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IC radiation exposure statement This radio is intended for use in occupational/controlled applications where users have been made aware of the potential risks for exposure and can exercise control over their exposure. This product is not authorised for general population, consumer or similar use. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. This transmitter must not be co-located or operated in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
radiator and chassis will become hot, allow the rear panel of the radio to contact surface of low melting point /low Ignition point object; ◆Don’t leave the transceiver in direct sunlight for a long time, don’t place the transceiver on extremely heat, damp, dusty area, and don’t put it on unstable surfaces; ◆When restriction or warnings are posted regarding the use of radio devices, please obey the regulation turn the transceiver power off; ◆Use of the radio while you are driving may be against traffic laws
Selecting a Channel ................................................................................ 13 Selecting a Zone ...................................................................................... 14 Calls on Digital channel ........................................................................... 14 Functions and Operations .............................................................................. 17 Scan .....................................................................................
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Installation of Accessories Installation/ removing the antenna Hold the supplied antenna by its base, then screw it into the connector on the top panel of the radio until fasten. Turn the antenna anti-clockwise to remove it. Attaching/Removing the belt clip Attach the belt clip using the two supplied3*4mm binding screws.
Attaching/Removing the Strap Thread the hand strap to the loop back of your radio.
Note: Don’t attach / remove the battery if the transceiver turned on. Li-ion battery features ● New batteries are activated from factory; please charge your battery before using it. The maximum battery capacity and performance is achieved after three full charge/ discharge cycles. ● The service life of batteries: Charge cycles time is limited, to prolong battery life try to reduce make charge by the battery remained.
● Please only use the battery and charger specified by BeiFeng. ● When charging a battery attached to a radio, please turn the radio off. ● Please don’t remove the battery from the charger before fully charge, or the battery could suffer damage. ● Please remove the battery timely when the battery is fully charged. Note: While the battery is charged, the ambient temperature must be within 0~40, Temperature out of the limit may reduce working life or Charging efficiency.
Getting Acquainted ① Channel Selector Knob Turn the knob to select channel 1-16, if a channel is available, there will be a channel number sounds.
rotate clockwise to increased volume, counter- clockwise to decrease the volume. Turn counterclockwise fully to switch the radio off. ③ LED Indicator When transmitting LED glows red; when receiving LED glows green; when scanning LED flashes red; when battery gets low, LED flashes red. ④ Orange Button Press to activate the programmable function. Emergency On/Off feature is set to orange button only.
operation) 12 ○ MIC-SP Jack Connect to optional speaker/MIC and programming cable. Basic Operation Turning the power on /off Rotate the power switch/volume adjusts keys clockwise to turn the power on. A current channel number and current zone number sounds. Rotate the power switch/volume adjusts keys anti-clockwise to turn the power off.
Selecting a Zone The radio supports up to 32 zones, each with a maximum of 16 channels, 32 zones all support up to 160 channels. Via the programming software you can select 2 desire zones at most to write in. You may select a desire zone through by setting zone toggle function to button 1 or button 2, then handover zone. While enable all tone alert, select zone will hear a zone number.
“private call ACK” is enabled, to transmit a private call need to confirm whether it is power on or activate on the current channel , while private call is failed, a low-pitched tone sounds. Release PTT key to receive. 3.) All Call If you preset an all call contact for current digital channel. Press PTT key to transmit an all call; Release PTT key to receive.
a “Power Middle” sounds; if battery strength level is 15%-30%, a “Power Low” “sound. Note: If the battery gets lower, a “Please Charger” tone will sound, at the time press programmed” Battery Indicator” key, you can’t hear battery capacity indication sound. ●Zone Toggle: Allow user to change zones, if the radio contains 2 zones, press programmed button will be a zone number sounds. If the radio only add a zone, this feature is useless.
Functions and Operations Scan Scan is useful for monitoring signals on the radio channels, the channels include in the scan list. While scanning, the radio checks for a signal on each channel and only stops on a channel if a signal is present. Press programmed Scan on/off key to begin scanning, while scanning on, a “scan on” sounds, LED indicator flash red.
Auto Scan If Auto Scan feature is enabled for a channel, the radio will automatically enter scan mode when it is switched to this channel. To stop scanning, press programmed Scan On/Off key or switch to other channels. If return to the channel will enter scan mode directly. Monitor and Permanent Monitor Monitor: On analog or digital channel, enable the Monitor feature to monitor current channel activities and receive weak signals.
transmit to a private call contact. ●Group Call On digital channel, one touch call feature contains: to send messages or transmit to a group call contact, to send messages or send call alert and transmit to a private call contact. ●Group Message On one touch call menu, the call member select group call contact, and the call type select short message, message text select from preset message list. Then the programmed key set as one touch call, press the programmed key to send a message to a group call.
call type select call alert, then the programmed key set as one touch call, press the programmed key to send call alert to a private call. Talk around Talk Around: When your repeater malfunctions, or when radio is out of repeater’s range, you can continue to communicate in talk around mode. While enable talk around feature, by this time TX frequency the same as to RX frequency. Press the programmed Repeater/Talk Around key to switch between repeater modes and talk around mode.
expire, the radio will exit the emergency mode automatically. On silent type alarm, after send emergency information then press PTT key to exit emergency mode. Via programmable software to set it: Signaling Systems folder → Digital Red Alert → add system1 to set parameters → Channel folder → add Emergency system ● Emergency Type: Disable, Regular, Silent, Silent with voice, the Disable option is unable to transmit emergency information.
Note: while the short press is set as emergency on, the long press will be set as emergency off default. Time Out Timer (TOT) The purpose of TOT is to prevent any user occupy a channel for an extended period. If a channel is busy, the time will be shorter. If the preset time expires, the radio will generate beep and terminate transmission automatically. Via programming software, you can set TOT as 15-495 second.
VOX If enable VOX feature you can enjoy hands-free communication, the radio will automatically begin transmitting when you speaking, and terminate transmitting when you stop talking with no need of PTT press. You may set VOX level as1~8 or disable (Off). When the environment too much noise, VOX level will be higher, when the environment is quiet, VOX level will be lower. It allow user to set VOX delay as 500 to 10000 milliseconds.
transmitting. Channel Free Indication There are four options are available for Talk Permit Indication feature: None (the radio does not give any tone indication for transmission on analog and digital channel), Analog (the radio gives tone indication for transmission on analog channel), Analog& Digital (the radio gives tone indication for transmission on analog and digital channel), Digital (the radio gives tone indication for transmission on digital channel).
transmit. There are three options available: always, color code free, channel free, if choose always, whenever press PTT key to transmit directly; If choose color code free, you will be unable to transmit on the channel if the color code is already in use; If choose channel free, you will be unable to transmit on the channel if it is already in use. If the channel is busy, press PTT key a low-pitched tone will sound.
PC Mode At first, connecting the radio with computer by data line then turn on two-way radio; Secondly，start the software（BFP-DH500）that the data will be write or read by users.
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