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Operating Instructions

UHF5400 80 Channel UHF

Citizen Band Radio

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Page 1: ...Keep this user guide for future reference Always retain your proof of purchase in case of warranty service www oricom com au Operating Instructions UHF5400 80 Channel UHF Citizen Band Radio ...

Page 2: ... adjust your radio volume for the best listening performance When an older wideband radio receives a signal from a new narrowband radio the speech may sound quieter simply adjust your radio volume for best listening performance When operating a narrowband radio or Channel 41 80 interference is possible from wideband radios transmitting on high power or on adjacent frequency The issues described ab...

Page 3: ...ons 15 UHF CB Channels and Frequencies 26 Express Warranty 31 Table of Contents Need Help If you need assistance setting up or using your Oricom product now or in the future call Oricom Support Australia 02 4574 8888 www oricom com au Mon Fri 8am 6pm AEST New Zealand 0800 674 266 www oricom co nz Mon Fri 10am 8pm NZST ...

Page 4: ...e Using Your Oricom Radio The operation of your UHF radio in Australia and New Zealand is subject to conditions in the following licenses In Australia the ACMA Radio communications Citizen Band Radio Stations and in New Zealand by MED the General User Radio License for Citizen Band Radio Radio Antenna Do not use any radio that has a damaged antenna If a damaged antenna comes in contact with the sk...

Page 5: ...OTE Areas with potentially explosive atmospheres are often but not always clearly marked They include fuelling areas such as below deck on boats fuel or chemical transfer or storage facilities areas where the air contains chemicals or particles such as grain dust or metal powder and any other area where you would normally be advised to turn off your vehicle engine Blasting Caps and Areas To avoid ...

Page 6: ... energy exposure only when transmitting in terms of measuring standards compliance Always hold the radio approximately 5cm in front of your mouth with the antenna pointing away from your head Radio Operation and EME Exposure Unauthorized antennas modifications or attachments could damage the radio and violate compliance Do NOT hold the antenna when the radio is IN USE Holding the antenna reduces t...

Page 7: ...and pacemaker These recommendations are consistent with the independent research by and recommendations of the U S Food and Drug Administration People with pacemakers should Always keep the radio more than 15cm from their pacemaker when the radio is turned ON Not carry the radio in the breast pocket Use the ear opposite the pacemaker to minimize the potential for interference Turn the radio OFF im...

Page 8: ...Narrowband channels Channel scan Open Priority Duplex Backlit LCD display Signal monitoring 38 CTCSS 104 DCS Privacy codes Keypad lock 5 calling tones Roger Beep Priority channel 5 different Scrambler functions Triple watch VOX function Squelch tail on off Busy channel lockout function Key beep Memory channel On Off Auto power save mode Battery indicator Low battery alert function Removable flexib...

Page 9: ...uencies 5 Duplex On Off 6 VOX sensitivity Off 1 to 3 levels 7 Priority channel memory 8 Scan mode Open or Priority GS scan 9 Busy channel lockout On or Off 10 5 Selectable call tones Off 1 to 5 melody 11 Key beep tone On or Off 12 Roger beep tone On or Off 13 Triple watch sub channel 1 setting 14 Triple watch sub channel 2 setting 15 Memory channel On or Off 16 Squelch tail On or Off 17 Firmware v...

Page 10: ... tube for noisy environments SPKMIC5000 Heavy duty IP54 speaker microphone EARSET5000 Earbud with 3 5mm jack suits SPKMIC5000 or any radio with 3 5mm jack EBVOX5000 Small compact speaker with in line mic FOR A FULL LIST OF CURRENT PARTS AND ACCESSORIES VISIT www oricom com au The following items are included in your UHF5400 single pack AC Adaptor User Guide Antenna Belt Clip Lithium ion Battery pa...

Page 11: ...battery catch in direction of arrow and then slide the battery off Battery Charging When the battery pack is new it should be fully charged before being used for the first time If left unused your transceiver s battery pack will discharge itself within a few months If you have not used your UHF5400 for some time you will need to recharge the battery pack before use Warning Use only the supplied po...

