GMR1588-2CK/GMR1595-2CK
*Rang
e ma
y v
ar
y depending on en
vir
onmental and/or topographical conditions.
•
15 GMRS / 7 FRS Channels
•
142 Pr
iv
acy Codes (CTCSS
Tone
and DCS Code)
•
Up to 15 Mile Range*
•
Direct Call
•
Scr
amb
le
•
143 Group Codes
•
Silent Mode
•
Inter
nal V
O
X
Circuitr
y
•
10 Selectab
le Call/Ring
Tone Aler
ts
•
Bac
klit LCD Displa
y
•
Optional Headset Accessor
ies
•
Headset J
ac
k
•
Roger Beep
1
Antenna
2
PTT (Push-T
o-T
alk) Button
3
P
ow
er Boost Button
4
W
eather/Aler
t K
ey
5
D
-call K
ey
6
M
en
u/g
roup K
ey
7
Speak
er
8
V
olume Setting Nob
9
U
p/Do
w
n Button
10
Headset J
ac
k
11
Channel T
one/Scan
K
ey
12
Monitor K
ey
13
Microphone
14
DC IN 9V
15
Channel Indicator
16
Sub Code Indicator
17
Aler
t Indicator
18
Receiv
e Indicator
19
Miss Indicator
20
Batter
y Le
ve
l Indicator
21
Scr
amb
le Indicator
22
V
O
X Indicator
23
Call Indicator
24
Charging Contacts
Cong
ratulations on y
our purchase of the Uniden
GMR1588-2CK/GMR1595-2CK (Gener
al Mobile
Radio Ser
vice) r
adio
.This lightw
eight, palm-siz
ed,
radio is a state-of-the-ar
t de
vice
, equipped with
man
y v
aluab
le f
eatures
.Use it at spor
ting e
vents
,
to sta
y in contact with f
amily and fr
iends
, hiking,
skiing, outdoors
, or in a neighborhood w
atch f
or
vital comm
unication.
P
ACKAGE CONTENTS
Your pac
kage contains tw
o GMR1588-2CK /
GMR1595-2CK r
adios
, tw
o rechargeab
le NiMH
batter
y pac
ks (#BP38), tw
o A
C
adapters (#AD-
1004), tw
o charging cr
adles (#RC1581), tw
o belt
clips and this ref
erence guide
.Y
ou can oper
ate the
unit using the rechargeab
le NiMH batter
y pac
k or
4 AAA alkaline batter
ies (not included).
To
order the f
ollo
wing optional accessor
ies
, visit our
w
eb site @www
.uniden.com or call 1-800-554-3988,
Mon-F
ri, 8 a.m.
to 5 p
.m.
CST
.
Use onl
y Uniden accessories.
• NiMH Batter
y P
ac
k - #BP38
• Charging Cr
adle - #RC1581
•
V
O
X Headset - #HS910/HS915
• A
C
Adapter - #AD-1004
• DC Adapter - #DC-1002
GMRS LICENSE
The GMR1588-2CK/GMR1595-2CK radio operates
on the General Mobile Radio Ser
vice (GMRS)
frequencies when using Channels 1-7 and
channels 15-22.Y
ou m
ust ha
ve a GMRS license
issued b
y the Federal Comm
unications
Commission to legall
y use these c
hannels.
For
licensing inf
ormation and application f
orms,
visit
the FCC online at:
www
.fcc.go
v/wtb/uls or call
the FCC hotline at 1-800-418-3676.
If y
ou ha
ve
an
y questions,
you can contact the FCC direct at
1-888-225-5322.
No license is required f
o
r
operation on c
hannels 8-14 or operation on an
y
channel in Canada.
INST
ALL THE BA
TTER
Y
Your GMR1588-2CK/GMR1595-2CK r
adio uses a
supplied NiMH batter
y pac
k or 4 AAA alkaline
batter
ies (not included).
To
install the NiMH batter
y pac
k:
1)
Mak
e sure the r
adio is off
.
2)
Release the batter
y co
ve
r clip
, then remo
ve
the
batter
y co
ve
r.
3)
Put the NiMH batter
y pac
k in the batter
y
compar
tment.
Be sure to f
ollo
w the instr
uctions
USING THE RADIO
SETTING UP GROUP MODE
USING THE RADIO BA
TTER
Y
LEVEL AND LOW BA
TTER
Y
ALER
T
This r
adio has a batter
y le
vel meter that indicates
the status of the batter
ies
.W
hen the batter
y le
vel is
lo
w
, BA
TT appears and the batter
y le
vel meter icon
flashes
.Recharge the NiMH batter
y pac
k
immediately or
, if y
ou are using the alkaline
batter
ies
, replace the alkaline batter
ies in order to
contin
ue using the r
adio
.
