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Digital DMR and Analog

UHF/VHF Two Way Radio

Problems

Solutions

The radio cannot be switched
on or no display after being
switched on.

A. Battery pack may not be installed

properly. Remove the battery pack

and install it again.

Battery power may be insufficient.

Recharge or replace the battery

pack.

The battery doesn't last very
long after charging.

The battery is defective; please replace it
with a new battery pack.

Cannot talk to or hear other
members in your group.

Other voices from
non-group members are heard
on the channel.

Analog: Change the CTCSS/DCS
Tone, and make sure to change the tone
on all radios in your group.

1. Make sure the frequency and

CTCSS are the same as other

members.

2. Make sure you are within range,

and not too far away from your

member.

3. Make sure you are set in correct

digital mode, and frequency.

4. In digital mode, make sure

the correct Talk Group, Time

Slot, Color Code, and if used,

Encryption Code is set correctly.

5. In digital mode, make sure the

receive contact list, and receive

group list is set correctly if they

are used.

9. TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE

Summary of Contents for DMR-6X2

Page 1: ...A2 221017 baofengtech com ...

Page 2: ...DMR DIGITAL MOBILE RADIO ASSOCIATION DMR 6X2 PRO Operating Manual Digital DMR and Analog UHF VHF Two Way Radio ...

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Page 4: ...g distance communication as well as fashionable design and compact exterior lines DMR 6X2 PRO has Text Messaging Recording Voice Message Digital Encryption Emergency Alarm Man Down Alarm Work Alone GPS APRS Location Reporting Roaming Vibration Analog DTMF 2TONE 5TONE CTCSS DCS encode decode functions When programming the radio start by reading the factory software data and then rewrite this data w...

Page 5: ... Battery 7 3 2 Installing Removing the Antenna 7 3 3 Installing Removing the Belt Clip 8 3 4 Installing the Additional Speaker Microphone Optional 8 4 Radio Overview 9 4 1 Status Indications 10 4 2 Programmed Key 10 4 3 Hot Key Setting for PF1 PF2 PF3 P1 P2 13 4 4 Combination key function 13 5 BASIC OPERATIONS 14 5 1 Power on the Radio 14 5 2 Adjust Volume 14 5 3 Main band Sub Band Switch 14 5 4 V...

Page 6: ...8 7 MAIN MENU FUNCTIONS 20 7 1 Talk Group 20 7 2 SMS 20 7 3 Call Log 20 7 4 Zone 20 7 5 Scan 21 7 6 Roaming 22 7 7 Settings 22 7 8 Record 34 7 9 GPS Positioning Function Optional with installed GPS 35 7 10 APRS Location Reporting Supported by GPS 36 7 11 Digital Monitor 38 8 RESET 39 9 TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE 40 10 PROGRAMMING GUIDE 41 11 ON LINE SERVICE AND SUPPORT 43 SAFETY 44 12 TECHNICAL SPECIF...

Page 7: ... listed in the following table before discarding the packing materials If any items are missing or have been damaged during shipment please contact the carrier or the dealers immediately 1 1 Supplied Accessories Item Quantity Antenna 1 Li ion Battery Pack 1 Battery Charger 1 AC Adaptor 1 Belt Clip 1 Hand Strap 1 Instruction Manual 1 Programming Cable 1 ...

Page 8: ...tenna Li ion Battery Pack 2100mAh included in 2 battery kit Charger AC Adaptor Belt Clip 2 pcs included in 2 battery kit Instruction Manual Li ion Battery Pack 3100mAh 1 3 Optional Accessories USB Programming cable Programming Software Software is available online for Download QHM22 Microphone Earphone Car Charger ...

Page 9: ... Do not short the battery terminals or throw the battery into a fire Never attempt to remove the casing from the battery pack as cannot be held responsible for any accident caused by modifying the battery b The ambient temperature should be between 5 40 40 F 105 F while charging the battery Charging outside this range may not fully charge the battery c Please turn off the radio before inserting it...

