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DMR digital FM transceiver model: BF-TM8500

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Page 1: ...in order to lead the market BelFone has been always engaging in research and exploration of radio communications technologies We make every effort to research and design products according to modern complicated communications environment and offer complete and customized communication solutions to clients Our products will satisfy you due to its excellent performance and outstanding communications...

Page 2: ...ator and chassis will be hot Do not place the transceiver under direct sunlight for a long time in extreme warm damp dusty areas and on uneven surface Warning In explosive atmospheres inflammable gas dust particles powder covered etc please turn the power off Do not carry spare fuel containers in the trunk of your vehicle if your transceiver is mounted in the trunk area Various electronic equipmen...

Page 3: ...lease turn it off firstly Then contact with local dealer Do not service repair this radio unless instructed by this manual or refer it to qualified licensed or technicians only If you want to use the machine for secondary development please contact with BelFone s technical engineer or dealer for technical assistance Please keep radio surface clean and dry wipe it by cloth moistened with clean wate...

Page 4: ... and Operations 20 Contacts 20 Scan 22 Zone 23 SMS 23 Call Logs 24 Settings 25 Digital Emergency Operation Alarm 28 Analog Emergency Operation Alarm 29 Alone Worker 30 Positioning Service 30 Voice Recording 32 Bluetooth Service 32 Voice Encryption 33 Dual Capacity Direct Mode 33 Pseudo Trunk 34 Radio Priority Based Interrupt 34 Roam 35 Time Out Timer TOT 35 TX Permission 35 Analog Feature 36 Analo...

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Page 11: ...to se to select a F3 ress to e level or lo e volume l onfirm or g 11 d to turn ower 8 9 1 elect a zone 1 1 ong level 1 o to 1 8 Progra 9 Right K select select 10 Progra 11 Up Ke increa long p volume 12 Progra 13 Orang enable Long p emerg 14 Speak ammable K Key Short a channel a zone ammable K ey Short p se the volu ress to inc e level quic ammable K e Key Sh e the emerg press to dis gency featu ke...

Page 12: ...3 4 Sta ear Pane ANT Co DC 13 8V BNC C PC Jack andard el onnect an V Conne Connect to Connect to Microp external a ct to13 8 V GPS anten o PC phone 12 ntenna or V DC powe nna a dummy er load to this s terminal ...

Page 13: ...i Pro ey hone MIC Microph Left Ke PTT K ogrammabl icrophone Numeric Key To ogrammabl C hone ey Key le Key F3 MIC c key delete le Key F1 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Prog Prog UP Ke grammable OK Ke Right K grammable DOWN K Key ey e Key F2 ey Key e Key F4 Key y ...

Page 14: ...oam Location O Keypad Lo ion trength dle Low de ode mpatible de mpatible de ll l On ocked 14 Connect t Connect t Direct Ta Fail to sen Message Read Mes Unread M Missed Ca Mute all Emergenc Recording Recording Connect t Enable M to PC to Bluetoot alk around nd messag send succ ssage Message all cy g normally g abnorma to App onitoring th earphon Mode ge cessfully Black Icon ally Red Ico ne n on ...

Page 15: ...nel mode witch the ch n off switch key annel numb witch key e pressing WN key to o 64 zones 160 chann enu and th Long press tching e is D A com hannel mod 15 to tur ber about UP Key D o select a c s each wit nels via pro here will be s Left Key mpatible p de The cu rn on the ra 3 seconds Decrease t channel Th th a maxim ogramming e voice pro or Right press side urrent chan adio an au s to turn off...

Page 16: ...de press PTT key to transmit directly On analog compatible digital channel press PTT key if is not within hang time to transmit analog call within the hang time to call back On digital compatible analog channel press PTT key if is not within hang time to initiate a digital call within hang time to call back To transmit hold the radio vertically 3 to 4cm from your mouth speak a normal tone of voice...

Page 17: ...set the One Touch Call button as private call then press programmed button to transmit a private call Group Call 1 If the group call ID in current digital channel has been defaulted press PTT key to call 2 You can select group call from address book and press PTT button to call 3 You can select the group call from the called out records and PTT key to call 4 You can set the One Touch Access button...

Page 18: ...h to CTCSS CDCSS simultaneously if detected matching signal within the preset time period to call back Button Setting For enhanced convenience you may program the buttons F1 F2 F3 F4 Orange button short and long press of a key to be defined as different functions Programmable buttons include the following functions No Name Description 1 Undefined Not assigned with any function 2 On Touch Call 1 6 ...

