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Oricom DTX4200, Operating Instructions Manual

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Operations

Operations

Turning on the Power

Press and hold the channel selector.

Setting the Volume

Rotate the channel selector clockwise to adjust  

the sound level for comfortable reception.

Selecting a channel

Press channel selector once. "CH" will appear  

on the LCD.
Select the channel by rotating the channel  

selector, Clockwise Channel UP, anti-clockwise  

Channel DOWN.

SCAN

RM

MR

MW

SWP

SRX

MENU

GTS

SCAN

RM

MR

MW

SWP

SRX

MENU

GTS

SCAN

RM

MR

MW

SWP

SRX

MENU

GTS

Summary of Contents for DTX4200

Page 1: ...reference Always retain your proof of purchase in case of Warranty service and register your product on line at AUSTRALIA www oricom com au NEW ZEALAND www oricom co nz Operating Instructions DTX4200 80 Channel UHF Citizen Band Radio ...

Page 2: ...seable voice channels What issues may users experience during the transition phase When a new narrowband radio receives a transmission from an older wideband radio the speech may sound loud and distorted simply adjust your radio volume for the best listening performance When an older wideband radio receives a signal from a new narrowband radio the speech may sound quieter simply adjust your radio ...

Page 3: ...ions 12 UHF CB channels and frequencies 27 Express Warranty Australia 31 Need Help If you need assistance setting up or using your Oricom product now or in the future call Oricom Support Australia 1300 889 785 or 02 4574 8888 www oricom com au Mon Fri 8am 6pm AEST New Zealand 0800 67 42 66 www oricom co nz Mon Fri 10am 8pm NZST ...

Page 4: ... Backlight brightness 5 pre set levels plus auto Fast scanning 80 channels within 3 seconds Rotary volume channel and squelch control Duplex 38 CTCSS 104 DCS codes Heavy duty diecast metal chassis Slide in mounting bracket Auto power off off 1h 2h 4h 3 5mm external jack for optional external speaker or PA adaptor Optional Accessories External speaker PA adaptor jack PC programming cable and softwa...

Page 5: ...ot always clearly marked They include fuelling areas such as below deck on boats fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities areas where the air contains chemicals or particles such as grain dust or metal powders and any other area where you would normally be advised to turn off your vehicle engine Blasting Caps and Areas To avoid possible interference with blasting operations turn your radio ...

Page 6: ...press the PTT or CALL button before connecting the antenna to the radio Wiring Methods There are two possible wiring configurations for connecting to the vehicles power supply A Radio stays ON when the ignition is switched OFF Connect the radio s negative black lead to the vehicle chassis or directly to the battery s negative terminal Connect the radio s positive red lead via the 2 Amp fuse to the...

Page 7: ...ntenna to the rear antenna socket using a PL259 coaxial connector not supplied 2 To obtain maximum performance from the radio select a high quality antenna and mount it in a good location Never press the PTT or CALL button before connecting the antenna to the radio 3 For best performance always mount your antenna as high as possible and away from all other antennas or poles Optional External Speak...

Page 8: ...SWP SRX MENU GTS 6 1 2 4 5 3 7 1 Power on off and Volume channel squelch selector and SVL sub receiver volume 2 Scan open scan memory group scan remove memory 3 Memory recall memory write 4 Main Sub channel swapping SRX on off 5 Menu Group tone scan 6 Microphone 7 LCD display ...

Page 9: ...9 Controls and Indicators Rear View 1 2 3 4 1 3 5mm external jack for optional 8 ohm speaker and PA speaker 2 Power supply connection 3 Computer programming connector 4 Antenna Connection ...

Page 10: ... Channel display TO MOUNT SLIDE INTO UNIVERSAL MOUNTING BRACKET TO REMOVE SLIDE OUT HOLDING BRACKETS AWAY FROM UHF RADIO Installation of the DTX4200 and fitting optional accessories Mounting the UHF radio The universal mounting bracket supplied with your UHF radio allows overhead dash mounting Mount the UHF radio via the bracket securely with the supplied screws in the desired location ensuring th...

