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Introduction

UNIDEN UH220

Handheld UHF-CB Transceiver

The UH220 is a 2W, portable two-way UHF-CB radio. This hand held UHF-

CB radio is designed to give consistent, outstanding performance in many 

conditions and situations. To ensure that you get the most from the UH220 

features, please read this operating guide carefully before using the unit.

FEATURES

•  80 Channel UHF-CB Radio

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•  2W Max TX Power

•  2W/0.5W Switchable TX Power

•  Negative LCD Dot Matrix Display with Backlight timer

•  USB-C charging

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•  50 Built-in CTCSS and 104 DCS codes

•  Duplex Mode for Repeater Access

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•  5 Call Tones

•  Open Scan with programmable CH memory

•  Group Scan with Priority CH Watch

•  Busy Channel Lockout Function

•  VOX Function

•  Key Beep

•  Roger Beep

•  Keypad Lock

•  Backlight Timer

•  Accessory Jack for Earpiece Mic or optional Speaker Mic

•  Rechargeable Lithium-lon Battery

•  Low Battery Alert

•  Battery strength Indicator

•  Auto Battery Save
¹  Refer to page 27 - page 29 for channel information

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  Requires optional USB-C cable for direct battery/radio charging.

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Summary of Contents for UH220 Series

Page 1: ...H220 Series Handheld UHF CB Transceiver For more exciting new products please visit our website Australia www uniden com au UH220 OM_r8 indd 1 UH220 OM_r8 indd 1 8 02 2023 3 33 08 PM 8 02 2023 3 33 08 PM ...

Page 2: ...rger other than the one designed to charge this Battery Pack Using another charger may damage the Battery Pack or cause the Battery Pack to explode Lithium Ion batteries must be disposed of properly NOTE USER LICENSE INFORMATION The citizen band radio service is licenced in Australia by ACMA Radio communications Citizen Band Radio Stations Class Licence and in New Zealand by MBIE General User Lice...

Page 3: ...3 Squelch 14 Call Function 15 Using a Repeater Channel 15 To Operate UH220 in Duplex Mode 16 Scanning 17 What is Open Scan OS Mode 17 What is Group Scan GS Mode 17 Selecting OS or GS Scan Mode 18 Add Remove Channels from SCAN Memory 18 To Start Channel SCAN 18 Menu Functions 20 CTCSS DCS 20 VOX Built in Voice Activated Circuit 21 BCL Busy Channel Lockout 22 Call Tone Selecting a Call Tone 22 Roger...

Page 4: ...trix Display with Backlight timer USB C charging2 50 Built in CTCSS and 104 DCS codes Duplex Mode for Repeater Access1 5 Call Tones Open Scan with programmable CH memory Group Scan with Priority CH Watch Busy Channel Lockout Function VOX Function Key Beep Roger Beep Keypad Lock Backlight Timer Accessory Jack for Earpiece Mic or optional Speaker Mic Rechargeable Lithium lon Battery Low Battery Aler...

Page 5: ...bility range of optional accessories www uniden com au 5 Included in your Package UNIDEN UH220 Handheld UHF CB Transceiver Items UH220 UH220 2 UH220 UHF Radio 1 2 Lithium Battery 1000mAh 1 2 Beltclip 1 2 Wrist Strap 1 2 Drop In Charge Cradle 1 2 AC Adaptor for Charge Cradle 1 2 Earpiece Mic 1 2 Soft Carry Case 1 Owner s Manual 1 1 UH220 OM_r8 indd 5 UH220 OM_r8 indd 5 8 02 2023 3 33 08 PM 8 02 202...

Page 6: ...attery 4 Battery Release Clip 5 PTT Push to Talk Key 6 TORCH Torch key 7 ON OFF VOL Knob 8 PTT Push to Talk Key 9 SCAN MEM memory Key 10 LED Torch Key 11 HI LO Keylock Key 12 Antenna 13 LED Torch 14 Transmit Receive LED Indicator 15 LCD Display 16 Accessory Jack Cover 17 MENU CALL key 18 Channel Menu list UP key 19 Channel Menu list DOWN 20 Speaker Mic UH220 Display Example r1 I K J A F G H E D B ...

Page 7: ...ages To attach the belt clip 1 Slide the belt clip into the catch at the top of the battery until it snaps into place To remove the belt clip 1 Pinch and hold the belt clip latch and then slide the belt clip up and out of the catch Belt clip can be removed from the battery even when installed in the radio UH220 OM_r8 indd 7 UH220 OM_r8 indd 7 8 02 2023 3 33 08 PM 8 02 2023 3 33 08 PM ...

Page 8: ...id exposing the Lithium Ion battery attached or unattached to the radio in direct sunshine heated cars or in areas with temperatures below 20 C 4 F or above 60 C 140 F Exposing the chemicals contained within the battery pack to temperatures above 60 C 140 F may cause the battery to rupture fail or reduce performance In case of exposure to cell contents wash the affected area thoroughly and seek me...

