GME TX4600 User manual
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
COMPACT & WATERPROOF
UHF CB RADIO
TX4600
PAGE 2 INSTRUCTION MANUAL TX4600
The TX4600 is a radio transmitting device.
Note:
WARNING: SAFETY INFORMATION
SAfETy INfORMATION2
fEATURES2
CONTROLS3
GENERAL OPERATION4
CTCSS
SCANNING6
7
7
SELECTIvE CALLING8
USING SELCALL 9
GROUP CALLING12
LISTENING ChANNELS 13
14
MENU SETTINGS16
INSTALLATION 19
Uhf CB OPERATING fREqUENCIES21
CTCSS TABLE22
SPECIfICATIONS23
24
CONTENTS
FEATURES
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CONTROLS
PPT
MICROPHONE
TX4600
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31,
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OFF .
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qUIET
ALPhA
FRONT PANEL
LCD DISPLAY
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GENERAL OPERATION
FUNCTION KEY
To access the primary functions
SQL
To access the secondary functions
F
F
DIM
Note:
F
VOLUME ON/OFF
Note:
SELECTING CHANNELS
TRANSMITTING
PTT
PTT
SQUELCH CONTROL.
SQL
To open the squelch
SQL
To close the Squelch,
SQL
Note:
SQUELCH SENSITIVITY
MENU
To adjust the pre-set Squelch sensitivity
MENU
PRIORITY CHANNEL
To store a Priority Channel:
PRI
To Recall a Priority Channel:
PRI
DUPLEX OPERATION
CTCSS
OVERVIEW
MONITORING THE CHANNEL
SQL
To monitor the channel
SQL
SQL
SELECTING THE TONE SET
SELECTING THE REQUIRED CTCSS TONE
ENABLING CTCSS ON A CHANNEL
SQL
DISABLING CTCSS ON A CHANNEL
Note:
Channel Selected 1234 678
Receive Channel 1234 678
Transmit Channel 31 32 33 34 36 37 38
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SCANNING
OVERVIEW
SCAN GROUPS
Open Scan
Group Scan
SELECTING A SCAN GROUP
To pre-select a scan group
MENU
PROGRAMMING SCAN CHANNELS
To add or remove channels from either
scan memory:
SCAN
MENU
SCAN
SCAN
TO START SCANNING
SCAN
Note:
SCAN
TO STOP SCANNING
SCAN
21 345678
21 3 4 20 5 6 7 8 20
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OPEN SCAN MODE
USING SCAN IN THE OPEN SCAN MODE
SKIP
SCAN
PTT
SCAN
PRI
Note:
PTT
GROUP SCAN MODE
ONLY WHILE THERE ARE NO SIGNALS ON
THE PRIORITY CHANNEL
PTT
SETTING UP THE GROUP SCAN
MENU
SCANNING IN THE GROUP SCAN MODE
SCAN
Note:
SCAN
SKIP
SCAN
SCAN
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PTT
PTT
PRI
USING TWO GROUP SCAN OR TWO OPEN
SCAN MODES
MENU
Note:
SELECTIVE CALLING
OVERVIEW
SELCALL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
Note:
SELCALL IDENT NAMES
To add or display names
FALPHA
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THE QUIET MODE (Q)
Note:
QUIET
TIP:
SELCALL MEMORIES
CALL
USING SELCALL
ENTERING A SELCALL IDENT
CALL
Note: ALPHA
F
ALPHA
F
F
SENDING A SELCALL
CALL
Note:
CALL
CALL ACKNOWLEDGE
STORING SELCALL IDENTS
CALL
To Store a Selcall Ident in memory
CALL
TIP:
F
ALPHA
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F
F
F
RECALLING SELCALL IDENTS FROM MEMORY
CALL
CALL
NAMING YOUR SELCALL IDENTS
DISPLAYING ALPHA NAMES
F
ALPHA
TIP:
ENTERING AND STORING A SELCALL NAME
Note:
F
ALPHA
CALL
F
Tip:
F
F
To exit the CALL TO mode
CALL
Note:
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F
ALPHA
RECEIVING SELCALLS
FALPHA
CANCELLING THE SELCALL ALERT
To Cancel the Alarm and talk on the channel:
PTT
To return the call:
CALL
To Cancel the Alarm and listen on the channel:
QUIET
QUIET MODE
SETTING UP THE QUIET MODE
To Tag individual channels for QUIET operation:
FQUIET
To Remove the QUIET Tag from Individual Channels:
FQUIET
ACTIVATING THE QUIET MODE
FQUIET
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DE-ACTIVATING THE QUIET MODE
FQUIET
RECEIVING SIGNALS IN THE QUIET MODE
To cancel the alarm on your radio
PTT
To return your radio to the QUIET mode
FQUIET
SCANNING IN THE QUIET MODE
TO SCAN IN THE QUIET MODE:
FQUIET
SCAN
RECEIVING SIGNALS WHILE SCANNING IN THE
QUIET MODE
TIP:
GROUP CALLING
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PROGRAMMING AND SENDING GROUP CALLS
CALL
F
F
Note:
To Send the Selcall Ident:
CALL
Call Acknowledge in Group Mode:
Storing Group Call Idents:
Receiving Group Calls:
LISTENING CHANNELS
SETTING THE FREQUENCY STEP
ACTIVATING LISTENING CHANNELS
To activate the programming mode:
MENU
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PROGRAMMING THE FREQUENCIES
FALPHA
To program a frequency into a channel
MENU
ON
MENU
CALL
MENU
To program additional frequencies
SETTING ALPHA LABELS FOR YOUR
LISTENING CHANNELS.
SEEK MODE
ENABLING THE SEEK MODE
Note:
To enable the Seek mode:
SCANON
Note:
SCANNING FOR ACTIVE FREQUENCIES
IN THE SEEK MODE
To scan for active frequencies
and store them into a Listening channel:
SCAN
46842
CALL
SCAN
SETTING SEEK MODE FREQUENCY LIMITS
To Scan within Frequency limits
MENU
CALL
SCAN
SCAN
MENU
Note:
TIP:
520403
MHz
Lower
Limit
Upper
Limit
Lower
Limit
520403
MHz
Upper
Limit
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MENU SETTINGS
OVERVIEW
To access the Menu functions:
MENU
MENU
MENU
FREQUENCY/ALPHA ADJUSTMENT
MENU
CALL
MENU
SETTING THE SQUELCH SENSITIVITY
To pre-select the Squelch sensitivity:
MENU
MENU
SELECTING THE SCAN MODE
Note:
To select the Scan Group:
MENU
MENU
Note:
MENU
Menu Settings Ch 1 - 8 Ch 9 - 40 RX Only Ch
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Note:
SELECTING DUPLEX
To enable or disable Duplex on a channel:
MENU
MENU
MENU
CTCSS TONES
To toggle the required tone set:
SQL
Note:
To pre-select a CTCSS tone:
MENU
MENU
Note:
SQL
SQL
Channel Selected 12346 7 8
Receive Channel 12346 7 8
Transmit Channel 31 32 33 34 36 37 38
Simplex/Duplex Range Comparison
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MENU
LAMP COLOUR
MENU
MENU
MENU
BATTERY / S-METER / ALPHA SELECTION
To display S-Meter or Battery Voltage
on channels 1 - 40:
MENU
MENU
MENU
MENU
MENU
MENU
LCD CONTRAST
To adjust the contrast:
Note:
MENU
MENU
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MENU
BEEP TONE LEVEL
To adjust the keypad beeps:
MENU
MENU
MENU
INSTALLATION
GENERAL
INSTALLING THE UNIT
DC CONNECTIONS
Note:
Note:
TX4600
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15)%4
31,
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OFF.
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ANTENNA INSTALLATION
NOISE SUPPRESSION
DISCONNECTING THE MICROPHONE
TX4600
Uhf
TX4600
Radio turns ON and OFF with Ignition Switch
RED
BLACK
Radio remains on when Ignition Switch is OFF
RED
BLACK
+ve
Acc
Ign
+ve
Acc
Ign
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