W
arning!
To
a
void the r
isk of personal injur
y or
proper
ty damage from fire or electr
ical shoc
k, only
use the Uniden accessor
ies specifically designated
for this product.
GMR1588-2CK/GMR1595-2CK RADIO
CHARGING THE RADIO
If y
ou use the rechargeab
le NiMH batter
y pac
k, tw
o
GMR1588-2CK/GMR1595-2CK r
adios can be
charged directly or b
y using the supplied charging
cr
adle
.
Char
g
e b
y Using the Radio
1)
Connect the A
C
adapter or optional DC adapter
to DC IN 9V jac
k of the r
adio and connect it to
the appropr
iate po
w
er source
.
2)
Charge the batter
y pac
k f
or 16 hours until the
batter
y indicator stop flashing.
Using the Char
ging Cradle
1)
Connect the A
C
adapter or optional DC adapter
to DC IN 9V jac
k of the charging cr
adle and
connect it to the appropr
iate po
w
er source
.
2)
Set the charging cr
adle on the desk or tab
letop
,
and place the r
adio in the charging cr
adle with
the k
eypad f
acing f
orw
ard.
3)
Charge the batter
y pac
k f
or 16 hours until the
batter
y indicator stops flashing.
Then remo
ve
the
radio from the charging cr
adle after completing
charging.
Note:
•
Use only the supplied batter
y and A
C
adapter or
appro
ved DC adapter from Uniden.
•
Charge time ma
y v
ar
y depending on the batter
y
lif
e remaining.
•
Do not recharge alkaline batter
ies
.Doing so can
create a saf
ety hazard or damage the r
adio
.
•
F
or f
astest charging, tur
n off the r
adio bef
ore
charging.
wr
itten on the batter
y pac
k’
s label.
Installing the
batter
y pac
k incorrectly will pre
vent the unit from
oper
ating.
4)
Align the batter
y co
ver tabs with the tab holes
on the r
adio
, then replace the co
ver clip
.
In order to get the most out of y
our ne
w r
adio
, read
this ref
erence guide completely bef
ore attempting to
oper
ate the unit.
Turning the Radio On and Adjusting the
V
olume
1)
Rotate
vol/off
cloc
kwise until it clic
ks
, and set
vo
lume to a comf
or
tab
le listening le
ve
l.
2)
To
tur
n off the r
adio
, rotate
vol/off
countercloc
kwise until it clic
ks
.
Adjusting the Sound (K
ey
Beeps)
Your r
adio sounds a beep each time y
ou press a
ke
y (e
xcept f
or
PTT
and
P
o
wer boost
).
To
tur
n this sound off
, press and hold
d-call
while
tur
ning on the r
adio
.Repeat this step to tur
n the
sound on.
Choosing a Channel
Your r
adio has 22 channels and 142 Pr
iv
acy codes
you can use to talk to others
.In order to speak to
someone
, both y
our r
adios m
ust be set to the same
channel and Pr
iv
acy code
.
To
choose a channel:
Press
ch
tone/scn
, then press
▲
or
▼
to increase
or decrease the channel n
umber displa
yed.
Note:
Channels 1-7 and 15-22 ha
ve
a typical r
ange
of up to 10 miles
, or 15 miles when y
ou press
P
o
wer Boost
.Channels 8-14 ha
ve
a typical r
ange
of up to 5 miles
.Y
ou can see an indication of the
range as y
ou change channels
.
HI
appears when
you select channels 1-7 or 15-22, and
LO
appears
for channels 8-14.
W
arning!
The r
ange of channels 1-7 and 15-22 can
be boosted only when y
ou use NiMH batter
ies
.
When y
ou press
P
o
wer boost
while using alkaline
batter
ies
, the r
ange is not boosted.
•
Batter
ies m
ust be installed f
or oper
ation, e
ven
from e
xter
nal po
w
er
.
•
If batter
y po
w
er is lo
w
, y
ou cannot oper
ate the
radio e
ven using e
xter
nal po
w
er
.Let the
batter
ies charge bef
ore using.
If y
ou tr
y to
tr
ansmit while po
w
er is lo
w
, the r
adio
automatically tur
ns off
.