Page 9: ... drop in charger NOTE For the initial battery charge make sure the radio is off for optimum charging 1 Place the UH220 in the drop in charger 2 If the radio battery is charging the LED illuminates red and stays on until fullycharged then it illuminates green The charger won t overcharge the battery pack When charging is completed the charge LED changes colour from red to green You can monitor inco...

Page 10: ...t Low Power 5 Receive 5 Stand by 90 Automatic Battery Save The Automatic Battery Save feature extends the battery life by switching to power save mode if it remains out of operation for 10 seconds This feature automatically activates during standby mode RX mode without a signal Accessory Jack Cover Make sure the SPKR MIC jack cover is firmly pushed in to minimise dust and moisture entering the rad...

Page 11: ...er and battery level should appear on the display To turn the unit OFF rotate the ON OFF VOL knob counter clockwise The display will disappear Volume Rotate the ON OFF VOL knob clockwise or counter clockwise to adjust speaker volume to a desired listening level UH755 First Power On Display 00 Squelch 01 CTCSS DCS 02 Duplex Rep 03 VOX 04 BCL 05 Call Tone 06 Key Beep 07 Roger Beep 08 Backlight Timer...

Page 12: ...ired channel NOTE For your reference a list of the available channels corresponding frequencies and guidelines for their use and selection is printed on page 27 For Australia Channels 05 and 35 are reserved for Emergency Calls UH220 OM_r8 indd 12 UH220 OM_r8 indd 12 8 02 2023 3 33 09 PM 8 02 2023 3 33 09 PM ...

Page 13: ... clear press and hold the PTT to transmit The transmit receive LED lights up red and the LCD transmit receive indicator appears Hold the radio with microphone approximately five cms in front of your mouth with the antenna at approximately 45 angle away from your head Speak in a clear normal conversational voice 3 When you have finished speaking release the PTT and listen for a response The transmi...

Page 14: ... that you will have a choppy or broken reception due to the sensitivity of the squelch In this case adjust the squelch level accordingly SQUELCH The squelch is used to eliminate any annoying background noise when there are no signals present Think of squelch as a gate Turn SQ fully clockwise This raises the Squelch Gate so high that only the very strong signals can get through Turn SQ fully counte...

Page 15: ...e then an error tone will sound Using a Repeater Channel UHF CB Repeaters are used to retransmit or relay your signal Repeaters will extend the range of your radio and overcome the shielding effect caused by solid obstructions In normal Simplex operation your radio transmits on one particular frequency and receives on that same frequency If there is a barrier i e a Tall Building that partially blo...

Page 16: ...actually transmitting on CH31 and the repeater station down converts your signal and retransmits on CH01 To Operate in Duplex Mode using a Repeater Only channels 01 08 and 41 48 are available for Duplex 1 Press MENU 2 Scroll down the list to Duplex rep and press MENU 3 Select ON or OFF 4 Save the setting by pressing and holding MENU 5 Press hold MENU again or press PTT to exit menu mode DUP icon a...

Page 17: ...y The GS scan memory by default is empty awaiting user customisation You can change or customize the channels stored in OS or GS scan momory by following the steps on Add Remove Channels from SCAN Memory on page 18 What is Open Scan OS Mode OS scans all memory MEM channels in the OS scan memory If an active channel is found scanning will pause on that channel while there is a signal What is Group ...

Page 18: ...e Two short tone beeps are heard and the MEM icon disappears To Start Channel SCAN 1 Press SCAN and the radio will begin scanning the channels that are in the OS or GS memory depending on which of these is currently active SCAN icon flashes during scanning Scan Direction SCAN will begin scanning for active channels in a sequential order You can change the scan direction increasing or decreasing ch...

Page 19: ...nd SCAN will resume If you want to avoid an active channel completely deactivate SCAN and remove the channel from the scan memory then reactivate SCAN Priority Channel in GS Mode In GS mode if SCAN is paused on an active channel that is not the Priority Start Channel and the Priority Start Channel becomes active the radio will switch to the Priority Start Channel for as long as there is a signal 2...

Page 20: ...stem The CTCSS squelch codes allows a group to talk to each other without hearing other users on the same channel The group needs to use the same code And as there are 50 CTCSS codes available the chances of nearby users using the same code is unlikely DCS Digital Coded Squelch DCS is a digital version of CTCSS It provides 104 extra digitally coded squelch codes that follow after the 50 CTCSS code...

Page 21: ...t operate on these channels Duplex Rep See To Operate in Duplex Mode using a Repeater on page 16 VOX Built in Voice Activated Circuit VOX is Voice activated transmission no pressing of the PTT key For optimum performance use VOX when the accessory earpiece is connected When VOX is turned on levels 1 10 the earpiece microphone is most sensitive at level 1 and least sensitive at level 10 To use VOX ...

