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XRS-330C

COMPACT HIDEAWAY 80 CHANNEL UHF CB RADIO

ARTWORK SUMMARY

DRAWING #

45823-6

PART #

310545

JIRA REFERENCE

GRA-1637

ECO #

8460

SUPPLIER

MPE #

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Summary of Contents for XRS-330C

Page 1: ...XRS 330C COMPACT HIDEAWAY 80 CHANNEL UHF CB RADIO INSTRUCTION MANUAL...

Page 2: ...on 10 Front panel 10 Rear Panel 10 Controller Microphone 11 GENERAL 11 Power 11 Auto Power Down 11 Volume 12 Selecting Channels 12 Squelch 12 Adjusting the Squelch Level 13 Signal Meter 13 Brightness...

Page 3: ...21 Dual Watch 22 Open Scan 23 Selecting Open Scan 23 Priority Scan 24 Selecting Priority Scan 25 Network Scan Net Scan 26 Enabling Net Scan 26 Using Net Scan 27 Ending the Scan 27 CTCSS and DCS 28 Ch...

Page 4: ...g group calls 36 Menu Options 37 Context menu examples 37 MENU TABLE 39 Receive only channels zones 41 Select a Zone 42 Edit a Zone Name 42 Edit a Zone Name 44 Add Channels to a New Zone 46 Edit Exist...

Page 5: ...lation 66 General 66 Installing the Cradle 66 Mounting the cradle 67 Mounting the radio 68 Fitting the controller microphone 69 DC power connection 69 Radio remains ON when the ignition switch is OFF...

Page 6: ...ormation FEATURES This section lists the various features available on your XRS Connect radio Transmit TX Individually Programmable Duplex Function User selectable for only those individual channels i...

Page 7: ...stant audio output level to the speaker Privacy functions Voice Inversion Scrambler When activated scrambles your voice so that communications are only intelligible to others using the same scrambler...

Page 8: ...device is paired to the radio select the Read from Radio button to read your radio s settings into the app After you have configured your preferences in the app select Write to Radio to update your ra...

Page 9: ...ipe down to refresh the list 3 Locate your radio in the list and tap the name of the radio to pair See the Bluetooth section of this manual for information on secure pairing 4 If secure pairing is tur...

Page 10: ...XRS 330C 10 GENERAL OPERATION FRONT PANEL Microphone Socket REAR PANEL Extension Speaker Socket Antenna Socket 12V DC Socket...

Page 11: ...e time based on your preference By default this feature is turned off To setup Auto Power Down 1 Press MENU and select RADIO SETTINGS 2 Next select AUTO POWER 3 Select TIMEOUT then press MENU to selec...

Page 12: ...olume level is displayed on the OLED Display in values from 01 min to 31 max If no sound is heard briefly press the SQL key to temporarily unmute the radio then adjust the volume while listening to th...

Page 13: ...itivity level is 3 SIGNAL METER The signal meter indicates the relative strength of the incoming signal in numerical format Signal strengths are displayed on the right of the Channel Display in values...

Page 14: ...TIME OUT TIMER The radio has a built in time out timer that automatically limits transmissions to a maximum of 3 minutes of continuous operation This feature is required by the ACMA to prevent accide...

Page 15: ...ctivated your transmission and reception will only be intelligible to others using the same scrambler technology To enable disable voice scrambler 1 Press the MENU key 2 Navigate through the menu to s...

Page 16: ...e menu this feature automatically compensates for variations in received audio level resulting in a constant audio output level to the speaker To activate deactivate Dynamic Volume Control 1 Press the...

Page 17: ...e or decrease the microphone gain NOTE The Microphone Gain provides a fine adjustment to the microphone sensitivity A wider adjustment range is available through the XRS Connect App SQUELCH TAIL The S...

Page 18: ...mitting range of the repeater allowing it to receive and retransmit signals to radios that would otherwise be out of range of each other Normally UHF CB radios transmit and receive on the same frequen...

