Oricom UHF182 User manual

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Operating Instructions

UHF182 80 Channel UHF Citizen Band Radio

This unit complies with all relevant Australian

and New Zealand approval requirements

AS/NZS 4365:2011

Why has the ACMA increased the number of available UHF CB channels?

To provide additional channel capacity within the UHF CB Band the ACMA will over the next 5 years change the

majority of the current wideband 40 channel use to narrowband 80 channel use.

During this time wideband channel use will be gradually phased out as users upgrade their existing radio’s.

This means that the new Oricom narrowband radio you have purchased will have more channels than older wideband

radios. Some of these channels are locked and cannot be used, (see the attached channel chart for more information).

When did this take place?

Early in 2011 new AS/NZS Standards came into effect allowing operators to use additional narrowband channels and

also use narrowband transmissions on some current wideband channels. This increased the number of channels up

to 80, 75 of which are useable voice channels.

What issues may users experience during the transition phase?

When a new narrowband radio receives a transmission from an older wideband radio the speech may sound loud

and distorted – simply 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 above are not a fault of the radio but a consequence of mixed use of wideband and narrowband

radios.

It is expected that as older wideband radios are removed from service that this issue will be resolved. Most radios in

use will be narrowband eliminating this issue.

This information is current at time of printing. For further up to date information please visit

www.acma.gov.au

Table of contents ..........................................................................3

Controls and Indicators .................................................................4

Operations....................................................................................7

UHF CB channels and frequencies ..............................................21

Customer Support.......................................................................24

Express Warranty (Australia) .......................................................25

Need Help?

If you need assistance setting up or using your Oricom product now or in

the future, call Oricom Support.

Australia 1300 889 785 or (02) 4574 8888

www.oricom.com.au

Mon-Fri 8am – 6pm AEST

New Zealand 0800 67 42 66

www.oricom.co.nz

Mon-Fri 10am – 8pm NZST

Table of contents

Controls and Indicators

Front View

321 4 6 75

RMMRMSOSANT SQCH

VOL

MENUMWGTSPSAUTO

1. Microphone connector

2. Antenna selector to Ant1 and Ant2/Auto Antenna selector

3. Open Scan/Priority Scan

4. Memory Scan/Group Tone Scan

5. Memory recall/Memory write

6. Remove memory/Menu

7. Volume/Channel/Squelch

8. LCD display

Controls and Indicators

Rear View

34 1

1. Antenna Connection 2

2. Antenna Connection 1

3. Power supply connection

4. 3.5mm external jack for optional 8 ohm speaker

Microphone

1. Push to talk

2. Volume/Channel/SQ down

3. Mode On/off switch

4. Volume/Channel/SQ up

Controls and Indicators

LCD Icons & Indicators

12435

789

1. Channel display 6. Signal strength & TX

2. CTCSS or DCS on 7. Group address channel

3. Duplex On 8. Group display (A, B, C group)

4. Antenna 1 9. Priority channel

5. Antenna 2 10.Status display

Operations

Turning on the Power

Press and hold the Channel selector.

RMMRMSOSANT SQCH

VOL

MENUMWGTSPSAUTO

Setting the Volume

Turn the channel selector clockwise to adjust the sound level for

comfortable reception.

On the microphone push the up or down buttons to increase or decrease

the volume. If held down the volume will increase or decrease quickly.

RMMRMSOSANT SQCH

VOL

MENUMWGTSPSAUTO

Selecting a channel

Press channel selector once. "CH" will appear on the LCD.

Select the channel by rotating the channel knob.

On the microphone push the mode button and select the channel using

the up or down buttons.

RMMRMSOSANT SQCH

VOL

MENUMWGTSPSAUTO

Operations

Setting the Squelch Level

1. Press channel selector 2 times. The current squelch level is

displayed.

2. Select the squelch level by rotating the channel knob.

The radio has 16 preset (off to 15) squelch level off- Squelch open.

1 - Max sensitivity (Min. squelch)

15 - Min. sensitivity (Max/Tight squelch)

RMMRMSOSANT SQCH

VOL

MENUMWGTSPSAUTO

On the microphone push the mode button 2 times and adjust Squelch

with the up and down buttons.

Note :

*If a button is not pressed within 5 seconds the radio will

automatically exit the sub display of "VOL" "CH" and "SQL".

PTT (Push-To-Talk) button

Press the PTT button and then the transmitter is activated:

Pressing the PTT allows audio to be transmitted, by speaking into the

front of the microphone. TX is indicated by the level bars on the LCD

display.

To receive, release the PTT button and then TX will disappear on the

display.

When transmitting, hold the MIC two inches from your mouth and

speak clearly in a normal voice into the front of the mic.

Operations

Antenna Selector

Manual Antenna Select

The default setting is antenna terminal 1.

This button is used to manually select the antenna

terminal 1 or terminal 2.

Press the ANT/AUTO button then the antenna

connection will change to terminal 2.

The antenna connected status appears on the LCD as below.

To reactivate manual antenna select, press ANT/AUTO.

Ant 2 iconAnt 1 icon

Auto Antenna Select

When Auto Antenna Select is active the antenna

with the best signal will be selected, this antenna

will also be used for transmit.

To activate auto antenna push and hold the antenna

button for 2 seconds.

Ant1 or Ant2 icon will blink.

If an antenna is not connected and the PTT is pressed the display will

ash in multi-colour to indicate there is a problem.

Operations

Scanning

The Scan feature allows you to search for active channels automatically.

There are 4 scanning modes;

Open Scan, Priority Scan, Memory Group Scan and Group tone Scan

(a special case of Memory Group Scan).

Open Scan

Press OS/PS and scanning starts. The OS-SC sub menu display appears

on the LCD.

The scan direction can be changed at any time by rotating the channel

selector left or right.

This can also be controlled by the microphone up and

down buttons.

To stop Scan, press OS/PS button or PTT press.

When a signal is found, scanning will stop at that

channel to allow the signal to be heard, then resume

scanning when the channel is clear again.

The scan resume time can be set as an optional pause of P5 (default).

ch 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 ….. 77-78-79-80

Priority Scan

Within Priority Scan the Radio scans for activity, but in addition, it also

inserts your Priority channel into the scan sequence.

This means that your Priority Channel will be

monitored regularly while scanning to ensure that no

calls are missed. Any signal received on your Priority

Channel will take precedence over any signals

received on the other channels.

ch 1-2-3-4-5- PRI CH - 6-7-8-9-10- PRI CH ….. 76-77-78-79-80

Press and hold OS/PS for 2 seconds and scanning starts.

The PS-SC sub menu display will appear on the LCD.

To stop Priority Scan, press and hold OS/PS button or press PTT.

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