BTECH UV-2501 User Manual Download

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Page 2: ...permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law For permission requests write to the publisher Contributions taken from Miklor com Resource Site Used by permission All rights reserved THANK YOU FOR YOUR PURCHASE OF THE UV 2501 UV 5001 THIS DUAL BAND RADIO WILL DELIVER TO YOU SECURE INSTA...

Page 3: ...ansceiver 5 RJ45 Connector 5 Hand Held Mic Function Keys and Description 6 The UV 2501 display 7 The UV 5001 display 8 Chapter 2 Basic Shortcuts and Use 9 Pound Key 9 Star Key 9 Turning the unit on 10 Turning the unit off 10 Adjusting the volume 10 Making a call 11 Chapter 3 Menu Quick Review 12 Quick Menu Settings 12 ...

Page 4: ...r Settings 21 Toggle from High to Low Power 21 Storing an FM Radio Station and Scanning 21 Keypad Lock out 21 PTT ID Setting 21 DTMF RX Settings 22 DTMF TX Settings 22 Remote Stun 24 Remote Kill 24 Remote Revive 25 DTMF Receive Settings Transmit Setting Call Key 25 2TONE Receive Settings Transmit Setting Call Key 25 5Tone Receive Settings Transmit Setting Call Key 26 Scanning modes 26 Time operati...

Page 5: ...operation 27 Search operation 27 Tone Scanning 28 Scanning for CTCSS and DCS Tones Codes 28 Dual Watch TDR 30 Appendix A Menu definitions 32 Appendix B Technical specifications 39 General 39 Receiver 40 Transmit 40 ...

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Page 7: ...R DOWNLOADS AND HELP 1 Part I Getting started Part one covers the basic setup and use of your mobile two way transceiver CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED CHAPTER 2 BASIC USE CHAPTER 3 MENU QUICK REVIEW CHAPTER 4 PROGRAMMING CHAPTER 5 OTHER SETTINGS ...

Page 8: ...an air bag do not mount your radio in the area over an air bag or in the air bag deployment area Do not expose the radio to direct sunlight over a long time nor place it close to a heating source If the unit emits smoke or an odor you should immediately cut off the power supply Then send the radio to the nearest service center or dealer Do not operate the mobile transceiver on high power unless it...

Page 9: ...y open the box and confirm your received the items listed below If you find the radio or the included accessories are damaged or lost immediately contact your dealer Whatʼs in the Box UV 2501 or UV 5001 Mobile Radio Microphone UV 2501 or UV 5001 Power Cable Cig Adapter for UV 2501 Power Cable Direct Connect for UV 5001 Mounting Screws Mounting Bracket and Fuse ...

Page 10: ...VISIT BAOFENGTECH COM AND MIKLOR COM FOR DOWNLOADS AND HELP 5 Overview of the Transceiver UV 5001 Pictured ...

Page 11: ...lay screen 14 PC port UV 5001 PC port UV 2501 on back Audio Out Back of UV 5001 Only click to enter the function menu when in standby press to send caller ID ANI in the selected signaling mode while transmitting press to send activate signaling press to turn on the squelch repeat to turn off the squelch hold the key to turn radio power On or Off press to switch between channel mode and frequency m...

Page 12: ...U Function key 2 UP Higher frequency 3 DOWN Lower frequency 4 EXIT Exit the AB channel switch alarm function 5 SCAN Scanning function 6 LOCK Keyboard lock function H L Power Toggle Short Press 7 0 Number 0 8 1 Number 1 9 2 Number 2 10 3 Number 3 11 4 Number 4 12 5 Number 5 13 6 Number 6 14 7 Number 7 15 8 Number 7 16 9 Number 9 ...

Page 13: ... modifiers N Narrowband enabled CT CTCSS enabled Full Voltage indicator DCS DCS enabled Keypad lock enabled Frequency shift enabled Repeater H L Transmit power level indicator According to Power High Low FM FM Radio Active TDR Dual watch enabled è Indicates active band or channel PRI Priority Scan Enabled Signal Strength Indication T Optional Signaling Enabled 2Tone 5Tone DTMF Not All Icons are Us...

Page 14: ...iers R Reverse function enabled CT CTCSS enabled N Narrowband enabled DCS DCS enabled Full Voltage indicator Frequency shift direction if enabled Repeater H L Keypad lock enabled Transmit power level indicator According to Power High Low TDR Dual watch enabled S Priority Scan Enabled è Indicates active band or channel 2T 2Tone Signaling Enabled Signal Strength Indication 5T 5Tone Signaling Enabled...

