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Operation

UNIDEN UH8080S

UHF CB Transceiver

Backlight Colour

1. Press

[MENU]

12 times.

The current Backlight colour

(CLEAR,

BLUE, RED, PURPLE, GREEN, CYAN

or YELLOW)

setting flashes.

2. Press

to change to the desired

colour setting.

3. Press and hold

[MENU]

to save &

exit from the menu mode

Backlight Level

1. Press

[MENU]

13 times.

The Backlight level

(LIGHT)

setting flashes.

2. Press

to change the setting

between OFF, 01, 02 and 03.

3. Press and hold

[MENU]

to save &

exit from the menu mode.

LCD Contrast

1. Press

[MENU]

14 times. The

LCD Contrast setting flashes.

2. Press

to change the setting

between 01 (low contrast) to

10 (high contrast).

3. Press and hold

[MENU]

to save &

exit from the menu mode.

NOTE

If a button is not pressed within 10 seconds the UHF CB Radio will

automatically exit the Menu Mode.

Summary of Contents for UH8080S

Page 1: ...UH8080S Remote Speaker MIC UHF CB Transceiver For more exciting new products please visit our website Australia www uniden com au ...

Page 2: ...one Function Wake Up Tones 20 DUAL Watch 20 Using Repeater Channels 20 Operating the UHF CB Radio in Duplex Mode 21 Scanning 22 Add Remove Channels from SCAN Memory 22 Master Scan 22 Open Scan OS Mode 24 Group Scan GS Mode 25 Priority Watch 26 Selecting the Call Tone Wake Up Tone 26 Busy Channel Lockout 27 Roger Beep 27 Key Beep On Off 28 Alpha Tag 28 Volume Sync 29 Scramble On Off 29 Backlight Co...

Page 3: ...vate Tone Squelch TSQ on a Channel 39 Receiving a Selcall 39 Scanning Tone Squelched Channels 40 Group Calling 41 Selcall ID Format 41 Selcall Settings 42 Tone Period 42 Lead in Delay 42 Lead in Delay Programming 43 Lead in Tone 43 Alarm mode 44 Call Alarm Auto Mode 44 Call Alarm Continue Mode 44 Group Call Mode 44 SELCALL Tone Frequency List 45 CTCSS Codes Table 45 DCS Codes Table 46 UHF CB Chann...

Page 4: ... of Recent Received Signals Close CallTM RF Capture Feature 2 Voice Scramble Settings Control Features Remote LCD Speaker Microphone Remote SPK MIC with Extension Cable LCD Display with 7 Backlight Colours LCD Brightness Contrast control Slide Mount Bracket 12V to 24V DC Power Input Under and over voltage alert function Signal Strength Power Meter Volume Control Base Remote Mic Speakers External S...

Page 5: ...EXT SP DC 13 8V DC 27 6V ANT Controls Connectors 5 UNIDEN UH8080S UHF CB Transceiver 24 25 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 16 8 4 5 6 3 1 2 Base Front Rear Remote LCD Speaker MIC UH8080S ...

Page 6: ... MICROPHONE 15 SPEAKER 1 MIC Jack 2 MIC Jack 3 Main Speaker 4 Power Input Connection 13 8VDC or 27 6VDC 5 EXT SP External Speaker Jack 6 UHF Antenna Connection 16 Liquid Crystal Display LCD 17 VOL Volume Up Button 18 VOL Volume Down Button 19 POLICE Police CB Fire Button DCS CTCSS DCS CTCSS Button 20 SCAN Scan Button MEM Memory Button 21 SQL Squelch Button 22 REPLAY Replay Button Move selection ri...

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Page 8: ...Microphone Hanger with screws washers DC Power Cord with fuse Extension Cable EC770 Mounting Bracket Mounting Screws Washer Stars And Screws UH8080S Remote Speaker MIC UHF CB Transceiver For more exciting new products please visit our website Australia www uniden com au Adaptor Cable Slide Mount Bracket Guide Rails and Screws ...

Page 9: ...Optional Accessories DECT Wireless Speaker Microphone MK800W Visit the UH8080S page on the website for more information on the availability of optional accessories www uniden com au for Australia 9 UNIDEN UH8080S UHF CB Transceiver ...

Page 10: ...ks into place Gently tug the MIC or Extension Cable cord to test that the connection is locked Use the rubber cover which is on the cord to seal the MIC jack entry from dust Disconnecting the MIC from the MIC Jack Pull back the rubber cover and move it down along the cord Using the flat blade of a screwdriver or similar object carefully push the lock tab of the MIC plug towards the MIC cord and at...