In order to use Group Mode y
ou need to initializ
e a
couple of settings in y
our r
adio:
•
Set the r
adio to Group Mode
•
Set a Group Code
•
Set a Ring
Tone
•
Set a Unit Number
•
Set a "Nic
kname"
Setting the Radio to Gr
oup Mode
To
set the r
adio to Group Mode
, which enab
les
Direct Call, A
uto Channel Change and All Call,
press and hold
men
u/grp
for 2 seconds
.The r
adio
displa
ys
oF
GR
UP
.Press
▲
to displa
y
on
GR
UP
,
then press
men
u/grp
to adv
ance to setting the
Group Code
.
Note:
In g
roup mode
, y
ou cannot receiv
e
tr
ansmissions from other r
adios unless the
y are
also set to the same channel and g
roup code
.
Setting the Gr
oup Code
Set the g
roup code f
or y
our r
adio g
roup from 0-142.
Ev
er
yone in y
our g
roup m
ust select the same
gr
oup code in order to comm
unicate with each
other
.
1)
Press and hold
men
u/grp
for 2 seconds
.The
radio displa
ys
on
GR
UP
.
2)
Tap
men
u/grp
.The r
adio displa
ys
Gnnn
(
n
is a
nu
mber).
Press
▲
or
▼
to select the g
roup
nu
mber
.
3)
Press
PTT
or
P
o
wer boost
to retur
n to nor
mal
oper
ation, or contin
ue to the ne
xt section.
Setting the Ring
Tone
This setting selects the tone y
ou hear when
someone places a direct call to y
ou.
1)
Press and hold
men
u/grp
for 2 seconds
, then
tap
men
u/grp
tw
o times until the r
adio displa
ys
n RING
.
2)
Press
▲
or
▼
to select the desired r
ing sound.
With each press
, y
ou hear a sample of the
selected tone
.
3)
Press
PTT
or
P
o
wer boost
to retur
n to nor
mal
oper
ation, or contin
ue to the ne
xt section.
Setting the Unit Number
Each r
adio in y
our g
roup needs to be set to a
unique unit n
umber
, from 1-16.
1)
Press and hold
men
u/grp
for 2 seconds
, then
tap
men
u/grp
three times until the r
adio
displa
ys
n
- - - -
(or y
our current nic
kname).
2)
Press
▲
or
▼
to select the desired unit n
umber
.
3)
Press
men
u/grp
to confir
m the setting and e
xit
the g
roup setting men
u.
Setting Y
our
Nic
kname
Your nic
kname appears on other units’
displa
ys
when y
ou mak
e a All Call or direct call.
This is also
the name that appears on other r
adio displa
ys
when someone w
ants to mak
e a direct call to y
ou.
When no nic
kname is set, the unit n
umber appears
.
1)
Press and hold
men
u/grp
for 2 seconds
, then
tap
men
u/grp
four times until the r
adio displa
ys
n
- - - -
(or y
our current nic
kname) with the first
place in the nic
kname flashing.
2)
Press
▲
to select the letter
, then
ch
tone/scn
to
adv
ance to the ne
xt letter until y
ou ha
ve
entered
your nic
kname
.
3)
Press
men
u/grp
to confir
m the setting and e
xit
the g
roup settings men
u.
Using Gr
oup Mode
Group mode lets y
ou mak
e direct calls to other
people in y
our g
roup without aler
ting the entire
gr
oup and also lets y
ou quic
kly change e
ver
yone in
your g
roup to another channel from a single r
adio
.
Bef
ore using g
roup mode
, f
ollo
w the instr
uctions in
"Setting Up Group Mode" on e
ver
y r
adio in y
our
gr
oup
.T
hen, to record the unit ID and e
ver
yone’
s
nic
kname in e
ver
y r
adio
, send a call to "All" from
each r
adio one time (see "Sending a Direct Call").
Sending a Direct Call
Direct Call lets y
ou call e
ver
yone in y
our g
roup at
once
, or call a single person in y
our g
roup without
an
yone else in the g
roup kno
wing.
It is lik
e a
"speed dial" directly to the person(s) y
ou w
ant to
talk to
.
To
call e
ver
yone in y
our g
roup
, press
d-call
in
gr
oup mode
.The r
adio flashes ALL.
Then, press
d-call
again.
Ev
er
yone in y
our g
roup receiv
es a call
"chir
p" f
or about 3 seconds
.When the chir
p ends
,
begin y
our con
versation.
Note:
When y
ou mak
e a direct call to "all," y
our
radio also sends out y
our nic
kname or ID so that it
will sho
w
up in the call list f
or e
ver
yone in y
our
gr
oup
.