Page 15: ... buttons itself and also the handheld keypad The PTT MONI and Power Buttons will not be locked when enabled Star Key A short momentary press of the key enables the reverse function reverses the TX RX settings according to Offset settings This will not work if you have the Dual watch enabled TDR is set to On Menu 0 When listening to broadcast FM a momentary press will start the scanning Scanning in...

Page 16: ...isplay will show a message or flash the LCD depending on settings for about one second Turning the unit off To turn the unit off simply hold the power button until it turns off The unit is now off Adjusting the volume To turn up the volume turn the volume knob clock wise To turn the volume down turn the volume power knob counter clock wise By using the monitor function MONI button you can more eas...

Page 17: ...NLOADS AND HELP 11 Making a call Press and hold the PTT button on the side of the handheld mic to transmit While transmitting speak approximately 3 5cm from the microphone When you release the PTT your transceiver will go back to its receive mode ...

Page 18: ...our settings 0 F Key 0 TDR ON This allows you to monitor both A B frequencies at the same time dual watch When it is off only the selected A or B frequency is monitored 1 F Key 1 STEP set the frequency increments step in VFO mode 2 5kHz 5kHz 6 25kHz 10kHz 12 5kHz 25kHz selectable 2 F Key 2 SQL Sets the receiver squelch level 0 is OFF 1 is the lowest setting through 9 which is the highest setting 3...

Page 19: ...I reversed sequence 11 F Key 1 1 R CTCS CTCSS receive squelch settings Selectable from 67 0HZ 254 1HZ you can use the keypad to quickly enter in the desired setting 12 F Key 1 2 T DCS DCS transmit settings Options include the D023N D754N positive sequence and the D023I D754I reversed sequence 13 F Key 1 3 T CTCS CTCSS transmit settings Selectable from 67 0HZ 254 1HZ you can use the keypad to quick...

Page 20: ...ter a few seconds CO Scanning will stop on a carrier channel and will resume after the carrier channel stops receiving SE Scanning will stop once an active carrier channel is found 20 F Key 2 0 OPTSIG Turn on the optional signaling OFF the channel or mode will not use optional signaling DTMF DTMF signaling required 2TONE 2 tone signaling required 5TONE 5 tone signaling required PC programming is r...

Page 21: ...arm and PTTID through the Transmitter BOTH combines both of the options above 26 F Key 2 6 EMC CH alarm channel setting This is the channel that the alarm will transmit the PTTID and Alarm sound on 27 F Key 2 7 RING T Ring time setting Pager sound for optional signaling channels OFF pager sound is disabled or from Choose 1 10 seconds to set the ring time on the pager when the radio optional signal...

Page 22: ...PLE 35 F Key 3 5 TX LED transmit backlight setting OFF no backlight Color options are BLUE ORANGE and PURPLE 36 F Key 3 6 MEM CH saves the selected channel 37 F Key 3 7 DEL CH deletes the selected channel 38 F Key 3 8 SFT D Frequency difference direction setting OFF no frequency difference Transmit offset amount will be a positive offset higher than the receive frequency Transmit offset will be a ...

Page 23: ...turn Time 45 F Key 4 5 STE Squelch Tail Elimination at the end of a received signal Requires both transmitting radios to have the option ON 46 F Key 4 6 RP STE Repeater Squelch Tail Elimination requires a repeater with this function ON Reverses the CT DCS settings at the end of a transmission to quickly turn of the squelch 47 F Key 4 7 RPT DL Repeater Squelch Tail Eliminator Delay time use with Me...

Page 24: ... field programming if permitted Channel Mode MR Used for selecting preprogrammed channels ALL PROGRAMMING MUST BE INITIALLY DONE IN THE FREQUENCY MODE VFO ONLY FROM THERE YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF ASSIGNING THE ENTERED DATA TO A SPECIFIC CHANNEL FOR ACCESS IN THE CHANNEL MODE ONCE YOU PROGRAM A CHANNEL YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE SETTINGS BUT YOU CAN PROGRAMMING CHANNELS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE VFO SETTINGS...