Page 11: ...attach Slide Mount Bracket When you unpack the box ensure that you have the slide mount bracket guide rails and the screws Align the guide rails along the side of the base and insert them into the slots provided Then use the screws to lock them securely in position ...

Page 12: ...12 UNIDEN UH8080S UHF CB Transceiver Slide the bracket along the guide rails to attach the bracket to the unit Slide Mount Bracket Over the BASE unit Under the BASE unit ...

Page 13: ...s Locate a suitable mounting position Apply high quality Double Sided tape onto the flat area of the MIC Hanger back piece and then press firmly to the mounting position The Microphone Hanger comes in two parts How and where you mount the MIC hanger will determine which parts to use Conventional Mounting with Screws Use the front part of the MIC Hanger only Locate a suitable mounting position and ...

Page 14: ...of the extension cable connects to the Radio The socket end of the extension cable connects with the microphone plug 1 The rubber collar dust cover on the microphone cable is not required and can be cut away or pushed out of the way along the cable 2 Drill a 13mm hole at the MIC hanger location 3 Thread the microphone plug through the hole and connect with the extension cable 4 Mount the MIC Hange...

Page 15: ...lashes for 5 seconds The power source must not exceed 32VDC otherwise permanent damage may occur to your radio which may not be covered by the manufacturer s warranty If the input voltage falls below 10 2VDC LO DC flashes for 5 seconds The power turns off automatically if voltage falls below 9 0VDC Switch your UH8080S OFF and disconnect it from the power source before locating the cause of the pow...

Page 16: ...itivity max tight squelch 1 Press SQL The squelch setting flashes 2 Press to change the setting NOTE If SQL 0 squelch open is selected then MON monitor icon flashes If SQL 4 tight squelch is selected then SQT icon flashes Selecting tight squelch mode may prevent the reception of weak signals High noise areas may still break the squelch 3 Press SQL to store the setting Operation 16 UNIDEN UH8080S U...

Page 17: ... be available When the FIRE icon is showing then pre programmed fire ambulance frequencies will be available The police fire ambulance frequencies do not have channel numbers instead PO appears in the channel display for a police frequency and FI appears for a fire or ambulance frequency 1 Press POLICE to select the desired channel bank s combination The channel banks can be selected as follows CB...

Page 18: ...T again to return to the previous channel Transmitting The UH8080S transmits only on UHF CB Channels NOTE For your reference a list of the available channels corresponding frequencies and guidelines for their use and selection is printed on p 47 p 49 For Australia Channels 05 and 35 are reserved for Emergency Calls Select the desired channel Press PTT on the side of the Remote LCD Speaker MIC and ...

Page 19: ...le channels corresponding frequencies and guidelines for their use and selection is printed on p 47 p 49 For Australia Channels 05 and 35 are reserved for Emergency Calls Press to select the desired channel to use CTCSS Press and hold DCS CTCSS CTCSS icon flashes Press to select the desired CTCSS code 01 38 Press DCS CTCSS once to store the new setting To turn off CTCSS or DCS select the oFF code ...

Page 20: ...nd To cancel DUAL Watch press and hold DUAL DUAL icon disappears NOTE Every 1 5 seconds the Instant channel is monitored for 100msec Dual watch function stops temporarily when receiving a signal Dual watch function is invalid in Scan mode Using Repeater Channels UHF CB repeaters are used to retransmit or relay your signal Repeaters will extend the range of your radio and overcome the shielding eff...

Page 21: ...the repeater station down converts your signal and retransmits on CH01 Operating the UHF CB Radio in Duplex Mode For this example we are adopting CH01 as the channel being used in your area for repeater use 1 Press MENU The duplex setting flashes 2 Press to change the setting between ON or OFF standard channel numbering 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit from the menu mode DUP icon displays when a...

Page 22: ...1 Press SCAN to start Scanning 2 The SCAN icon appears 3 The scan direction can be changed at any time by pressing 4 Press SCAN to stop Scanning Add Remove Channels from SCAN Memory Select OS GS Scanning Mode Select the channel you want to store Press and hold MEM MEM icon appears and two beep tones sound To remove the channel from SCAN memory press and hold MEM once more The MEM icon disappears O...

Page 23: ...nels from GS SCAN Memory refer the section above NOTE RX only Channels CH22 CH23 CH61 CH62 and CH63 Emergency Channels CH05 CH35 User Programmable RX Channels CH81 to CH180 and Police or Fire Ambulance channels group will not be included in MASTER SCAN Mode even though stored into GS Memory Also channels for which Duplex Setting are On will be skipped in MASTER SCAN Mode To select MASTER SCAN Mode...

