User Guide – HT446 Series v10/10 Professional submersible PMR446 handheld transceivers Common Information (all models) HT446E Entry HT446L LCD
Introduction Common This guide covers the ‘basics’ of your radio’s operation. To meet your exact requirements the radio may have been customised by your Entel authorised dealer. These features will be explained in a separate guide issued by the dealer.
Certification We Entel UK Limited of: 320 Centennial Avenue Centennial Park Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3TJ United Kingdom Declares under our sole responsibility that the product range: HT446 PMR446 UHF Handheld Radio Transceiver Conforms to the following standards or other nominative documents: • EN300 296-2 V1.2.1; EN301489-1 V1.8.1: 2008-04, EN3-1 489-5 V1.3.1: 2002-08; EN609501:2006 in accordance with Directive 1999/5/EC.
Radio care Common Warranty The HT446E/L comes with a 12 month warranty, for details see our full terms & conditions.
Battery care / information • • • Common Do not charge the battery near fires or under direct sunlight • Use only the specified charger and observe charging requirements • Do not pierce the battery with any object or strike it with an instrument • Do not use the battery pack if it is damaged in any way • Do not reverse-charge or reverse-connect the battery • Do not touch a ruptured or leaking battery If liquids from the battery get into your eyes, immediately: The warranty on all batteries is 12 months o
Packing List Common • HT446 Radio • CNB750E Rechargeable 1800mAh Li-Ion battery • CBH750 Spring loaded belt clip • CSAHT Intelligent rapid charger • User guide CD Optional Accessories Battery & Charger Options CNB750E CSAHT CSBHT CCAHT-230 CCAHT-110 CCAHT-12 CBE750 Spare 1800mAh Lithium-Ion battery pack with rear clip 1-way intelligent rapid charger, 110-230v 6-way intelligent, rapid charger, 110-230v 1-way trickle charger with 230V mains adapter 1-way trickle charger with 110V mains adapter 1-w
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Preparing Your Radio For Use cont... Common Attaching / Removing Audio Accessories 1 To attach, remove the accessory cover by unscrewing the locking screw anti-clockwise (leave cover attached or store in a safe place). Attach accessory plug by locating over the socket. Carefully tighten the locking screw clockwise until finger tight (do not tighten with a screwdriver etc). 2 To remove, unscrew the locking screw by hand in an anticlockwise direction (carefully use a coin or screwdriver if too tight).
Using Your Radio Making a Call Before transmitting on your radio, first ensure that the channel is not in use (yellow or green busy LED will be illuminated and audio may be heard from speaker). To transmit press and hold the PTT button on the side of the radio and speak clearly 25-50mm from the microphone. Release the button to receive. Transmit Time Out Timer (T.O.T) A transmit time out timer is enabled on your radio. This will prevent the radio from transmitting continuously.
Using Your Radio cont... Common Voice Scrambler (Option) With the optional voice scrambler you can prevent potential eavesdropping on your radios calls calls by others. This will make your voice transmission difficult to understand by anyone monitoring the same channel as you are using. If your dealer has made this a selectable feature, follow the instructions provided by the dealer.
HT446E Standard Features: Up to 16 programmable channel positions • Transmit power output 0.5 Watts • CTCSS & DCS (Analogue & Digital squelch) with squelch tail elimination (removes the ‘shh’ noise) • Exceptionally loud and clear audio • Robust design, exceeds MIL-STD-810C/D/E/F • Environmentally protected to IP68 i.e.
Controls & Indicators 7 Dealer programmable button 3 Antenna 3 Channel change control 5 Dealer programmable button 1 8 LED indicator HT446E 4 Push To Talk (PTT) button 2 Volume control 6 Dealer programmable button 2 Speaker 1 On / Off Microphone 1 On / Off button. Press to turn radio on, press and hold to turn off. 2 Press up / down buttons to increase / reduce volume. 3 Channel change control. Rotate to select the desired channel. 4 Push To Talk (PTT) button.
Programming your HT446E radio The radio’s frequency and tone configuration can be changed in user programming mode. This will allow you to put any of the standard frequencies or tones in to any channel position. When a radio has been configured this information can be quickly and easily cloned into other units using an optional cloning cable. The programming process is confirmed using a series of audible beep tone patterns.
Check / Modify CTCSS/DCS Tone this action). Checking the current configuration • To check the entered setting, press the bottom side function button. A momentary press of the bottom side function button will cause the radio to beep the CTCSS/DCS tone programmed into the channel (see CTCSS/DCS beep codes below). If no tone is programmed in HT446E to a channel position a tone will sound.
