AT-598 Mobile Radiao PWR VOL - FCC ID:T4KAT598V HU A -L NN E FUNC V/M CALL MHz TX/DCS CAL SCAN MINI
Please observe the following precautions to prevent fire, personal injury, or transceiver damage: Do not attempt to configure your transceiver while driving, it is dangerous. This transceiver is designed for a 13.8V DC power supply. Don't use a 24V battery to power on the transceiver. Do not place the transceiver in excessively dusty, humid or wet areas, nor unstable surfaces. Please keep it away from interferential devices (such as TV, generator etc.).
CONTENTS New and Innovative Features...............................................1 Transmitting Optional Signaling ....................................................... 13 Supplied Accessories/Optional Accessories......................2 Channel Edit..................................................................................... 13 Supplied Accessories........................................................................ 2 Channel Delete.......................................................
CONTENTS . Band-width Selection ....................................................................... 20 . TX OFF Setup .................................................................................. 21 Squelch Level................................................................................... 27 Busy Channel .Lockout ..................................................................... 21 Editing Channel Name...................................................................... 21 Scan Skip .
New and Innovative Features 1 598 Mobile Radio has nice housing, stoutness & stability, advanced and reliable functions, perfect & valuable. This amateur mobile radio especially designs for drivers and it pursues company philosophy of innovation and practicality. More functions as follows: Display on a large LCD with adjustable brightness, convenient for nighttime use. There are Amateur operation mode and Professional operation mode for option.
2 Supplied Accessories Supplied Accessories After carefully unpacking the transceiver, identify the items listed in the table below. We suggest you keep the box and packaging.
Initial Installation Mobile installation To install the transceiver, select a safe, convenient location inside your vehicle that minimizes danger to your passengers and yourself while the vehicle is in motion. Consider installing the unit at an appropriate position so that knees or legs will not strike it during sudden braking of your vehicle. Try to pick a well ventilated location that is shielded from direct sunlight.
3 Initial Installation DC Power Cable Connection Red Locate the power input connector as close to the transceiver as possible. Mobile Operation The vehicle battery must have a nominal rating of 12V. Never connect the transceiver to a 24V battery. Be sure to use a 12V vehicle battery that has sufficient current capacity. If the current to the transceiver is insufficient, the display may darken during transmission, or transmitting output power may drop excessively.
Initial Installation To turn on the unit, press the power switch manually while it is illuminated. (While ignition key is at ACC or ON position) 888When the ignition key is turned to ACC or ON position with the radio's power switch on, the unit turns on automatically and the power switch will be lit. Turn the ignition key to OFF position or manually turn the power switch off to shut down the radio. 999Using extra cable, power consumption:5MAH. regulated power supply.
3 Initial Installation REPLACING FUSES If the fuse blows, determine the cause, then correct the problem. After the problem is resolved, replace the fuse. If newly installed fuses continue to blow, disconnect the power cable and contact your authorized mobile radio dealer or an authorized mobile radio servicecenter for assistance. Important The range of displayed voltage is only from 7V to16V DC, because the displayed value is estimated, please use a voltmeter when a more precise reading is desired.
Initial Installation Accessories Connections External Speaker If you plan to use an external speaker, choose a speaker with an impedance of 8Ω. The external speaker jack accepts a 3.5mm (1/8") mono (2-conductor) plug. 3 Microphone For voice communications, connect a microphone equipped with an 8-pin modular plug into the modular socket on the front of the main unit. Press firmly on the plug until the locking tab clicks.
4 Getting Acquainted Front panel Press key. FUNC key until NO. KEY VOL NA U H - EN L PWR FUNC V/M CALL MHz TX/DCS CAL SCAN MINI - 8 3 Main Dial 4 FUN/SET 5 V/M/MW 6 7 8 9 MHz/SHIFT TS/DCS/LOCK CAL SQL/D 10 Data Terminal 11 12 TX Mic.