Page 24: ...To add remove channels from OS SCAN Memory refer to p 22 Allows continuous scanning of all selected channels If an active channel is found scanning will stop on that channel If the received signal ceases the unit will wait 3 seconds for the signal to return otherwise scanning resumes After transmission in scan mode the unit will wait 20 seconds for the signal to return otherwise scanning resumes T...

Page 25: ... see p 18 for setting Instant Priority Channel and p 26 to turn on Priority Watch GS Scanning checks the Instant Priority Channel for activity regularly when Priority Watch is ON If the Priority Channel becomes active the radio will stay on that channel for as long as the signal is present If the received signal ceases Priority Scanning continues after 3 seconds If scanning stops on a channel whic...

Page 26: ...none of the channels are active the UH8080S will reinstate the scan start channel NOTE If OS GS Scanning is initiated when there are no channels programmed in OS GS memory an error tone will be heard and scanning will not start see Add Remove Channels from SCAN Memory p 22 Selecting the Call Tone Wake Up Tone 1 Press MENU five times The call tone setting flashes 2 Press to change the setting betwe...

Page 27: ...hange the setting between ON or OFF 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit from the menu mode NOTE If a button is not pressed within 10 seconds the UH8080S will automatically exit the Menu Mode Roger Beep 1 Press MENU seven times The roger beep ROGER setting flashes 2 Press to change the setting between ON or OFF 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit from the menu mode NOTE If a button is not pressed wit...

Page 28: ...l automatically exit the Menu Mode Alpha Tag The SELCALL IDs and Extra Receive Channels have the option of displaying a name Alpha Tag instead of the ID or frequency Set Alpha Tag to ON to display the name if it has been programmed 1 Press MENU nine times The Alpha Tag ALPHA setting flashes 2 Press to change the setting between ON or OFF 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit from the menu mode NOTE I...

Page 29: ...ng When an optional External Speaker is connected to the Ext Sp jack of the base it substitutes for the Base unit speaker which becomes muted Therefore 01 MAIN 03 SYNC control the External Speaker in place of the base unit speaker NOTE If a button is not pressed within 10 seconds the UHF CB Radio will automatically exit the Menu Mode Scramble On Off Scramble enables private communications by scram...

Page 30: ...ght Level 1 Press MENU 13 times The Backlight level LIGHT setting flashes 2 Press to change the setting between OFF 01 02 and 03 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit from the menu mode LCD Contrast 1 Press MENU 14 times The LCD Contrast setting flashes 2 Press to change the setting between 01 low contrast to 10 high contrast 3 Press and hold MENU to save exit from the menu mode NOTE If a button is n...

Page 31: ... Manually Programme a RX Channel In CB channel mode UHF CB channel 1 Press hold MENU The lowest available empty RX channel will flash 2 Press if you wish to select another RX channel 3 Press SQL to begin the frequency edit The MHz digit range flashes Use or to shift between MHz range between 400 520MHz kHz range in 12 5kHz steps Press to select the desired frequency within MHz kHz ranges 4 When de...

Page 32: ... programmed The RX channel number flashes 4 If a name is desired press SQL twice to begin Alpha Tag edit see manual programming above 5 Press and hold ENTER or wait for 10sec to exit programming mode Store a frequency found using CLOSE CALL to a RX Channel Start Close Call RF Capture feature When an active frequency is found which you wish to store press HOLD to stay on that frequency 1 Press and ...

Page 33: ...ing After the most recent received signal has been played back a long confirmation tone sounds and the radio returns to the previous mode During playback older recordings can be accessed by pressing to skip forward back between recordings stored within the 1 minute buffer The record number indicates which discrete recording is currently being replayed NOTE Received signals shorter than 500ms are n...

Page 34: ...RF capture works well for locating the source of strong local transmissions such as mobile and handheld two way radios in areas with no other strong transmission sources However if you are in an area with many transmission sources such as pager radio transmitters multi use radio towers traffic control devices etc Close Call RF capture might not find the transmission you are searching for or it mig...

Page 35: ...ndesired for instance it is a data channel then the frequency can be added to the lockout list and ignored in future 1 First press HOLD to stay on that frequency 2 And then press and hold HOLD to lockout that frequency and resume Close Call RF Capture mode Unlock a Locked out frequency 1 The locked out frequencies can be reviewed by pressing MENU LO displays and the lowest frequency in the lockout...

