Audiovox GMRS-1545 User manual

INDEX

page

1. INTRODUCTION

1) Product Description

2) Package Contents

3) Features

4) Front side Overview

Instruction Manual

* 38 CTCSS Sub Tone

*Electronic Compass

& Calibration mode

*Vibrator Call

* VOX mode

*Scanning

*Monitor

*Key Pad Lock

*Dual Watch

*TX Power HI/LO

*RSSI

*Auto Power Save Mode

*NOAA Weather Band

(10CH)

*Weather Alert

*Battery Status Indicator

*Emergency Channel

*Back Light LCD Display

*Choice of Battery

- Rechargeable Battery

- Standard Alkaline

GMRS-1545

General Mobile Radio Service

462MHz,15CH

5) Rear side Overview

6) Function and Feature Display

7) Mode (Function) key sequence - short press

8) Mode (Weather ) key sequence - Long Press

9) Electronic Compass Calibration

2. INSTALLATION

1) Installation of the batteries

2) Antenna

3. BASIC OPRATION

1) On/Off & Volume control Switch

2) Setting the Channel and tone code(CTCSS)

3) VOX(Voice Operated Switching)

4) Beep Tone

5) Weather Alert

6) Vibrator

7) Setting the Transmit Power HI/LO

8) Roger Tone

9) Setting the DW(dual watch)

10) Call Ringer Selection Mode

11) Transmitting

12) Receiving

13) Channel Scanning

14) Emergency Channel

15) Call

16) Monitoring the channel

17) Keypad Lock

18) Backlight

19) Battery status indicator

20) External DC socket

21) External Speaker/Mic

4. Weather Radio

1) Weather Radio setting

5. Calibrat the Electronic Compass

6.Calibration mode

7. INFORMATION

1) Radio

2) Battery

8. SPECIFICATIONS

9. MAIN CHANNEL FREQUENCY TABLE

10. CTCSS TONE CODE TABLE

11. WEATHER CHANNEL FREQUENCY TABLE

1. INTRODUCTION

1) Product Description

GMRS-1545 General Mobile Radio Service has been designed to enable you to use

for general purpose. This is a battery powered 462 MHz transceiver.

The controls are easy to use and GMRS-1545 correspond to FRS for channel 1 to 7.

Also it has a 38 CTCSS feature to get the clear communication without interference.

GMRS-1545 has 10 NOAA weather channel and weather alert feature.

GMRS-1545 is equipped with Electronic Compass and Vibrator Call feature.

2) Package Contents

When you open the package,you should have;

* GMRS-1545 Radio Unit

* Antenna

* Wall charger

* Rechargeable Battery ( AA x 5)

* User’s Manual

3) Features

* CTCSS(38 Frequency)

* Electronic Compass

* Calibration mode for Compass

* Vibrator Call

* VOX(Voice Operated Switching)

* Scanning

* Monitor

* Keypad Lock

* Dual Watch

* TX Power HI/LO

* AUto Squelch

* RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indicator)

* PSC(Auto Power Saving Control)

* NOAA Weather Band(10CH)

* Weather Alert

* Battery Status Indicator

* Emergency channel

* LCD Back lighting

* Transmitting LED

* Call Signal (5 ringer signal)

* Beep ON/OFF

* Roger beep ON/OFF

4) Front side Overview

External Speaker/Microphone Jack

Built-in Speaker

(External Charger jack)

Desk top charger terminal

Transmit LED indicator

Channel & Volume DOWN button

Liquid Crystal Display

Power ON/OFF button

SCAN button

Emergency Channel button

Monitopr/Lamp button

Battery Cover

Channel & Volume UP button

Belt Clip

Built-in Microphone

Push-To-Talk(PTT) button

MODE button

Latch of belt clip

Detachable Antenna

5) Rear side Overview

6) Function and Feature Display

Battery indicator : Indicates the battery status.

Receive signal indicator

Monitor indicator

Key lock indicator : Indicates that the key lock function is in

Beep ON/OFF indicator : Indicates that the key tone is in use.

Channel readout : Shows the current channel number

CTCSS tone code number

Weather Radio Indicator

Emergency Channel

indicator

7) Mode (Function) key sequence - short press

* 1'st press -- Channel

* 2'nd press -- CTCSS

* 3’rd press -- VOX ON/OFF and sensitivity select

* 4'th press -- Beep tone ON/OFF

* 5'th press -- Weather Alert ON/OFF

* 6’th press -- Vibrator ON/OFF select

* 7'th press -- Tx power Hi / Low select

* 8’th press -- Roger tone ON/OFF

* 9’th press -- Dual watch channel select

*10'th press -- Call Ringer setting

8) Mode (Weather ) key sequence - Long Press

* 1’st press – Weather Channel select

9) Electronic Compass Calibration

* While EMG button hold down,Power ON (2sec hold down)

2. INSTALLATION

Your GMRS-1545 is designed to operate both in five "AA" size rechargeable battery (supplied)

or Alkaline Batteries(not supplied).

