Radio Shack 5W 8 Channel 2-Way Business Band Radio User manual

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OWNER’S MANUAL — Please read before using this equipment.
5W 8 Channel 2-Way Business Band Radio
Your RadioShack 5W 8 Channel 2-
Way Business Band Radio is a porta-
ble, easy-to-use, two-way transceiver
that you can carry almost anywhere. It
is approved with commercial-grade
standards to give you clear, reliable
communication.
Your transceiver provides personal
communication with family members or
other licensees. You can use the trans-
ceiver for recreational communications
while you hike, ski, or fish. You can
even use the transceiver to coordinate
your activities with other family mem-
bers. When you get a license to oper-
ate the transceiver, other members of
your family living in the same house-
hold can also operate the transceiver.
PLL–Controlled Circuitry — provides
accurate and stable channel selection.
Built-in Modulation Limiter Circuit
—automatically adjusts for a wide va-
riety of voice levels to ensure an un-
derstandable transmission.
LCD Display with Backlight —illumi-
nates for 5 seconds when pressing any
key except LOCK/PTT.
Splash Proof (JIS Level 4) —pro-
vides excellent water resistance.
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FCC Information
FCC LICENSE
REQUIRED
This transceiver is intended for use in
the operation of commercial activities,
in educational, philanthropic, or eccle-
siastical institutions, and hospitals,
clinics, or medical associations.
The
Federal Communications Com-
mission
(FCC) requires you to be li-
censed before you operate this
transceiver. Unless you are already li-
censed to operate on one of the preset
frequencies, you must apply for a fre-
quency through the PCIA (Personal
Communication Industry Association),
a non-profit organization that assigns
frequencies nationwide to help prevent
conflicts between different businesses
using transceivers in the same area.
For more information about getting a li-
cense, contact the PCIA at 800-759-
0300, extension 3068 (in Virginia 703-
739-0300, extension 3068).

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For other questions concerning the li-
cense application, contact the FCC at
717-337-1212, or write:
FCC
P.O. Box 1040
Gettysburg, PA 17325
For the latest FCC application form
and instructions, call the FCC's fax-on-
demand service at 1-202-418-0177
from a fax machine and request one or
more of the following documents:
All forms and instructions
....... 000600
Form 600 instructions only
...... 006001
Main Form 600 only
................. 006002
Form 600 schedules only
........ 006003
If you do not have a fax machine, you
can call the Government Forms Distri-
bution Center at 1-800-418-FORM and
request that the form and instructions
be mailed to you.
FCC Part 90 Rules
You must be familiar with Part 90 of
FCC Rules
before you operate your
transceiver. The operation instructions
in this manual conform to Part 90, but
do not cover all items in Part 90.
Overall, Part 90 states that:
• You must have a valid license
before you use the transceiver.
• As licensee, you are responsible
for proper operation of all trans-
ceivers operating under your
license’s authority.
• You can let unlicensed persons
operate this transmitter, as long as
you take precautions to prevent
unauthorized transmissions.
• You must use this transceiver only
for the commercial use of your
business, and only when other
commercial channels (such as the
telephone) are either not available
or not practical.
• You must always yield the operat-
ing frequency to communications
that involve the safety of life or
property.
• You must take reasonable precau-
tions to prevent harmful interfer-
ence to other services operating
on the same frequency.
• You must not transmit program
material of any kind used in con-
nection with commercial broad-
casting.
• You must not provide a service
that is normally handled by tele-
phone or telegraph unless such
broadcasts involve the safety of
life or property or in emergencies
such as an earthquake, hurricane,
flood or a similar disaster where
normal communication channels
are disrupted.
• During each transmission or
exchange of transmissions, you
must identify your station with the
call sign issued to you by the
FCC, or once each 15 minutes

