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DPH Owner’s Manual 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Features..................................................................... Inside Front Cover

Introduction ............................................................................................ 4

FCC Requirements ................................................................................ 4

Safety Precautions................................................................................. 4

RF Energy Exposure Awareness And Control Information ................... 5

Radio Controls ....................................................................................... 8

Basic Operation ..................................................................................... 9

Channel Guard Operation.................................................................... 10

Mixed Mode Operation......................................................................... 12

Channel Groups................................................................................... 13

Programmable Top Switches/ Function Menu..................................... 15

Scan Operation .................................................................................... 16

Priority Scan......................................................................................... 19

Unit-To-Unit Call .................................................................................. 25

Emergency Call.................................................................................... 30

User Selected Channel Guard............................................................. 30

Other Operational Features ................................................................. 31

Alphanumeric Display .......................................................................... 35

Cloning Procedure ............................................................................... 37

Battery Installation And Removal......................................................... 40

Definitions And Acronyms.................................................................... 41

Service ....................................................................... Inside Back Cover

Summary of content (20 pages)

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NOTES: TABLE OF CONTENTS Features ..................................................................... Inside Front Cover Introduction ............................................................................................ 4 FCC Requirements ................................................................................ 4 Safety Precautions................................................................................. 4 RF Energy Exposure Awareness And Control Information ...................
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INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS CONGRATULATIONS, you now own a BK Radio DPH APCO Project 25 digital radio. To meet backwards compatibility as defined by the APCO Project 25 standard, the DPH digital portable radio provides users the ability to interoperate with narrow or wide band analog channels as well as digital systems. Please take a moment to read the information in this manual so you can get optimum performance from your new radio.
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SCAN LIST CLONING When a master radio downloads to a clone, the Scan List is also transferred. See page 18 in this manual for selecting the Scan List. BATTERY INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL BK Radio battery packs are available in a variety of sizes and types for special applications. Rechargeable battery packs can be charged separately or while attached to a radio. INSTALLING THE BATTERY 1. Locate the center hub on the radio base and place it in the recess of the battery pack. 2.
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SPECIAL CLONING INSTRUCTIONS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REGULATIONS The FCC rules require manufacturers to comply with the FCC RF energy exposure limits for portable 2-way radios before they can be marketed in the U.S. When 2-way radios are used as a consequence of employment, the FCC requires users to be fully aware of and able to control their exposure to meet occupational requirements.
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8. Turn on the clone and set it to the desired channel group. PRG PROG 1 2 3 FCN 4 5 6 PRI 7 8 9 ENT * 0 # CLR 10. Press the [FCN] key on the master radio keypad. The program in the master will then be downloaded to the clone. 11. If the download was successful, the display on the master will resume flashing PROG. • To clone another channel group, turn off both radios and go back to Step 3 on the previous page, changing the channel group as required.
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RADIO CONTROLS CLONING PROCEDURE TRANSMIT INDICATOR BK RADIO SQUELCH SQUELCH CHANNEL GUARD CODE GUARD ANTENNA ON/OFF VOLUME CG- SQ TX HI/LO DIGITAL TRANSMIT POWER DPHRADIO RADIOWITH WITH DPH KEYPAD/DISPLAY KEYBOARD/DISPLAY COVERED COVERED OR (REDUCED VIEW) NOT INSTALLED (REDUCED VIEW) A B 6 5 4 3 C SCAN OFF-VOL 9 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 2 1 16 15 CHANNEL SELECT PRIORITY INDICATOR BUSY CHANNEL LOW BATTERY PRIORITY Any “master” radio (a DPH with the desired radio frequencies and settings) is capab
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CHANNEL LABELS 1 2 3 FCN 4 5 6 PRI 7 8 9 ENT * 0 # CLR BASIC OPERATION You can program the radio with a label for each of the 25 channel groups and a label for each of the 16 channels within each group. RECEIVE To display the channel number associated with a channel label: 3. Adjust squelch and volume by turning the Squelch knob clockwise until you hear noise. Set the volume to a comfortable level. Then turn the Squelch knob counterclockwise until the noise stops.