Page 25: ... at the right will disappear 3 Menu 37 M 9 9 M EXIT Deletes Prior Data in channel Ex 99 4 Menu 13 M 123 0 M EXIT Selects desired TX encode tone Ø Use A B to select Upper display Enter RX frequency Ex 145000 Ø Use A B to select Lower display Enter TX frequency Ex 145600 5 Select Upper Display Use A B key 6 Menu 36 M 9 9 M Enter the desired channel Ex 99 Ø EXIT RX has been added 7 Select Lower Displ...

Page 26: ...ssing the EXIT AB button 2 Set radio to VFO Mode by pressing V M Channel number at the right will disappear 3 Menu 37 M 9 9 M EXIT Delete Prior Data in channel Ex 99 4 Menu 13 M 123 0 M EXIT Select desired TX encode tone Ex 123 CTCSS Ø Use A B to select Upper display Enter RX frequency Ex 446000 5 Menu 36 M 9 9 M Enter the desired channel Ex 99 Ø EXIT Channel has been added 6 V M Return to MR Mode...

Page 27: ...e FM channel and instead of display the frequency your FM station will display the name software FM option FM channels are not stored only the channel names are Press the microphone Key to scan the FM radio Keypad Lock out Hold the microphone key for 2 seconds at standby to turn on off the keypad lock out function The Lock icon appears when the radio is locked out PTT ID Setting 1 Use PC software ...

Page 28: ... setting 5 When all the settings are set when you transmit Press the PTT The radio will transmit the PTTID DTMF RX Settings This radio has DTMF coding and decoding Use the PC software to set the DTMF signal settings first When you receive the DTMF tones required the radio will show the code on your display and ring page the radio if you have Menu 27 set to ring the radio DTMF TX Settings In two wa...

Page 29: ...ys correspond to the matching DTMF codes as you would expect The A B C and D codes are located in the and keys respectively Manually TX DTMF Tones To manually send DTMF codes press the key s while holding down the PTT key Automatically TX DTMF Tones Save it to Memory and Transmit You can also program a DTMF tone to the saved calling list requires the PC software to the one of the 15 Memory call ba...

Page 30: ...s received the radio will no longer be able to transmit Both the master ID station and remote stun signal must be set up in software Remote Kill First set the DTMF Remote Kill Tone and Master Control ID in Software When your radio receives the DTMF Remote Kill Tone Sequence Set by software Requires Menu 20 and 21 to accept DTMF signaling it will command the radio to disable transmitting and receiv...

Page 31: ... command Both the master ID station and remote stun signal must be set up in software DTMF Receive Settings Transmit Setting Call Key 1 Press MENU Key select 20 OPTSIG press F Key select DTMF function 2 Press MENU Key select 24 S INFO press F Key select pre code signal group 1 16 The DTMG Signal must be saved first in the PC software setting under DTMF 3 If properly set up on Menu 20 and 24 your r...

Page 32: ... select pre code signal group 1 16 The 5Tone Signal must be saved first in the PC software setting under 2TONE 3 If properly set up on Menu 20 and 24 your radio will open the squelch when it receives the required 5TONE signal 4 Press Call Key to send the same 5TONE you have selected in Menu 24 Scanning modes The scanner is configurable to one of three ways of operation Time carrier or search each ...

Page 33: ...TO mode the scanner stops when it detects a signal and after a factory pre set time out it resumes scanning Carrier operation In Carrier Operation CO mode the scanner stops when it detects a signal and after a factory preset time with no signal it resumes scanning Search operation In Search Operation SE mode the scanner stops when it detects a signal To resume scanning you must press and hold the ...

Page 34: ...ing mode can be accessed with or without a signal being present The scanning process itself only occurs while a signal is being received Not all repeaters requiring a CTCSS tone or DCS code for access will transmit one back In that case the transmitter of a station that can access the repeater would need to be scanned In other words this would be done by listening to stations on the repeater s inp...

Page 35: ...e scanned tone into memory VFO Mode Only then press the key to exit the menu Don t forget to set VFO menu 11 back to OFF when the CTCSS tone is no longer required Scanning for a DCS tone ACTIVE SIGNAL REQUIRED 1 Press the key to enter the menu 2 Enter on your numeric keypad to come to Menu 10 R DCS 3 Press the key to select 4 Press the to begin DCS scanning A flashing DCS will be in the left statu...

Page 36: ...e asset This can be achieved in one of two ways You can either have one receiver in your radio and flip flop between two frequencies at a fixed interval known as Dual Watch or you can equip a radio with two receivers known as Dual Receive or Dual VFO The BTECH UV 2501 UV 5001 features Dual Watch functionality single receiver with the ability to lock the transmit frequency to one of the two channel...