Cautions

Never attempt to charge Alkaline or Dry Cell Batteries. When recharging the rechargeable batteries,

use only recommended one.Use of other batteries will cause demage to your GMRS-1545 transceiver.

Other type of batteries may burst causing personal injury.

1) Installation of the batteries

* Ensure that the GMRS-1545 sets to power off.

* Hold the radio and battery cover with the back facing you.

* Press and slide the battery cover.

Scan indicator : Indicates that scan is

CTCSS indicator: Indicates that the CTCSS function is in use.

VOX (Voice Activated Transmit) Indicator

Roger ON/OFF indicator : Indicates that the key tone is in use.

CTC

SCAN

VOX

TX power High setting Indicator

Dual Watch enable Indicator

TX power Low setting Indicator

VIB

Electronic Compass Indicator

Vibrator Call Indicator

* Install five "AA" size Alkaline batteries or rechargeable batteries.

Note : Carefully observe the polarity of the batteries before installing.

* Replace the cover.

2) Antenna

The antenna is detachable type.You can replace it to external antenna.

Keep the Antenna at 1inch away from your head and body.

3. Basic Operation

1) On/Off & Volume control Switch

Radio ON : Press the power button at least for 2 seconds.You will hear confirming

melody to indicated the unit is on.

Radio Off : Press the power button at least for 2 seconds.

Volume setting : Press up[



] or down[



] button to adjust a level that is most comfortable

for you while monitor is active.

2) Setting the Channel and tone code(CTCSS)

GMRS-1545 has 15 main channels and 38 sub-channels.

* 15 Frequency channels

* 38 CTCSS Code ( indicated by

CTC

icon on the LCD )

To select the channel

* Turn the radio on

* Press

MODE

button once, [

] digit will blink on the LCD. XX is a channel

* Press up[



] or down[



] button to choose the channel.

* Press the PTT button or MODE button to confirm.

To set the tone codes(CTCSS)

* Press

MODE

button once more,[

up to

] will appear and CTC icon

and tone code digit will blink on the LCD. "

00 "

means no CTCSS code.

* Press up[



] or down[



] button to choose the desired sub-channel to use.

* Press the PTT button or MODE button to confirm.

3) VOX (Voice Operated Switching)

This option enables you to have hands-free conversation. You do not have to operate

the PTT button each time when you want to transmit.

You can also choose the VOX sensitivity to suit your environment of operation.

(Ex ; noisy road,motor bike,factory etc.)

To set the VOX mode.

* Press the MODE button until the [

xx ]

appears

. xx

is a vox level

VOX

icon will be appeared on the LCD.

To set the VOX level

* Press the up[



] button or down [



] button to set the VOX level from 1 to 5.

"oF"

is disable the VOX function.

" 01 "

is least sensitive.

" 05 "

is most sensitive.

* Press the PTT button or MODE button to confirm.

4) Beep tone

To set the beep tone

* Press the Mode button until [

bP on

] and the

BELL

icon blink on the LCD.

* Press the up[



] button or down [



] button.

* Press the PTT button or MODE button to confirm.

5) Weather alert setting

Alert setting is available in

GMRS

mode only.

To set the Weather alert receiving mode

* Press the

MODE

button until the [

AL on

] blinks.

* Press the up[



] button or down [



] button to set the alert function.

* While the alert is ON,

weather icon

will blink both in GMRS and weather mode.

Weather icon

will stop the blinking on the LCD when the alert is OFF.

** While the unit is in GMRS mode,if the alert signal is received,the unit will set to

Weather Radio mode automatically and warning beep tone will generate.

** While the unit is in Weather mode,if the alert signal is received,the unit will generate

the warning beep tone.

6) Vibrator Call

The unit will vibrate when receive the call from other party.

To set the vibrator Call

* Press the Mode button until [

Ub on

] and the

VIB

icon blink on the LCD.

* Press the up[



] button or down [



] button.

* Press the PTT button or MODE button to confirm.

7) Setting the Transmit Power HI/LO

* HI : 2.0W TX power

* LO : 500mW TX power

To set the TX output power

* Press the MODE button until the [

] appears.