Page 11: ...esired location 6 ry Pay attention to polarities EXTERNAL SPEAKER JACK CCESSORY red black attery TO CHASSIS FUSE OPTIONALACCESSORY EXTRA MIC LEAD OPTIONALACCESSORY EXTERNAL SPEAKER O P T IO N A L A C C E S S O R Y _________or________ O 6 4 RED for extension speaker Yellow for PA speaker 5 Installation Diagram ...

Page 12: ... clockwise to adjust the sound level for comfortable reception Selecting a channel Press channel selector once CH will appear on the LCD Select the channel by rotating the channel selector Clockwise Channel UP anti clockwise Channel DOWN SCAN RM MR MW SWP SRX MENU GTS SCAN RM MR MW SWP SRX MENU GTS SCAN RM MR MW SWP SRX MENU GTS ...

Page 13: ...e channel selector to adjust the SRX volume Note If a button is not pressed within 2 seconds the radio will automatically exit the sub display of VOL CH SQL and SVL PTT Push To Talk button Pressing the PTT button activates the transmitter The RF radio frequency level will appear on the LCD display as you are transmitting To receive release the PTT button TX will disappear on the LCD display When t...

Page 14: ... be heard then resume scanning when the channel is clear again The scan resume time can be set to 5 10 or 15 seconds of P5 default ch 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 77 78 79 80 Note During open scan rotating the channel selector will not change the scan direction To stop the scan press the SCAN RM button or press the PTT Remove Memory in Scanning To remove a channel from the scan press and hold SC RM button for 2 ...

Page 15: ...hing A B C When A B C are flashing then all groups will be scanned starting in selected group When A B and C are not flashing then only the selected group will scan 2 Press Scan button to start group scan The MS SC sub menu display appears on the LCD 3 To stop Group memory Scan press SCAN RM button or PTT Group Tone Scan When Group Tone Scan is enabled it will allow continual communication across ...

Page 16: ...1 67Hz is set for Group Tone Scan The group tone code can be changed in the settings menu 2 To stop Group memory Scan Press MENU GTS button or PTT Memory Recall This feature allows the user to recall the stored channels using the MR button To access the stored channels simply press the MR button and the A will appear at the right side on the LCD Press the MR button again to cycle through A B C gro...

Page 17: ...wapping Dual RX channel The DTX4200 can receive two channels simultaneously The main receiver default channel is 12 and Sub receiver default channel is 40 The Sub channel can be turned on and off by pressing and holding the SWP SRX button The S indicator on the display will be on if the SRX is on It is not possible to transmit on the SRX channel you must swap the SRX and Main RX to transmit on tha...

Page 18: ...r 2 seconds Menu list Press MENU GTS button to access menu Use the channel selector to change the value of each setting If a button is not pressed within 8 seconds the radio will automatically exit the menu mode You can exit the menu at any time by briefly pressing PTT button Please see below menu modes SCAN RM MR MW SWP SRX MENU GTS ...

Page 19: ...y Default Duplex On Off Off On On CTCSS and DCS Off Off to 104 Group Tone Scan CT1 67Hz CT1 67Hz DCS104 Backlight LED colour 0 87 Sky Blue to 95 Backlight Dimmer auto 4 to 5 Factory Reset User User reset Factory Squelch tail Off Off On ...

Page 20: ...Operations Busy channel lock Off Off On Key Beep Off Off On Logo Display On On Off TPI On On Off Treble 0 2 to 7 Scan resume time P5 P5 to 5 10 15 Auto power Off Off Off to 1H 2H 4H Software version VER 1 ...

Page 21: ...o 8 and 41 48 used by local repeater stations When activated your radio will receive the Repeater on its specific channel all repeater outputs are on channel 1 to 8 and 41 to 48 but transmit to the repeater channel 31 through 38 and 71 to 78 Factory default is set to On for all repeater channels e g CH01 on Duplex mode will receive on CH01 but transmit on CH31 CH02 on Duplex mode will receive on C...

