Tekcom TP-318 Family Radio Transceiver User Manual

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OWNER’S MANUAL
TP-318 (US Version)
September 8, 2000
INTRODUCTION
Your FRS radio is a lightweight radio that you can carry almost anywhere. Use it at shopping malls,
amusement parks, or sports events to contact family and friends, or in a neighborhood watch for
vital communications.
You can start using your FRS radio immediately without any license required! Your radio comes
with 14 channels and you can talk with another person who has a FRS radio and is on the same
channel and privacy code that you are using.
Your radio also offers a multifunctional liquid crystal display with backlight, auto-squelch which
eliminates noise between transmission, power saving, built-in modulation limiter circuit which
automatically adjust the radio for a wide variety of voice levels to ensure a clear transmission,
automatic shut off timer, memory retention, low battery indication and keypad lock.
USING THE RADIO
A.
DISPLAY
Your radio comes with a multifunctional backlight display. By pressing any button
except the CALL and PTT, the backlight will illuminate for 7 seconds. The liquid
crystal display has been enlarged to show all of the operating modes.
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1.
“BUSY”: Displayed when a call is being received.
2.
“VOL” : Displayed the current volume.
3.
“VOX” : Displayed when the VOX is enabled.
4.
“CTCSS”: Displayed when the CTCSS privacy mode is enabled.
5.
“
6.
“
”: Displayed when the keypad lock has been activated.
”: When this symbol is visible, it indicates the batteries are low. Replace the batteries
after this indicator is on.
” : Displayed when your radio is transmitting or the CALL button is pressed.
7.
“
8.
Shows the selected channel number.
9.
Shows the selected CTCSS code number.
10. “SCAN”: Displayed when the transceiver scans through all the channels.
11. “INT”: Displayed when the intercom is enabled.
B.
FUNCTION AND LOCATION OF THE CONTROLS
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1. CALL Button
You can cause a ringer sound on all radios tuned to the same FRS channel and/or the privacy code
as your radio. To send a page, press and hold down the CALL button. At this time, the speaker
rings a bell, and the
2.
icon is displayed and the outer (( )) icon flashes.
Push-To-Talk button
To talk, hold down Push-To-Talk. Speak into the microphone in a normal tone of voice when the
icon is displayed. When you finish speaking, release Push-To-Talk button.
3.
MON button
Press this button to open the automatic squelch and allow background noise to be heard. Release
MON button to turn the auto-squelch back on.
In addition, MON button is also a double-function button
a) MON + Power
After inserting the Microphone /Speaker plug into the jack, press and hold MON button, then
press POWER button to enable or disable the intercom function.
b) MON + MODE
Press and hold MON button, then press MODE button to enable or disable the CTCSS
privacy mode operation.
To determine CTCSS privacy code setting. Press and hold MON, then press MODE button
for two seconds until CTCSS icon displays and the below privacy codes indicator flashes,
press ∆ or ∇ button to select the desired code among 1 and 38. Press MODE button once
to confirm and exit the setting mode and your radio is now in the privacy mode operation.
c) MON + ∆
Press and hold MON button, then press ∆ button to enable or disable the VOX function. To
determine VOX setting, press and hold MON button, then press ∆ button for two seconds
until VOX icon displays and the below VOX codes indicator flashes. Press ∇ to select the
desired code among 1 and 3. While pressing and holding MON button, press ∆ button
once to confirm and exit the setting mode and your radio is now in the VOX operation. 3 is
the most easy to activate transmit and 1 is the most difficult to activate.
d) MON + ∇
You can activate or deactivate the key pad lock to avoid accidental pressing of keys.
Press and hold MON button, then press ∇ button to activate/deactivate the keypad lock.
4. LCD Display
Your transceiver has a multifunctional liquid crystal display with backlight.
5. Power button
You can press POWER button to turn on the unit. Pressing the button again will turn off the unit.
Please take out the batters if you don't use the unit for a long time.
6. Mode button
Press MODE button and display the current mode you can press ∆ or ∇ button to obtain the
comfortable volume.
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7.
Antenna
Provides excellent reception.
