PT6500 User’s Manual PT6500 User’s Manual CONTENTS ■ Unpacking and checking ◆ Supplied accessories ■ Preparation ◆ Charging the battery ◆ Installing/Removing the battery pack ◆ Installing the antenna ■ Getting acquainted ■ Basic Operation ■ Programmable Button functions ■ VOX ■ Copy mode ■ Whole setting ◆ Time-out Timer（TOT） ◆ Battery Saving ◆ Low battery warning ◆ Voice Annunciation of Channel Number ◆ CTCSS/ DCS ■ User’s resolution ◆ Busy Channel Lockout（BCL） ◆ Receiving squelch mode ◆ DTMF signaling ◆
PT6500 User’s Manual FCC Warning: PT6500-02 is a a occupational equipment. And it operate with a duty factor not exceeding 50%. The EUT cannot worn on the body. The us version of this transmitter operates solely on us frequencies. The user is not able to select on non-us frequencies.
PT6500 User’s Manual █ Unpacking and checking Unpack the transceiver carefully. We recommend that you identify the items listed in the following table before discarding the packing material. If any items are missing or have been damaged during shipment, please contact the dealer immediately.
PT6500 User’s Manual Place the battery or transceiver into the charger slot, and make sure the transceiver has been turned off. Make sure the battery is well connected with charger, then the indicator turns red or flashes, then the charger gets in the state of charging automatically. When battery is fully charged the indicator turns green. The performance will be at the best condition if you remove the battery when the green indicator is on. Then remove the power adaptor from the wall outlet.
PT6500 User’s Manual mode, recharge the battery before use. Do not power on by force, otherwise, its life will be shortened or it will be damaged. * There is a protection circuit in KB-36C battery, so the power will be cut off at too low battery. ◆Installing/Removing the battery pack To install the battery pack: Match the 3 bulges of the battery pack with the corresponding holes at the rear Button of the transceiver.
PT6500 User’s Manual Notes: * Do not cause short-circuit or throw the battery to the fire. * Do not disassemble the battery by your self. ◆Installing the antenna Screw the antenna into the connector at the top of the transceiver by holding the Button of the antenna and turn it clockwise until secure.
PT6500 User’s Manual The functions of the components are as follows: A. LED Indicator Lights red while transmitting; Lights green while receiving a signal. B. Power/Volume Switch Turn clockwise till a click is heard to switch on the radio. Turn counterclockwise till a click is heard to switch off the radio. Rotate to adjust the volume after turning on the radio. C. Channel Selector Rotate to select the channel 1-128. D. Antenna E.
PT6500 User’s Manual Icon Description Signal intensity SVC Compandor Disturbance Frequency Busy channel lockout Scanning Key lockout Signal reminder is programmed Battery volume, flashes when the battery power goes too low 5 Basic Operation 1. Switch On Switch on the radio by turning the Power/Volume switch clockwise till a click is heard, then the radio will be in the state of stand by and you will hear a beep if the dealer has set it. 2.
PT6500 User’s Manual 3. Select a Channel Rotate the channel selector to select channels. You will hear voice from the speaker while receiving proper signals. As shown in the above right figure: Zone 1 is the zone of current channel (8 zones from 0 to 7). H is the transmit power of the channel, H stands for high power, M for middle power while L for low power. CHANNEL 1 is the current channel (128 zones from 1 to 128). 4.
PT6500 User’s Manual M e n u 5. Receive a Call Release the PTT button to receive a call. Your dealer can set CTCSS, DCS, 2 Tone signaling on you radio channels by PC software. If you select a channel that has been preset with the tone signaling, you will not hear any other calls except those from your own system. 6. Operation on menu: press “ press “ ”button to enter the menu or confirm any contents; ” button to return to the previous menu or cancel the set.
PT6500 User’s Manual The operations are as follows: Set scanning: 1. As shown: in CH 1 , press , then utilities is shown; 2. Press , then scan is shown; 3. Press , then enter selecting scan; 4. Select Scan On or Scan Off with / , then press to confirm it. If can not enter that way, you have to set in PC communications; Set back light: 1. As shown: in CH 1 , press , utilities is shown. 2. Press to enter select mode, 3. Press / 4. Press to select On or Off, , and Back Light is shown, 5.