To
call one person in y
our g
roup
, without ha
ving
other people kno
w
, press
d-call
in g
roup mode
.
Then, use
▲
or
▼
to select the person y
ou w
ant to
call and press
d-call
again.
Your r
adio sounds
tones f
or 3 seconds as it sends the call.
When the
selected person ans
w
ers
, y
ou can begin y
our
con
versation.
You can silence the call tones at an
y
time b
y pressing
PTT
or
P
o
wer boost
.
Your con
versation remains pr
iv
ate betw
een y
ou and
the person y
ou called until 15 seconds after y
our
last con
versation.
Then, y
our r
adio automatically
ex
its pr
iv
ate mode
.
A
utomaticall
y Changing Channels
A
uto Channel Change lets y
ou easily coordinate a
channel change f
or e
ver
yone in y
our g
roup
.Y
ou
might w
ant to do this when y
ou find y
ou are getting
a lot of interf
erence on y
our current channel.
Or
,
you can use this f
eature to change from a lo
w-
po
w
er channel (8-14) to one of the high-po
w
ered
channels (1-7, 15-22) if y
ou need more r
ange (or to
USING THE RADIO IN ST
ANDARD MODE
Use the r
adio in standard (not g
roup) mode when
you need to be ab
le to comm
unicate with r
adios
that do not ha
ve
the g
roup f
eature
.
Choosing a Priv
ac
y Code
You can select a Pr
iv
acy Code from 1-142 f
or each
channel.
oFF
(OFF) indicates no Pr
iv
acy code
selected and y
our r
adio can receiv
e a signal
regardless of the code settings of the tr
ansmitting
radio
.
1)
Press
ch
tone/scn
twice
.T
he Pr
iv
acy code
indicator flashes
.
2)
Press
▲
or
▼
to increase or decrease the
code
.Y
ou can also select
oFF
.
3)
Press
ch
tone/scn
again.
Note:
Only tones 1-38 are standard across r
adio
br
ands
.Other settings might diff
er from br
and to
br
and.
See the specifications f
or the specific tones
used f
or each setting.
Channel Scan Feature
Your GMR1588-2CK/GMR1595-2CK r
adio has a
channel scan f
eature that lets y
ou easily scan all
22 channels
.When an activ
e channel is detected,
the r
adio pauses on that channel until the channel
is clear
.Then after a 2-second dela
y,
the r
adio
resumes scanning.
Pressing
PTT
or
P
o
wer boost
while the scan is paused on a channel lets y
ou
tr
ansmit on that channel.
To
tur
n on channel scan:
Press and hold
ch
tone/scn
until
SCAN
appears
.
The channel n
umber changes as the r
adio r
apidly
cycles through the channels
.
To
tur
n off channel scan:
Press
d-call
,
PTT
,
P
o
wer boost
,
wx/aler
t
or
men
u/grp
, or press and hold
ch
tone/scn
fo
r 2
seconds
.
Talking on
Y
our Radio
To
talk to others using the r
adio:
1)
Press and hold
PTT
or
P
o
wer boost
and speak
in a clear
, nor
mal v
oice about 2-3 inches a
w
ay
from the microphone
.While y
ou tr
ansmit,
TXHI
or
TXLO
appears on the displa
y according to
the type of channel.
To
a
void cutting off the first
par
t of y
our tr
ansmission, pause slightly after
pressing
PTT
or
P
o
wer boost
bef
ore y
ou star
t
talking.
2)
When y
ou finish speaking, release
PTT
or
P
o
wer boost
.Y
ou can no
w receiv
e incoming
calls
.While receiving, rx appears on the displa
y.
Note:
When y
ou press
P
o
wer boost
,
BOOS
appear on the displa
y.
The r
adio tr
ansmits at
maxim
um po
w
er when a GMRS channel is
selected.
If
P
o
wer boost
is contin
uously pressed,
1 min
ute after y
ou star
t pressing
P
o
wer boost
the
tr
ansmission stops and y
ou hear a boost timeout
error tone
.
Monitor Mode Feature
Your GMR1588-2CK/GMR1595-2CK r
adio lets y
ou
listen f
or w
eak signals on the current channel at the
press of a k
ey
.
To
tur
n on the Monitor Mode:
•
F
or br
ief listening, press
mon
.
MON
appears
and rx icon flashes
.
•
Press and hold
mon
for 2 seconds until tw
o
beeps sound f
or contin
uous listening.
The
receiv
er circuit sta
ys open, so y
ou hear both the
noise and w
eak signals
.
