Maycom AR-108 Mounting instructions

AR-108

MINI HAND HELD TYPE

AIR / VHF BAND RECEIVER

USER'S OPERATION MANUAL

MANUAL-USER / ERP CODE: 66000444 / English / MAYCOM EUROPE VERSION

MANUAL SIZE: 110 X 190 mm / MATERIAL: ART PAPER(W/O COATING

CONTENTS

PAGE

■DESCRIPTION OF FEATURES ........................................................... 4

-DISPLAY PANEL FEATURES ............................................................. 4

-TOP PANEL FEATURES .................................................................... 6

-SIDE AND BACK PANEL FEATURES .................................................7

-FRONT PANEL FEATURES .........................................................….. 8

■OPTION SETTING MODE ..................................................................15

■BATTERY PACK INSTRUCTION ....................................................... 17

■TO RECEIVE ...................................................................................... 18

■SPECIFICATION ................................................................................ 18

Caution : Any changes or modifications in construction of this device

which are not expressly approved by the party responsible for

compliance could void the user's authority to operate the

equipment.

MANUAL-USER / ERP CODE: 66000444 / English / MAYCOM EUROPE VERSION

MANUAL SIZE: 110 X 190 mm / MATERIAL: ART PAPER(W/O COATING

●Display Panel Features

1. " " (Function Mode)

Indicates the "FUNC" button has been selected.

2. " DW " (Dual Watch)

Indicates that the "Dual Watch" feature has been activated.

3. " PS " (Power Save)

Indicates that the radio is in the "Battery Save" or "Power Save" mode.

4. " " (Key Lock)

Indicates the "Key Lock" feature has been activated.

5. " " (Beep)

Indicates that "Beep" tone confirmation is on.

6. " " (Memory Mode)

Indicates that Memory Mode operation.

7. Memory channel indicator

Displays the memory channel number (99 memories available).

8. Dot No. 2

Not Used

9. Dot No. 1

This dot is used to display the RX Frequency (Unit : MHz).

10. Channel (Frequency) indicator

Displays Frequency Number.

■DESCRIPTION OF FEATURES

MANUAL-USER / ERP CODE: 66000444 / English / MAYCOM EUROPE VERSION

MANUAL SIZE: 110 X 190 mm / MATERIAL: ART PAPER(W/O COATING

11. " S-RF " (Signal strength indicator)

The radio incorporates a ten segment incoming signal on the LCD.

When receiving a signal, the meter will indicate how strong the signal is.

A weak signal will be indicated by one or two segments, while a very

strong signal will have 8 to 10 segments.

12. " BAT " (Battery remainder level meter)

Not Used

13. " " (Battery indicator)

Indicates batteries are getting low. If the battery level is lower than the

standard point, Battery Level Indicator will twinkle.

14. " " (Busy)

Indicates that a signal is being received.

MANUAL-USER / ERP CODE: 66000444 / English / MAYCOM EUROPE VERSION

MANUAL SIZE: 110 X 190 mm / MATERIAL: ART PAPER(W/O COATING

●Top Panel Features

1. Power On/Off, Volume

Turn the Volume switch clockwise to turn power on and set desired

volume. Turn the Volume button anti-clockwise to turn the power off.

2. Squelch

This control is to cut off or eliminate receiver background noise in the

absence of an incoming signal. For maximum receiver sensitivity, it is

suggested that the control be adjusted only to the point where the

receiver background or ambient background noise is eliminated. The

incoming signals that are then received will be stronger than the

background noise.

3. Antenna

This antenna provides good receiver performance given its overall size.

4. Earphone Jack

Lets the user listen to the conversation in privacy.

Dust Cover : When Earphone is not being used, this prevents dirt and

moisture from getting inside the radio.

Please disregard the primed "MIC" on the dust cover.

MANUAL-USER / ERP CODE: 66000444 / English / MAYCOM EUROPE VERSION

MANUAL SIZE: 110 X 190 mm / MATERIAL: ART PAPER(W/O COATING

●Side and Back Panel Features

1. MON (Monitor)

Press and hold the "MON (Monitor)" button in the receiving mode to

override squelch control. This is useful when a weak signal is to be

monitored.

2. FUNC(Function) button

This button, when used in conjunction with the buttons on the front panel,

allows for access of each function.

3. Belt Clip

Allows for ease of carrying while attached to user’s belt.

4. DC Jack

Allows for using external DC Wall Charger.

MANUAL-USER / ERP CODE: 66000444 / English / MAYCOM EUROPE VERSION

MANUAL SIZE: 110 X 190 mm / MATERIAL: ART PAPER(W/O COATING

●Front Panel Features

1. AI/WR button

Press the "AI/WR" button to change between air band and VHF band

alternately. The AR-108 allows you to listen to Air band and VHF band.

Press and release the "AI" button until you come to the band of your

choice. Look at the right hand bottom corner of the LCD, a letter "A" is

shown for air band and a letter "V" is shown for VHF band.