Page 10: ...ve the battery or the radio unit with its battery from socket When charging a radio with the battery the indicating lamp will not turn green to show the fully charged status if the radio is powered on Only when the radio is switched off will the lamp indicate normal operation and obtain a proper read on the status of the battery The radio consumes energy when it is powered on and the charger canno...

Page 11: ...he battery b Trickle Pre Charging If red light blinks when the battery is inserted into the charger it means that the battery voltage is low and the charger is trickle charging the battery Pre Charging Mode The charger will automatically turn into normal charging when the battery reaches a certain electric charge and if the red light stops blinking it means the battery voltage has reached a certai...

Page 12: ...oundings as a short may cause an explosion Do not put the battery in a hot environment or throw it into a fire as it may cause an explosion 2 5 How to Store the Battery a If the battery needs to be stored keep the level at approximately 80 of full charge b It should be kept in low temperature and dry environment c Keep it away from hot places and direct sunlight 2 BATTERY INFORMATION ...

Page 13: ...it clockwise until secure b Removing the Antenna Turn the antenna counter clockwise to remove it 3 1 Installing Removing the Battery a Match the two bottom grooves of the battery pack with the corresponding guides on the back of the radio and then push it until you hear a click b To remove the battery pack slide the release latch at the top away from the battery and remove the pack away from the t...

Page 14: ... plug into the double jack Push the plug straight in do not have at an angle as damage may occur 3 3 Installing Removing the Belt Clip a Installing the Belt Clip Place the belt clip above the corresponding holes on the back of the radio and screw it into place clockwise with the two supplied screws b Removing the Belt Clip Unscrew counter clockwise to remove the belt clip 3 PREPARATION ...

Page 15: ... Analog UHF VHF Two Way Radio Speaker Mic Jacks PTT Button PF1 top Key PF2 bottom Key 4 RADIO OVERVIEW PTT PF3 Antenna Menu key P1 key P2 key MIC Input Channel Switch POWER VOL LED Status Indicator LCD Exit Key Speaker ...

Page 16: ...attery capacity voltage Tx Power Switch the power between super high high middle and low power TalkAround Switch between Talk Around and Repeater mode Reverse Turn on off the frequency reverse function Encrypt Choose the digital encryption group for digital channel Call In Analog mode send the DTMF 5TONE 2TONE encode This function is only valid for analog channel VOX Set up the VOX level VFO MR Sw...

Page 17: ...rior Zone Switch to Priority Zone Program Scan Press the key to start or stop the VFO scan The VFO scan start and end frequency should be set in CPS Optional Setting VFO Scan Mic Feature In digital channel switch the microphone tone to normal or enhanced mode LastCall Reply In digital channel press the key to access the last call and press PTT to call back Switch ChType Switch the channel type Ana...

Page 18: ...you input the zone number and then press confirm key will switch to the zone Roaming Set Sets Roaming Function FixTime Mute Press the key to mute the radio in set time The mute timing should be set in CPS Optional Setting Other Mute Timing CTC DCS Set Set the CTCSS DCS for analog channel Aprs Type Choose Aprs Type for current channel APRS Set Sets APRS Function TBST Send Send the TBST Tone BHT On ...

Page 19: ... list press the key to switch the channel to the contact temporary It will switch back to the original contact after the group personal call hold time Menu SMS Quick access to Messages in the menu New Msg Quick access to New Msg in the Menu Messages Hot Text Quick access to Quick Text in the Menu Messages Received SMS Quick access to Inbox in the Menu Messages Send SMS Quick access to Out box in t...

Page 20: ...to switch between VFO and channel display Turn the radio to VFO mode then press the key to switch to the main band the VFO frequency can only be set up when the channel is in the main bold text channel Operation 1 Input the VFO frequency directly by the keyboard Operation 2 Turn the channel selector to adjust the VFO frequency steps 5 BASIC OPERATIONS 5 6 Select a Channel Press key to switch the r...

