Icom IC-G80 Instruction Manual Download

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FOREWORD

Thank you for purchasing this fine Icom product. The
IC-G80

vhf

transceiver

is designed and build with Icom’s

superior technology and craftsmanship. With proper care, this
product should provide you with years of trouble-free opera-
tion.

FEATURES

❍

Dust-protection/Splash-resistant construc-

tion (IP54*)

* Only when the battery pack or case, antenna and jack cover are

attached.

❍

Built in VOX circuit enabling VOX operation*

(Voice Operated Transmission)

* To use the VOX function, an optional headset and a plug adapter

cable are required.

EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS

WORD

DEFINITION

DANGER!

Personal death, serious injury or an ex-
plosion may occur.

WARNING!

Personal injury, fire hazard or electric
shock may occur.

CAUTION

Equipment damage may occur.

NOTE

Recommended for optimum use. No risk
of personal injury, fire or electric shock.

IMPORTANT

READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS

carefully and completely

before using the transceiver.

SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL—

This in-

struction manual contains important operating instructions
for the IC-G80.

Summary of Contents for IC-G80

Page 1: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL VHF TRANSCEIVER iG80 ...

Page 2: ... VOX operation Voice Operated Transmission To use the VOX function an optional headset and a plug adapter cable are required EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS WORD DEFINITION R DANGER Personal death serious injury or an ex plosion may occur R WARNING Personal injury fire hazard or electric shock may occur CAUTION Equipment damage may occur NOTE Recommended for optimum use No risk of personal injury fire or ele...

Page 3: ...ical RWARNING NEVER operate the transceiver with a headset or other audio accessories at high volume levels Hearing experts advise against continuous high volume op eration If you experience a ringing in your ears reduce the volume level or discontinue use RWARNING NEVER operate the transceiver while driving a vehicle Safe driving requires your full attention anything less may result in an acciden...

Page 4: ...le damage to the transceiver s case or the waterproof seal Only when the battery pack or case antenna and jack cover are attached Even when the transceiver power is OFF a slight current still flows in the circuits Remove the battery pack or batteries from the transceiver when not using it for a long time Other wise the installed battery pack or batteries will become ex hausted and will need to be ...

Page 5: ...h level 14 Monitor function 14 Selecting an operating channel 15 Receiving 15 Transmitting 16 Key lock function 16 VOL function assignment 17 Programming a channel name 18 5 REPEATER OPERATION 19 21 About Repeater 19 Subaudible tone encoder 20 Lockout function 21 6 SCAN OPERATION 22 23 Scan types 22 Channel Scan 22 Setting skip channels 22 Scan resume setting 23 Priority watch 23 7 TONE SQUELCH AN...

Page 6: ...hout an antenna will damage the trans ceiver D Belt clip To attach the belt clip Slide the belt clip in the direction of the arrow until the belt clip locks in place and makes a click sound To detach the belt clip q Remove the battery pack or case from the transceiver if it is attached p 2 w Lift the tab up q and slide the belt clip in the direction of the arrow w ACCESSORIES 1 Belt clip Battery p...

Page 7: ...he arrow NEVER remove or attach the battery pack or case when the transceiver is wet or soiled This may result in water or dust getting into the transceiver or the battery pack case and may result in them being damaged NOTE Keep the battery terminals clean D Jack cover Attach the jack cover when optional equipment is not used 1 ACCESSORIES 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 To attach th...

Page 8: ...connector The internal microphone and speaker will not function when an option is connected See page 40 for a list of available options Be sure to turn OFF the transceiver power before con necting or disconnecting optional equipment to or from the SP MIC jack tMONITOR KEY MONI Hold down to temporarily open the squelch to monitor the operating channel p 14 While holding down this key push or to adj...

Page 9: ... for 1 second to turn the Key Lock function ON or OFF p 16 Enters or sends the DTMF code D pp 27 28 The functions of VOL and can be exchanged See page 17 for details D KEYPAD Push to enter a operating channel number p 15 Push to enter or send the DTMF code pp 27 28 Pushing these keys after pushing FUNC M activates the key s second function 1 TONE 1 Numeric input and DTMF code 1 After pushing FUNC ...

Page 10: ... input and DTMF code 8 After pushing FUNC M enters the Set mode p 30 9 H M L 9 Numeric input and DTMF code 9 After pushing FUNC M selects the output power between high mid and low p 16 0 DTMF M 0 Numeric input and DTMF code 0 After pushing FUNC M enters the DTMF mem ory mode p 27 M FUNC M DTMF code M indication E Push to access the second function of other keys ENT MN W ENT DTMF code indication F ...

Page 11: ...he selected DTMF memory channel number p 27 yBATTERY ICONS p 13 appears when the battery pack case is attached appears when the battery is nearing exhaustion Charging the battery pack or replacing the batteries in the case is necessary uKEY LOCK ICON Appears when the Key Lock function is ON p 16 iVOX ICON Appears when the VOX function is ON p 41 oPOWER ICONS p 16 H appears when high power is selec...

