Ericsson KPC-300 User manual

Portable Radio Unit
KPC-300/400
E
Operator’s Manual

This manual is published by Ericsson Inc., without any warranty. Improve-
ments and changes to this manual necessitated by typographical errors,
inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or
equipment, may be made by Ericsson Inc., at any time and without notice.
Such changes will be incorporated into new editions of this manual. No part
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NOTICE!
The software contained in this device is copyrighted. Unpublished rights
are reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.
NOTICE!
Repairs to this equipment should be made only by an author-
ized service technician or facility designated by the supplier.
Any repairs, alterations or substitution of recommended parts
made by the user to this equipment not approved by the
manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment in addition to the manufacturer’s warranty.
NOTICE!
This manual covers Ericsson and General Electric products
manufactured for and sold by Ericsson Inc.
Copyright © May 1996, Ericsson Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
STATUS INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ALERT TONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power-up Self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Carrier Control Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Channel Busy Lock-out . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Type 99 Alert Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ANI Alert Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Scan Alert Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Priority-One (P1) Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Radio/Channel Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
RECEIVING A MESSAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SENDING A MESSAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SQUELCH ADJUST (FRONT PANEL) . . . . . . 20
TYPE 99 OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Type 99 Selective Call Receiving
and Sending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SCAN OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Starting Or Stopping Scan . . . . . . . . . . 23
Receiver Scan Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adding Channels To Scan List . . . . . . . . 26
Deleting Channels From Scan List . . . . . . 26
Using The Radio With Scan . . . . . . . . . 27
The Selected Channel . . . . . . . . . 27
Scanning With Channel Guard . . . . . 28
TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT CALLS
(KPC-400 ONLY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Pre-programmed Number . . . . . . . . . . 29
Placing A Manually Dialed Call . . . . . . . 30
EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . 30
BATTERY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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CHARGE BEFORE USING . . . . . . . . . . . 31
RECHARGING THE BATTERY . . . . . . . . . 31
CONDITIONING THE BATTERY . . . . . . . . . 32
INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . 32
REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK . . . . . . . . 33
BATTERY CARE & MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . 33
BATTERY RECYCLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
OPERATING TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
EFFICIENT RADIO OPERATION . . . . . . . . 35
ANTENNA CARE AND REPLACEMENT . . . . 35
ELECTRONIC DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
AIRCRAFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
BLASTING AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE
ATMOSPHERES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
INTRINSICALLY SAFE USAGE . . . . . . . . . . 39
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SWIVEL MOUNT REMOVAL AND
REPLACEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY WARRANTY . . . 43
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INTRODUCTION
The KPC-300 (Scan) and KPC-400 (DTMF) portable
radios are lightweight, full-featured radios that provide
reliable two-way communications on 1 to 16 channels.
The KPC-300 radio contains three (3) buttons on the
front panel. The KPC-400 contains three (3) buttons
along with a twelve (12) button DTMF pad on the front
panel. The scan function allows monitoring of any or all
channels. Any channel may be scanned with or without
a priority level. One channel can be programmed for
Priority 1 (P1) and another for Priority 2 (P2), with any or
all remaining channels programmed as non-priority
channels (S). There is also Emergency mode transmis-
sion capability. A LCD display provides status display of
the radio functions along with the display of the selected
channel number.
The Universal Device Connector (UDC), located on
the side of the radio, provides connections for external
audio accessories. This connector also allows the radio
system personnel to connect programming equipment
and program the per-channel and overall radio features.
Consult the radio dealer to determine the programmed
features of your radio. Features that are programmable
on a per-channel basis include:
•Receive Frequency
•Transmit Frequency
•Channel Busy Lock-Out
•Squelch Tail Elimination (STE)
•Channel Guard Encode/Decode (Tone or Digital)
•Type 99 Tone Decode
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Figure 1 - System Radio
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Figure 2 - Scan Radio
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•Automatic Number Identification (ANI)
•RF Power (High or Low)
•Receive Frequency Microprocessor Oscillator Shift
•Transmit Frequency Microprocessor Oscillator Shift
•Channel Spacing (12.5 kHz or 25/30 kHz)
•Telephone Interconnect DTMF Keypad enable
(KPC-400)
Features that are programmable on an overall radio
basis include:
•Display Backlighting
•Alert Tones
•Emergency HOME Channel
•Three (3) Auto-Dial Telephone Numbers
(KPC-400 only)
•Carrier Control Timer (CCT)
•Hi/Low RF Power Button Enable/Disable
•Scan Options
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Figure 3 - Top, Back And Left Panel Views
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CONTROLS
ON/OFF/
VOLUME
- Turns radio on and off and adjusts
audio listening level.
When the radio is turned on, it will
resume operation at the last operat-
ing state (channel, etc.) and the
power-up alert tones will be
sounded. Three (3) beeps indicate
the radio is in the normal (receive
mode); four (4) beeps indicates the
radio is scanning. The operating
status of the radio will be displayed
in the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
window.
PTT BUTTON
- Pressing the PTT button on the side
of the radio will key the radio trans-
mitter.
If the radio is not scanning, it will
transmit on the selected (displayed)
channel. If the radio is scanning
whenthe PTT button is pressed, the
radio may be programmed to trans-
mit on the selected channel or on
the current receive scan channel if
the PTT is pressed during the scan
hang time.
If the selected channel is pro-
grammedwithType99ToneDecode
enabled, pressing the PTT button
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