To
tur
n off Monitor Mode:
Press
mon
to retur
n to the pre
vious mode
.The
mon
and rx icons disappear
.
Na
vigating thr
ough the Normal Men
u
To
access the adv
anced f
eatures of the GMR1588-
2CK/GMR1595-2CK, y
our r
adio has a Men
u
function.
1)
To
enter the men
u, press
men
u/grp
.
2)
Additional presses of
men
u/grp
adv
ances y
ou
through the men
u.
After the last men
u item, the
radio e
xits to the pre
vious mode
.
3)
Other w
ays to e
xit the Men
u function are:
a.
Press
PTT
,
P
o
wer boost
,
mon
,
d-call
,
wx/aler
t
, or
ch
tone/scn
.
b.
W
ait 10 seconds until the r
adio automatically
retur
ns to pre
vious mode
.
Setting Scramb
le
Scr
amb
le allo
ws y
ou to mak
e a pr
iv
ate
con
versation.
No one listening to y
our con
versation
can understand what y
ou are talking about.
Be sure
that the person y
ou are calling also sets their r
adio
to the scr
amb
le f
eature
.
To
set Scr
amb
le:
1)
Enter the men
u.
SCRM
appears and the current
setting flashes
.
2)
Press
▲
to displa
y
on
SCRM
.
scrm
appears
.
Note:
You can only comm
unicate using scr
amb
le
betw
een tw
o compatib
le Uniden r
adios
.
V
oice Operated
Transmission
Your GMR1588-2CK/GMR1595-2CK r
adio has a
user selectab
le
V
oice Oper
ated
Tr
ansmitter (V
O
X
)
that can be used f
or automatic v
oice tr
ansmissions
.
The
V
O
X f
eature is designed to be used with a
headset with a microphone
.T
ransmission is star
ts
when y
ou speak into the microphone instead of
pushing the
PTT
and
P
o
wer boost
button.
To
select the
V
O
X le
ve
l:
1)
Enter the men
u.
Adv
ance through the men
u until
VOX
appears
.The current le
vel (OFF
, 1-5)
flashes
.L
ev
el
oF
(OFF) disab
les
V
O
X, while
le
ve
ls 1-5 set the sensitivity of the
V
O
X circuit.
2)
Press either
▲
or
▼
to set the desired
V
O
X
sensitivity le
ve
l.
Use le
ve
l 1 f
or increased
sensitivity to v
oice in nor
mally quiet
en
vironments
, and use a higher le
vel to reduce
undesired activ
ation in v
er
y noisy en
vironments
.
Transmitting a Call
Tone
Your GMR1588-2CK/GMR1595-2CK r
adio is
equipped with 10 selectab
le call tones that are
tr
ansmitted when y
ou press
d-call
in standard
mode
.
Key Lock
Scramble
VOX Level
Call T
one
Silent Mode
1-10
OFF
, 1-5
ON-OFF
ON-OFF
ON-OFF
•
Vibr
ate Reminder
(GMR1595 Only)
•
Po
w
er Boost Button f
or
Maxim
um Range
•
All Call
•
A
uto Channel Change Call
•
Batter
y Charger
•
Batter
y Le
ve
l Meter
•
Channel Monitor
•
Channel Scan
•
Group Scan
•
K
eypad Loc
k
•
NO
AA Emergency /
W
eather Channels
•
Emergency W
eather
Aler
t
•
D
C
IN
9
V
Ja
ck
a lo
w-po
w
er channel if y
ou need longer batter
y
lif
e).
To
star
t an auto channel change
, on an
y r
adio in
the g
roup tap
ch
tone/scn
.The current channel
and
CHCX
appears
.Use
▲
or
▼
to select the
target channel.
You can chec
k whether the selected
channel is clear
.
Then press
d-call
.
Your r
adio chir
ps f
or about 10 seconds while it
sends out the channel change signal.
As each
radio receiv
es the channel change signal, it chir
ps
once
, then changes to the ne
w channel.
To
ensure all r
adios mak
e it to the ne
w channel, w
e
recommend y
ou:
•
Mak
e sure y
ou are in an open en
vironment,
where the r
adio will get the best r
ange
.
•
Optimiz
e r
ange dur
ing the channel change
signal b
y r
aising the r
adio o
ver y
our head to giv
e
the best possib
le height.
•
Do a "roll call" on the ne
w channel after the
mo
ve
to be sure no one w
as left behind.
If y
ou
missed someone
, retur
n to the pre
vious channel
and issue the signal again.