Page 12: ... month 20 C to 35 C up to six months 20 C to 25 C up to a year We recommend charging the battery pack every 6 months Clean the battery terminals to avoid rust or misscontact Keep battery terminals clean It s a good idea to clean bat tery terminals once a week If your Ni MH battery pack seems to have no capacity even after being charged completely discharge it by leaving the power ON overnight Then...

Page 13: ...T expose the battery to rain snow sea water or any other liquids Do not charge or use a wet battery If the battery gets wet be sure to wipe it dry before using R DANGER NEVER incinerate a used battery pack since internal battery gas may cause it to rupture or may cause an explosion R DANGER NEVER solder the battery terminals or NEVER modify the battery pack This may cause heat generation and the b...

Page 14: ...onments the safety protection circuit in the battery will activate causing the battery to stop charging R WARNING DO NOT charge or leave the battery in the battery charger beyond the specified time for charging If the battery is not completely charged by the specified time stop charging and remove the battery from the battery charger Continuing to charge the battery beyond the specified time limit...

Page 15: ...ource can be used instead of the AC adapter Charge indicator Lights green while charging NOTE The charge indicator will not go out even after a battery pack is fully charged AC adapter A different type or no AC adapter is supplied with some versions Transceiver Battery pack Screws Self tapping screw 3 5 at least 30 mm Purchase separately Using screws is recommended to secure the charger Charging t...

Page 16: ...with the guide rails inside the charger CAUTION When using the OPC 515L DC power cable NEVER connect the OPC 515L to a power source using reverse polarity This will ruin the battery charger White line Black line The optional OPC 515L for DC power source or CP 23L for 12 V cigarette lighter socket can be used instead of the AC adapter AC adapter A different type or no AC adapter is supplied with so...

Page 17: ...oose the suitable charger BC 197 Charger Type Chargeable Battery With AD 120 charger adapters BP 264 Ni MH battery With AD 121 charger adapters BP 265 Li Ion battery The type of the charger adapter AD 120 or AD 121 is printed on the inside bottom of the charger adapter and the type of battery it holds is printed on the top right corner of the adapter AC adapter An AC adapter is not supplied with s...

Page 18: ...nction must be turned OFF in the Initial Set mode p 38 Battery information D Battery life Even when the transceiver power is OFF a small current still flows in the transceiver Remove the battery pack case when it won t be used for a long time Otherwise the battery pack or the batteries in the case will become exhausted D Battery icon 3 BATTERY CHARGING Battery pack case Voltage Capacity Battery li...

Page 19: ...level While holding down MONI push or one or more times to adjust the squelch level SqL 1 is loose squelch for weak signals and SqL10 is tight squelch for strong signals SqL 0 is open squelch Monitor function This function is used to listen to weak signals or to open the squelch manually You can use it without disturbing the squelch setting even when mute functions such as the tone squelch are in ...

Page 20: ... BP 263 battery case has brand new alkaline batteries pp 10 13 qHold down for 1 second to turn ON the power w Set the operating channel Refer to the left column to select a channel e Rotate VOL to adjust the volume level p 14 If the squelch is closed hold down MONI while adjusting the volume level rAdjust the squelch level p 14 While holding down MONI push or The squelch level is displayed on the ...

Page 21: ...outh or speak too loudly This may distort your speech tRelease PTT to receive When the channel s TX Inhibit function is pre programmed to ON you cannot transmit Ask your dealer for details Key lock function To prevent accidental changes of the operating channel or unnecessary function access use the Key Lock function Push FUNC M and then hold down for 1 second to turn the Key Lock function ON or O...

Page 22: ...n ON the power to enter the Initial Set mode wPush or to select the dial assignment item tOP e Rotate VOL to select an option rPush ENT MN W to exit the Initial Set mode VOL and function as described below depend ing on the option VOL VOL functions as the volume control VOL functions as the channel selector 4 BASIC OPERATION Option VOL tOP VO Volume control Channel selector tOP di Channel selector...

Page 23: ...han nel to program a name w Push FUNC M and then hold down MN W ENT for 1 second to enter the channel name program ming mode A cursor blinks for the first character e Rotate VOL to select a character The selected character blinks Push to move the cursor right push to move the cur sor left r Repeat step e until the channel name is programmed t Push ENT MN W to exit the programming mode D Usable cha...

Page 24: ...o receive r Hold down MONI to check whether the other station s transmit signal can be directly received or not When the signal can be directly received move to the sim plex operation channel D Talk Around function The Talk Around function equalizes the transmit frequency to the receive frequency for transceiver to transceiver com munication Duplex operation temporarily changes to simplex operatio...