Page 12: ...ou can also charge the radio using the 12V adaptor supplied Plug the adaptor into the 12V outlet in your car and insert jack directly into the charging jack on the radio Warning Do not transmit while charging the battery Belt Clip Line up the belt clip to the 2 screw holes on the back of the radio Install the two screws to secure the belt clip to the radio Speaker Mic Optional accessory not suppli...

Page 13: ...rol 1 Antenna 2 Channel switch 3 Power On Off and volume adjust 4 Push to talk PTT Melody call 5 Monitor On Triple Watch 6 Scan Menu 7 Charging External speaker Microphone jack 8 RX TX LED indicator 9 Microphone 10 LCD 1 2 3 5 6 7 4 9 10 8 ...

Page 14: ...ttery Level Display The battery icon in the top right hand corner of the LCD shows the current battery level at all times The battery level is displayed in 4 levels as below Battery 100 fully charged Battery approx 70 Battery approx 30 Low battery with alert beep tone Battery life Typically 15 Hours This is based on the following duty cycle TX 5 RX 5 Stand by 90 Controls and Indicators O N M G K J...

Page 15: ...nob until you select the desired channel Transmission and Reception To transmit keep the PTT button firmly pressed and the red LED will illuminate Wait for approximately 1 second and then speak in the direction of the microphone and hold the device at a distance of about 5cm from your mouth When you have finished release the PTT When the radio is in reception mode you will automatically receive co...

Page 16: ...ked in the following sequence Main channel is checked for 0 7 of a second then TRI 1 for 0 15 seconds TRI 2 for 0 15 seconds and then back to the Main channel The sequence is repeated until turned off or until a signal is detected If there is a signal present on TRI 1 or TRI 2 the radio will wait on that Channel for 5 seconds after the signal is no longer present then continue in its triple watch ...

Page 17: ...ion The Repeater Access function can be set from channel 1 to 8 and 41 48 used by local repeater stations When activated your radio will receive the Repeater on its specific channel all repeater output are on channel 1 to 8 and 41 48 but transmit to the repeater channel 31 through 38 and 71 to 78 e g CH01 on Duplex mode will receive on CH01 but transmit on CH31 CH02 on duplex mode will receive on ...

Page 18: ...72 43 476 4875 477 2375 CH73 44 476 5125 477 2625 CH74 45 476 5375 477 2875 CH75 46 476 5625 477 3125 CH76 47 476 5875 477 3375 CH77 48 476 6125 477 3625 CH78 CTCSS DCS To activate CTCSS or DCS please select the required tone in menu mode as this will activate CTCSS or DCS on the current channel only To turn CTCSS or DCS off on the current channel select off in menu mode The Display shows or when ...

Page 19: ...g features can be selected by using the MENU button 1 TX power HI 5W LO 1W 2 Digital Squelch setting Auto 1 to 5 levels 3 User selectable 38 CTCSS and 104 DCS codes 4 Scrambler setting Off 1 to 5 different frequencies 5 Duplex On Off 6 VOX sensitivity Off 1 to 3 levels 7 Priority channel memory 8 Scan mode Open or Priority GS scan 9 Busy channel lockout On or Off 10 5 Selectable call tones Off 1 t...

Page 20: ... Duplex On or Off On VOX Off or 1 to 3 Off Priority Channel On or Off 11 Scan mode OS or GS OS MENU Busy channel lockout On or Off Off 5 Selectable call tone Off or 1 to 5 Off Key beep tone On or Off Off Roger beep tone On or Off Off Triple watch CH1 One CH memory Off Triple watch CH2 One CH memory Off Memory On Off On or Off On Squelch tail On or Off Off Firmware version Ver01 Operations ...

Page 21: ... that follow after the 38 CTCSS codes CTCSS 1 38 followed by DCS 1 104 displayed as 1 to A4 Scanning The UHF5400 has two types of scanning Open scanning OS and Priority scanning GS Scanning allows you to search for active channels programmed in the memory You can choose Scan type in menu mode To initiate scanning Press menu key and scanning starts OS icon appears during scanning Open Scan OS Mode ...

