N 095 445N 096 464N 097 465N 098 466N 099 503N 100 506N 101 516N 102 532N 103 546N 104 565N Display Number Digital Code 083 343N 084 346N 085 351N 086 364N 087 365N 088 371N 089 411N 090 412N 091 413N 092 423N 093 431N ...

Page 42: ...13 664N 114 703N 115 712N 116 723N Display Number Digital Code 129 051I 130 154I 131 065I 132 071I 133 072I 134 073I 135 074I 136 114I 137 115I 138 116I 139 125I 140 131I Display Number Digital Code 117 731N 118 732N 119 734N 120 743N 121 754N 122 023I 123 025I 124 026I 125 031I 126 032I 127 043I 128 047I ...

Page 43: ...49 172I 150 174I 151 205I 152 223I Display Number Digital Code 165 331I 166 343I 167 346I 168 351I 169 364I 170 365I 171 371I 172 411I 173 412I 174 413I 175 423I 176 431I Display Number Digital Code 153 226I 154 243I 155 244I 156 245I 157 251I 158 261I 159 263I 160 265I 161 271I 162 306I 163 311I 164 315I ...

Page 44: ...81 466I 182 503I 183 506I 184 516I 185 532I 186 546I 187 565I 188 606I Display Number Digital Code 201 732I 202 734I 203 743I 204 754I Display Number Digital Code 189 612I 190 624I 191 627I 192 631I 193 632I 194 654I 195 662I 196 664I 197 703I 198 712I 199 723I 200 731I ...

Page 45: ...s will invalidate your warranty PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE REMEDIES Can t turn the radio on Check the Power Adapter is correctly installed Can t communicate with other radios For this and all other issues contact Advanced Wireless Communications at 1 800 475 5852 or visit www advancedwireless com for more information ...

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Page 48: ...809 Kensington Blvd Lakeville MN 55044 8353 800 475 5852 www advancedwireless com 2018 Advanced Wireless Communications All rights reserved All other trademarks are property of their respective owners 501011 ...

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