Zodiac Freetalk PRO Användarmanual

FREETALK PRO

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE FREE 446/444 MHZ RADIO

User’s Manual

English / Swedish / Norwegian

Version6:05.02.18

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User Guide ENG

Introduction

Thank

you for purchasing Zodiac Freetalk Pro. Zodiac

Freetalk Pro is a PMR-product (Private Mobile Radio)

that lets you talk to as many people you wish, as often

as you like, with no need for a license, subscription or

tax payment. It is very easy to use so even children can

handle it.

Please read through this manual carefully for many

features of this model.

This user guide is also available on our web site

www.zodiac.se.

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Table of contents

Radio controls/functions page 4

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Transmitting/Receiving page 6

Volume adjustment page 6

Channel selection page 6

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CTCSS ON/OFF page 7

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Keypad lock/unlock page 8

Function settings page 9

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Power Save Modus page 9

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VOX sensitivity page 10

TX/RX Different Channels page 10

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Time-Out Timér page 11

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Memory Channel page 13

Hazard (Emergency) Channel page 13

Dual Channel Watch page 14

Memory and Hazard Channel page 14

Restore to factory default settings page 15

page 15

page 16

page 17

page 18

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Installing/removing of Battery

Pack Battery Charging

PMR Channel Frequency Table

CTCSS Frequency Table Optional

Accessories

Safety Informations Specifications

Warranty

Declaration of conformity

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Radio controls/functions

1. LED indicator

2. External speaker jack

3. External microphone

jack

4. Speaker area

5. Microphone

6. LCD screen

7. UP key

8. Power key

9. Function key

10. DOWN key

11. CTCSS key

12. Channel key

13. Monitor/back light key

14. PTT key (Push-To-Talk)

15. Antenna

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Icons Guide

Tone call

Auto-Power Save

V

OX (Voice-activate system)

Keypad tone

Volume

Auto-Power-Off

TX Time-Out-Timér

Battery power

CTCSS number

Channel number

Squelch level

Keypad lock

Hazard (Emergency) channel

Memory Channel

Scanning

Signal strength indicator

Dual channel watch

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While holding , speak to the microphone area.

LED glows red during transmission. To receive,

release . LED glows green when receiving.

Keep about 10 cm from microphone area when

speaking slowly and clearly.

Momentarily press repeatedly on to adjust

volume louder. Momentarily press repeatedly on

to adjust volume lower. Press and hold or

to swiftly adjust volume. Do adjustment as you need.

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Operation Guide

Hold about 0.5 sec to power radio. While power

ON, hold about 1.5 sec to turn power off.

2. Transmitting/Receiving

1. Power ON/OFF

3. Volume adjustment

Caution: For external mic/ear user, adjust volume

starting from lowest level.

4. Channel selection

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Momentarily press . While channel icon blinks,

temporarily press repeatedly on or to

select channel. To preset channel, temporarily press

or .

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5. Scan Channel

Momentarily press . While channel icon blinks,

hold on or about 2 sec. to start scanning

of channel. Jumping of channel numbers

increasingly or decreasingly indicates scan in

progress. Scan stops when it detect a busy channel.

Temporarily press on or will disable scan

and select the final busy channel.

Note: To scan, turn off CTCSS codes.

6. CTCSS ON/OFF

FFONO

Hold on for about 2 sec. to enable CTCSS.

Hold on again for about 2 sec. to disable.

While CTCSS is enabled, press temporarily or

repeatedly to select CTCSS.

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7. LCD back light ON/OFF

Temporarily press to turn back light ON. Tempo-

rarily press again to turn back light OFF or it will

automatically turn OFF after 5 sec. lighting.

8. Monitoring

Hold on for about 1 sec. Static is heard if the

channel is clear or any voice on this channel can be

heard regardless of CTCSS settings. LED glows

green.

Monotor is used for following purposes

a. To receive weak signal due to distance or for signal

intermittently received.

b. To receive all signals on same channel even with

different CTCSS.

9. Keypad lock/unlock

Hold on for about 3 sec until shows on the

screen to confirm keypad lock is enabled. To unlock

keypad, hold on again for about 3 sec until

clear from the screen.

When keypad lock is enabled, volume control and

program features are locked to prevent accidental

function changes.

lock unlock

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10. Function settings

Temporarily press to enable menu mode on

screen. Use or to scrol menu item

between 1 and 9 .

F1

Tone Call

Under menu item 1, tone call 1 - 7 can be selected.

Factory default: 1

F2

Power Save Mode

Under meu item 2, power save modes 1-1 to 1-4 can

be selected. Choose 1-4 if talk time is short for best

power saving.

Factory default: OFF

OFF 1-4

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VOX ON/OFF

Under menu item 3, VOX ON/OFF can be selected.

Factory default: OFF

OFF ON

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TX/RX Different Channels

This feature is not in use for this model.

Keypad Tone

Under menu item 6, select ON/OFF. The beep

sounds very weakly at OFF.

Factory default: ON

OFF ON

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F5

F6

F4 VOX sensitivity

Under menu item 4, VOX sensitivity levels 1 - 9

can be selected. L9 is least sensitive.

Note: If VOX is disabled in F 3 , this feature is

automatically disabled.

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F3

F7 Auto-Power

Under menu item 7, choose OFF/03/10/30/60 min.

depending on your need. If 03 is selected, the radio

automatically turns power off if none of the keys is

operated or no signal received after 3 min.

