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DPH

DIGITAL PORTABLE RADIO

Owner’s Manual

© Copyright 2004 RELM Wireless Corporation.  All rights reserved.

P/N 7001-30958-100

03-04

BK Radio
7100 Technology Drive
West Melbourne, FL  32904
Telephone: (321) 984-1414
FAX: (321) 984-0434
www.relm.com

Summary of Contents for DPH

Page 1: ...BLE RADIO Owner s Manual Copyright 2004 RELM Wireless Corporation All rights reserved P N 7001 30958 100 03 04 BK Radio 7100 Technology Drive West Melbourne FL 32904 Telephone 321 984 1414 FAX 321 984 0434 www relm com ...

Page 2: ...NTENTS Features Inside Front Cover Introduction 4 FCC Requirements 4 Safety Precautions 4 RF Energy Exposure Awareness And Control Information 5 Radio Controls 8 Basic Operation 9 Channel Guard Operation 10 Mixed Mode Operation 11 Channel Groups 12 Programmable Top Switches Function Menu 14 Scan Operation 15 Priority Scan 18 Unit To Unit Call 24 Emergency Call 29 User Selected Channel Guard 30 Oth...

Page 3: ... new radio FCC REQUIREMENTS Your radio must be properly licensed by the Federal Communications Commission prior to use Your BK Radio dealer can assist you in meeting these requirements Your dealer will program each radio with your authorized frequencies signaling codes etc and will be there to meet your communications needs as your system expands SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Do not operate the transmitter i...

Page 4: ...io is intended for use in occupational controlled conditions where users have full knowledge of their exposure and can exercise control over their exposure to meet FCC limits This radio device is NOT authorized for general population consumer or any other use This 2 way radio uses electromagnetic energy in the radio frequency RF spectrum to provide communications between two or more users over a d...

Page 5: ... FCC occupational RF exposure limits and may operate at duty factors of up to 50 talk Your BK Radio 2 way radio complies with the following RF energy exposure standards and guidelines United States Federal Communications Commission Code of Federal Regulations 47 CFR 1 1307 1 1310 2 1091 and 2 1093 American National Standards Institute ANSI Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE C95 ...

Page 6: ...posure limits always adhere to the following procedures Guidelines Do not remove the RF Exposure Label from the device User awareness instructions must accompany device when transferred to other users Do not use this device if the operational requirements described herein are not met Operating Instructions Transmit no more than the rated duty factor of 50 of the time To transmit talk push the Push...

Page 7: ...y to download its program to the clone 10 PRESS THE FCN KEY on the master radio keypad The program in the master will then be downloaded to the clone 11 IF THE DOWNLOAD WAS SUCCESSFUL the display on the master will resume flashing PROG To clone another channel group turn off both radios and go back to Step 3 on the previous page changing the channel group as required If cloning is finished turn of...

Page 8: ...C OPERATION RECEIVE 1 TURN POWER ON by turning the Volume knob clockwise A beep sounds indicating the radio is operational The LCD display if installed shows the current channel 2 SELECT A CHANNEL by turning the 16 position Channel Selector knob 3 ADJUST SQUELCH AND VOLUME by turning the Squelch knob clockwise until you hear noise Set the volume to a comfortable level Then turn the Squelch knob co...

Page 9: ... appears in the display 3 IF MONITORING THE CHANNEL reset the squelch knob to the Channel Guard position to receive only the messages with the proper Channel Guard value During extended transmissions the squelch can be left open until the exchange has ended Busy Channel Indicator DPH Owner s Manual 35 DISPLAY BACKLIGHTING The DPH radios can be programmed by your dealer to backlight the display whe...

Page 10: ...log Receive qualified analog signals only Transmit analog signals only Digital Receive qualified digital signals only Transmit digital signals only Mixed Automatically receive qualified analog or digital signals Transmit analog or digital signal depending on the position of TX Digital soft switch Digital receptions and transmissions will be indicated by illuminating the ID annunciator in addition ...

