User`s Manual - Alan-Albrecht Service
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1. you select tune scan you can select the FM radio channel CE Declaration of Conformity This unit complies to all relevant European Standards and Regulations for PMR 446 radio service This radio may be used in many EU countries and some other states applying the R amp TTE directive of the European Community However C O thereare still some restrictions to use PMR 446 in following countries Italy PMR 446 is allowed but still requests an operating licence for regular use Exception short time use for travellers in Italy Belgium No restrictions for travellers using the radio in Belgium free of charge and licence for less than 3 months Residents of Belgium must apply for a radio operating licence according to Belgian regulations Ireland CTCSS signalling subcodes 01 38 must be switched on for use in Ireland Eastern Europe Please ask the local authorities before using the radio because only few of the new EU member states apply already the european R amp TTE directive Following countries still apply special national approval regulations not yet valid for PMR 446 radio Poland Estonia Letavia Lithuania Ukraine Russia Belarus Slowenia and some others This unit fully complies to the following European standards Radio amp Spectrum engineering EN 300 296 2 2001 EN 55013 A12 13 14 1990 99 FM radio part 87 5 108 MHz Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC EN 301 489 0 and EN 301 489 5 2000 Electrical saf2. D Indicator on the left side of the LCD Panel will light Way Call Ringer Press the PTT Button twice quickly to call another party on the same channel and pressing the button once during and pressing the button once during a calling stops the calling and then returns to the standby mode The user selected call ringer melody will play Key Lock Press the Function Button for longer than 1 5 seconds to activate the KEY LOCK in the standby mode NOTE Please note all buttons will be disabled except the PTT Button will remain fully operational Setting and Operation Sub Option Selection Mode This mode allows you to enter the sub option selection mode Press the Function Button until the word Sub appears in the LCD You can now select between yes or No If you press the Function Button when yes blinks on the CD Panel you enter into the Sub Function edit menu Pressing the Function Button when no blinks returns to standby Access to following SUB Menu points is only possible when You have avtivated the SUB menu by setting to Yes Call ringer melody selection mode This feature provides 7 user selectable call ringer melodies to alert you of a calling party To select your favorite Call Ringer melody In the Sub option selection mode av press the Function Button when the yes blinks Press the Down Button or Up Button to preview the seven available melodies Press the PTT Button to confirm your sel
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4. arranty The distributor dealer or retail shop warrants to the original retail purchaser of this product that should this product or any part of it under normal use and conditions be proven defective in material or workmanship within 2 years from the date of original purchase such defect s will be repaired or replaced with new or reconditioned product at the company s option without charge for parts and repair labor To obtain repair or replacement within the terms of this warranty the product is to be delivered with proof of warranty coverage e g dated bill of sale specification of defect s to the distributor dealer or his authorized repair center The Company disclaims liability for communications range of this product The warranty does not apply to any product or part there of which in the opinion of the company has suffered or been damaged through alteration improper installation mishandling misuse neglect accident or by removal or defacement of the factory serial number bar code label s The warranty does not apply to accessory parts or problems caused through not authorized or not recommended accessories like batteries external power supplies and over voltage caused through external power supplies light bulbs broken antennas broken swivel belt clips broken or damaged acrylic glass windows and cabinet parts Rechargeable batteries have a limited life time because of physical reasons it is normal and must be accepted that su
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6. ch batteries reduce their capacity steadily when frequently charged and discharged these batteries are not covered by the 2 years European warranty regulation In case of malfunctions please contact the dealer or person where you have purchased your radio If something doesn t work It s impossible to connect the partner station Did you turn on the unit Did you adjust the right volume level Did you select the same channel like your partner station Aktiv mode doesn t work Did you turn on the Active function Did you adjust the right volume level It s impossible to turn off the unit Connect the Proradio to the charger If now Proradio can be turned on the batteries are probably only discharged Turn off Proradio again and wait until the batteries are fully charged If You should have any other problem please ask Your distributor for further help You will find our full documentation incl the latest issues of Declarations of Conformity as well as service hints etc anytime on our download server http service alan germany de PMR446 O 2004 ALAN Electronics GmbH 13