* Press the up[



] button or down [



] button to set the TX power

* Press the PTT button or MODE button to confirm.

will appear on the LCD.

** If the battery is in low condition,the TX Power will be switched to LO automatically.

eventhough the TX power is set to HI.

8) Roger tone

This feature will give the tone signal to other parties when transmitting finished

(when PTT button is released.)

To activate or disable the Roger tone

* Press the Mode button until [

rb on

] and the

roger

icon blink on the LCD.

* Press the up[



] button or down [



] button.

* Press the PTT button or MODE button to confirm.

) Setting the DW(dual watch)

To set the DW mode

* Press the MODE button until the [

up to

15]

and

DW icon

blink on the LCD

icon will appear on the LCD.

To set the dual watch(DW) channel

* Press the up[



] button or down [



] button to choose the channel.

" means no DW mode.

up to

" means the channel that is dual-watched.

* Press the PTT button or MODE button to confirm.

10) Call Ringer Selection Mode

This feature provides 5 user selectable call ringer signal.

To set your favorite call ringer signal.

* Press the MODE button until the [

or up to

] appears on the LCD.

* Press the up[



] button or down [



] button to select the call melody type.

* Press the PTT button to confirm.

* To activate the call , click the "

PTT

" button twice quickly.

11) Transmitting

* Press and hold the PTT button (The "TX" LED will light with red color)

* Speak slowly and clearly

* To stop the transmission,release the PTT button

* If there are no more receiving signal for 5 seconds,the unit will go into

power save mode and then the "TX" LED will blink with green color.

12) Receiving

The coding feature reduce the possibility of interference and provide enhanced

communication.You can only listen to a call that has correct matching code.

Important ;

Before transmitting or receiving to the other parties ;

* Correct channel is selected ( 1 to 15 ) and

* Correct code is set ( 00 to 38 )

13) Channel Scanning

This feature allows you to monitor all activated channels while scanning.

To activate the Scan

* Press the

Scan

button

* Radio will begin scanning..

* When in scan mode,the display will show each scanning channel.

* After an activated channel is scaned and received signal and then if there is no

more signal,the scan will resume automatically.

To disable the Scan

* Press the

SCAN

button, the unit will stop the scanning.

SCAN

icon indicator will disappear from the LCD

* The unit will return to home channel.

14) Emergency Channel

The emergency function is to set the emergency channel immediately.

Press the

EMG

button,the emergency channel will display on the LCD

EMG

icon will appear on the LCD

Press the

EMG

button again,the ubit will return to home channel.

15) Call

* Click the PTT button twice quickly.(The "TX" LED will light with red color.)

16) Monitoring the channel

It is used for listening the week signal or to hear all activities on the channel by

manually overriding channel sub tone code setting.

To activate the Monitor feature

* Press and hold the

"M"

(monitor) button for over two seconds.

* When you hear the sound,release the

"M" (monitor)

button.

(The

monitor

icon will appear on the LCD.)

To disable the Monitor feature

* Press and hold the

"M" (monitor)

button for over two seconds.

(The

monitor

icon will disappear on the LCD.)

17) Keypad Lock

The lock function is to avoid the accidental changes to channel with other radio

settings.All buttons will be locked except the Power,PTT,EMG and monitor button.

To lock the keypad

* Press and hold down the

SCAN

button for over 2 seconds.

* Keypad will lock.(

LOCK

icon will appear on the LCD)

To unlock the keypad

* Press and hold down the

SCAN

button for over 2 seconds.

* Keypad will unlock. (

LOCK

icon will disappear on the LCD)

18) Backlight

To activate the Backlight

* Press and hold the

"M" (monitor)

button in a moment.

To disable the Backlight

* Press and hold the

"M" (monitor)

button in a moment once again.

19) Battery status indicator

The icon will blink when the radio is in low battery power.

Charge the rechargeable battery or replace the batteries.

* Full battery - three segments are displayed.

* Low battery - one segment is displayed.

* Low battery warning - Battery indicator will brinking.

20) External charger socket

MIC socket can be used for the charging purpose.

It should use the recommended rechargeable battery and wall charger.

21) External Speaker - Mic

Use the approved accessories only to have the optimum performance.

* Speaker/Mic unit

* Ear/Mic unit

4. Weather Radio

GMRS-1545 has 10 NOAA channel and Weather alert receiving feature.

1) Weather Radio setting

* Press the

MODE

button for over 2 seconds.

Weather

icon will appear on the LCD.

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