PT6500 User’s Manual Set power level (high/middle/low): 1. As shown: in CH 1 , press , utilities is shown. 2. Press to enter select mode, 3. Press / 4. Press to select, e.g., Power Low, , then Power Level is shown, 5. Change the power level with / , then press to confirm. Set Companding： 1．As shown: in CH , utilities is shown. 1 , press 2. Press to enter select mode, 3. Press / 4. Press to select Companding, , and Companding is shown, 5. Select On or Off by / , press to confirm.
PT6500 User’s Manual 2. Press to enter select mode, 3. Press / 4. Press to select, e.g., Scrambler Off, , and Scrambler is shown, 5. Select On or Off by / , press to confirm. Set key tone： 1．As shown: in CH , utilities is shown. 1 , press 2. Press to enter select mode, 3. Press / 4. Press to select Off or On, , and Key Tone is shown, 5. Select On or Off with / , press to confirm. Set Rptr/Talkarnd： 1．As shown: in CH 1 , press 2. Press / 3.
PT6500 User’s Manual 1．As shown: in CH 1 , press to enter select mode, 2. Press / , and Zone Edit is shown, 3. Press to select the zone mode, 4. Select Zone No with / , press to confirm. Set call list： 1．As shown: in CH to enter select mode, 1 , press 2. Press / , and Call 3. Press to select the call list, 4. Select with / is shown, , press PTT to transmit. Set Rx FRQ： 1．As shown: in CH 1 , press 2. Press / 3. Press to select 4. Press , and Ch Rx FRQ 401.
PT6500 User’s Manual 4. Press Tx FRQ , is shown, enter the set of Tx FRQ, 401 660000 5．Set the Tx FRQ value with the keypad, 6. Press to delete, and press to confirm. Set Rx CTCSS/DCS： 1．As shown: in CH 1 , press 2. Press / , and Ch 3. Press to select to enter select mode, Edit is shown, Ch alias CHANNEL 1 Rx CTCSS 4. Press , is 401.660000 shown, enter the set of Rx CTCSS/DCS FRQ, 5．Set the Rx FRQ value with the keypad, 6. Press 7. * to delete, and press to confirm.
PT6500 User’s Manual 7. * stands for the radix point, press ＃ to convert among CTCSS、DCS and reverse DCS. Set contact list： 1．As shown: in CH to enter select mode, 1 , press 2. Press / , and contact list is shown, 3. Press to select, 4. Select the address cable of the call to be made with / , 5．Check the alias or address code by turning the knob, 6. Key in the address code of the person you are calling, 7. Press to transmit the current contact list.
PT6500 User’s Manual Contact list Power selector Show or hide the channel alias Busy Channel Lockout (BCL) Key lock Squelch level selector Companding Scrambler Battery power Zone Monitoring Cancel Squelch Emergency Alert Back light Rptr/Talkarnd Express select channel 1 Express select channel 2 Call 1, 2, 3 or 4 Channel lock Adjust display contrast Notes: programmable key can be set as short key or long key.
PT6500 User’s Manual 2. Press once to quit. Notes: there are 8 zones from 0 (default zone) to 7; and there can be 128 channels to the most in each zone. There are totally 16 scan lists; you can select any scan list. Every scan list can scan any channels in different channels (16 channels to the most). ● Separate working Press the button set as Separate Working to start separate working. This mode is to ensure the safety of the user while using the transceiver separately.
PT6500 User’s Manual Zone 0 M CHANNEL 1 will be shown, Zone 0 3. Press it a third time， H CHANNEL 1 will be shown. ●Busy Channel Lockout (BCL) Busy Channel Lockout can prevent you from interfering other radios that using the same channel. Press the PTT button when the channel is busy, the radio with BCL function active will make warning sound and prohibit transmitting. To stop the warning sound, please release the PTT button and the radio returns to receiving mode.
PT6500 User’s Manual 2. Select squelch level with 3. Press / , e.g.: Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 to confirm. ●Companding Enter the Companding mode when press the key programmed as “Companding”, ▲ It can be set as: short key: Companding, long key：off. 1. Press the programmable key once to open the Companding mode, will be shown, Zone CHANNEL 1 2. Cancel the mode by pressing it again, will be Zone CHANNEL 1 shown.