Page 19: ...71 78 unless you are absolutely sure that there are no repeaters in range using that channel Inadvertently transmitting on an active repeater input frequency in simplex mode could cause interference t...

Page 20: ...SCAN GROUPS Your radio supports three scan groups Open Scan Allows you sequentially scan from 2 to 80 user selectable CB channels Priority Scan Allows you constantly monitor your priority channel whi...

Page 21: ...radio is inhibited on channels 22 23 and channels 61 62 63 as required by the ACMA This makes these channels unsuitable for use as Net Scan channels You should not include any repeater channel unless...

Page 22: ...Watch mode allows you to monitor two channels at the same time While in dual watch mode the unit will monitor both the working channel and the priority channel You will need to assign one of the prog...

Page 23: ...an mode your default working channel is the channel your radio switches to when you press the PTT while scanning To set your working channel simply select the required channel before you press SCAN e...

Page 24: ...it for a break in the conversation then press the PTT If the busy channel was not your working channel it now becomes your working channel replacing your previous working channel Once your communicati...

Page 25: ...ignal appears on any other channel scanning will pause on that channel and will remain there while the channel is busy as long as there are no signals on the Priority channel During this time the rece...

Page 26: ...n CTCSS DCS code and a common set of scan channels Once activated Net Scan s intelligent scanning software keeps track of clear channels within your Scan Group When any member of the group first trans...

Page 27: ...anning If a member of the group responds to the initial transmission they will automatically re use the same channel as long as the channel remains free of other signals This allows the radios in the...

Page 28: ...difference in performance or function between CTCSS or DCS so choosing which system to use will largely depend on the other radios you talk with If others already use CTCSS or DCS you should select t...

Page 29: ...ress the MENU key 2 Navigate through the menu to select FUNCTIONS TOGGLE SILENT 3 Press the MENU key to select ON An icon CTCSS or icon DCS will be displayed at the top of the display to indicate Sile...

Page 30: ...y wait until the channel is clear and press the PTT again To enable or disable busy lockout 1 Press the MENU key 2 Navigate through the menu to select RADIO SETTINGS BUSY LOCK Use the MENU key to enab...

Page 31: ...l numbers in memory and each number can be labelled for easy identification SELCALL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER Your radio is factory programmed with its own unique SelCall Identification Number This number...

Page 32: ...ng signals by storing those channels into a Quiet Memory SENDING A SELCALL To send program or change a SelCall number 1 Press the MENU key 2 Select SELCALL and its options RECEIVING A SELCALL When you...

Page 33: ...g up the Quiet mode To setup the Quiet mode you must first store the individual channels that you want to stay quiet into the Quiet memory When the required channels are stored simply activate the Qui...

Page 34: ...the Quiet mode If a normal signal is received on a Quiet channel the channel will appear busy the icon will be visible but no sound will be heard from the speaker If a normal signal is received on an...

Page 35: ...he radios you are calling their SelCall alarm will be activated as if their full 5 digit SelCall Idents had been received To achieve this the 10 radios you are calling have sequentially numbered SelCa...

Page 36: ...radios you will need to select A for last three digits e g 12AAA CALL ACKNOWLEDGE IN GROUP MODE There is no Call Acknowledge when sending Group Calls This is to prevent all the radios in your group f...

Page 37: ...tems press the or keys 3 To select an item press the MENU key 4 To step back through the menu or to exit the current screen HOLD the BACK key A context menu is included at the bottom of each screen Th...

Page 38: ...ring text e g zone names or SelCall numbers the following characters are available Text Available Uppercase Letters A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Lowercase Letters a b c d e f g...

Page 39: ...ON OFF PROG BUTTONS XRS BUTTON PRESS XRS BUTTON HOLD TOP BUTTON HOLD DISPLAY DIM CB SCAN MEMORY QUIET MEMORY QUIET MODE SCRAMBLER SQUELCH LEVEL ZONES VOICE PLAYBACK ACTIVE MUTE DUAL WATCH SELCALL RESE...