7. d specially to the batteries of the unit Different charger may destroy the battery irreversible To increase the life of your battery avoid charging it longer than necessary Subsequently 12 hours will provide a full charge Too often overloading effectively reduces the battery capacity after some time Cleaning Hanger headset and microphone may be cleaned several times with a damp cloth only Do not use alcohol or harsh chemicals Safety precautions e never expose the unit to extreme temperatures or dust e avoid contact with water e use the supplied original charger only e to increase the lifetime of your battery avoid charging it longer than necessary ICONS on LCD RSSI Receiving Signal Strength Indicator or TX Bar Icon Indicates the receiving signal strength during transmission and it can be indicated the number of bar according to the strength of receiving signal Auto Channel Scan Indicator Appears in the normal scan mode or when the normal scan mode is activated Priority Scan Indicator Appears in priority scan mode or when the priority scan mode is activated Key Lock Indicator Blinks in auto lock selection mode or when the key lock is activated Vox Indicator Blinks in VOX selection mode or appears when VOX is activated Battery Level Indicator Battery Level Meter indicates the remaining battery strength Power Save Proradio is supplied with an automatic power saving circuit If the transceiver receives no
8. e active function Now you can hear the surrounding noises and speak again stereophonically At abrupt rising noise hammer blow shot etc the electronic will limit the level which you hear in the headset FM Radio You can receive the FM Radio 87 5 108 MHz Coverage The operating band 446MHz allows clear communication virtually free from atmospheric interferences and despite the low power will allow you to communicate up to a distance of 2 to 5 km The maximum range is obtained operating in a open space If you find communication is not possible many times this can be solved by moving a few meters to a new location Range is also reduces while operating in a vehicle or metal building Expected Battery Operating Timing The typical life time of one battery charging cycle assumes that in standard applications during 90 of the operating time the radio is in standby mode and transmit and receiving periads with higher volume are only 10 of the total time In this mode the battery charging will last for about 24 hours max An automatic energy saving system will be enabled when the radio does not receive any incoming signal within the last minute of operation With enabled broadcast radio or active mode the energy saving system will not be enabled thus the maximum operating time may go down to appr 8 hours depending on the volume selected Battery Charging Use the supplied original charger only The charger is adjuste
9. ection Beep Tone Selection Mode This feature allows you to program beeping or not beeping with key selection If the Key beep off is chosen no beep sound when you press the button The call signal power on off beep and roger beep make a sound regardless of the beep Press the Function Button from the Call selection mode a VW Press the Up Button or Down Button to select from on or off Press the PTT Button to confirm your selection and return to standby mode When you press Enter button or do not press any key within 5 seconds it returns back to stand by Roger Beep Selection Mode If Roger Beep option is on when you finish the transmitting automatically the ProRadio will produce a beep sound and transmit a sub code tone to the partner To access the Roger Selection Mode a VW Press the Function Button from the Key beep selection mode Press the Up Button or Down Button to select from Roger on or off Press the PTT Button to confirm your selection and return to standby mode Channel Frequency MHz 446 00625 446 01875 446 03125 446 04375 446 05625 O B G PO 446 06875 446 08125 446 09375 INIO Basic Channel Selection In order to communicate with other PMR units both you and the receiving party must be on the same channel Proradio has 8 channels 1 8 as indicated by the large digits in the LCD Display Panel Before trying to transmit on the selected chann