Page 22: ...875 477 2375 CH73 44 476 5125 477 2625 CH74 45 467 5375 477 2875 CH75 46 476 5625 477 3125 CH76 47 476 5875 477 3375 CH77 48 476 6125 477 3625 CH78 For this example we are adopting CH01 as the channel being used for repeater use 1 Press Menu to display Duplex setting 2 Turn the channel selector to change the setting between ON and OFF Note You can only turn Duplex on when you are on a duplex chann...

Page 23: ...reserved for Emergency calls Group Tone setting The group tone scan default tone selected is CTCSS 01 67Hz You can select from CTCC 01 38 to DCS 01 to 104 code for Group tone scan 96 Multi colour Backlight You can select from 96 different multi colour backlighting for the LCD backlight Backlight dimmer You can reduce the brightness of the backlight by selecting levels 1 to 5 off or Auto which will...

Page 24: ...g CTCSS DCS Key Beep The key beep emits a tone when you press any of the buttons on the microphone except PTT button Logo Display The logo display function can be enabled or disabled TPI TPI Transmit Power Indicator VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio is a measurement of how well the antenna and cable is matched to the radios output It is best measured at the antenna as the cable can affect this meas...

Page 25: ...e settings menu the TPI indicator will show 5 bars during TX If an incorrect or no antenna is connected and power output is less than 3 5W ANT X will be displayed when TPI feature is turned on or off When ANT X is displayed the radio has enabled protection mode and reduced RF output Treble Allows adjustment of the level of higher audio frequencies of the radio speaker in 8 steps use channel select...

Page 26: ...tic power off time can be adjusted to OFF 1 2 or 4 hours in menu mode PA Public Address To use the external PA speaker connect the optional PA cable to the external speaker jack on the rear of the radio connect the PA speaker to the yellow coloured socket and the external CB speaker to the red coloured socket Then the output will be directed to the PA speaker when PA function is selected How to op...

Page 27: ...27 UHF CB channels and frequencies UHF CB channels and frequencies ...

Page 28: ...here it is not used for repeater operation Speech telephony shall be inhibited on these channels At the time of production Channels 61 62 and 63 are guard channels and are not available for use Channels 5 and 35 paired for Duplex repeaters are reserved as emergency channels and should be used only in an emergency CTCSS and DCS will not operate on these channels A list of currently authorised chann...

Page 29: ...67 0 21 136 5 2 71 9 22 141 3 3 74 4 23 146 2 4 77 0 24 151 4 5 79 7 25 156 7 6 82 5 26 162 2 7 85 4 27 167 9 8 88 5 28 173 8 9 91 5 29 179 9 10 94 8 30 186 2 11 97 4 31 192 8 12 100 0 32 203 5 13 103 5 33 210 7 14 107 2 34 218 1 15 110 9 35 225 7 16 114 8 36 233 6 17 118 8 37 241 8 18 123 0 38 250 3 19 127 3 ...

Page 30: ...30 UHF CB channels and frequencies ...

Page 31: ...m right or remedy pursuant to the Australian Consumer Law and which may not be so excluded restricted or modified For such conditions terms guarantees and warranties that cannot be excluded restricted or modified Oricom limits the remedies available to extent permitted in the relevant legislation The Express Warranty Period will be 5 years from the date of purchase of the product evidenced by your...

Page 32: ...e or injury arising out of or in connection with a 1 Failure by you to adhere to the warnings and follow the instructions set out in this user guide for the proper installation and use of the product 2 Wilful misconduct or deliberate misuse by you of the product 3 Any external cause beyond our control including but not limited to power failure lightning or over voltage or 4 Modification to the pro...

Page 33: ...arranty excludes expenses incurred by you in returning any faulty product to us You must arrange and pay any expens es incurred including postage delivery freight transportation or insurance of the product to return the faulty product to us however we will arrange delivery of the repaired or replaced faulty product to you Important Information Repair Notice Please be aware that the repair of your ...

Page 34: ...om Support Australia For all product enquiries troubleshooting or to discuss the range of Oricom products feel free to contact Oricom or visit our website for answers to frequently asked questions 1300 889 785 Monday Friday 8am 6pm AEST Email support oricom com au www oricom com au Oricom Support New Zealand 0800 674 266 Monday Friday 11am 7pm NZST Email support oricom co nz www oricom co nz Ref 2...

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