Icom HM-162B-SW User Manual
INSTRUCTIONS
REMOTE-CONTROL MICROPHONE
HM-162B/SW
Thank you for purchasing the HM-162B/SW
REMOTE
-
CONTROL MICROPHONE
. The COMMANDMIC III
TM
is a
remote control microphone for use with the IC-M604
or else.
Please read the connected transceiver’s instruction
manual carefully before installation and operation.
These instructions are just described the remotecontrol operations only.
q BUSY/TRANSMIT INDICATOR
➥ “
BBUUSSYY
” appears when receiving a signal or when the
squelch opens.
➥ “
TTXX
” appears while transmitting.
w RECEIVER ATTENUATOR INDICA TOR
“
LLOOCC
” appears when the Attenuator function is in use.
e SCRAMBLER INDICATOR
“
SSCCRRAAMM
” appears when an optional voice scrambler is acti-
vated.
r SCAN INDICATOR
➥ Either “
NNOORRMMAALL SSCCAANN
” or “
PPRRII--SSCCAANN 1166
” scan type
appears while scanning.
➥ “
DDUUAALL 1166
” appears during dualwatch; “
TTRRII 1166
” ap-
pears during tri-watch.
t SELECTOR STATUS INDICATOR
Indicates the [SELECTOR] active status;
“
[[VVOOLL]]
” appears when [SELECTOR] as the audio volume.
“
[[SSQQLL]]
” appears when [SELECTOR] as the noise squelch
controller.
“
[[CCHH ]]
” appears when [SELECTOR] as the channel selector.
y POSITION INDICATOR
➥ Shows the GPS position data.
•“
????
” may blink every 2 sec. instead of position data when
the GPS position data is invalid. In this case, the last position
data is held for up to 23.5 hours.
•“
????
” may blink every 2 sec. instead of position data 4 hours
after the position data is input manually, up until 23.5 hours
have past.
➥ “
NNoo PPoossiittiioonn
” appears when no GPS receiver is con-
nected and no position data is input manually.
u TIME ZONE INDICATOR
➥ “
LLooccaall
” appears when the offset time data in the ‘Set
up’ menu is entered.
➥ “
NNoo TTiimmee
” appears when no GPS receiver is connected
and no time data is input manually.
i CHANNEL COMMENT INDICATOR
Channel comment appears, if programmed.
o CHANNEL NUMBER READOUT
Indicates the selected operating channel number.
!0 KEY LOCK INDICATOR
➥ Appears while the Key Lock function is in use.
➥ Blinks while the All Key Lock function is in use.
!1 LOW BATTERY INDICATOR
“” blinks when the battery voltage drops to approx. 10 V
DC or below.
!2 CALL CHANNEL INDICATOR
➥
“
CCAALLLL
” appears when the call channel is selected.
➥ “
AALLEERRTT
” appears when the Weather Alert function is in
use; blinks when an alert tone is received.
!3 CHANNEL GROUP INDICATOR
Indicates whether an International “
IINNTT
,” U.S.A. “
UUSSAA
,”
Canadian “
CCAANN
” or weather “
WWXX
” channel is selected.
!4 DUPLEX INDICATOR
Appears when a duplex channel is selected.
• Duplex channel has a different TX and RX frequency.
!5 TAG CHANNEL INDICATOR
Appears when a tag channel is selected.
!6 POWER INDICATOR
➥ “
2255WW
” appears when high power is selected.
➥ “
11WW
” appears when low power is selected.
!7 RX SPEAKER INDICATOR
Appears when an RX speaker function is activated.
BUSYBUSY-25W25W------INTINT------CALLCALL
LOCLOC- -- -- DUPDUP
SCRAMSCRAM--TAGTAG
NORMALNORMAL-SCANSCAN
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123123°23.236W23.236W
LocalLocal----1:101:10- - CALLINGCALLING
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Accessories included with the HM-162B/SW: Qty.
q Connection cable (OPC-1540*: 6 m; 20 ft) ....................... 1
w Mounting base .................................................................. 1
e Connector cap .................................................................. 1
r Microphone hanger .......................................................... 1
t Screws (M3 × 16; tapping) ............................................... 5
*: OPC 1540 has external speaker leads as illustrated at right.