Getting Acquainted Rear panel NO. KEY 4 2 3 1 1 SQL 2 M 1 2 3 FUNCTION Terminal for connecting optional cable QCC01 for Ext. Power use with ignition key On/Off function. The radio will auto power on when car is driving. Jack The radio will auto power off when car stops. Ext.Speaker Terminal for optional external speaker SP01 Terminal Antenna Connection for 50Ω coaxial cable and antenna. Connector 5 Decimal point 13 12 11 10 14 3 Channel skip.
4 Getting Acquainted microphone Channel Down MIC Connector Diagram(in the front view of connector) Channel UP Key Pad Serial Data PTT +5V DOWN UP Connector Mic MIC GND MIC PTT GND 10 Microphone cable
WORKING MODE (AMATEUR TRANSCEIVER OR PROFESSIONAL TRANSCEIVER) According to practical application, you can set the radio works as Amateur Transceiver mode or Professional Transceiver mode. There are also 2 levels operation menu to set functions as you need. It is easy and convenient (From No.1 to No.15 are channel function setup, From No.15 to No.29 are general setting setup).
6 Basic Operations Switching The Power On/Off PWR KEY According to the option selected during installation Press PWR the switch or turn the ignition key to ACC (speed up) or ON (startup) position to power on radio. Press the PWR key for 1s or turn the ignition key to OFF position to turn off. NA U H - EN L PWR - FUNC V/M CALL MHz Min Max Volume Volume Adjusting The Volume VOL 5k, 6.25k, 8.33K,10k, 12.5k, total five step size available for this radio.
Basic Operations Please hold the microphone approximately 2.5-5.0cm from your lips, and then speak into the microphone in your normal speaking voice to get best timbre. Press and hold [PTT] key, LED lights RED and power intensity showed in screen indicates it is transmitting, release to receive. Transmitting Tone-Pulse Press and hold [PTT] key, then press Microphone [ transmit current selected tone-pulse signal.
7 Shortcut Operations squelch off/squelch off momeNTARY SCAN key programmed as Squelch Off or Squelch Off Momentary to monitor the weak signal. 111Squelch Off: Press SCAN to resume squelch. key to disable squelch, press 222 Squelch Off Momentary: Press and hold squelch, release SCAN key to resume squelch. SCAN SCAN key again 333Press any key except PWR Squelch level Setup 222Turn selector knob or press MIC [ ] key to set desired squelch level. PWR to exit.
Shortcut Operations icon, it means 333When LCD appears current channe can be set with DCS encode and decode together, turn selector knob or press Microphone's [ / ] to select desired DCS encode and decode. 444CTCSS:62.5-254.1, Total 51groups; DCS:000N-777I total 1024 groups. N is positive code, I is inverse code.
7 Shortcut Operations Offset Direction and offset frequency setup Repeater receives a signal(UP-LINK) on one frequency and re-transmits on another frequency(DOWN-LINK). The difference between these two frequencies is called the offset frequency. If the UP-LINK frequency higher than DOWN-LINK frequency, the direction is positive, If it is lower, the shift direction is negative. 111Press FUNC key until the icon displays on the LCD, then press MHz key, LCD displays offset direction and offset frequency.
Shortcut Operations 01-16. 7 333Press SCAN key to enter into editing of current group, press MIC's numeric keys to set your desired data. 444The display scrolls when the 7th digit is entered. The numbers 0-9, --, A-D, * and # can be stored up to a total of 23 digits. 555After editing, press PTT or SCAN key to send current group and store edited DTMF signaling. Press SCAN to exit and store.
8 General Setting 111Press and hold FUNC key for over 2s to enter general setting menu. 222Press CALL or SCAN to select the desired function option. 333Turn selector knob to select the desired setup. 444Press TX/DCS to confirm and exit. Meanwhile, if you want to edit channel name or start up menu, press V/M or TX/DCS to move forward or backward, Press MHz to store and exit. In Profession transceiver mode, the functions from No.1 to No.17 will be auto-hidden.
