Wouxun KG-Q10G User manual

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Contents
Safety Information���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 11
FCC Licensing Information.........................................................................14
Getting Started��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 15
Feature Summary..........................................................................................15
What’s Included ...........................................................................................17
Front Panel Guide ........................................................................................18
Right / Left Side Guide ...............................................................................19
Display Guide...............................................................................................20
Dust and Water Protection...........................................................................21
Installing and Removing the Battery ............................................................22
Charging the Battery ....................................................................................23
Antenna Information....................................................................................25
Installing the Belt Clip .................................................................................25
Operation����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 26

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Introducing GMRS and the KG-Q10G ......................................................26
Power On/O and Adjusting Volume ..........................................................27
Your First Transmit.......................................................................................27
Dual Display: Using Areas “A” and “B”.........................................................29
Channel and Frequency Modes ....................................................................31
Channels and Tones......................................................................................33
Using Repeaters ............................................................................................34
CB Radio Channels......................................................................................37
Channel Scan................................................................................................38
Priority Channel Scan ..................................................................................39
Scan Groups .................................................................................................41
Scanning CTCSS / DCS Codes ..................................................................42
NOAA Weather Mode.................................................................................43
Key Lock ......................................................................................................46

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Keypad Hotkeys ..........................................................................................47
Keypad Function Keys ................................................................................48
Programmable PTT Keys.............................................................................49
Programmable Function Keys .....................................................................50
FM Radio .....................................................................................................56
Stopwatch Timer ..........................................................................................58
Area Menu Functions������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 59
Using the Area Menu ...................................................................................59
[01: SQUELCH] Squelch............................................................................59
[02: TX-POWER] Output Power................................................................60
[03: W/N] Bandwidth ..................................................................................60
[04: STEP] Frequency Step..........................................................................60
[05: RX-CTCSS] Receive CTCSS Tone .....................................................61
[06: TX-CTCSS] Transmit CTCSS Tone ...................................................61

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[07: RX-DCS] Receive DCS Code..............................................................61
[08: TX-DCS] Transmit DCS Code............................................................62
[09: REPEATER] Repeater.........................................................................62
[10: CH-NAME] Channel Name................................................................63
[11: CH-FAV] Favorite Channel .................................................................64
[12: CH-ADD] Add Memory Channel.......................................................64
[13: CH-DELETE] Delete Memory Channel............................................64
[14: BUSY-LOCK] Busy Channel Lockout ................................................65
[15: MUTE-MODE] Speaker Mute...........................................................65
[16: DESCRAMBL] Descrambler...............................................................66
[17: COMPAND] Compander ....................................................................66
[18: SEND-LOC] Send Location ...............................................................66
[19: CALL-GROUP] Select Call Group.....................................................67
[20: SCAN-ADD] Scan Add / Delete.........................................................67

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[21: TONE-SCAN] CTCSS/DCS Scanning..............................................67
[22: SCAN-GROUP] Scan Group..............................................................68
[23: VFO-SCAN] Frequency Mode Scan Options......................................68
[24: WORK-MODE] Work Mode .............................................................69
[25: CH-WIZARD] Channel Wizard.........................................................70
[26: AM-MODE] AM Modulation Mode..................................................70
System Menu Functions �������������������������������������������������������������������������� 71
Using the System Menu ...............................................................................71
[01: BRT-ACTIVE] Active Brightness .......................................................71
[02: BRT-STANDBY] Standby Brightness.................................................71
[03: BACKLIGHT] Backlight Timeout......................................................72
[04: BATT-SAVER] Battery Saver ..............................................................72
[05: WX-ALERT] Weather Alert................................................................72
[06: WX-NOTIFY] Weather Alert Notication Setting ............................73

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[07: THEME] Display eme .....................................................................73
[08: SCAN-MODE] Scan Mode ................................................................74
[09: SC-TONE-DET] Tone Scanning Detection .......................................74
[10: PRI-SCAN] Priority Scan ....................................................................75
[11: PRI-CH] Priority Channel ...................................................................75
[12: TONE-SAVE] CTCSS/DCS Tone Save Options ...............................76
[13: ROGER] Roger Beep ...........................................................................76
[14: TOT] Transmit Overtime Timer ..........................................................77
[15: TOA] Transmit Overtime Alarm ..........................................................77
[16: VOX] Voice Activated Transmit............................................................78
[17: VOICE] Voice Guide............................................................................78
[18: BEEP] Button Beeps.............................................................................78
[19: PTT1-DEF] Push-To-Talk 1 Key Assignment ....................................79
[20: PTT2-DEF] Push-To-Talk 2 Key Assignment ....................................79

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[21: PF1-SHRT] Side Key PF1 Short Press Assignment............................79
[22: PF1-LONG] Side Key PF1 Long Press Assignment ...........................80
[23: PF2-SHRT] Side Key PF2 Short Press Assignment............................80
[24: PF2-LONG] Side Key PF2 Long Press Assignment ...........................81
[25: TOP-SHRT] Top Key Short Press Assignment...................................81
[26: TOP-LONG] Top Key Long Press Assignment ..................................82
[27: STARTUP] Power On Message ...........................................................82
[28: TOP-MSG] Custom Top Message.......................................................83
[29: AREA-MSG] Custom Area Message ..................................................84
[30: AUTOLOCK] Auto Lock ...................................................................84
[31: SIDETONE] Sidetone Setting ............................................................85
[32: RADIO-ID] Edit Radio ID .................................................................85
[33: PTT-ID] Radio ID Setting ..................................................................86
[34: ID-DELAY] ID-Delay ........................................................................86

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[35: RING] Ring Time ................................................................................87
[36: ALERT] Tone Alert..............................................................................87
[37: TIMER] Stopwatch Timer ...................................................................88
[38: SMUTESET] Secondary Area Mute Setting.......................................88
[39: BATT-TYPE] Battery Level Display Type...........................................88
[40: RPT-TONE] Squelch Tone..................................................................89
[41: TIME] Time Display............................................................................89
[42 TIME-ZONE] Set Time Zone.............................................................90
[43: FM-RADIO] FM Radio ......................................................................90
[44: LOCATION] GPS Location Setting...................................................90
[45: RESET] Factory Reset..........................................................................92
Advanced Operation ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 93
Adding and Removing Channels..................................................................93
Channel Wizard ...........................................................................................97

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GPS / Location Function ...........................................................................105
Setting Non-Standard CTCSS or DCS.....................................................110
DTMF Encoding .......................................................................................112
Remote Control..........................................................................................117
Troubleshooting ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 121
Technical Information �������������������������������������������������������������������������� 123
Specications ..............................................................................................123
Standard CTCSS and DCS Tones .............................................................125
Default GMRS Channels and Frequencies ................................................127
Default CB Channels and Frequencies.......................................................129
NOAA Weather Channels .........................................................................130
Optional Accessories����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 131
Limited Warranty ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 132