10. el you should press the PTT Button to check the activity on that channel lf someone is already on the selected channel you should try another channel that is clear To change the basic channel In the standby mode press the Up Button briefly to move to the next higher main channel number Press the Down Button briefly to move to the next lower main channel number CTCSS Coded Tone Controlled Squelch System This feature allows you to utilize a subaudio coding channel system subaudio codes 00 38 within a main channel This enables you to communicate with another party on the same main channel without becoming disturbed by listening to other conversations on the same channel This helps to avoid congestion on the main channel and filters out unwanted noise and static There are 38 CTCSS sub channels for each main channel To change the CTCSS sub channel press the Function Button until the word Ch appears in the LCD Panel Press the Shift Button and the two small number on the right side will blink on the LCD Panel Press the Down Button or the Up Button to choose the desired sub channel to use The corresponding sub code frequency will be displayed in the lower right corner Press the PTT Button to confirm your selection and return to standby mode NOTE To communicate with other PMR units they must be switched to the same channel and CTCSS sub code To communicate with other PMR units that do not have sub codes switch your unit t
11. ety EN 60 065 The unit is intended to be used in following european EU and non EU countries A B CH and FL D DK E F FIN GB GR H I IS IR L N NL P S Because the European regulations are in a steady update process we recommend that You download our latest issue of the Declaration of Conformity from our internet server e g http www alan albrecht de 11 Technical specifications Frequency Range 446 00625 446 09375 MHz FM Radio 87 5 108 MHz No of Channels 8 in 12 5KHz Frequency tolerance 5 ppm 10 C 55 C TX Mode F3E Antenna Integrated semi rigid rubber antenna Battery 4x battery NIMH 1 2 v Mignon Output power Max 0 5 Watt ERP Modulation capability 2 5 KHz max Harmonics amp Spurious Tx 36 dBm Rx 57 dBm Receiver sensitivity 0 5 uV EMF 500 20 dB SINAD Receiver Audio Output 1 2 VRMS ca 180 mV at8 Q Consumption Save 25 15 mA Consumption RX 100 mA vol max Consumption TX 250 300 mA R amp TTE CE conformity notified according to European R amp TTE directive in all countries allowing the PMR446 radio service Latest country lists will be published on our service website Coverage Max 2 5 km open space Operating time More than 24 hours 5 tx More than 15 hours 20 tx Charging time Max 12 hours Weight 569 y 12 European 2 years w
12. ith the party transmitting The power saver is disabled in this mode To access the Auto Channel Scan menu Press the Function Button until the word SC appears in the LCD Press the Down Button or the Up Button to choose nr Press the Monitor Button to confirm your selection The unit will begin scanning for an active main channel If a transmission is detected the Rx and RSSI icons will appear in the LCD Panel To turn off the auto channel scan feature return to the Scan mode by pressing the Function Button and choose OFF You can pause on any channel while in the Auto Channel Scan Mode by pressing the thePTT Button during the reception of a signal for 5 seconds afterward Priority Scan Mode This feature allows you to monitor two different channels at the same time If you pre set any priority channel other than the current channel in use the pre set channel will be scanned every 0 5 secondand signals you when a call is received While in the Priority Channel Scan Mode you may hear transmission from either a primary or secondary channel when transmitting The unit will always transmit on the primary channel unless the PTT Button is pressed during or immediately following the reception of secondary channel transmission The power saver mode is disabled in the Priority channel scan mode and the volume is not adjustable To access the Priority channel scan mode Press the Function Button until the word SC appears in
13. o the same channel with the sub code set to OFF CTCSS Frequency List SUB Channel Tone Frequency SUB Channel Tone Frequency 1 67 0 Hz 20 131 8 Hz 2 71 9 Hz 21 136 5 Hz 3 74 4 Hz 22 141 3 Hz 4 77 0 Hz 23 146 2 Hz 5 79 7 Hz 24 151 4 Hz 6 82 5 Hz 25 156 7 Hz 7 85 4 Hz 26 162 2 Hz 8 88 5 Hz 27 167 9 Hz 9 91 5 Hz 28 173 8 Hz 10 94 8 Hz 29 179 9 Hz 11 97 4 Hz 30 186 2 Hz 12 100 0 Hz 31 192 8 Hz 13 103 5 Hz 32 203 5 Hz 14 107 2 Hz 33 210 7 Hz 15 110 9 Hz 34 218 1 Hz 16 114 8 Hz 35 225 7 Hz 17 118 8 Hz 36 233 6 Hz 18 123 0 Hz 37 241 8 Hz 19 127 3 Hz 38 250 3 Hz VOX 8 VOX Recovery Time Selection Mode 1 VOX Selection Mode The Voice Activated Transmission VOX function allows your voice to activate transmission automatically when the ProRadio is used within not too noisy environments It also allows Handsfree use if You should not have the hands free for presssing PTT knob To access the VOX Selection menu Press the Function Button until the word UO appears in the LCD Panel Press the Down Button or the Up Button to select from Hi nr Lo or OFF The High normal or low setting determines VOX response sensitivity Press the PTT Button to confirm your selection To turn off the VOX feature enter the VOX selection mode and then select OFF VOX Recovery Time Selection Mode This allows the response characteristics of