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CHANNEL GUARD OPERATION ALPHANUMERIC DISPLAY DPH radios have a slide-out keypad/display cover. To remove or install the cover, turn off the radio and remove the battery (see Battery Installation and Removal, page 40). ANALOG SQUELCH CONTROL Sub-audible signaling (CTCSS/CDCSS) is used to allow a group of radios to be selectively called in a system. Programming the receive guard equal to zero allows for Carrier Squelch operation, where the radio will unmute whenever a carrier is detected.
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BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT 2. Selective squelch is used for processing ‘Group Calls’ and ‘Unit-to-Unit Calls’. TGIDs are assigned on a per-channel basis. Users can be separated into Talk Groups with each group having its own TGID. Then, on channels programmed for Selective squelch, the incoming signal’s NAC and TGID must match the channels programmed receive NAC and TGID for the radio to unmute. The default TGID is 1. The TGID value 65535 ($FFFF hex) is used to effect an “All Call”.
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CHANNEL GUARD TRANSMIT TIME-OUT-TIMER 1. Turn the Squelch knob on (clockwise) and monitor the Channel Guard channel before transmitting, or, if Busy Channel operation is enabled, check the yellow LED. NOTE: Busy Channel Indicator The transmit Time-Out-Timer limits the duration of calls and guards against accidentally locking on the transmitter and tying up the radio system. Your dealer can program the duration of the Time-Out-Timer (15–225 seconds, or disabled). Do not transmit if the channel is busy.
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are received, you can ask your dealer to increase the scan delay time (0–7.5 seconds). MIXED MODE TALKBACK If Mixed Mode Talkback is enabled, transmissions initiated while hold time remains will be in the same mode as the received signal, if the signal was received on the Ready to Transmit (RTX) channel. Depending on programming, the RTX channel can be the main channel, a held scan or priority channel if Talkback Scan is enabled, or the Priority 1 channel if TX on PR1 is enabled.
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2. Press a number key for the new group number. Only valid group entries will be accepted. For example, to use the Channel Guard values of Channel 9 with the frequencies of Channel 5: When changing groups, invalid entries will not be accepted, and the radio remains in the previously selected group. 3. Press the [ENT] key or wait 5 seconds. The radio returns to normal operation for the new group, and the selected channel is displayed.
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If the group or channel is locked to a switch position, pressing [#] will only display the preprogrammed value. New entries will not be accepted. EMERGENCY CALL Note: Emergency operation only applies to channels programmed for Digital or Mixed Mode transmissions. If the channel is programmed for Mixed Mode transmissions, the ‘TX Digital’ switch must be ON.
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3. Press [PRI] to toggle the function on/off when the desired menu item is displayed. 1. Press the [#] key to toggle a decimal on or off to the right of the character in position 7. The decimal moves left with the number in position 7 as new numbers are entered. When the display flashes, the function is enabled. KEYPAD LOCK 2. Use the following steps to enter a number in position 8 or characters in positions 1-8: To lock/unlock the keypad, press and hold the [FCN] key. a.
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UNIT-TO-UNIT CALLBACK 1 2 3 FCN 4 5 6 PRI 7 8 9 ENT * 0 # CLR RX SCN If Unit-To-Unit callback is enabled, and a UnitTo-Unit call is received on the Ready-toTransmit (RTX) channel, the user may press PTT before the hold time expires, causing the radio to enter Unit-To-Unit Mode and transmit using the received ID as the destination ID.
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TALKBACK SCAN INITIATING A UNIT-TO-UNIT CALL If your radio is programmed for Talkback Scan, press PTT while a channel is active or while scan delay time remains. You will be responding on the transmit frequency of the received channel. Talkback Scan will not work if Priority Scan is also on and your radio is programmed to always transmit on the Priority 1 channel.
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RX CH 5 If the calling unit is not the same unit displayed before the call was received, the calling unit’s ID will be displayed for the duration of the reception. The previously displayed ID will remain the default transmit ID, but the interrupting ID will be captured as ‘last active’. 5 To speak to the interrupting caller, press [*] to make the last active ID the new default transmit ID.
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priority channels. Receptions on PR1 have priority over any other channel in the group, including PR2. Either priority channel can be programmed as a fixed channel, tied to the Channel Selector knob, or programmed OFF. If the radio is programmed to transmit on the first priority channel, transmissions will occur on PR1 when operating in Dual Priority Scan Mode.
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To reply to a message on the priority channel, press the PTT switch. The radio transmits only on the priority channel when Switch C (priority) is up. Once activity has ceased on the priority channel, the radio returns to scan operation. WHICH MODE IS INSTALLED? If the radio has a display and keypad, follow these steps to determine which Priority Mode is programmed: 1. Slide Switches B (scan) and C (priority) down. CHANGE THE PRIORITY 1 CHANNEL 2.
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Priority Mode A With Scan Priority Mode B with Scan In Priority Mode A, the priority channel is set by the Channel Selector knob. Priority Mode A is seldom used by itself because the radio receives and transmits only on the knobselected channel. PR PR 12 RX SCN LABEL If activity occurs on the priority channel, the radio overrides the active scan channel, changes to the priority channel, and holds for the duration of the transmission.