General Setting Press CALL directly to transmit the pre-stored 5-Tone signaling. In 5Tone signaling mode, press CALL for 2s until LCD displays "AN---", turn selector knob to select desired digit(caller ID). In this mode, press TX/DCS to confirm exist digit and move cursor to next, press V/M to forward cursor.After editing, press CALL key to operate ANI call. 444Press TX/DCS key to confirm and exit. Sending 2-Tone Call 111Press and hold 222Press FUNC key for over 2s to enter general setting menu.
8 General Setting 222Press / SCAN key to choose No.06 menu, LCD displays "SPK--SQ". 333Turn selector knob to select the desired combination. CALL If select "SQ", it indicates you can hear the calling from caller when receive a matching carrier. If LCD displays "CTC", it indicates you can hear the calling from caller when receive a matching carrier and CTCSS/DCS signaling.
8 General Setting TX OFF SETUP Disable this function, it is invalid to press PTT, current channel only works in RX mode. 111Press and hold 222Press CALL / FUNC SCAN key for over 2s to enter general setting menu. key to choose No.09 menu, LCD displays "TX- ON". 333Turn selector knob to select the desired setting. ON: In current channel, Press PTT to transmit. OFF: In current channel, Press PTT is invalid. 444Press TX/DCS key to confirm and exit. Default:ON.
8 General Setting 222Press / SCAN key to choose No.12 menu, LCD displays "REV—OF". 333Turn selector knob to select the desired setting. CALL ON: Enable Frequency Reverse OFF: Disable Frequency Reverse. 444After edition, press TX/DCS key to exit. Talk Around By Talk Around function, you can directly communicate with other radios in your group in case the repeater is not activated or when you are out of the repeater range. The transceiver will transmit by RX frequency with its CTCSS/DCS signaling.
General Setting menu, LCD displays "D--XXX", "XXX" is radio's DTMF SELF ID. 333Press TX/DCS key to confirm and exit. Radio's 5TONE SELF ID ENQUIRY 111Press and hold 222Press CALL 333Press TX/DCS FUNC key for over 2s to enter general setting menu. / key to choose No.17 menu, LCD displays "F--XXXXX", "XXXXX" is radio's 5TONE SELF ID. SCAN key to confirm and exit. Voice Prompt key for over 2s to enter general setting menu.
8 General Setting 2HOUR: Auto power off after 2h OFF: Disable Auto power off 444Press TX/DCS key to confirm and exit. Default:OFF DTMF Transmitting Time 111Press and hold 222Press FUNC key for over 2s to enter general setting. / key to choose No.21 menu, LCD displays "SPD--50". 333Turn selector knob to select the desired setting. 30/50/100/200/300/500, which indicates the time for sending each DTMF signal & the interval between each DTMF being sent.
General Setting 333Turn selector knob to select the desired LCD backlight brightness 1-32 total 32 level backlight brightness. 444Press TX/DCS key to confirm and exit. Default:25. This function uses to start repeater. It needs a certain intensity Pilot Frequency to start dormant repeater. As usual, no need to send pilot frequency again once repeater started. FUNC key for over 2s to enter general setting. 222Press CALL / SCAN key to choose No.25 menu, LCD displays "TB--1750".
8 General Setting Address list You store desired ID and corresponding ID name in address list. The LCD displays ID corresponding name if radio received ANI calling and find matching ID in address list. 111Press and hold FUNC key for over 2s to enter general setting menu. 222Press CALL / SCAN key to choose No.28 menu, LCD displays "BOOK". 333Press MHz to enter into ID setting, press / SCAN to select the desired group (00-127, total is 128 group ID).
Microphone Operation Channel Down Channel UP PTT or channel through the QHM-03 microphone (Note:In professional transceiver mode, other keys are invalid except PTT, [ / ], CALL and SCAN ). Keypad Lock Pull down the slide switch to lock position, the lamp is turned off and all of keypads is not work except PTT switch. Transmitting DTMF By Microphone KeyPAD Slide DTMF key to DTMF position, press and hold the [PTT] key, transmitting the desired DTMF signaling by the numeric key directly.