14. play during the function edit mode and reset the stopwatch counter in the stopwatch mode Function Button Short Touch Press this button briefly to enter function edit mode in standby mode Long Touch Press for longer than 1 5 seconds to activate the KEY LOCK in the F standby mode Up Button Short Touch In the standby mode press this button briefly to move to the a next higher main volume level In the function edit mode press briefly to shift from the current option in each submenu to the next option in the same submenu Long Touch Pressing this button for more than 1 5 seconds will allow you to navigate at a more rapid rate through different volume level in the standby mode or through different menus in the function edit mode Down Button Short Touch In the standby mode press this button briefly to move to the v previous lower main volume level In the function edit mode press briefly to shift from the current option in each submenu to the previous option in the same submenu Long Touch Pressing this button for more than 1 5 seconds will allow you to navigate at a more rapid rate through different volume level in the standby mode or through different menus in the function edit Push To Talk PTT Button Press it firmly and speak into the Microphone to transmit The red Tx LED Indicator at the right side of the LCD Panel will light Release it to revert to standby mode When an incoming call is received the green Rx LE
15. signal for longer about 1 minute the Power Save Function automatically will be activated Power save is reducing at minimum the consumption extending the Standby time The Display shows SAVE When Proradio is reduced to a minimum power consumption nevertheless you can receive signals without restrictior it will switch on immediately after receiving the first signal TX Indicator Appears when a signal is being transmitted RX Indicator Appears when a signal is being received CTCSS Indicator Blinks when the correct CTCSS tone is entered Large Segment Display Indicates the channel number in use at the normal mode When the Function Button is pressed it Displays the function menu in sequence Ch rdo Sc Uo H00 Sub CAL bEP rog tAL 1 2 3 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 068 Small Segment Display Displays the FM frequency atthe FM mode Displays the SUBMENU of each MENU in the function mode Key Function Power ON OFF amp Shift Button Press this button briefly to turn the unit on A short confirming melody will play A momentary press of this button is not effected to any function in the Function edit mode and stand by mode except in the specific mode When FM radio is on Pressing this button allows you to shift to next preset FM radio Broadcasting Press this button for longer than 1 5 seconds to turn the unit off A momentary press of this button is also used to shift to the other small segment dis
16. the LCD Panel Press the Up Button or the Down Button to choose Pr and then press the Shift Button Choose the priority channel by pressing Up Button and Down Button to select the desired channel number you wish to closely monitor Press the PTT Button to confirm your selection To turn off the Priority channel scan feature press the Function Button until the word SC appears on the LCD Panel and then choose OFF in the scan mode Stopwatch Mode In this mode you can use the stopwatch to time To access the Stopwatch mode Press the Function Button until the word H00 appears on the LCD Panel Press the Up Button to start and stop the counter up while the stopwatch is running pressing the Down Button allows you to obtain the lap time Press the Power Enter Button to reset the stopwatch time Press the Function Button to turn off the stopwatch function 10 FM Radio Mode FM Only You can receive the FM Radio only FM plus You can receive the FRS signal even while you listen to the FM Radio When the FM only or FM plus is selected on the FM selection mode FM icon appears on LCD Panel And you can choose the channel by pressing the Up Button and the Down Button When the FM only or FM plus is selected on the FM selection you can select the way of channel selection in seek scan and tune scan by pressing the Enter Button If you select seek scan you can select the FM radio channel by carrier detect way and if
17. the VOX function to be precisely adjusted to suit individual needs To access the VOX Recovery Time Selection menu Press the Function Button until the word UO appears in the LCD Panel Press the Power Shift Button to confirm your selection and switch to VOX recovery time selection Press the Down Button or the Up Button to select from 5 3 2 or 1 second setting This setting determines the delay time between transmitting and receiving Press the PTT Button to confirm your selection Please note you may need to try different VOX time settings to determine the best value to suit your speaking habit Stufe 1 1 Sekunde Stufe 2 2 Sekunden Stufe 3 3 Sekunden Stufe 4 5 Sekunden NOTE Vox modeis deactivated as long as the FM broadcast radio is in use We do not recommend to use the VOX function in noisy environments the voice switching circuit may detect surrounding sound as voice and may transmit unwanted audio Active Function Active hearing protection with electronically Level Limiting at 83 dB Suitable for impulse noise With the black rotary switch on the side of the shell you turn on the active mode function Now you can hear the surrounding noises and speak again stereophonically At abrupt rising noise hammer blow shot etc the electronic will limit the level which you hear in the headset Channel Scan Mode Normal Scan Mode This feature allows you to scan for an active channel and communicate w
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