Page 36: ...ceivers in its class Receiver Quieting Tone Squelch When activated on individual UHF CB channels except for emergency CH05 and CH35 it automatically mutes the receiver audio circuit of the radio It will stay in this Quiet mode as long as the Selcall tone code Selcall ID required to open the muting circuit is not received Call Alarm When a received code matches to your Selcall ID an alarm CA Alert ...

Page 37: ...ry 1 Press and hold SELCALL The Selcall ID memory will open 2 Press to select the desired memory slot to edit NOTE Up to 10 ID memories can be stored If you expect to make calls to radios not stored in the ID memory then leave memory ID 1 blank for manual ID entry at the time of the call 3 Press SQL to begin the ID edit The 5th digit of the ID flashes 4 Use or to shift between digits A 6th digit f...

Page 38: ...QL to begin ID edit The 5th digit of the ID flashes b Use or to shift between digits A 6th digit for 6 tone Selcall is available and indicated by a _ c Press to select the desired ID 4 Press SELCALL to transmit the Selcall CAL will display when transmitting the Selcall An acknowledge tone coming from the called radio will be received if you have successfully made contact The acknowledge tone for t...

Page 39: ...D it will perform the following operations a Automatically responds to the caller by transmitting Acknowledge Tones b Informs you that a caller is on the Channel by emitting a CALL ALARM Default Alarm Setting four successive beeps in a regular interval for 10 seconds Refer to p 44 Alarm Mode for other alarm settings and displays the CAL icon c Flashes the TSQ icon for about 20 seconds allowing you...

Page 40: ...not answered within 20 seconds TSQ Scanning resumes The CAL icon remains on the LCD display To look for the Channel where the CALL is received a Cancel TSQ Scanning by pressing SCAN b Using browse through the TSQ Channels The CAL indicator marks the Channel where the Call is received 2 When answered TSQ Scanning is automatically deactivated The Channel is removed from the QUIET Operating Mode To d...

Page 41: ...X X X X A 100 radios X X X A A 1000 radios X X A A A 10000 radios X A A A A where X is a common Selcall ID prefix of your group and A is the CCIR Assigned Group Tone Code Example If one group comprises 10 members with Selcall IDs the ID numbers could be as follows Group ID Individual ID 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 4 3 to 1 2 3 4 9 all in TSQ mode at CH20 If someone transmits ID 1234A on CH...

Page 42: ...e dealer 1 Power Off the UH8080S 2 Press and hold POWER and MENU The SELCALL Settings Menu will display no tone will sound 3 Press MENU repeatedly to select the Tone Period setting which is indicated on the display as Pd 4 Press SQL to edit the setting The current setting flashes 5 Press to select the desired tone period from 40ms 70ms or 100ms 6 Press SQL to exit the setting 7 Press and hold ENTE...

Page 43: ...ead in Tone when programmed rides on the Lead in Delay Hence when transmitting a Selcall ID a continuous tone will be heard for the duration of the Lead in Delay The main purpose of the Lead in Tone is to increase the probability of contact between your unit and another radio when TSQ Scanning 1 Power Off the UH8080S 2 Press and hold POWER and MENU The SELCALL Settings Menu will display no tone wi...

Page 44: ...of the above mentioned modes transmission by using the PTT button is possible when the TSQ icon is flashing 1 Power Off the UH8080S 2 Press and hold POWER and MENU The SELCALL Settings Menu will display no tone will sound 3 Press MENU repeatedly to select the Alarm mode setting which is indicated on the display as AL 4 Press SQL to edit the setting The current setting flashes 5 Press to select the...

Page 45: ...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 Tone No Tone Frequency Hz Tone No Tone Frequency Hz 0 1981 8 1747 1 1124 9 1860 2 1197 A Group 2400 3 1275 B 930 4 1358 C 2247 5 1446 D 991 6 1540 E Repeat 2110 7 1640 F 1055 CT...

Page 46: ... 11 054 46 261 81 506 12 065 47 263 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 ...

Page 47: ... use 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 MBIE website in New Zeala...

Page 48: ...nly 3 476 475 477 225 CH33 23 476 975 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 82...

Page 49: ...125 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 3375 58 476 8625 78 477 3625 ...

Page 50: ...sed either in Australia or New Zealand Product 5 Years Battery Pack Accessories 1 Year 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 configurations not sold by Uni...

Page 51: ... with this warranty you should deliver the Product together with satisfactory evidence of your original purchase such as a legible copy of the sales docket to Uniden at the address shown below You should contact Uniden regarding any compensation that may be payable for your expenses incurred in making a warranty claim Prior to delivery we recommend that you make a backup copy of any phone numbers ...

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