Page 25: ...memory channels p 27 DTCS CODES Push FUNC and then TONE 1 one or more times to activate the DTCS encoder and then push PTT D and appear The specified DTCS code is superimposed over your transmitted signal See page 24 for DTCS code setting details CONVENIENT Tone scan function If you don t know the subaudible tone or DTCS code used for a repeater the tone scan is convenient for detecting it Push FU...

Page 26: ...de wPush or to select the lockout item RLO e Rotate VOL to select an option of the Lockout function RLO OF Allows transmitting even if the channel is busy RLO RP The Repeater Lockout function inhibits transmitting when the channel is busy except while receiving a signal that includes a matching subaudible tone RLO bU The Busy Lockout function inhibits transmitting when the channel is busy rPush EN...

Page 27: ...scanning push or w To cancel the scan push any key except FUNC or MONI Setting skip channels In order to speed up the scan rate you can skip the chan nels you don t want to scan qSelect a channel to be skipped Push or to select a channel w Push FUNC M and then SKIP 6 to turn the skip set ting ON or OFF SKIP appears when the channel is set as a skip channel SKIP CHANNEL SCAN SKIP SKIP Ch 2 Ch 1 Ch ...

Page 28: ...umes rPush ENT MN W to exit the Set mode Priority watch The priority watch checks for signals on the selected chan nel Priority channel every 5 seconds The priority channel is pre programmed by your dealer and you cannot change the setting with the transceiver Ask your dealer for details q Push FUNC M and then PRIO 7 to start the watch The decimal point on the alphanumeric display blinks When a si...

Page 29: ... 0 127 3 131 8 136 5 141 3 146 2 151 4 156 7 162 2 167 9 173 8 179 9 186 2 192 8 203 5 210 7 218 1 225 7 233 6 241 8 250 3 Recommended DTCS code D Setting CTCSS tone or DTCS code q Push FUNC M and then SET 8 to enter the Set mode w Push or to select the CTCSS tone item Ct or the DTCS code item dt blinks when selecting the CTCSS tone item and D blinks when selecting the DTCS code item e Rotate VOL ...

Page 30: ...TX and RX re verse rPush ENT MN W to exit the Set mode NOTE When you use the DTCS encoder the DTCS po larity setting affects only transmitting D Operation q Select an operating channel p 15 and then set a CTCSS tone or a DTCS code p 24 w Push FUNC M and then TONE 1 Repeat step w one or more times to activate the desired Tone function eOperate the transceiver in a normal way p 15 NOTE The Tone func...

Page 31: ...n the squelch q Set a channel to be checked for a tone frequency or DTCS code w Push FUNC M and then push TONE 1 one or more times to activate a Tone function No indication Cannot be used for operation Repeater tone encoder Tone squelch D DTCS squelch D and DTCS encoder The tone scan can be made even if the Tone function is not selected e Push FUNC M and then T SCAN 3 to start a tone scan To chang...

Page 32: ...up to 24 digits 0 9 inputs 0 9 MONI inputs A p inputs B q inputs C inputs D M inputs M E and ENT MN W inputs F If a digit is mistakenly input push PTT momentarily then re peat from step e tRepeat step r until the code is input y Push PTT to store the DTMF code sequence and exit the programming mode When the 24th digit is input the transceiver automatically stores the code sequence and returns to s...

Page 33: ... to exit the Set mode D Manual DTMF code transmission First set the DTMF TX key to dmt k in the Set mode While holding down PTT push the keys to transmit a DTMF code sequence manually Push 0 9 for 0 9 MONI for A for B for C for D M for M and ENT MN W for D Using a DTMF memory channel First set the DTMF TX key to dmt m in the Set mode While holding down PTT push one of the keys to trans mit the DTM...

Page 34: ...d When slow DTMF transmission speeds are required the transceiver s DTMF transmission speed can be adjusted in the Initial Set mode q While holding down and turn ON the power to enter the Initial Set mode wPush or to select the DTMF speed item dtd e Rotate VOL to select a speed dtd 1 100 milliseconds interval 5 0 cps dtd 2 200 milliseconds interval 2 5 cps dtd 3 300 milliseconds interval 1 6 cps d...

Page 35: ...the item e Rotate VOL to select the option or value rTo exit the Set mode push ENT MN W 1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 11 12 14 13 15 16 17 18 19 Repeater tone frequency p 31 Tone squelch frequency p 31 DTCS code p 31 DTCS polarity p 31 Scan resume setting p 32 Function key timer p 32 VOX gain p 32 Microphone gain p 33 VOX delay p 33 VOX time out timer p 33 DTMF TX key p 33 Push Push Operating mode p 33 LCD back...