Page 22: ...3 Select ON oir OFF 4 Save the setting by pressing and holding MENU 5 Press hold MENU again or press PTT to exit menu mode Call Tone Selecting a Call Tone Select from 5 calling tones to use with the Call Tone function To change the Call Tone pattern 1 Press MENU 2 Scroll down the list to CALL and press MENU 3 Scroll to a desired Call Tone pattern As you change selections the tone pattern will soun...

Page 23: ...or OFF 4 Save the setting by pressing and holding MENU 5 Press hold MENU again or press PTT to exit menu mode Key Beep Key Beep is the tone sounded after a key press 1 Press MENU 2 Scroll down the list to Key Beep and press MENU 3 Scroll to select ON or OFF 4 Save the setting by pressing and holding MENU 5 Press hold MENU again or press PTT to exit menu mode UH220 OM_r8 indd 23 UH220 OM_r8 indd 23...

Page 24: ...Display page 10 For optimum battery oprating time avoid turning the backlight timer to ON always on and instead select a moderate duration ______________ Key Lock To prevent accidental entries you can lock the keypad Only PTT and ON OFF VOL are accessible when Key Lock is activated Turn the power off Press and hold LOCK while turning the power on icon appears at the top of the display when activat...

Page 25: ...5 32 203 5 7 85 4 33 210 7 8 88 5 34 218 1 9 91 5 35 225 7 10 94 8 36 233 6 11 97 4 37 241 8 12 100 0 38 250 3 13 103 5 39 69 4 14 107 2 40 159 8 15 110 9 41 165 5 16 114 8 42 171 3 17 118 8 43 177 3 18 123 0 44 183 5 19 127 3 45 189 9 20 131 8 46 196 6 21 136 5 47 199 5 22 141 3 48 206 5 23 146 2 49 229 1 24 151 4 50 254 1 25 156 7 UH220 OM_r8 indd 25 UH220 OM_r8 indd 25 8 02 2023 3 33 10 PM 8 02...

Page 26: ...263 82 516 13 071 48 265 83 523 14 072 49 266 84 526 15 073 50 271 85 532 16 074 51 274 86 546 17 114 52 306 87 565 18 115 53 311 88 606 19 116 54 315 89 612 20 122 55 325 90 624 21 125 56 331 91 627 22 131 57 332 92 631 23 132 58 343 93 632 24 134 59 346 94 654 25 143 60 351 95 662 26 145 61 356 96 664 27 152 62 364 97 703 28 155 63 365 98 712 29 156 64 371 99 723 30 162 65 411 100 731 31 165 66 ...

Page 27: ...e This allows for additional channels to be added up to 80 Channels This simply means that the new narrowband radio you have purchased will have more channels than older radios Please refer to the guidelines above and the channel chart for further channel information A list of currently authorised channels can also be obtained from the ACMA website in Australia and the MED website in New Zealand I...

Page 28: ...RX only 4 476 500 477 250 CH34 24 477 000 5 476 525 477 275 CH35 25 477 025 6 476 550 477 300 CH36 26 477 050 7 476 575 477 325 CH37 27 477 075 8 476 600 477 350 CH38 28 477 100 9 476 625 29 477 125 10 476 650 30 477 150 11 476 675 31 477 175 12 476 700 32 477 200 13 476 725 33 477 225 14 476 750 34 477 250 15 476 775 35 477 275 16 476 800 36 477 300 17 476 825 37 477 325 18 476 850 38 477 350 19 ...

Page 29: ...6 5125 477 2625 CH 74 64 477 0125 45 476 5375 477 2875 CH 75 65 477 0375 46 476 5625 477 3125 CH 76 66 477 0625 47 476 5875 477 3375 CH 77 67 477 0875 48 476 6125 477 3625 CH 78 68 477 1125 49 476 6375 69 477 1375 50 476 6625 70 477 1625 51 476 6875 71 477 1875 52 476 7125 72 477 2125 53 476 7375 73 477 2375 54 476 7625 74 477 2625 55 476 7875 75 477 2875 56 476 8125 76 477 3125 57 476 8375 77 477...

Page 30: ...only valid in the original country of purchase for a Product first purchased either in Australia or New Zealand If a warranty claim is made this warranty will not apply if the Product is found by Uniden to be A Damaged or not maintained in a reasonable manner or as recommended in the relevant Uniden Owner s Manual B Modified altered or used as part of any conversion kits subassemblies or any confi...

Page 31: ... or the CONSUMER GUARANTEES ACT New Zealand as the case may be none of which can be excluded Procedure for obtaining warranty service Depending on the country in which the Product was first purchased if you believe that your Product does not conform with this warranty you should deliver the Product together with satisfactory evidence of your original purchase such as a legible copy of the sales do...

Page 32: ...THANK YOU FOR BUYING A UNIDEN PRODUCT 2023 Uniden Australia Pty Limited Printed in PRC UH220 OM_r8 indd 32 UH220 OM_r8 indd 32 8 02 2023 3 33 10 PM 8 02 2023 3 33 10 PM ...

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