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during periods of continuous oper-
ation.
• You must keep a written record of
any maintenance or modification
made to the transceiver, and you
must make this record available
for inspection upon demand by
the FCC.
Violating any of the provisions of Part
90 can result in fines and/or confisca-
tion of equipment.
Your transceiver might cause TV or ra-
dio interference even when it is operat-
ing properly. To determine whether
your transceiver is causing the interfer-
ence, turn off your transceiver. If the
interference goes away, your trans-
ceiver is causing it. Try to eliminate the
interference by:
• moving your transceiver away
from the receiver
• contacting your local RadioShack
store for help
If you cannot eliminate the interfer-
ence, the FCC requires that you stop
using your transceiver.
ADDITIONAL FCC
REGULATIONS
The Business Radio Service is under
the jurisdiction of the FCC. Any adjust-
ments or alterations that would alter
the performance of the transceiver so it
no longer meets the original FCC type
acceptance or would change the fre-
quency-determining method are strictly
prohibited.
Replacement or substitution of crys-
tals, transistors, ICS, regulator diodes,
or any other component that is of a
unique nature with components other
than those recommended can violate
the technical regulations of the
FCC
Rules
or violate type acceptance re-
quirement of the rules.
Before you operate the transceiver,
you must obtain your license. It is ille-
gal to transmit without the appropriate
license, which you can get by submit-
ting a completed FCC Form 600 to the
FCC (or through the PCIA). Further-
more, you are required to understand
Part 90 of the
FCC Rules
and Regula-
tions prior to operating your transceiv-
er. It is the user's responsibility to see
that this unit is operating at all times in
accordance with the
FCC Rules
and
Regulations.
SAFETY INFORMATION
Your transceiver contains a low power
transmitter. When the Push-to-Talk
button is pushed, it sends out radio fre-
quency (RF) signals. The device is au-
thorized to operate at a duty factor not

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to exceed 50%. In August 1996, the
Federal Communications Commis-
sions (FCC) adopted RF exposure
guidelines with safety levels for hand-
held wireless devices.
Caution: To maintain compliance with
the FCC’s RF exposure guidelines
hold the transmitter and antenna at
least 2 inches (5 cms) from your face
and speak in a normal voice, with the
antenna pointed up and away from
your face. If you wear the handset on
your body while using the headset ac-
cessory, use only the supplied belt clip
and when transmitting, take it out of
the belt to ensure that the antenna is at
least 1 inch (2.5 cms) from your body.
Use only the supplied antenna. Unau-
thorized antennas, modifications, or at-
tachments could damage the
transmitter and may violate FCC regu-
lations.
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A Quick Look at Your Radio
SQL
VOL/
OFF
PTT/
LOCK
MON/
FUNC
Battery
Release
QUIET/
Q-SCAN
HI/LO/
APO
À
ÀÀ
À/SKIP
¿/
SPK
MIC
CHRG
Belt Clip

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Preparation
CHARGING THE
BATTERY PACK
The transceiver comes with an 8.4V,
1300mAH rechargeable Ni-MH battery
pack installed for power. Before you
use the battery pack for the first time,
you must use the supplied battery
charger to charge it for about 14-16
hours. After it is fully charged, the bat-
tery pack provides power to your trans-
ceiver for about 10 hours when you set
the transmission power to low, and
about 6 hours when you set the trans-
mission power to high.
You cannot use the transceiver while
you charge the battery pack.
Caution: Use only the supplied battery
charger, which is designed specifically
for your transceiver.
1. Turn OFF/VOL fully counterclock-
wise to OFF to turn the transceiver
off.
2. Pull out the rubber cover over
CHRG on the side of the trans-
ceiver and insert the charger’s
barrel plug into the jack. Then plug
the other end of the charger into a
standard AC outlet.
When (low battery icon) appears
on the display, recharge the battery
pack.
To detach the battery pack, push up
the arrow at the side of the transceiver,
then slide the battery pack off to the
right.
CONNECTING THE
ANTENNA
Align the slots around
the antenna’s connector
with the tabs on the an-
tenna jack on top of the
transceiver. Press the
antenna down over the
jack and turn the anten-
na’s base clockwise un-
til it locks into place.
USING THE
BELT CLIP
The supplied
belt clip lets
you easily
attach the
transceiver
to your belt.
To attach
the belt clip,
slide the belt clip down onto the plastic
tab.
To detach the belt clip, lift up the tab
and slide off the belt clip.

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USING AN OPTIONAL
HANDSTRAP
You can attach an optional hand strap
(not supplied) to the transceiver. Slide
the hand strap’s small loop under the
hole at the side of the transceiver.
(You might need to use a small screw-
driver or a straightened paper clip to
do this.) Then pull the strap’s large
loop through the small loop.
CONNECTING AN
EARPHONE/EXTERNAL
SPEAKER
To listen privately or to hear better in a
large area such as a warehouse, you
can pull up the rubber cover on the MIC
and SPK jacks on the side of the trans-
ceiver, then plug an optional earphone
or external speaker with a 1/8-inch (3.5
mm) plug into the SPK jack. This auto-
matically disconnects the built-in
speaker.
Listening Safely
To protect your hearing, follow these
guidelines when you use an earphone.
• Set the volume to the lowest set-
ting before you begin listening.
After you begin listening, adjust
the volume to a comfortable level.
• Do not listen at extremely high vol-
ume levels. Extended high-vol-
ume listening can lead to
permanent hearing loss.
• Once you set the volume do not
increase it. Over time, your ears
adapt to the volume level that
does not cause discomfort might
still damage your hearing.
Traffic Safety
Do not use an earphone with your
transceiver when operating a motor
vehicle or riding a bicycle in or near
traffic. Doing so can create a traffic
hazard and could be illegal in some ar-
eas.
If you use an earphone with your trans-
ceiver while riding a bicycle, be very
careful. Do not listen to a continuous
broadcast. Even though some ear-
phones let you hear some outside
sounds when listening at normal vol-
ume levels, they still can present a traf-
fic hazard.
USING AN EXTERNAL
SPEAKER/
MICROPHONE
An external speaker/microphone can
make it easier to use the transceiver
when you clip it to your belt, so you do
not have to lift the transceiver to your
mouth each time you transmit. Lift up
the rubber cover on the MIC and SPK
jacks, then connect an optional micro-
phone or speaker with a 3/32-inch (2.5
mm) mini plug and a 1/8-inch (3.5 mm)
plug to the MIC and SPK jacks on the
side of the transceiver. This automati-
cally disconnects the transceiver’s
built-in speaker and microphone