Page 40: ...et DYNAMIC VOLUME CONTROL ON OFF MIC GAIN 0dB to 9dB PRIORITY CHANNEL CB01 to CB80 ROGER BEEP ON OFF SCRAMBLER ON OFF SPEAKER Radio Mic Both SQUELCH LEVEL 1 to 9 SQUELCH TAIL ON OFF SELCALL ACK ON OFF...

Page 41: ...ammable receive only channels within the frequency range of 403 MHz to 520 MHz Channels are stored in one of 8 zones with each zone containing up to 50 channels Zones and channels can each be individu...

Page 42: ...press MENU 3 Select the desired zone from the Zone list 4 Press MENU SEL GO EDIT A ZONE NAME 1 Press the MENU key 2 Select ZONES and press MENU 3 Select the desired Zone from the Zone list To edit the...

Page 43: ...r at the cursor position 6 Press the MENU key to step forward to the NEXT character position or the BACK key to step back to the previous character position 7 Continue until the desired name has been...

Page 44: ...low the channel number All channels in the selected zone will now be available along with the usual 80 CB channels Zone channels can be found immediately above CB Channel 80 EDIT A ZONE NAME 1 Press t...

Page 45: ...r at the cursor position 6 Press the MENU key to step forward to the NEXT character position or the BACK key to step back to the previous character position 7 Continue until the desired name has been...

Page 46: ...e list with the new zone name displayed ADD CHANNELS TO A NEW ZONE 1 Press the MENU key 2 Select ZONES and press MENU 3 Select the desired Zone from the Zone list and HOLD MENU HLD EDIT to edit the zo...

Page 47: ...rsor position 8 Press MENU to step forward to the NEXT character position or the BACK key to step back to the previous character position 9 When the desired name has been entered press the MENU key re...

Page 48: ...HLD EDIT to edit the zone 4 Use the or keys to select a channel 5 Hold MENU HLD OPTIONS for the Options menu 6 Use the or keys to select from the options list them press MENU Select Go Channel to jum...

Page 49: ...me or frequency has been edited 12 Hold MENU HLD SAVE to save BLUETOOTH Secure Pairing Use this to turn secure PIN pairing on or off for your Bluetooth connection If Secure Pairing is turned on when p...

Page 50: ...three scan memories Quiet Memory Stores channels in the SelCall Quiet memory Quiet Mode Toggles SelCall Quiet mode between on or off Scrambler Enables or disables the scrambler option Squelch Level Ad...

Page 51: ...volume of the radio unmutes the radio based on how the Active Mute feature is set Dual Watch Allows you to monitor a selected channel and the Priority channel simultaneously PROGRAMMING THE XRS BUTTON...

Page 52: ...vious menu or hold BACK to return to the main screen PROGRAMMING THE TOP BUTTON 1 Press the MENU key 2 Use the or keys to select PROG BUTTONS then press MENU to select 3 Use the or keys to select TOP...

Page 53: ...unction option allows you to set the state of several functions related to Scan SelCall and CTCSS DCS 1 Press the MENU key 2 Use the or keys to select FUNCTIONS then press MENU 3 Use the or keys to se...

Page 54: ...select RADIO SETTINGS then press MENU 3 Use the or keys to select from one of the setting options see the options table below 4 To alter a value e g Beep Volume press MENU then use the or keys to adju...

Page 55: ...nces the volume level of incoming signals so that soft and loud signals have a similar volume ON OFF ON MIC GAIN Adjusts the microphone s sensitivity Increase the gain for quiet voices Decrease the ga...

Page 56: ...default settings i e Squelch level beep level Subtone etc but retains user data such as SelCall memories and Zones Factory Reset Restores the radio to its out of the box state Deletes all user data an...

