Ericsson KPC-300, KPC-400 Operator's Manual

Operator’s Manual

Portable Radio Unit
KPC-300/400

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NO TICE!

This manual covers Ericsson and General Electric products
manufact ured for and sold by Ericsson Inc.

NOTICE!

Repairs to this equipment should be made only by an author­ized service technician or facility designated by the supp lier.
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!

The software contained in this device is copyrighted. Unpublished rights
are reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.

This manual is publi shed by
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.,

Ericsson Inc

without any warranty. Improve-

., at any time and wi thout notice.
Such changes will be incorporat ed i nto new editions of thi s manual. No part
of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by an y means,
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purpose, without the express written permission of

Copyright © May 1996, Ericsson Inc.

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Ericsson Inc.

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 Al ert Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

ANI Alert Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Scan Alert Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Priority-One (P1) Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Radio/Chan ne l 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 Recei v ing

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-program me d Num ber . . . . . . . . . . 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

REPLA CEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 transmis­sion 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 ov er all r adio features.
Consult the radio dealer to deter mine the programmed
features of your radio. Features that are programmable
on a per-channel basis include:

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Receive Frequency
Transmit Frequency
Channel Busy Lock-Out

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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)

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basis include:

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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 K eypad enable

(KPC-400)

Features that are programmable on an overall radio

Display Backlighting
Alert Tones
Emergency HOME Channel

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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 - To p, Back And Left Pa ne l Vie ws

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CONTROLS

ON/OFF/
VOLUME

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Tur ns radio on and off and adjusts
audio listening lev el.

When the radio is turned on, it will
resume operation at the last operat­ing 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 indic ates the
radio is scanning. The operating
status of the radio will be displayed
in the Liquid Crys tal Display (LCD)
window.

PTT BUTTON

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Pressing the PTT button on the side
of the radio will key the radio trans­mitter.

If the radio is not scanning, it will
transmit on the selected (displayed)
channel. If the radio is scanning
when the PTT button is pressed, the
radio may be programmed to trans­mit on the selected channel or on
the current receive scan channel if
the PTT is pressed during the sc an
hang time.

If the selected channel is pro-

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grammed with T ype 99 T one Decode
enabled, pressing the PTT button

will disable Type 99 Tone Decode by
switching the radio from the Selec­tive Call mode to the Monitor mode .
The PTT button must be released
and then pressed a second time to
ke y the radio .

MONIT OR

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The Monitor button has several
functions. Its operation will vary de­pending upon programming.

When the Monitor button is pressed
and held down, all transmissions will
be heard even if Channel Guard pro­tected. This permits channel moni­toring before transmitting. If the but­ton is held for more than one sec­ond, Channel Guard decode will
toggle ON or OFF (if it is pro­grammed on the selected channel).

The Monitor button is also used to

CHANNEL
SELECT

reset the radio after a Type 99 call is
received. Quickly press and release
the button to reset the radio to re­ceive the ne xt Type 99 call.

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A rotar y switch per mits selection of
channels. Rotating the s witch clock­wise increases the channels and
counterclockwise decreases the
channels. The channel is v isible by
looking at the channel switch from
the top or viewing the LCD display.

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EMERgency

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Pressing for at least one (1) second
will transmit the emergency ANI
code on the selected channel or pre­programmed HOME channel.

H/L

Three (3) buttons below the LCD display are used to
control scan and squelch adjust operations when used
in conjunction with the

S

+

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Pressing for at least one (1) second
selects the transmit power output by
toggling from high-low or low-high.
Must be pre-programmed f or opera­tion.

S

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Toggles the scan feature on and off.

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Used in conjunction with the
button to add channels to the scan
list or increase the channel’ s priority

button.

S

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status.

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Used in conjunction with the MONI-
TOR button to enter the squelch ad­just mode; then used to increase the
lev el of squelch.

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Used in conjunction with the
button to erase the selected channel
from the scan list.

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Used to decrease the level during
squelch adjust mode.

S

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DTMF Keypad

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P ermits operator to make telephone

(KPC-400)

The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) indicates the chan­nel number . In addition there are se ven (7) status indica­tors (flags) which show scan status, Type 99 Tone De­code status, transmit High/Low power status and Chan-

interconnect calls on radio systems
equipped with this option.

The top row of buttons (

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pre-programmed telephone inter­connect numbers (see Telephone
Inter connect Calls section).

) provide access to up to three

INDICATORS

1, 2

,

nel Guard status.

The LCD backlighting will turn on anytime a control
button is pressed. It will remain on for five (5) seconds
after the button is released. If a control button is pressed
while the backlight is on, the backlight remains on for
another five (5) seconds. Backlighting may be pro­grammed to remain off at all times.

SCN HI
S P1 P2
PG CG

Figure 4 - Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

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CHANNEL

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The selected channel number is dis­played in the LCD window. When

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data is written into or read from the
radio during PC programming, a P is
displayed.

STATUS INDICATORS
SCN

S

P1

P2

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This status indicator tur ns on when
the scan function of the radio has
been enabled.

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When this indicator is on, the se­lected channel is a non-priority scan
channel.

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When this indicator is on, the se­lected channel is a Priority 1 scan
channel.

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When this indicator is on, the se­lected channel is a Priority 2 scan
channel.

PG

CG

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When this indicator is on, the se­lected channel is programmed as a
paging channel (Type 99 Tone De­code). The indicator will blink when
the selected channel is placed in the
monitor mode or the reception of a
call.

When this indicator is on, Channel
Guard is enabled on the selected