Page 21: ...until displays Next Please Press Dial Key then press P1 key to create a new channel using steps 5 to 7 above 1 In channel MR mode press Menu to enter main Menu 2 Select Settings 3 Select Chan Set 4 Select Delete Chan to delete current channel Fast delete a channel Note Hold Menu until displays Next Please Press Dial Key then press P2 key to delete current channel There are four possible settings t...

Page 22: ...In standby press the PF2 key to enter Monitor mode When receiving a matched carrier but the signaling ID is unmatched or the signal is too weak this function allows you to monitor the weak signal and signal with unmatched signaling ID Press the PF2 key again to shut off the speaker and return to standby 5 BASIC OPERATIONS 5 9 Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call When the radio is in the digita...

Page 23: ...nction is on the radio will start an alarm if the radio has moved from vertical user has fallen to ground or dropped unit to the ground Raise the radio to stop the alarm With Man Down on do not place radio on side in vehicle or on table or alarm will activate Note When GPS is on and positioning successfully it will auto send out the GPS information when the radio starts the alarm 5 12 Man Down Ala...

Page 24: ...ts microphone and transmit when receiving the signaling it will send back the voice to the transmit radio With this feature you can monitor the sound activity near the target radio remotely 3 Get GPS info Select Get GPS info and it will send out a signal to the target radio which will start the GPS positioning and send a message of its GPS position to the transmit radio 4 Check Radio Select Check ...

Page 25: ...ke and it will send out a wake signaling to the killed radio and the target radio will return to standby when it receives this signaling and send back a Wake successful message to the transmit radio 7 Ranging If the caller and the receiving radio both have acquired a GPS position on their radios and are in communications range of each other the caller radio will detect and show the distance and di...

Page 26: ...deleted Answered Shows all the answered calls and allows deleting the call record or saving the ID as a new contact Missed Shows all the missed calls and allows deleting the call record or saving the ID as a new contact 7 1 Talk Group TG List Will display the talk group list which has been programmed with the PC software This list is also used as a look up table to display the contact TG informati...

Page 27: ...the radio will start to scan press any key to stop to scan 7 4 2 Add A Zone 7 4 3 Delete A Zone 1 Press Menu to enter main Menu 2 Select Zone 3 Select Add Zone 1 Select Edit name Input zone name by keypad press key to delete After entering the name press to confirm and store 2 Select Edit Chan Select Add Chan then select a channel from the list 3 Select Save press key to store a new zone 1 Press M...

Page 28: ...ou to modify the RX frequency TX frequency CC TS CH name for the roaming channel Also allows you to remove the roaming channel from the zone Edit Name Edit the zone name Select Zone Select the roaming zone for the current channel Delete Zone Delete the roaming zone from the current channel 3 Auto Roaming settings Set the fixed time waiting interval to begin automatic roaming when the repeater cann...

Page 29: ... Level Indoor Very low volume suitable for the indoor use Level 1 8 Set up the maximum volume level 9 Ear Max Vol Indoor Very low volume suitable for indoor use Level 1 8 Set up the maximum vlomue level for earphone When the radio connect with earphone it will auto change to earphone maximum volume 10 MIC Feature It will allow you set up the microphone audio pitch Normal Low pitch Enhance High pit...

Page 30: ... entering the menu the radio will stay at the menu in the set time When the time is reached the radio will auto exit the menu 6 Intro Display Picture The radio will display an picture when powered on Character The radio will display the characters set up in PC software when powered on Customer s Pic The radio will display the picture uploaded by PC software In CPS Tool Boot Image it will allow you...

Page 31: ...r displayed channel will be set to become the main channel Channel B The lower displayed channel will be set to become the main channel 14 Sub Ch Switch Sub Channel On Turns on the sub channel and the radio will display both channels Sub Channel Off Turns off the sub channel and the radio will display the main channel only 3 Key Func 1 Key Lock Manual Lock Long press the key to lock the keypad Pre...