Page 57: ...cting a sub tone you will not be able to scan Pressing the SCAN key will produce a low error beep SELCALL 1 Press the MENU key 2 Use the or keys to select SELCALL then press MENU 3 Use the or keys to...

Page 58: ...and press MENU SEL ENTER 2 Use the or keys to change the digit at the cursor position 3 Press MENU SEL NEXT to step forward to the NEXT digit position or BACK to step back to the previous digit positi...

Page 59: ...to an empty SelCall memory 2 Press MENU SEL EDIT The Edit Contact screen is displayed and the SelCall number is automatically inserted into the contact EDITING THE CONTACT NAME 1 Use the or keys to c...

Page 60: ...o s own SelCall number 2 The Edit Contact screen is displayed and Own is displayed as the contact name with the cursor on the SelCall number 3 Use the or keys to change the number or the cursor positi...

Page 61: ...2 Use the or keys to change the letter or number at the cursor position 3 Press MENU SEL NEXT to step forward to the NEXT character or digit position or the BACK key to step back to the previous char...

Page 62: ...voice transmission Navigating to the Location Services feature 1 Press the MENU key 2 Navigate through the following selections XRS FEATURES LOCATION SERVICES Location Services Options Table Menu Opt...

Page 63: ...otal of 12 minutes of recordings combined time of all recordings When playback begins the radio begins with the most recent recording If you scroll back through the list to an older recording it will...

Page 64: ...key Pressing the PRI key or PTT key will also immediately exit the voice playback feature To clear all recordings 1 Press the MENU key 2 Navigate to the following selections XRS FEATURES VOICE PLAYBAC...

Page 65: ...ider turns green the active mute feature is on To navigate to the Active Mute feature on your radio 1 Press the MENU key 2 Navigate through the following selections XRS FEATURES ACTIVE MUTE Active Mut...

Page 66: ...conditioners The mounting cradle design supports a wide range of flexible mounting options The radio can be mounted above or below the cradle and the cradle can be orientated with the arms extending e...

Page 67: ...XRS 330C 67 MOUNTING THE CRADLE Option 1 Option 2...

Page 68: ...XRS 330C 68 MOUNTING THE RADIO Slide the radio fully into cradle until it clicks into place...

Page 69: ...DC negative earth installations only i e Where the negative terminal of the battery is connected to the chassis or frame of the vehicle There are two recommended methods of installation RADIO REMAINS...

Page 70: ...OFF with igni on switch RED BLACK Chassis Car ba ery Igni on Switch To Radio HIGH VOLTAGE DETECTION The radio has a built in high voltage detection system to warn you if an over voltage situation occu...

Page 71: ...SION The inherent design of FM transceivers results in a high level of resistance to ignition and electrical interference However in some installations it may be necessary to take additional steps to...

Page 72: ...XRS 330C 72 WIRING UHF antenna Optional extension speaker 12V DC Connector plug Red Fuse Black Coax cable MC664B microphone...

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Page 76: ...x SPECIFICATIONS ELECTRICAL General Menu Options Compliant Specification Meets AS NZS 4365 for radio communications equipment in the UHF citizen and personal radio service Frequency Range TX 476 425 4...

Page 77: ...enu Options R F Output 5 watts Spurious Emission 70 dBc Frequency Error 1 5 kHz Modulation FM Maximum Deviation 2 5 kHz at 20 Db AF limiting Transmit Frequency Response 6 dB per octave 300 Hz to 3 kHz...

Page 78: ...mA muted 750 mA full volume Conducted Spurious Emmission 70 dBm MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS AND CONNECTIONS Menu Options Dimensions 29 H x 128 L x 117 D mm Weight 450 grams 12 volt Power Supply Two core...

Page 79: ...XRS 330C 79 Part Number 311022 Drawing Number 49289 4 Standard Communications Pty Ltd trading as GME 17 Gibbon Road Winston Hills NSW 2153 Australia gme net au...

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