Page 19: ...ne Toggle 13 GPS On Off To enable or disable GPS quickly 14 Priority Interrupt To cut the call on current channel forcibly 15 AD Switch To temporarily switch channel mode to AD or DA 16 Address List Quick access to Address List menu 17 Radio Enable Quick access to Radio Enable menu 18 Radio Disable Quick access to Radio Disable menu 19 Radio Check Quick access to Radio Check menu 20 Remote Monitor...

Page 20: ... 30 Bluetooth Audio On Off Quick to enable or disable the Bluetooth Audio feature Functions and Operations Contacts On the contacts menu you can view the all contacts add new contacts or manual dialing 1 Group Call While the contacts type as group call you can select the menu to view its ID or send message 2 Private Call While select a contact as private call a private call can view its detail edi...

Page 21: ... radio and monitor its activities Device Enable Allow you to send Device enable command to the target killed device to allow it to be used normally Device Disable Allow you to remotely disable another radio the radio become unable to operation except receiving enable command or re program via the programming software to enable it 3 All Call While the contacts type as all call you can select the me...

Page 22: ...rogrammed scan list for the current channel looking for voice activity Analog and digital channel are supported The LED blinks red during scanning and will stop on a channel where activity is detected If you don t want to receive calls on the channel press the programmed Nuisance Delete key to temporarily remove the unwanted channel from the scan list To exit scanning process you can turn off in s...

Page 23: ...er Zone menu to select a desired zone SMS 1 New SMS You can edit desired text message 140 characters at most and send it to an private call contact or group call contact when editing a message press key for switching input method press key for deletion and modification press up or down key to switch input cursor For non numeric input method key 1 is a symbol key Key 0 is a space key After the mess...

Page 24: ...nt successfully or failed outbox can save up to 50 messages If message is sent successfully it will display while appears if failed You can resend forward and delete 5 Delete All This function is convenient to delete all messages in inbox or outbox Clear All will delete all messages in Inbox and Outbox at the same time but the preset messages can t be deleted Call Logs 1 Missed Call The missed cal...

Page 25: ...u TT key to tr nient to del delete all c customers ur repeate can continu nd feature s to RX freq will disabl ction TX freq ow talk arou lk Around ke 25 up to 50 e ransmit a up to 50 en ransmit an ete Missed call logs at needs r malfuncti ue to comm the scree quency If e the featu quency shou nd on the pr ey to switch entries priv and can ad ntries priva nd can add d call logs A the same ions or w...

Page 26: ...ht will keep on all the time when the backlight is ON Boot Interface Allow a user to enable or disable the boot screen via menu If the BOOT INTERFACE is enabled while the radio power on the screen will display BelFone Logo Keypad Lock Allow a user to enable or disable keypad lock via menu While Keypad locked indicate press OK key to unlock LED Indication To set whether to enable LED indication via...

Page 27: ... B r Audio Mo he radio w er This fun Manager m rmation ws user to efault Them an view the 27 new passw y on password e the GPS e recording ess while r ws you to s press OK mo into tra e memos ca mode luetooth fe ode While works on au nction is on enu to sea choose the me Light Y e basic info word twice d is set via p feature w g feature t recording o et the curr key to con nsceiver m an be dow eat...

Page 28: ...ication please return to home screen to save the setting then all modified data is effective Digital Emergency Operation Alarm You are able to initiate an Emergency at any time on any screen display The radio supports three Emergency Alarms types and three emergency modes Emergency Type Regular Radio transmits an alarm signal and shows audio and visual indicators Silent Radio transmits an alarm si...

Page 29: ...io backgroun y arm has been a ss orange ppears de ncy mode owledgem he receive Informatio ency alarm isplays the ncy Ope h 5 tone si 29 en exit em ogrammed press PTT n press pr on then yo nd noise b dded to cu key to sen when one ent is rece er long pres on m the emer e emergen eration ignaling or mergency m d Emergen T to transm ogrammed u can spea e transmitt urrent chan nd alarm th of the follo...

Page 30: ...alarm si nd emerge e Informatio signal the ssfully the e will soun n emergenc ited time T sponse and ptional featu vice BeiDou na navigatio 30 the receive e same as gnaling typ ncy signali on e decode t e radio di d To exit cy to be ra The radio w d warn tim ure avigation s on satellite er will ring digital em pe is set as ing and lo type of rec splays ico the emerg aised if you will alarm a me vi...