Page 32: ... Control With the TxPow ALC function activated On while receiving an extremely strong signal the TX power will automatically reduce the level of the TX Power proportionally to the strength of the RX signal 5 Freq Step 2 5K 5K 6 25K 10K 12 5K 20K 25K 30K 50K total of 9 frequency steps 6 Ana SQ Level Adjusts the squelch level to receive signal with different signal strenghts and a total of 5 levels ...

Page 33: ...de speed which will help the receiver decode successfully 50 500ms are the options 13 FM Radio Turn on or off the FM radio 14 FM Radio Moni Radio Mon On When the FM radio is used you can still receive or transmit on the channel Radio Mon Off When the FM radio is used the radio will not permit a transmission or reception 15 Man Down Alarm When the function is on the radio will start sending the ala...

Page 34: ...r a UHF VFO scan VFO SC MaxU Set end frequency for a UHF VFO scan VFO SC MinV Set start frequency for a VHF VFO scan VFO SC MaxV Set end frequency for a VHF VFO scan 24 SMS Format M SMS Allows SMS text communication with Motorola DMR radio H SMS Allows SMS text communication with Hytera DMR radio 25 CTC Ste Squelch Tail Eliminate In case of active CTCSS the STE function will eliminate the noise bu...

Page 35: ...rrent channel a Select Delete Chan the radio will confirm by asking Delete b Press confirm the current channel will deleted Note After deleting a channel the radio will move to the next channel 3 Channel Type A Analog Set up an analog channel D Digital Set up an digital channel A D TX A Mixed analog allow receive analog and digital signal TX is analog D A TX D Mixed digital allow receive analog an...

Page 36: ... signal but different color code Same CC Allow transmission when receiving a matched signal and same color code 12 TX Prohibit TX ON Will allow transmission on the current channel TX OFF Will not allow transmission on the current channel 13 Radio ID On a Digital channel it will show the DMR ID which must be programmed in the PC software Digital DMR ID list DMR ID Allows edit and selection an ID fo...

Page 37: ...n the radios predetermined time has been reached for the alone working time the radio will beep a sound and show Work Alone Predict The user has to confirm by pushing the programmed work alone key to confirm continuing work alone otherwise the radio will start its alarm and send the alarm on the channel when reaching its preset response time 20 CH Ranging In standby if the call contact type for a ...

Page 38: ...TX 5 RCDT Set up the CTCSS DCS code for the RX 6 RTCDT Set up the CTCSS DCS code for both TX and RX CTCSS code 62 5Hz 254 1Hz a total of 51 groups DCS code 000N 777I a total of 1024 groups 7 Optional Signal Allows the setup of DTMF 5TONE 2TONE encode and decode for the Analog channels 10 Squelch mode When the analog channel is set up for both CTCSS DCS decoding and optional signaling you can set u...

Page 39: ...he current channel When the channel receives a signal with matched DTMF ID the speaker will open 20 2Tone Enc Set a 2Tone as the default call ID for the current channel Press the PTT key to transmit the selected 2Tone Edit the 2Tone in the PC programing software before it can be selected 21 2Tone Dec Set a 2Tone ID as the default receive ID for the current channel When the channel receives a signa...

Page 40: ...callsign instead of displaying all analog APRS 7 7 3 Device Info Show the Radio ID Radio name serial number model name frequency range firmware version radio data version latest program date picture version language version etc 7 8 1 Turn On Off the Recording 7 8 Record 7 8 2 Play the Record a Press Menu enter main Menu press key to Record b Select Talk Record then Select Record Switch select on o...

Page 41: ...recording without return to previous menu 2 Loop Playback it will play all records in a loop The Recording function is only valid in digital channel 7 8 4 Recording Manually In the PC software Public Optional Setting Key function program a key as Record a Press the programmed Record key and the radio will start the recording and speak into the microphone b Select Record Play and the radio will pla...

