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Summary of Contents for BL-820

Page 1: ...BL 820 OPERATING MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...ur business Let us help you get your message across Notice There are no owner serviceable parts inside the radio All service jobs must be referred to an authorized BENENEC Service Representative Consult your Authorized BENELEC Dealer for installation of optional accessories Important Notice for North American Users Regarding 406 MHz Guard Band The U S Coast Guard and National Oceanographic and Atm...

Page 3: ...the general population in an uncontrolled exposure environ ment This radio is restricted to occupational use work related operations only where the radio operator must have the knowledge to control his or her RF exposure conditions When transmitting hold the radio in a vertical position with its microphone 2 inches 5 cm away from your mouth and keep the antenna at least 2 inches 5 cm away from you...

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Page 5: ...annel In ARTS In Range out ARTS Out of Range S meter four steps Encryption is activated Option Unit is activated Low Transmit Power Mode On This channel on DUAL WATCH List This channel on SCAN List Priority Scan is activated CALL Indicator Receiver Monitor Talk Around is enabled Voice Message is received Battery Indicator Group Scan is enabled ...

Page 6: ... battery turn the radio off and re move any protective cases Slide the Battery Pack Latch on the bottom of the radio toward the front panel while sliding the battery down about 1 2 inch Then lift the battery out from the radio while unfolding the Belt Clip Do not attempt to open any of the recharge able Lithium Ion packs as they could ex plode if accidentally short circuited Low Battery Indication...

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Page 9: ... battery turn the radio off and re move any protective cases Slide the Battery Pack Latch on the bottom of the radio toward the front panel while sliding the battery down about 1 2 inch Then lift the battery out from the radio while unfolding the Belt Clip Do not attempt to open any of the recharge able Lithium Ion packs as they could ex plode if accidentally short circuited Low Battery Indication...

Page 10: ...optional internal ac cessories The possible Programmable key program ming features are illustrated at the right and their functions are explained on page 10 For further de tails contact your BENELEC dealer For future reference check the box next to each func tion that has been assigned to the Programmable key on your particular radio and keep it handy Ú Requires FVP 25 or FVP 35 Encryption Unit TO...

Page 11: ... battery turn the radio off and re move any protective cases Slide the Battery Pack Latch on the bottom of the radio toward the front panel while sliding the battery down about 1 2 inch Then lift the battery out from the radio while unfolding the Belt Clip Do not attempt to open any of the recharge able Lithium Ion packs as they could ex plode if accidentally short circuited Low Battery Indication...

Page 12: ...nsceiver will check each channel for the presence of a signal and will stop on a channel if a signal is present To activate scanning Press the assigned programmable key to activate scanning The scanner will search the channels of each chan nel looking for active ones it will pause each time it finds a channel on which someone is speaking Press the assigned programmable key again to dis able scanni...

Page 13: ... ter rain When the radio s transmitter is set to Low Power mode the icon will be indicated on the dis play TALK AROUND TA Press the assigned programmable key to activate the Talk Around feature when you are operating on du plex channel systems separate receive and transmit frequencies utilizing a repeater station The Talk Around feature allows you to bypass the repeater station and talk directly t...

Page 14: ... the receive audio is enhanced in the high range frequen cies FOLLOW ME SCAN The Follow Me Scan feature checks a User as signed Priority Channel regularly as you scan other channels Thus if only Channels 1 3 and 5 of the 8 available channels are designated for Scanning the user may nonetheless assign Channel 2 as the User assigned Priority Channel via the Follow Me feature To activate Follow Me sc...

Page 15: ... group of channels Once the desired Group is reached rotate the CH Selector knob to select the desired channel within the selected Group You may wish to have the Scanner pass through more than one Group during the scanning process nor mally scanning is performed within the current group only To include the current Group in the scanning loop press and hold in the assigned programmable key for one s...

Page 16: ...cation While the 2 Tone 5 Tone Paging System This feature if enabled press the assigned program mable key to send a 2 tone 5 tone sequential tone CALL 1 TO CALL 5 Press the assigned programmable key to send a 2 tone 5 tone sequential tone group which is pre de fined CODE UP DOWN Press the assigned programmable key to select a 2 tone 5 tone encode code from the pre defined en code list CODE SET Pre...

Page 17: ...CD SELECTABLE TONE Press the assigned programmable key to select a sub audible tone CTCSS DCS from the pre defined tone table You can operate using the indicated sub audible tone in the Selectable Tone mode DIRECT CH 1 TO 4 Press the assigned programmable key to recall the Dealer pre programmed channel directly REC PLAY VOICE STORAGE OPTION This function allows your radio to record a received voic...

Page 18: ...t to the lower level programmed by your Dealer STATUS SET Press the assigned programmable key to change the 5 Tone status code To change the status code select the desired digit by A key then change the number by B C key and store the number by D key STATUS UP DOWN Press the assigned programmable key to select a 5 Tone status code from the pre defined status list STATUS CHECK Press the assigned pr...

Page 19: ...heard in the speaker ADVANCED OPERATION TA SCAN Press the assigned programmable key to toggle the TA Talk Around scan feature On and Off While TAscan is proceeding the BL 820 will search both the transmit and receive frequencies the icon will blink When a signal is encountered on the receive frequency the BL 820 will pause until the signal disappears icon will appear but not blink When a signal is...

Page 20: ... station transmits a short beep will sound and In will be displayed again on the sub LCD DTMF PAGING SYSTEM This system allows paging and selective calling us ing DTMF tone sequences When your radio is paged by a station bearing a tone sequence which matches yours your radio s squelch will open and the alert will sound The three digit code of the station which paged you will be displayed on your r...

Page 21: ... max 120 seconds and playback from the beginning of the message ROL Enables recording whenever squelch opens and playback of the last 120 seconds Set the priority audio on playback mode PLY Playback audio is higher priority than re ceived signal SIG Received signal is higher priority than playback audio DISPLAY DESCRIPTION Note The menu 15 REC Mode and 16 Play Mode will ap pear only when the Voice...

Page 22: ... 151 MHz ATV 8B VHF Antenna 150 163 MHz ATV 8C VHF Antenna 161 174 MHz ATV 6XL VHF Antenna 134 174 MHz Untuned ATU 6A UHF Antenna 400 430 MHz ATU 6C UHF Antenna 440 470 MHz ATU 6D UHF Antenna 450 485 MHz ATU 6F UHF Antenna 485 520 MHz LLC 820 Leather Case CE59 Programming Software FIF 8 Flash ROM Writer FIF 10A USB Interface CT 108 PC Programming Cable for FIF 10 CT 109 PC Programming kit CT 29 CT...

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