Page 11: ...nel Guard position and activity has been detected the Busy Channel Indicator glows for the time period necessary to determine if the proper Channel Guard value has been received This will cause the Busy Channel Indicator to flash at various rates BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT The Busy Channel Lockout feature applies only to those channels programmed with a receive Channel Guard value When carrier activity ...

Page 12: ...nnel Guard value is not detected the Busy Channel Indicator remains on for the duration of the carrier activity and no message is heard During Scan and Priority Scan operation the Busy Channel Indicator glows when activity is detected on any channel on the Scan List 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLR FCN PRI ENT DPH Owner s Manual 13 GROUP SELECTOR Knob positions 1 16 select groups 1 16 1 PRESS TWICE to sele...

Page 13: ...s extra features and operational characteristics to be programmed into the radio Your dealer can help define the best operational settings for your system and program them into the radio SCAN DELAY Scan delay lets the radio receive a response to a transmission before scanning the other channels for activity If you find that your scanner is restarting before message replies are received you can ask...

Page 14: ...lues NOTE During Scan or Priority Scan the receiver does not use the user selected Channel Guard values However user selected Channel Guard values are used by the transmitter in Scan Mode CG LABEL 9 Copy Channel Guard Values from Channel 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLR FCN PRI ENT DPH Owner s Manual 15 SCN LABEL 3 KEYPAD LOCK To lock unlock the keypad press and hold the FCN key LOCKOUT EXCEPTIONS 1 If e...

Page 15: ...n the PTT switch is released the radio continues to monitor the selected channel for the preset scan delay time before it resumes scanning DPH Owner s Manual 29 EMERGENCY CALL Note Emergency operation only applies to channels programmed for Digital or Mixed Mode transmissions If the channel is programmed for Mixed Mode transmissions the TX Digital switch must be ON To place an emergency group call...

Page 16: ... and hold ENT to exit Programming Mode the PRG annunciator will be extinguished PRG ID 145 DPH Owner s Manual 17 TALKBACK SCAN If your radio is programmed for Talkback Scan press PTT while a channel is active or while scan delay time remains You will be responding on the transmit frequency of the received channel Talkback Scan will not work if Priority Scan is also on and your radio is programmed ...

Page 17: ... radio receives the message Otherwise the radio will re check the channel every 4 seconds until the activity on the channel ceases PR SCN LABEL 3 DPH Owner s Manual 27 UNIT TO UNIT CALLBACK If Unit To Unit callback is enabled and a Unit To Unit call is received on the Ready to Transmit RTX channel the user may press PTT before the hold time expires causing the radio to enter Unit To Unit Mode and ...

Page 18: ...he display will return to the normal operating mode display but the phone icon will flash until the key is pressed putting the radio in Unit To Unit Mode displaying the last active ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLR FCN PRI ENT LABEL Last Active Was Unit On Call List ID 145 ID Last Active Was Unit Not On Call List RX LABEL Incoming Call From Unit On Call List Incoming Call From Unit Not On Call List CH 5 ...

Page 19: ...w default transmit ID When a group call or if allowed an analog signal is received the radio will display the RTX channel s label for the duration of the reception If the RTX channel s Digital Squelch Mode is set to normal the radio performs as when the Squelch Mode is selective except all individual calls will be received when the incoming NAC matches the channel s programmed receive NAC not just...

Page 20: ... with the RX ID and phone icon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CLR FCN PRI ENT Incoming Call From Unit Not on Call List Incoming Call From Unit on Call List RX LABEL ID 785 RX ID 145 Radio Unit ID DPH Owner s Manual 21 Priority Mode A With Scan In Priority Mode A the priority channel is set by the Channel Selector knob Priority Mode A is seldom used by itself because the radio receives and transmits only on t...

Page 21: ... scans until it locks on to an active channel The radio continues to sample the priority channel while listening to the active channel If activity occurs on the priority channel the radio overrides the active scan channel changes to the priority channel and holds for the duration of the transmission DPH Owner s Manual 23 To reply to a message on the priority channel press the PTT switch The radio ...

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