8.
∆ button
Press ∆ button to move one channel up. Release when you reach the desired channel.
To Operate the Scan
Press and hold ∆ or ∇ button for two seconds allows the unit to begin scanning up or down through
the channels. If a valid signal is present, the radio will stop on the active channel and remain
stopped for 5 seconds. If no button is pressed, the scan mode will then immediately resume for the
next channel after the signal disappears within 5 seconds or after 5 seconds have elapsed.
If no signal is found on a channel, the unit will immediately continue to scan when no button is
pressed.
During scan, if ∆ or ∇ button is pressed, the unit will exit scan mode and stop at the current
displayed channel.
In two cases, pressing PTT, CALL, and MON buttons will cause the scan to turn off and stop at the
current displayed channel.
9.
∇/ Automatic Shut Off Button
Press ∇ to move one channel down. Release when you reach the desired channel.
The timer automatically turns off the unit if it is idle for 2 hours. Hold ∇ while turning on the radio to
enable or disable the timer. ON or OF (off) appears briefly.
Then, if the radio is idle for 2 hours, OF appears steadily. Press any button to operate the radio
again. OF disappears and the last selected channel appears.
10. External Microphone/Speaker Jack
Connect a special speaker/microphone or earphone (supplied).
In addition, you can recharge Ni-Cd batteries using an optional battery charger of DC 6V 60Ma (not
supplied). After turn off the unit, plug the charger barrel plug into the Mic jack on the side of the unit,
then connect the charger to a standard AC outlet.
For Ni-Cd batt, the charging time is about 7-8 hours; For Ni-MH batt, the charging time is 14-15
hours.
11. Battery Compartment
Press and push back the battery door to release.
C. OPERATION
1. Insert three alkaline or Ni-Cd batteries into the battery compartment, noting polarity.
Ni-Cd batteries must be charged for a minimum of 10 hours before initial use.
(Alkaline batteries are not rechargeable. Do not connect to external power or
charger when using alkaline batteries).
2. To set the privacy code or time out timer, check the function instructions.
3. Press POWER button to turn the unit on. Press the “MON” button, and adjust the volume for a
normal listening level.
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4. Select the desired channel and/or CTCSS privacy code.
5. Press Push-To-Talk button to transmit or CALL button to cause a page.
6. To receive, simply release Push-To-Talk button.
Note: You can only communicate with another radio that is using the same channel and/or the same
CTCSS privacy code as your radio.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Frequency Range.................................................................…………....467.5625~467.7125 MHz
462.5625~462.7125 MHz
Channels.........................................................................................……………......................14
Power supply.....................................................................….........……………....3 AAA Alkaline
Sensitivity at 12dB Sinad...........................................................……............………….......0.5µV
Adjacent Channel Rejection.................................................……………….........................45dB
Audio Distortion .............................................................………………..................................7%
RF Output Power.....................................................……………..……. 300mW ERP@ 4.5VDC
Harmonic Emissions..............................................…………….........................Less than 45dB
Dimensions (HWD)................................................…..………….................….…..57×97×27mm
Weight (without batteries)...........................................………...........…………..… approx. 82g
CHANNEL FREQUENCIES
Frequency: MHz
01=462.5625
02=462.5875
03=462.6125
04=462.6375
05=462.6625
06=462.6875
07=462.7125
08=467.5625
09=467.5875
10=467.6125
11=467.6375
12=467.6625
13=467.6875
14=467.7125
11=97.4
12=100.0
13=103.5
14=107.2
15=110.9
16=114.8
17=118.8
18=123.0
19=127.3
20=131.8
21=136.5
22=141.3
23=146.2
24=151.4
25=156.7
26=162.2
27=167.9
28=173.8
29=179.9
30=186.2
31=192.8
32=203.5
33=210.7
34=218.1
35=225.7
36=233.6
37=241.8
38=250.3
CTCSS PRIVACY CODES
Frequency: Hz
01=67.0
02=71.9
03=74.4
04=77.0
05=79.7
06=82.5
07=85.4
08=88.5
09=91.5
10=94.8
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