Factory default: OFF

OFF 03

Time-Out Timér

Under menu item 8, choose OFF/30/60/120/180

depending on your need. If 30 is selected, the radio

will stop transmission if continous talk exceeds over

30 sec and the radio will automatically swift to

receiving mode.

Factory default: OFF

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OFF 30

F9 Squelch

Under menu item

9, choose squelch level 1 to 7

depending on your need. If the squelch level is at 0,

the static sound is heard all the time. If setting at 1,

the radio is best to pick up weak signal but

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usceptible to interferences. Squelch level 7 is the

least sensitive and suited for use against high

interferences.

Factory default: 3

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11. Tone Call

Holding temporarily press to send tone

call to other receivers. (For selection of tone call,

refer to .

12. VOX ON/OFF

FFONO

Holding , temporarily press to enable

VOX. To disable it, hold and temporarily press

again. For programming of VOX sensitivity,

refer to .

F4

Repeater

This feature is not in use for this model.

F1

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13. Memory Channel

1. Holding , temporarily press to select

memory channel. The memory channel is marked

with a . (Refer to 16 for setting of memory

channel.)

2. Holding , temporarily press to restore

to preset channel.

Factory default: CH01 and CTCSS OFF

14. Hazard (Emergency) Channel

Hold for about 3 sec to enable hazard channel

until shows on the display. To disable hazard

channel, hold for about 3 sec until

disappears.

Factory default: CH01 and CTCSS OFF

While VOX is enabled, press of is no longer

required during transmission. Just talk into the

microphone area with appropriate sound (depending

on VOX sensitivity).

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15. Dual channel watch

Press temporarily until channel number blinks.

Hold both and simultaneously for about

1 sec and release them to enable this feature. The

preset and memory channel blink each time on the

display. When signal on these channels is received,

sound can be heard and the receiving channel is

seen on the display. This channel is fixed for about 8

sec to reply. After 8 sec if no signal is received,

channel rotation begins.

To select channel for use during channel rotation,

temporarily press if the desired channel is seen.

This channel is on standby for about 8 sec before

channel rotation begins.

To disable this, temporarily press both and

simultaneously.

Open

16. Memory and hazard channels

1. Select favorite channel and CTCSS.

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2. Hold and simultaneously first. With

still being hold, release and

temporarily press or repeatedly until

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or

3. When favorite channel shows, temporarily press

to select it.

4. After memorization, release to jump out of

memorization mode.

Installing/removing battery pack

To install

1. Place the battery pack into battery compartment as

in illus #1.

2. Push battery pack forward as in illus #2. It will lock

into compartment.

#1

#2

( shows the memory channel. shows the

hazard channel).

or shows on the display.

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17. Restore to factory default settings

1. Turn power OFF.

2. Hold and turn power ON simultaneously.

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To remove

1. Holding the radio in one hand, push down battery

latch as in illus #3.

2. Slide battery pack backwards as in illus #4.

#3

#4

Battery charging

1. Power drop-in charger with standard AC/DC wall

charger #1.

2. Drop radio with installed battery into the battery-with-

radio slot #2.

3. Drop spare battey pack into the battery-only slot #3.

#1

#2

#3

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Single or dual charging is possible. Each LED light

individually indicates charging slot in process. LED

turns off when battery in slot is fully charged.

PMR Channel frequency table

Channel Frequency (MHz) Channel Frequency (MHz)

1 446.00625 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

446.09375

444.60000

444.65000

444.80000

444.82500

444.85000

444.97500

2 446.01875

3 446.03125

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5

6

7

446.04375

446.05625

446.06875

446.08125

CTCSS frequency table

01=67.0Hz 11= 97.4Hz 21=136.5Hz 31=192.8Hz

02=71.9Hz 12=100.0Hz 22=141.3Hz 32=203.5Hz

03=74.4Hz 13=103.5Hz 23=146.2Hz 33=210.7Hz

04=77.0Hz 14=107.2Hz 24=151.4Hz 34=218.1Hz

05=79.7Hz 15=110.9Hz 25=156.7Hz 35=225.7Hz

06=82.5Hz 16=114.8Hz 26=162.2Hz 36=233.6Hz

07=85.4Hz 17=118.8Hz 27=167.9Hz 37=241.8Hz

08=88.5Hz 18=123.0Hz 28=173.8Hz 38=250.3Hz

09=91.5Hz 19=127.3Hz 29=179.9Hz

10=94.8Hz 20=131.8Hz 30=186.2Hz

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Optional accessories

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attery pack NI-MH 7,2V /1350 mAh (art.nr 47308)

Desk charger (art.nr. 47307)

Adapter ADA 12V/600mA (art.nr. 47306)

External speaker/microphone (art.nr. 47301)

External earphone/microphone (art.nr. 47302)

Accessory

jack cover

Safety information

1. Use only the supplied antenna. Unauthorized antennas,

modifications or attachments could damage the radio

and changes or modifications not expressly approved

by the party responsible for the compliance could void

the authority to operate the radio.

2. Avoid storing in high temperature or humid place for

long time

3. If strange smell or smoke comes off the radio, dispatch

it to service center immediately

4. Turn to lowest volume if external mic/speaker is used,

then adjust appropriately

5. Never use other power sources for charging other than

the standard charger set designed for this radio model

6. Take off battery pack if out of use for long time

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