Zartek PT8 User Manual Download Page 2

INTRODUCTION 

Congratulations! You have just purchased a new remarkable 

product in communications. The 

Zartek

 

PT8 

is a basic yet very 

effective two-way radio. With this radio you can talk instantly to as 
large a group as required and as often as you like without airtime 
charges, giving you, family, friends, commercial and industrial 
colleagues many years of free quality communications.   

 
Legislation allows you now to own and use this relatively 

powerful equipment without an operator’s annual license from 
ICASA. This applies in most European countries as well as in all 
SADC (Southern African Development Community) countries. 

 
To obtain maximum performance from your personal two-way 

radio, please take a few minutes to carefully read this 

user’s manual. 

The 

Zartek

 

PT8 

is a lightweight, palm-sized wonder 

communication device, so small you can carry anywhere and talk to 
any person who is set on the same channel, as long as they are 
within range. The range of the 

Zartek

 

PT8 

is anything from 500m 

indoors to 5kms outdoors, depending on terrain and environment. 
The signal will bounce around and penetrate materials at the speed 
of light, bearing in mind the greater the barriers the more attenuation 
i.e. weakening of the signal. 

 
The 

Zartek

 

PT8 

is our exciting new generation series and 

uses the 446MHz band of frequencies often called the PMR (Public 
Mobile Radio) band. It is pre-programmed with 8 frequencies and is 
therefore channel compatible to the

 Zartek

 COM8, Pro8, ZA-748 

and ZA7-25. 

 

For  further  information  contact  us  via  email

[email protected]

 

or 

visit our website 

www.zartek.co.za/

 

 
 
 

Summary of Contents for PT8

Page 1: ...PT8 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ease take a few minutes to carefully read this user s manual The Zartek PT8 is a lightweight palm sized wonder communication device so small you can carry anywhere and talk to any person who is set on the same channel as long as they are within range The range of the Zartek PT8 is anything from 500m indoors to 5kms outdoors depending on terrain and environment The signal will bounce around and pen...

Page 3: ...in a blasting area or in areas posted Turn your radio off Construction crews often use remote controlled RF devices to set off explosives Do not operate the radio in high humidity dusty or very wet environment If the device gets wet immediately remove the battery and leave to dry fully for a few days Water damage is usually irreparable Do not attempt to modify the radio The radio is designed to co...

Page 4: ...l completely dry When storing for longer than 1 month remove batteries from radios Disposal All electrical and electronic products including batteries should be disposed of separately from the municipal waste stream via designated collection facilities appointed by the government or the local authorities MAIN FEATURES PMR 446MHz license free band Small Compact 8 Channels 38 CTCSS Codes LCD display...

Page 5: ... level is low Please replace with new batteries WARNING Make sure the polarity of each battery is correct When a battery is damaged or not working dispose of it safely according to its instructions Never discard a battery or place them close to fire or heat otherwise they may explode Do not recharge or disassemble batteries Do mix battery types or use old and new batteries together Keep away from ...

Page 6: ...6 1 Receive Signal 2 Transmit Signal 3 Main Channel 4 CTCSS Code 5 Volume Level 6 Key Tone 7 Auto Power Off Enable 8 VOX Enable 9 Battery Level OVERVIEW LCD DISPLAY ICONS ...

Page 7: ...ios 4 Adjusting speaker volume 5 Lamp 6 Talk Time Out Function 7 Talk Range 8 Menu Flow chart 9 Select channel 10 CTCSS code function 11 VOX Hands Free Walk Talk 12 Sending Call Tones 13 Select Call Tones 14 Auto Power Off APO 15 Key Tone ON OFF 16 Roger Beep ON OFF 17 Scanning Channels 18 Specifications 19 ...

Page 8: ...ide PTT key the LCD will show the transmit icon indicating the radio is transmitting Hold the radio in a vertical position with the microphone situated on front middle of radio 3 5 cm from your mouth and then speak When you finish speaking release the PTT key and a beep tone will be heard 4 LISTEN TO ANOTHER RADIO The radio will automatically receive audio transmissions from other radios sending o...

Page 9: ...TT and press again for further transmission In VOX mode the unit will stop transmitting and sound a warning tone after continuous talk for 60 seconds You can re activate VOX after the time out Please refer to VOX function for detailed VOX operation 8 TALK RANGE The range will depend on the type of terrain that you are communicating across The Zartek PT8 uses the UHF Ultra High Frequency band and w...

Page 10: ...reflect in other directions as well This happens at the speed of light 3 Line of sight Line of sight is when there are no obstructions in the path between the communicating parties The higher up you go the further you can see so the larger the line of sight distances will be Generally you can talk to wherever you can see which is why the coverage in a valley is much less than the coverage from on ...

Page 11: ...io can listen to all communications on the same channel when using the default standard setting with CTCSS 00 OFF To select a CTCSS code Press the MENU key twice the CTCSS code display will flash Press or key to select your required CTCSS code 01 38 00 is off Press the PTT key to confirm or press MENU to continue You have 13 seconds to decide before auto reverting back to the main screen 12 VOX HA...

Page 12: ... flash Press or key to select your desired call tone Press the PTT key to confirm and quit or press MENU to continue next function setting 15 AUTO POWER OFF APO Press the MENU key 5 times the LCD displays the APO icon Press or key to select auto power off time from 0 to 4 hours Press PTT to confirm and quit or press MENU key once to confirm and continue to the next menu feature After turning on th...

Page 13: ...o the open frequency can be scanned Press and hold or key for at least 3 seconds to start scanning function LCD will display the Main channel scanning one by one and will stop when a signal is detected If the signal has ended scanning will continue automatically after 3 seconds If you want to use this detected channel press PTT to confirm when locked onto the signal and your radio will change to t...

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