PT6500 User’s Manual 1. Press the programmable key once: the battery power will be shown, 2. Press again: close the display. ● Monitoring Press the programmed as “monitor trigger” to shut up the CTCSS、DCS、2Tone and DTMF signal, and you can listen to the signals can not be heard in normal operation, press the key again to return to normal operation. ▲It can be set as: short key: monitor, long key：off. 1. Press the programmable key once to start monitoring, Moni Moment ON will be shown, 2.
PT6500 User’s Manual ●Rptr/Talkarnd When press the key programmed as “Rptr/Talkarnd”, the next transmission will be at the same frequency as at which it is received. ▲It can be set as: short key: Rptr/Talkarnd, long key：off. 1. Press the key once, Rptr/Talkarnd will be shown, 2. Press to enter, 3. Press / 4. Press to select the character you need: e.g.: Repeater Mode or Talkarnd mode, to confirm.
PT6500 User’s Manual 3. Press to confirm. ●Manual programming The dealer can open the manual programming rights of: Channel frequency set, CTCSS，DCS. Basic operations of programmable keys: You can set the programmable keys with the “key set” in PC software, as follows: ▲It can be set as: short key: display channel frequency, channel alias and channel No., long key：off. 1. Press the key once, display the channel alias, e.g.: CHANNEL 1 , 2. Press it again, the channel frequency will be shown, e.g.: 401.
PT6500 User’s Manual VOX gain level to proper sensitivity. ■ Auxiliary Functions) ◆ Time-out Timer (TOT) TOT timer: Time-out timer can prevent any caller from occupying one certain channel for an extended period of the time. The radio is set with a continuously transmitting limit.
PT6500 User’s Manual from other irrelevant parties who are using the same channel. When you receive a signal that has a tone different from the one set on your radio, you will not hear the signal. Likewise, signals that you transmit will only be received by parties whose CTCSS/DCS tones are the same as yours. Note: Using a CTCSS/DCS channel doesn't mean your calls are private. If other parties' CTCSS/DCS tones are identical with yours, they can hear your calls.
PT6500 User’s Manual ◆2TONE signaling The dealer can set this function by programming. There are 4 systems of which the parameters can be set, e.g.: the duration of the first and the second tone, the duration of the long tone and audio spacing, etc. Select the audio frequency（3106.0～ 288.0hz step size 0.
PT6500 User’s Manual B．The CTCSS/DCS signaling of both users are not the same, set it with PC. C．Beyond the efficient communication range. 4 No signal A．Make sure the antenna is well connected. B．Low sensibility, trimming “computer test mode”。 C．HF amplifier may be broken, replace it. D．The squelch level is too high, which makes the squelch unable to switch on, reset it by PC. E．Mixer tube Q19 may be broken, replace the tube. F．Frequency Modulation IC4 may be broken, replace the IC.
PT6500 User’s Manual MF Working Voltage Working Temperature Antenna Battery (Standard) Model 1st MF：51.65MHz Dimensions 56X120X35mm Weight 413（with battery and antenna） 2nd MF：450kHz 7.5V cathode Grounding -25℃~ +55℃ 50Ω Model：KB-36C，li-ion battery DC 7.4V , 1750mAh time of use：8 hours （5：5：90 period） ■ Status setting (by the dealer) Model：___________ a) Serial No.： _____________ Channel setting： Channel Receiving Transmitting CTCSS/DCS No.
PT6500 User’s Manual c) On □ Off □ Off □ 2．4 1：1 □ Battery saving： 1：2 □ 1：4 □ Auxiliary functions button setting: Side button1 Top button None □ □ None □ □ Voice reporting selector □ □ Voice reporting selector □ □ Rptr/Talkarnd □ Rptr/Talkarnd □ Call1/2/3/4 □ Call1/2/3/4 □ Separate working □ Separate working □ Emergency alert □ Cancel emergency alert □ Rewind □ Rewind □ Scanning □ Scanning □ High/low power shift □ High/low power shift □ Squelch level adju
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