Page 31: ...ble satellites 2 Viewing the contact s position Go to the Menu SMS New SMS and inputting query command and then send to target radio Sending Position Message To send your location information to a private contact by message Go to Menu Settings System Info Send Location SMS Location Report The location report feature allows the radio to report its location information to the control center If you c...

Page 32: ...c n optional fea ce allows the iece to ma Settings PP firstly o successf stablished n of the Blue th will be co Settings 32 will continu c modes av memory but ce Records recording a 001 repres ce memos ature radio to re ke a conve BT Mode to perform fully the r etooth earpi onnected aut BT Mode uously reco vailable co t uncompre s menu inp a voice me sents comp can downl ead or writ ersation e CPS...

Page 33: ...s P an optional f n an encrypt User can 6 in program same this ve on digita irect Mo all radios in aths at one 33 earpiece f e the earpi of earpiece MENU Se vice list se the Bl PTT key o feature your audio select enc mming soft function w l channel ode same gro e frequency firstly to p iece enter e flashes r ettings Se elect the w uetooth e n the ear o signals to cryption typ tware Onl will be wor...

Page 34: ...n to call on the slot which received signal Note In order to guarantee the stability of communication the transmitter and the receiver will enable pseudo trunk function at the same time Radio Priority Based Interrupt The call priority feature allows you to interrupt the on going call on current forcibly a preemptive call can interrupt other on going calls with lower priority to release the channel...

Page 35: ...cupy a c he preset ti automatica t the occup available ver you pre l be unable oose chann 35 mode thu site by con site connec ws if it is cl on the men ther Scan o channel to me expires ally pied chann Always C ess PTT ke e to transm nel free yo us to allow nnecting to ct system osed and nu set site r Roam ena o long If a s the radio el from be Color code ey to transm mit on the c ou will be u w y...

Page 36: ...e channel is busy press PTT key and a warning tone will be sounded Analog Feature On analog mode the radio only supports four basic parts to operate the menu including scan zone settings Voice Records Squelch Level On the analog mode this feature allows you to adjust the squelch threshold required for the radio to un mute If two radios are at a close distance the signals are strong squelch level c...

Page 37: ... whose CTCSS CDCSS signaling matches your transceiver Note On analog channel approves of non standard code you can manually input non standard code as you need on compatible channel only can select a certain CTCSS CDCSS from list Analog Signaling 2 Tone Signaling 2 Tone Contact While users set 2 Tone signaling type for the current channel the 2 tone contact supports a maximum of 32 2 Tone call lis...

Page 38: ... a maximum of 200 5 Tone call list on the menu of 5 Tone contact you can select one of the contacts to replace the address code of decoding sequence and encoding sequence Send 5 Tone Signaling On analog channel with 5 Tone Signaling press the programmed one touch call key to send 5 tone signaling the radio display 5 tone call sending Receive 5 Tone Signaling Allow the user define the call type of ...

Page 39: ...nd encoding sequence Send DTMF Signaling On analog channel press the programmed one touch call key to send DTMF signaling the radio display DTMF call sending Receive DTMF Signaling Allow the user define the call type of the DTMF system as Ordinary Call Emergency Call Kill Activation Silent Inquiry ACK2 Authorize The decoding is successful while received signaling and match with decode type and wit...

Page 40: ...e Power 25W Low Power 10W 4FSK Modulation 12 5kHz Only data 7K60FXD 12 5kHz data and audio 7K60FXE FM Noise 40dB Conducted Emission 36 dBm 1GHz 30 dBm 1GHz Adjacent Channel Power 60dB Audio Response 1 3 dB Audio Distortion 3 Digital Voice coder Type AMBE3000 Receiver Digital Sensitivity 5 BER 0 25 uV Intermodulation 60dB Adjacent Channel Selectivity 60 dB Spurious Response Rejection 60 dB Audio ou...

Page 41: ...e accuracy and completeness of this manual if you have any question you can contact with us we will make a detailed answer to you in time All the above specifications and design are subject to change without prior notice due to continuous development ...

Page 42: ...ceiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help RF EXPOSURE INFORMATION This radio is designed for and classified as Occupational Controlled Use Only meaning it must be used only during the course of em...

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