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SETTING THE
CHANNELS
Channel 2 is preset to ON. Follow
these steps to set the channels to on
or off.
Note: If you do not set any channels
besides CH 2 to ON and you try to
scan the channels, an error tone
sounds. (See “Selecting a Channel”
chart on Page 10.)
1. To turn off the transceiver, rotate
OFF/VOL counterclockwise until it
clicks.
2. Hold down HI/LO/APO and QUIET/
Q-SCAN while turning on the trans-
ceiver. The channel number
flashes.
21
2121
21 or 2)
2)2)
2) appears to indi-
cate whether or not the channel is
selected.
3. Within 10 seconds, press ¿/ or
À/SKIP to select a channel. Then
repeatedly press LOCK/PTT to set
the selected channel to ON or
OFF.
21
2121
21 appears when the chan-
nel is turned on, and 2)
2)2)
2) appears
when the channel is turned off.
4. To store the setting and exit the
channel set-up mode, press MON/
FUNC.
Note: If you do not press any key
for 10 seconds, the transceiver
automatically stores the setting
and exits the channel set-up
mode.
QUIET CODES
Quiet codes help eliminate interfer-
ence between different users on the
same frequency, letting you talk and
listen to people who are using other
transceivers set to the same frequency
and quiet code. This is like having a
sub-channel within a channel, giving
you greater communication flexibility.
When you set a quiet code (there are
38 to choose from) and turn on this
feature, the transceiver transmits a
tone with your transmission, letting you
communicate with anyone who has a
transceiver set to the same frequency
and code. This tone is too low for you
to hear, but other transceivers can de-
tect it.
If Quiet Code is turned on and set to
the same tone on the receiving trans-
ceiver, it only receives those transmis-
Ch.
#Frequency (MHz) Color TX Power
Hi Lo
1 464.5000 Brown 5W 1W
2 464.5500 Yellow 5W 1W
3 467.7625 J 2W 1W
4 467.8125 K 2W 1W
5 467.8500 Silver
Star 2W 1W
6 467.8750 Gold
Star 2W 1W
7 467.9000 Red
Star 2W 1W
8 467.9250 Blue
Star 2W 1W

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sions that include the tone. If two
different groups operate transceivers
in the same area on the same frequen-
cy, they do not hear each other’s
broadcasts if they both use different
quiet codes.
Press QUIET/Q-SCAN to turn this fea-
ture on or off. 48,(7
48,(748,(7
48,(7 and the code ap-
pear when the feature is on.
Setting a Quiet Code
1. To set the desired channel, follow
Steps 1–3 in “Setting the Chan-
nels” chart on Page 7.
2. Press QUIET/Q-SCAN. 48,(7
48,(748,(7
48,(7 and
the quiet code flash.
3. Press ¿/ orÀ/SKIP to select
the desired quiet code. (See the
“Quiet Codes” chart on Page 9 for
a complete list of quiet codes.)
4. Press QUIET/Q-SCAN to store the
setting.
Notes:
• We recommend that you select
a quiet code from 7 to 30. If you
select a code below or above
that range, you must wait 1–2
seconds after holding down
LOCK/PTT before you begin
talking.
• If you set the quiet codes for all
active channels to 0, or you do
not set any quiet codes, the
quiet code returns to the default
setting (12).
Temporarily Changing the
Quiet Code
You can temporarily change the quiet
code setting during normal operation,
without permanently storing it in the
transceiver.
1. Hold down QUIET/Q-SCAN until
48,(7
48,(748,(7
48,(7 and the quiet code flash.
2. Press ¿/ orÀ/SKIP to select
the desired quiet code.
3. Press QUIET/Q-SCAN.
When you turn off the quiet feature or
the transceiver, the new quiet code is
temporarily stored. When you change
the channel, the code you originally set
during channel set-up resumes. If you
did not set a quiet code, a quiet code
does not appear.
If you did not set a channel’s quiet
code during channel set-up, press QUI-
ET/Q-SCAN to set the last displayed
quiet code as the code for the current
channel.

