User Manual

4 BK Radio
INTRODUCTION
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.
FCC REQUIREMENTS
Your radio must be properly licensed by the Federal Communications
Commission prior to use. Your BK Radio dealer can assist you in
meeting these requirements. Your dealer will program each radio with
your authorized frequencies, signaling codes, etc., and will be there to
meet your communications needs as your system expands.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
• Do not operate the transmitter in close proximity
to blasting caps.
• Do not operate the radio in an explosive
atmosphere (petroleum fuels, solvents, dust,
etc.) unless your radio is an intrinsically safe
model designed for such use.
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DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS
ANI Automatic Numeric Identification
CG Channel Guard
CLR Clear
Cloning The process of copying data from one radio, called
“master,” to other radios, called “slaves” or “clones.”
Channel
Guard
A sub-audible tone, a code (analog) or a Network
Access Code (digital) for selective listening and
receiving.
Detent The click/hesitation you feel as you turn a knob from
one position to another.
DTMF Dual Tone Multiple Frequency
DTMF Tones Tones that sound like those used by a standard
push-button telephone.
ENT Enter
FCN Function
GRP Group Label
ID Digital reception/transmission – ‘It’s Digital.”
Individual
Personality
The information programmed with a PC both a
global and by-channel basis that tells the radio
exactly how to operate.
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
Mixed Mode Allows Analog and Digital operation on the same
channel.
NAC Network Access Code for digital channel.
PR Priority Channel
PRG Program
PRI Priority
PTT Push To Talk
RTA Repeater Talk Around
RTX Channel Ready to Transmit Channel
RX Receive
SCN Scan
SQ Squelch
Squelch A control that eliminates background noise.
Talkback Scan When scanning, if a signal is present, the scan will
stop and you will hear the signal. If you then push
the PTT switch to talk back to the person, you are in
Talkback Scan Mode.
TGID Talk Group ID
Time-Out-Timer A feature that limits the duration of calls.
TX Transmit