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IMPORTANT POWER OUTPUT WARNING
ONLY use our new 2009 bike to bike interface leads which have a white 9 pin connector
(and NO grey din connectors fitted)
with this Super Pro Automatic system.
YOU MUST NOT USE our old part 1402
(bike powered Kenwood interface lead)
OR ANY OTHER
bike powered bike to bike radio interface leads that have a
GREY 5 PIN DIN PLUG FITTED
with
ANY
OF OUR new 2009 products.
This is because the old bike powered interface leads (with grey 5 pin din plugs fitted, like part
1402) were designed to work with the 9 volt output of our pre 2009 systems, however
ALL of our
NEW 2009 systems now have 12 volt output
for the new and improved bike powered bike to
bike interface leads, which now have a better power supply for a wider choice of bike to bike radios,
ranging from 4.5 volts, 6 volts, 7.5 volts and 9 volts, each designed to suit specific transceivers.
To help prevent accidental usage (or radio damage) all of the new 2009 products now have an
internal white 9 pin Aux 1 connection, which corresponds with the new 2009 bike to bike interface
leads.
It is possible to use old NON-POWERED interface leads (which have the grey 5 pin din plug fitted)
with the new range of 2009 systems if you first convert your new system to have the old external
grey 5 pin din socket fitted using optional part 2356, which has a power WARNING label fitted as
this will now have 12 volts output.
Users are WARNED that by converting their 2009 system with a grey 5-pin socket, they should not
plug-in the old type grey 5-pin plug (bike powered bike-to-bike interface lead) into this connection,
as this will damage the radio by allowing 12 volts into a 9 volt product.
USING BIKE-TO-BIKE TRANSCEIVERS
Although it is usually straight forward to connect up and start
using bike to bike radios via our VOX systems,
we strongly
recommend that your first test and get used to using both
radios (hand held) per their own instructions (ensuring that
the radios are not in VOX mode) and become familiar with
them
. This is important because most typical radios used are
half duplex and so you have to get used to taking it in turns
speaking to each other, plus allow for any short delays that
the radios may have between when you first transmit and
start speaking, to when the other radio receives and accepts
the transmission, and then allows your transmitted speech to
be amplified to the speaker after first accepting the anti-
interference tone code.
Using radio discipline (as you would
hear professionals use them) greatly improves both the
reliability and ease of use.
This test is also important to prove the radios are set up and
able to communicate properly to one another which helps
eliminate any frustrating problems that are sometimes
caused if the radios are not set up on the same channels or
codes etc.
You should always press the press to talk (PTT) button a split
second before speaking and always say “OVER” before
releasing the PTT button at the end of your communications
to let the other person know when you have finished
speaking, so that they know they can then speak back.
Before the other person speaks back they should always
allow a second or so after you have said OVER before
pressing their PTT button, and wait a split second before
speaking, etc.
When you are practiced and comfortable using the two hand-
held radios with some radio discipline, you are then ready to
connect one of the radios to the system (using the appropriate interface lead to suit) keeping the other
radio as a hand-held for now, while you become practiced in using our VOX in place of the radios PTT.
Please do not try to connect both radios to the systems until you have practiced with one connected
and the other as a hand held first.
Don’t use old bike-to-bike interface leads with a
grey din plug.
PTT Button
Volume control
Old Part 1402
New Part 2344
Use new interface leads with a white 9 pin
connector.
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