Page 42: ...positioning successfully the GPS icon shows a red color Follow the above step to check the GPS info press edit key to Text edit b Press Confirm and it will display Send or Save If you select Save the GPS info will be saved as a draft message c Choose Send and it will display Contact list or Manual Dial d Select Contact list to choose a contact press select to send the GPS info or e Select Manual D...

Page 43: ...PRS information will be saved in radio for review Click on Digi APRS Info will show the received APRS information Click on Delete All will clear the information Upload Power Set the transmit power Upload frequency Set the transmit frequency Upload text Set the text to be shown on aprs fi 6 Intervals Set This function allows you to set the analog APRS or DMR APRS auto transmit at fixed times 7 Uplo...

Page 44: ...e Digi Moni function b Press Select to enter Digi Moni menu press key to choose a sub menu 1 DigiMoni Switch off Turn off Digital Monitor Single Slot Monitor the current TS Double Slot Monitor TS1 and TS2 2 DigiMoni Cc Any Cc Monitor any color code Same Cc Monitor the same color code 3 DigiMoni Id Any Id Monitor any TG Same Id Monitor the same TG 4 Slot Hold Off Turn off the slot hold On Turn on t...

Page 45: ...Confirm to proceed the reset it will show a screen display note Initialize Radio d After a re start the radio will display the setting of time zone and the date and the time Use the up down key to set the current year Move to the month by pushing the P1 key Set the month and use the P1 key to move forward each step Once done click the Confirm key to save the date and time Please remember set up th...

Page 46: ...ear other members in your group Other voices from non group members are heard on the channel Analog Change the CTCSS DCS Tone and make sure to change the tone on all radios in your group 1 Make sure the frequency and CTCSS are the same as other members 2 Make sure you are within range and not too far away from your member 3 Make sure you are set in correct digital mode and frequency 4 In digital m...

Page 47: ...l Radio with its own DMR ID and at the same time also be used as an Amateur radio with another DMR ID In PC software Digital Radio ID List you can enter your Department Unit Number or Amateur Radio callsign For the best Amateur DMR experience obtain a subscriber ID from one of the many available Amateur sources An Amateur user can obtain an ID this is free from https www radioid net account regist...

Page 48: ...O DMR radios contain a separate database memory for importing and displaying Amateur DMR individual IDs call sign and user name in comma delimited format csv Please reference in the programming guide for import and export database operations detailed Worldwide Amateur Contact Database ...

Page 49: ...f errors beyond its control The manufacturer of this equipment also cannot guarantee that changes in the equipment made by non authorized users will not affect the operation of or information in it FCC Licensing Information This radio is capable of operation on Commercial Land Mobile frequencies which require a license from the Federal Communications Commission FCC for business personal education ...

Page 50: ... unshielded electrical blasting caps or in an explosive atmosphere or where two way radio use is prohibited Do not transmit without the antenna fitted on the radio Though it is provided with a protection circuit it may damage the TX output final stage Respect the environmental conditions The radio is designed to be used in normal environments however avoid exposing it to extremely hot or cold temp...

Page 51: ...ty and low voltage Your wireless hand held portable transceiver contains a low power transmitter When the Push to Talk PTT button is pressed it sends out radio frequency RF signals The device is authorized to operate at a duty factor not to exceed 50 TX and 50 RX In August 1996 the Federal Communications Commission FCC adopted RF exposure guidelines with safety levels for hand held wireless device...

Page 52: ...ery pack antenna Receiver Specifications Wide band Narrow band Sensitivity 12dB SINAD 0 25μV 0 35μV Digital Sensitivity 0 3uV 117 4dBm BER 5 0 7uV 110dBm BER 1 Adjacent Channel Selectivity 70dB 60dB Spurious Emission 57dB 57dB Spurious Rejection 70dB 70dB Blocking 84db Hum Noise 45dB 40dB Audio Distortion 5 Audio Power Output 1000mW 16Ω Transmitter Specifications Wide band Narrow band Power Output...

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