9 Microphone Operation When first bit of Exa byte in frequency displays "F", it indicates 5Tone function enable. This function can be temporarily used in channel mode. Once the radio is turned off or switched to another channel, the temporary setting will be erased and back to initial settings. Scan Skip In Channel mode, press FUNC then press MINI , decimal point displayed between frequency's ten digit and unit digit, it means current channel is scan skip.
Microphone Operation TOT (Time-out timer) Talk Around The time-out timer limits the amount of transmitting time. When you reach the time limit which has been programmed by your dealer, your transmission will be cut off. In order to transmit again, you must release PTT button to reset the timer. 111In standby, press FUNC , then press MINI LCD displays "TOT-X". / ] to select the desired value. 222Press [ 333Press number key to confirm and exit.
9 Microphone Operation LCD 3 Backlight 11 In standby status, press "LAMP-XX". 221Press [ FUNC , then press MINI LCD displays / ] to select desired backlight brightness(1-32 levels). 332Press number keys to confirm and exit.
Long-distance Anti-theft Alarm This function is mainly use for simple anti-theft alarm device in vehicles. When the transceiver be removed in an improper manner, the transceiver will emit and transmit alarming and background voice to system and other transceiver of the same frequency. DC power cable Alarm cable [QL-01(A)] 10 333When the alarm cable QL-01(A) or QL-01(B) is removed from the DATA jack or cut by improper sequence, the alarm function enable and will alarm as programmed.
11 Cable Clone This feature will copy the programmed data and parameters in the master unit to slave units. It copies the parameters and memory program settings. 111Use optional CP50 cloning cable, connect the cable between the data jacks on both master and slave. 222Press and hold key, then press FUNC CALL key to enter into cloning mode, LCD displays "CLONE". Master/Slave stereo plug,3.
Programming Software Installing and Starting (in windows XP system) 12 Double click "QPS598 setup.exe", then follow the installing instruction. Install USB Cable Driver Programme PWR - -L NN E VOL choose and click "USB To Com port" in QPS598 program, install "USB To Com port" driver by indication.
13 Maintenance Default Setting after Resetting(VHF) AT598 DCS encode and decode - 145.00MHz DCS code 023N Memory channel 0-199 - Output power HI Offset direction - Key-lock setting OFF Offset frequency 600KHz TOT OFF Channel step 12.5KHz APO OFF CTCSS encode and decode - Squelch Level 4 CTCSS frequency 88.5Hz VFO frequency 34 Trouble Shooting Problem Possible Causes and Potential Solutions (a) Power is on, nothing appears on Display.
Specifications General Frequency Range VHF: 136-174MHz Number of Channels 200 channels Channel Spacing 12.5K Receiver (ETSI EN 300 086 standard testing ) band Sensitivity (12dB Sinad) Adjacent Channel Selectivity Intermodulation Spurious Rejection , Phase-locked Step 5KHz 6.25KHz, 8.33KHz, 10KHz, 12.5KHz, Operating Voltage 13.8V DC ±15% Squelch Carrier/CTCSS/DCS/5Tone/2Tone/DTMF Frequency Stability ±2.
15 Attached Chart 50 groups CTCSS Tone Frequency(Hz) 67.0 79.7 94.8 110.9 131.8 156.7 171.3 186.2 203.5 229.1 69.3 82.5 97.4 114.8 136.5 159.8 173.8 189.9 206.5 233.6 71.9 85.4 100.0 118.8 141.3 162.2 177.3 192.8 210.7 241.8 74.4 88.5 103.5 123.0 146.2 165.5 179.9 196.6 218.1 250.3 77.0 91.5 107.2 127.3 151.4 167.9 183.5 199.5 225.7 254.1 36 1024 groups DCS Code.
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SAFETYTRAININGINFORMATION Your Qixiang Electron Science & Technology Co.,Ltd. radio generators RF electromagnetic energy during transmit mode.This radio is designed for and classified as“Occupational Use Only”,meaning it must be used only during the course of employment by individuals aware of the hazards,and the ways To Minimize Such hazards. This radio is NOT intended for use by the“General Population” in an uncontrolled environment.