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Quiet Codes
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Operation
Rotate OFF/VOL to turn the transceiver
on or off and adjust the volume.
Hold down ¿/ to scan up through
the channels, or À/SKIP to scan down
through the channels.
Set QUIET/Q-SCAN to the desired code
to provide greater communication flexi-
bility.
If you did not set the transceiver to use
a quiet code, wait until there is no sig-
nal on the channel. Then turn SQL
clockwise until the background noise
between signals stops.
To transmit, hold down LOCK/PTT.
Then hold the transceiver about 3 inch-
es from your mouth and speak slowly
in a normal voice. 7;
7;7;
7; appears. Release
LOCK/PTT when you finish your trans-
mission.
To receive, simply release LOCK/PTT.
%XV\
%XV\%XV\
%XV\ appears when a call is received.
Hold down MON/FUNC to hear every-
thing on a channel, even weak trans-
missions. )81&
)81&)81&
)81& appears. Release
MON/FUNC to turn squelch back on.
The display’s backlight turns on for five
seconds when you press any key ex-
cept LOCK/PTT. To turn on the back-
light without changing the transceiver’s
setting, press MON/FUNC.
Code Frequency
(Hz) Code Frequency
(Hz) Code Frequency
(Hz) Code Frequency
(Hz)
1 67.0 11 97.4 21 136.5 31 192.8
2 71.9 12 100.0 22 141.3 32 203.5
3 74.4 13 103.5 23 146.2 33 210.7
4 77.0 14 107.2 24 151.4 34 218.1
5 79.7 15 110.9 25 156.7 35 225.7
6 82.5 16 114.8 26 162.2 36 233.6
7 85.4 17 118.8 27 167.9 37 241.8
8 88.5 18 123.0 28 173.8 38 250.3
9 91.5 19 127.3 29 179.9
10 94.8 20 131.8 30 186.2

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SELECTING A CHANNEL
Note: You can only select, or scan,
channels when you set two or more
channels.
To manually select a channel
, press
¿/ orÀ/SKIP. The selected channel
number appears.
To scan through the channels
, hold
down
¿/ orÀ/SKIP for about 2 sec-
onds. 6&$1
6&$16&$1
6&$1 appears. The transceiver
automatically scans through the chan-
nels and pauses on each active chan-
nel for about 5 seconds. Press ¿/ or
À/SKIP to change the scan direction.
Press any key other than ¿/ orÀ/
SKIP to stop scanning.
To skip a channel to be scanned
,
press ¿/ orÀ/SKIP to select the de-
sired channel. Hold down MON/FUNC
and press À/SKIP. (skip icon) ap-
pears.
To resume scanning the skipped chan-
nel
, select the skipped channel, hold
down MON/FUNC, and press À/SKIP.
disappears.
USING QUIET CODE
SCAN
1. Press QUIET/Q-SCAN to turn on
quiet code. 48,(7
48,(748,(7
48,(7 and the quiet
code appear.
2. Hold down MON/FUNC, then press
QUIET/Q-SCAN. 6&$1
6&$16&$1
6&$1 appears.
When matching with an appropri-
ate quiet code, the transceiver
stops scanning and 48,(7
48,(748,(7
48,(7 flashes.
The transceiver goes on scanning
after the signal disappears.
3. Press any key other than QUIET/Q-
SCAN to stop scanning. The trans-
ceiver stays on the quiet code just
scanned.
Note: If you press QUIET/Q-SCAN to
stop scanning, the transceiver stays on
the pre-set quiet code.
SETTING KEY TONE
Hold down MON/FUNC and press ¿/
to turn the key tone beep on or off.
(tone icon) appears when the key tone
is on.
Note: The key tone does not beep
when you press LOCK/PTT or MON/
FUNC, even if the key tone is on.
USING APO/HI/LO
Press APO/HI/LO to set the transmitting
power to high for long distance trans-
mission or low for short distance trans-
mission. +,
+,+,
+, or /2
/2/2
/2 appears.
Hold down MON/FUNC and press APO/
HI/LO to turn Auto Power Off function
on or off. $3#
$3#$3#
$3#21
2121
21 or $3#
$3#$3#
$3#2)
2)2)
2) appears.
When Auto Power Off is on, the trans-
ceiver automatically turns off when it is
idle for 2 hours.
Press any key to turn the transceiver
back on.