User Programmable Key Lock The user programmable Key Lock function allows the Key Lock to be assigned to the lower side button and enabled \ disabled via the radio’s controls without the use of a computer. Checking The Status Of The Key Lock To check whether the key lock is currently enabled or disabled: • Put the radio into User Programming Mode (UPM) by pressing and holding the top side button and the PTT button when you turn the radio on.
Radio Cloning HT446E Radio cloning allows you to copy the programmed channel and button setup information from a ‘master’ radio into other unprogrammed radios without the use of a PC. Cloning is performed by connecting two radios together using a HTCL cloning lead. How to clone a radio HT644E Connect the HTCL lead to the accessory socket on both radios. Ensure the master radio is powered up before the slave radio. 1.
Frequency Table Frequency 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 446.00625 MHz 446.01875 MHz 446.03125 MHz 446.04375 MHz 446.05625 MHz 446.06875 MHz 446.08125 MHz 446.09375 MHz Beeps • •• ••• •••• ••••• •••••• ••••••• •••••••• HT644E No CTCSS (PL) Tone Table Ref CTCSS (Hz) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 0 62.5 67 69.3 71.9 74.4 77 79.7 82.5 85.4 88.5 91.5 94.8 97.4 100 103.5 107.2 110.9 114.8 118.8 123 127.3 131.8 136.5 141.3 146.
DCS (DPL) Tone Table HT644E Ref DCS 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 023 025 026 031 032 043 047 051 054 065 071 072 073 074 114 115 116 125 131 132 134 143 152 155 156 162 165 172 174 205 223 226 243 244 245 Beeps ▬ ● 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ref DCS 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110
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HT446L All the features of the HT446E (see page 10) plus the following: Standard Features: • LCD Display • Up to 255 programmable channel positions (8 RF channels) • Low battery indication on LCD dispaly • Battery count is displayed at switch on • Multiple channel scan groups HT644L 19
Controls & Indicators 7 Dealer programmable button 3 Antenna 5 Dealer programmable button 1 3 Volume control 8 LED indicator 4 Push To Talk (PTT) button Speaker 1 On / Off Microphone 1 On / Off button. Press to turn radio on, press and hold to turn off. 2 Press up / down buttons to change (This can be dealer configured to be volume control). 3 Rotate to select the desired volume. (This can be dealer configured to be channel/scan control). 4 Push To Talk (PTT) button.
LCD Indicators HT446L • Key Bleeps Off • Keypad Locked • Bluetooth device connected • Accessory Connected • VOX Enabled • Scramble Enabled • Battery State • Receive strength RX 21
Programming your HT446L radio The radio’s frequency and tone configuration can be changed in user programming mode.This will allow you to put any of the standard frequencies or tones in to any channel position.When a radio has been configured this information can be quickly and easily cloned into other units using an optional cloning cable. To put radio in to user programming mode • Press and hold the top side function button and PTT button and turn the radio on.
User Programmable Key Lock The user programmable Key Lock function allows the Key Lock to be assigned to the lower side button and enabled \ disabled via the radio’s controls without the use of a computer. Checking The Status Of The Key Lock To check whether the key lock is currently enabled or disabled: • Put the radio into User Programming Mode (UPM) by pressing and holding the top side function button and the PTT button when you turn the radio on.
Radio Cloning HT446L Radio cloning allows you to copy the programmed channel and button setup information from a ‘master’ radio into other unprogrammed radios without the use of a PC. Cloning is performed by connecting two radios together using a HTCL cloning lead. How to clone a radio Connect the HTCL lead to the accessory socket on both radios. Ensure the master radio is powered up before the slave radio.
Default Channel Configuration The HT446 hand portable radio has been factory programmed with the default frequencies in the table below. This configuration may offer compatibility with other brands of PMR446 radio but can be altered by your dealer to match any existing PMR446 equipment. Ch. 1 446.006250 Ch. 2 446.018750 Ch. 3 446.031250 Ch. 4 446.043750 Ch. 5 446.056250 Ch. 6 446.068750 Ch. 7 446.081250 Ch. 8 446.093750 Ch 9 446.006250 Ch10 446.018750 Ch11 446.031250 Ch12 446.043750 Ch13 446.
Troubleshooting Guide PROBLEM PROBABLE CAUSE SOLUTION Radio will not power on Battery needs charging Battery is exhausted Recharge battery pack Replace the battery pack Radio will not talk with others Radios may be on different channel or tone code Check that all radios in same group are using the same channel and tone Hearing others’ conversations Using same channel and tone as other users Select a different channel and tone Control buttons not functioning Button lock activated Turn button lo
Notes Notes Use this page to record important information, such as the serial number of your radio and any private channels programmed by your dealer etc.
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