Page 22: ...h to low power mode in the menu when low power is selected LO appears on the LCD display VOX Sensitivity Level Setting In VOX mode the radio will transmit a signal only when it is activated by your voice or other sound around you The unit will transmit for a short time approximately 2 seconds after you have stopped talking The level of VOX sensitivity is shown by a number on the LCD screen Off to ...

Page 23: ... will be as shown in the table on page 18 Key Beep The Beep tone emits a tone when you press any of the buttons except PTT button Roger Beep This function emits a beep on the communication party to inform that the transmission is finished Busy Channel Lock If the channel is already in use you can prevent the UHF CB radio from transmitting This is particularly important when using CTCSS DCS Squelch...

Page 24: ...ission is attempted within one minute then an error tone will sound Scramble Scramble enables private communications by scrambling the voice signal This prevents users without descrambler equipment or a compatible unit from understanding the conversation Select desired channel SCR appears when scramble setting from off and 1 to 5 NOTE All radios will need to have the same scrambler setting to desc...

Page 25: ...ioning correctly you may need to reset the UHF radio To reset Press and Hold Monitor and power on Reset will appear in the display The radio will then return to standby mode TOT Time Out Timer Australian and New Zealand standards require that if the PTT is pressed for more than 3 minutes the unit must stop transmitting The radio is set to stop transmitting after 2 minutes and 30 seconds of continu...

Page 26: ...ditions of licence and relevant standards for Citizen Band CB radios CB radios must comply with the class licence for their use to be authorised under the class licence UHF Channels and Frequencies IMPORTANT NOTE The operation of your UHF radio in Australia and New Zealand is subject to conditions in the following licenses In Australia the ACMA Radio Communications Citizen Band Radio Stations and ...

Page 27: ...77 1375 10 476 6500 476 6500 30 477 1500 477 1500 50 476 6625 476 6625 70 477 1625 477 1625 11 476 6750 476 6750 31 477 1750 477 1750 51 476 6875 476 6875 71 477 1875 12 476 7000 476 7000 32 477 2000 477 2000 52 476 7125 476 7125 72 477 2125 13 476 7250 476 7250 33 477 2250 477 2250 53 476 7375 476 7375 73 477 2375 14 476 7500 476 7500 34 477 2500 477 2500 54 476 7625 476 7625 74 477 2625 15 476 7...

Page 28: ...ed as emergency channels and should be used only in an emergency CTCSS and DCS will not operate on channels 5 and 35 A list of currently authorised channels can be obtained from the ACMA website in Australia and the MED website in New Zealand Channel 11 is a calling channel generally used to call others and channel 40 is the customary road vehicle channel Once contact is established on the calling...

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Page 31: ...anties that cannot be excluded restricted or modified Oricom limits the remedies available to extent permitted in the relevant legislation The Express Warranty Period will be 3 years excluding battery cells and rechargeable battery packs from the date of purchase of the product evidenced by your dated sales receipt You are required to provide proof of purchase as a condition of receiving Express W...

Page 32: ...epresentative of Oricom Oricom will not be liable under this Express Warranty and to the extent permitted by law will not be liable for any defect loss damage or injury arising out of or in connection with a 1 Failure by you to adhere to the warnings and follow the instructions set out in this user guide for the proper installation and use of the product 2 Wilful misconduct or deliberate misuse by...

Page 33: ...your product does not qualify for return this warranty does not apply to your product Products that are authorised to be returned to Oricom in Australia must include all of the following A completed Return Authorisation form A copy of your Proof of Purchase please keep your original copy The faulty product including all accessories Send the approved returns to Oricom International Pty Ltd Locked B...

Page 34: ...ata such as stored telephone numbers text messages and contact information Please ensure that you have made a copy of any data saved on your goods before sending for repair Please also be aware that goods presented for repair may be replaced by refurbished goods or parts of the same type rather than being repaired Express Warranty ...

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Page 36: ... and efficiently Oricom Support Australia For all product enquiries troubleshooting or to discuss the range of Oricom products feel free to contact Oricom or visit our website for answers to frequently asked questions 02 4574 8888 Monday Friday 8am 6pm AEST Email support oricom com au www oricom com au Oricom Support New Zealand 0800 674 266 Monday Friday 11am 7pm NZST Email support oricom co nz ...

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