▶Display of the Air Band

▶Display of the VHF Band.

MANUAL-USER / ERP CODE: 66000444 / English / MAYCOM EUROPE VERSION

MANUAL SIZE: 110 X 190 mm / MATERIAL: ART PAPER(W/O COATING

2. ▼(Channel Down) button

1) ▼(Channel Down) button

Press the "▼" button to move to a lower channel than is currently

shown on the LCD.

2) Left Cursor function button

Frequency Selection by Cursor function ("FUNC + ▼" button). The

desired frequency can be directly entered using the cursor function in

normal and memory mode. The desired frequency however should be

in the allocated frequency range of the receiver. To enter the frequency

directly using cursor function, follow the example:

3) Example of Frequency selection

Frequency desired is 145.4650 MHz on the VHF Band.

- Press the "AI/WR" button till the VHF Band is indicated, then press

the "FUNC + ▲" button, the sixth digit of the frequency display will

start to flash. Now press "▲or ▼" button to set the value

to " 5 ":

- Press the "FUNC + ▲" button, the fifth digit of the frequency display

will start to flash. Now press "▲or ▼" button to set the value

to " 6 ":

- Continue this process for the remaining digits until you have entered

the desired frequency (the first digit of the frequency will not be able to

be changed from the number " 1 ").

- Finish by pressing the "MON" button.

- The same procedure is followed for call and memory channels when

selecting the desired frequency

NOTES : If you have selected a frequency which is above or below the

frequency range allowed, the unit will automatically go to either

the maximum or minimum frequency allowed.

MANUAL-USER / ERP CODE: 66000444 / English / MAYCOM EUROPE VERSION

MANUAL SIZE: 110 X 190 mm / MATERIAL: ART PAPER(W/O COATING

3. ▲(Channel up) button

1) ▲(Channel Up) button

Press the "▲" button to move to a higher Channel than is currently

shown on the LCD.

2) Right Cursor button

Frequency Selection by Cursor Function ("FUNC + ▲" button) the

procedure for Cursor function using "FUNC + ▲" button is same for

"FUNC + ▼" button. The only difference is that the second digit starts to

flash first. Every time "FUNC +▼" button is pressed the next digit on the

right will start to flash.

4. (Lamp), BP (Beep) Button

1) (Lamp) button

Press the " " button, the lamp will stay on for four seconds, after which

it will turn itself off automatically. If you press another button on the front

cabinet when the lamp is on, the lamp will stay on for four seconds from

that time. If you press the " " button for more than one second, the

lamp will stay on until you press the " " button once again.

2) BP (Beep) button

This feature gives the user an audible confirmation through a short beep

tone that the radio has been turned on. The AR-108 comes with this

feature already turned on. If you would like to deactivate this feature,

press "FUNC + LAMP (BP)" button. To reactivate the "Beep" feature,

repeat the above process. When "Beep" feature is off, the key beep tone

and the error beep tone will not sound.

5. MR (Memory Read), MW (Memory Writing) button

This receiver contains a total of 99 memory locations for each air band

and VHF band where desired frequencies can be programmed by the

user. Programming of the desired frequencies can be carried out in the

following ways.

1) Frequency selection by cursor function

Enter Memory Read mode by pressing the MR (MW) button so the " "

icon appears on the right side of the LCD.

Select the memory location where you wish to store a setting by holding

and pressing "▲or ▼" buttons till the Memory Channel Indicator shows

that location.

Use the cursor functions as described in the previous sections 2 and 3 to

choose the frequency. The current digit of the frequency being set, the

Memory Channel Number and the " " icon.

MANUAL-USER / ERP CODE: 66000444 / English / MAYCOM EUROPE VERSION

MANUAL SIZE: 110 X 190 mm / MATERIAL: ART PAPER(W/O COATING

When frequency selection has been made, to store in to memory, press

the MR (MW) or "MON" button.

2) While in the Memory Set mode, use up or down key to select the

desired frequency. With this method the up or down key can only

increment or decrement the frequency by the channel step value. The

method is as follows:

Enter Memory Read mode by pressing the MR (MW) button so the " "

icon appears on the right side of the LCD.

Select the memory location where you wish to store a setting by holding

and pressing "▲or ▼" buttons till the Memory Channel Indicator shows

that location.

Enter Memory Set mode by pressing "FUNC + MR (MW)".

The " " icon and channel indicator will start to blink

Change the memory frequency stored within the memory location by

pressing the up or down button to select the desired frequency.

Store it to memory by pressing "MR (MW)" button.

※Scan Skip function in memory mode

While in MR set mode, press "SC" button to select Scan Skip function.

It allows the user to scan or skip a particular memory channel. While in

Scan Skip function, press "▲or ▼" button to switch Scan Skip function

on or off.

▶Display of Scan Skip message

MANUAL-USER / ERP CODE: 66000444 / English / MAYCOM EUROPE VERSION

MANUAL SIZE: 110 X 190 mm / MATERIAL: ART PAPER(W/O COATING

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