Page 37: ... have selected on Menu 44 Locking the Dual Watch transmit channel 1 Press the key to enter the menu 2 Enter 44 on the numeric keypad to get to TDR AB 3 Press to select 4 Use the and keys to select A upper or B lower display 5 Select off to turn off the TDR switching time 6 Press the key to confirm 7 Press the key to exit the menu If you want to momentarily override the lock without having to setti...

Page 38: ... kHz 2 SQL Squelch Level 00 09 10 squelch levels 00 minimum normally open 3 TXP Transmit Power High Full Power Low Reduced Power 4 SCR Voice Scrambler ON Activate Scrambler Function OFF Deactivate Scrambler Function 5 TOT Time Out Timer 15 600 secs 15 second steps OFF Turn of Time out Timer 6 APO Auto Power Off 30 60 300 Minutes Time set that radio will power off after the last signal has been rec...

Page 39: ...0 254 1 Hz Transmits specified tone OFF No CTCSS tone transmitted 14 DTMFST DTMF Side Tone OFF No tones are heard through the speaker when transmitted KEY Only manually keyed DTMF codes are heard ANI Only automatically keyed DTMF codes are heard BOTH All DTMF codes are heard 15 BCL Busy Channel Lockout ON Prevents transmit if active signal on the channel OFF No lockout 16 SC ADD Add Scan Channel O...

Page 40: ...er Mute Settings QT Squelch opens for CTCSS DCS tones only AND Squelch opens when CTCSS DCS tone is recognized along with the optional signaling OR Squelch opens when either the CTCSS DCS tone OR the optional signaling is recognized 22 PTT ID PTT ID When to send OFF Do not send BOT Send at Beginning of Transmission EOT Send at the End of Transmission BOTH Send at both Beginning and End 23 PTT LT P...

Page 41: ... selected format in display A CH NAME 30 CB MDF B Channel Display Mode FREQ In Channel Mode display the selected format in display B CH NAME 31 SYNC Sync Displays OFF Separate A B channel display ON Display A and B are synced This allows the upper display to show channel Name while the lower shows the Frequency 32 PONMSG Power On Message FULL Full Screen Display MSG Show Power On Message BATT V Di...

Page 42: ...sappear after channel is deleted 38 SFT D Frequency Shift Direction OFF No Offset simplex Plus frequency shift Minus frequency shift 39 OFFSET Frequency Shift Offset Amount 00 00 69 99 Frequency shift in MHz 40 ANI ANI ID Code Can only be set with software 41 ANI L ANI Length 3 4 5 Length of ANI ID code 42 REP S Repeater Activation Tone 1000Hz 1450Hz 1 750Hz 2100Hz Audible tone for repeater activa...

Page 43: ...n OFF ON Eliminates squelch tail at end of transmission 46 RP STE Repeater Squelch Tail Elimination Requires a repeater using this function OFF Function OFF 1 10 Delay Time 47 RPT DL Repeater squelch tail delay OFF Function OFF 1 10 Delay Time 48 MIC G Microphone Audio Modulation Level 0 127 The Audio level of the transmitted microphone audio being sent over the air 0 is the quietest level while 1...

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Page 45: ...nly 136 174 Rx Tx 400 520 Rx Tx Memory channels 200 Frequency stability 2 5ppm Frequency step kHz 2 5K 5 0K 6 25K 10 0K 12 5K 25 0K Squelch Setup CARRIER CTCSS DCS 5Tone 2TONE DTMF Antenna impedance 50 Ohm Operating temperature 20 C to 60 C Supply voltage 13 8V DC 15 Dimension UV 2501 98 w x 35 H x 118 D mm 408g UV 5001 145 w x 47 H x 190 D mm 1 2kg Operating Temperature 5 F 140 F ...

Page 46: ...ction 70dB 70dB Audio response 1 3dB 0 3 3KHz 1 3dB 0 3 2 55KHz Signal to noiseratio 45dB 40dB Audio Distortion 5 Audio output power 2W 10 Transmit Broadband Narrow band Output power 25W 20W 10W 7W VHF UHF UV 2501 50W 40W 10W 7W VHF UHF UV 5001 Modulation Mode 16K F3E 11K F3E Channel Power 70dB 60B Signal to noiseratio 40dB 36dB Parasitic harmonic 60dB 60dB Audio response 1 3dB 0 3 3KHz 1 3dB 0 3 ...

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