Page 36: ...receive in terference from adjacent tone frequencies D DTCS Code Selects one of 104 DTCS codes for DTCS encoder and squelch 023 754 Available DTCS codes 023 025 026 031 032 036 043 047 051 053 125 131 132 134 143 145 152 155 156 162 245 246 251 252 255 261 263 265 266 271 356 364 365 371 411 412 413 423 431 432 506 516 523 526 532 546 565 606 612 624 054 065 071 072 073 074 114 115 116 122 165 172...

Page 37: ...ts second function F0 At Exit the Function mode immediately after a key is pushed to activate its second function F1 2 3 At The Function mode remains activated for 1 2 or 3 sec onds after a key is pushed to activate its second function F m The Function mode remains activated until FUNC M is pushed again even after a key is pushed to activate its second function D LCD backlight Selects the LCD Back...

Page 38: ...VXd 30 3 seconds D VOX Time out Timer Sets the VOX Time out Timer to 1 2 3 4 5 10 or 15 min utes to prevent accidental prolonged transmission by the VOX function To turn OFF the function select Vto OF The VOX Time out Timer must be set shorter than the Time out Timer otherwise this timer will not function D DTMF TX key Selects the method to transmit a DTMF code sequence While holding down PTT push...

Page 39: ...wn and turn ON the power to enter the Initial Set mode w Push or to select an item e Rotate VOL to select the option or value rTo exit the Initial Set mode push ENT MN W Time out timer p 35 Auto power OFF p 35 Lockout p 35 Squelch delay p 36 DTMF speed p 36 Dial assignment p 36 Simple mode p 36 Power save p 37 Select speed p 37 LCD contrast p 37 Battery protection function p 38 Voltage indication ...

Page 40: ... Time out Timer function is turned OFF or set to a long time period and transmission is made for long periods D Auto power OFF The transceiver can automatically turn itself OFF after a specified time Activating a control or receiving a signal re starts the time out The transceiver beeps before turning OFF 30 minutes 1 hour 2 hours and OFF can be specified The specified time period is retained even...

Page 41: ... cps cps characters per second D VOL function assignment Selects whether or not to use VOL as the channel selector instead of and When VOL functions as the channel selector and function as volume controls D Simple mode Inhibits the access to some functions The operations and modifications of Set mode items listed below are inhibited while the Simple Mode function is turned ON Operation Set mode mo...

Page 42: ... P S At Automatically sets the duty cycle When no operation occurs and no signal is received for 5 seconds the transceiver enters the Power Save mode and sets 1 2 as the duty cycle and after 60 seconds it sets 1 16 as the duty cycle D Dial Acceleration Selects whether or not to accelerate the changing speed when rotating VOL rapidly S S m Turns OFF the selecting speed acceleration S S At The selec...

Page 43: ...type bAt OF Turns OFF the function Select when you use the BP 263 battery case bAt nm Select when you use the BP 264 Ni MH battery pack bAt LI Select when you use the BP 265 Li Ion battery pack NOTE BE SURE to select an appropriate option accord ing to your battery type D Auto low power Turns the Automatic Low power function ON or OFF When the temperature goes below 0 C the function automat ically...

Page 44: ...the battery pack or replace the batteries Ask your dealer to set the TX Inhibit function to OFF Turn OFF the Lockout function pp 10 13 p 21 Transmitting using the VOX function is impossible The VOX gain is set to OFF or too low The microphone gain is too low TX permission is inhibited on the channel Set the VOX gain to a suitable level Set the microphone gain to a suitable level Ask your dealer to...

Page 45: ...e Chargeable Battery Charging time With AD 120 BP 264 Ni MH battery Approx 2 hrs With AD 121 BP 265 Li Ion battery Approx 2 5 hrs Either AD 120 or AD 121 charger adapters are installed in the BC 197 depending on the chargeable battery pack CP 23L cigarette lighter cable For charging of the battery packs through a 12 V cigarette lighter socket For only BC 191 BC 193 OPC 515L OPC 656 dc power cable ...

Page 46: ... cover p 2 e Connect the optional HS 94 HS 95 or HS 97 and OPC 2004 as illustrated below D Turning the VOX function ON or OFF q Connect an optional headset and plug adapter cable to the transceiver and then turn ON the power w Push FUNC M and then VOX 2 to turn the VOX func tion ON or OFF VOX appears when the VOX function is ON NOTE When using the VOX function adjust the microphone gain and the VO...

Page 47: ... speaking into the head set microphone adjust the VOX gain until On continu ously appears on the LCD If On is intermittent be sure the VOX delay is set long enough to allow normal pauses in speech but keep the VOX ON until you finish speaking CONVENIENT While transmitting using the VOX function you can adjust the VOX gain simply by rotating VOL VOX delay Sets the VOX delay to between 0 5 and 3 0 s...

Page 48: ...1 1 32 Kamiminami Hirano ku Osaka 547 0003 Japan A 6867D 1EX Printed in Japan 2010 Icom Inc Printed on recycled paper with soy ink ...

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