(Yellow: Audio, Black: Speaker ground)
These instructions are described when the HM-162 is connected to the IC-M604. Some operations or indications may be different as these instructions depending on the connecting transceiver.
x Function display
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The optional HM-162 remotely controls the transceiver and provides an optional Intercom function.
q DISTRESS KEY [DISTRESS]
Push for 5 sec. transmit a Distress call.
w TRANSMIT POWER KEY [H/L]
➥ Push to toggle high or low power.
• Some Channels are set to low power only.
➥ While pushing this key, other keys perform secondary
functions.
➥ While pushing this key, turn power ON to toggle the All key
Lock function ON or OFF.
•“ ” blinks while the All key Lock function is in use.
• Only [PWR] ([CLR]/[MENU]), [DISTRESS] and [PTT] are
functional when the All key Lock function is in use.
e PTT SWITCH [PTT]
Push and hold to transmit; release to receive.
r SELECTOR DIAL [SELECTOR]
➥
Rotate to adjust the audio level
, or select the items in DSC
menu, Set mode settings in set mode, etc.
➥ Rotate to select the noise squelch level or operating chan-
nel after pushing
[VOL/SQL•MONI ].
➥ Rotate to adjust the brightness of the LCD and key back-
light while pushing [H/L].
➥ Checks TAG channels or changes scanning direction dur-
ing scan.
➥ Rotate to adjust the audio level during in hailer mode.
➥ Rotate [SELECTOR] then push [ENT] to adjust the audio
level during in RX Speaker mode.
t ENTER KEY [ENT]
➥ Push to fix the selected contents, or select Set mode set-
tings, etc.
➥ Push for 1 sec. to indicate the GPS information of the con-
nected transceiver.
• No information appears when GPS receiver is not connected to the transceiver.
y CLEAR•POWER KEY [CLR•PWR]
➥ While HM-162’s power is OFF, push this key and [MENU]
for 1 sec. to turn the power ON.
• The connected transceiver power is also turned ON, if it’s
OFF.
➥ While HM-162’s power is ON;
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While pushing this key, push [MENU] to turn the HM162 power OFF.
• The connected transceiver power is also turned OFF depending on the transceiver’s Set mode setting.
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Push to clear the selected contents, or select Set mode
settings, etc.
u DSC MENU KEY [MENU]
➥ Toggles the DSC menu ON or OFF when pushed.
➥ While pushing [CLR], push this key to turn the HM-162
power ON and OFF.
i SCAN KEY [SCAN•TAG]
➥ Push to start and stop Normal or Priority scan when TAG
channels are programmed.
➥ Push for 1 sec. to set the displayed channel as a TAG
(scanned) channel.
➥ While pushing [H/L], push for 3 sec. to clear or set all TAG
channels.
o CHANNEL/DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH KEY
[CH/WX•DW ]
➥ Push to select and toggle the regular channels and
weather channels.
➥ While pushing [H/L], push to select one of three channel
groups in sequence.
• U.S.A., International and Canadian channels are available.
➥ Push for 1 sec. to start Dualwatch or Tri-watch.
➥ Push to stop Dualwatch or Tri-watch when either is acti-
vated.
➥ Move the cursor backward while in the channel comment
programming condition.
!0 CHANNEL 16/CALL CHANNEL KEY [16•9]
➥ Push to select Channel 16.
➥ Push for 1 sec. to select call channel.
• “CALL” appears when call channel is selected.
➥ Push for 3 sec. to enter call channel programming condi-
tion when call channel is selected.
➥ While pushing [H/L], push to enter the channel comment
programming condition.
➥ While turning power ON, push to enter Set mode.
➥ Advance the cursor while in channel comment program-
ming condition.
!1 VOLUME/SQUELCH•MONITOR/LOCK KEY
[
VOL/SQL• MONI
]
➥ Push to select the volume, channel or squelch setting con-
dition.
➥ After pushing this key, rotate [SELECTOR] to set the
audio level, channel selection or squelch level.
➥ Push for 1 sec. to turn the monitor function ON.
➥ While pushing [H/L], push this to toggle the (microphone)
Key Lock function ON or OFF.
•“ ” appears while (microphone) Key Lock function is in use.
• [PWR] ([CLR]/[MENU]), [PTT], [VOL/SQL], [H/L] and [DIS-
TRESS] still function when the (microphone) Key Lock function is turned ON.
!2 ATTENUATOR/INTERCOM/SCRAMBLER KEY
[LO/DX•IC ]
➥ Push to toggle the Attenuator function ON or OFF.
•“
LLOOCC
” appears when the Attenuator function is turned ON.
➥ Push for 1 sec. to activate the Intercom function.
➥ Calls the transceiver when pushed and held while in In-
tercom mode.
➥ While pushing [H/L], activates an optional Voice scram-
bler function when it’s installed into the transceiver.
•“
SSCCRRAAMM
” appears when the Voice scrambler function is
turned ON.
•Voice scrambler function is available depending on the
transceiver or transceiver’s version.
• The optional Voice scrambler function cannot be used on
Channel 16 and 70.
!3 HAILER/RX SPEAKER KEY [HAIL•RX ]
➥ Push to turn the hailer mode ON or OFF.
➥ Push for 1 sec. to turn the RX Speaker mode ON or OFF.
➥ While pushing [H/L], push to turn the automatic foghorn
function ON or OFF.
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q Push [PWR] to turn power ON.
w Set the audio and squelch levels.
➥ Push
[VOL/SQL•MONI ] for 1 sec. to activate the moni-
tor function.
➥ Rotate [SELECTOR
VOL
] to adjust the audio output level.
➥ Push
[VOL/SQL•MONI ]
to cancel the monitor function
.
➥ Push
[VOL/SQL•MONI ]
several times, then rotate [SE-
LECTOR
SQL
] to adjust the squelch level.
e While pushing [H/L], push [CH/WX•DW ] to change the
channel group, if desired.
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Push [CH/WX•DW ] once, then rotate [SELECTORCH]
to select the desired channel.
• When receiving a signal, “
BBUUSSYY
” appears and audio is emit-
ted from the speaker.
• Further adjustment of the audio level may be necessary.
t Push [LO/DX•IC ] to turn the Attenuator function ON or
OFF, if necessary.
•“
LLOOCC
” appears when the Attenuator function is in use.
y Push [H/L] to select the output power, if necessary.
•“
11WW
” appears when low power is selected.
• Choose low power for short range communications, choose
high power for longer distance communications.
• Some channels are for low power only.
u Push and hold [PTT] to transmit, then speak into the micro-
phone.
•“
TTXX
” appears.
• Channel 70 cannot be used for transmission other than DSC.
Simplex channels, 3, 21, 23, 61, 64, 81, 82 and 83 CAN-
NOT be lawfully used by the general public in U.S.A. waters.
i Release [PTT] to receive.
IMPORTANT: To maximize the readability of your transmit-
ted signal (voice), pause a few sec. after pushing [PTT],
hold the microphone 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) from your
mouth and speak at a normal voice level.
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The HM-162 has a selector dial, which works various functions.
➥ Each pushing
[VOL/SQL] changes [SELECTOR]’s action.
• Selector status indicator shows “
[[VVOOLL]]
,” “
[[SSQQLL]]
” or
“
[[CCHH ]]
” when [SELECTOR] functions
as an audio volume,
squelch controller or channel selector, respectively.
➥ Pushing
[CH/WX] changes [SELECTOR]’s action to channel
selector.
• “
[[CCHH ]]
” appears.
➥ Pushing
[ENT] or [CLR] returns [SELECTOR]’s action to the
audio volume when
“
[[SSQQLL]]
” or “
[[CCHH ]]
” is indicated on the
display
.
• Even If [ENT] or [CLR] hasn’t been pushed, [SELECTOR]’s
action returns to the audio volume automatically after 5 sec. of
inactivity.
After these instructions describe [SELECTOR] as follow:
[SELECTOR
VOL
] : Functions as the audio volume.
[SELECTOR
SQL
] : Functions as the squelch controller.
[SELECTOR
CH
] : Functions as the channel selector.
[SELECTOR] : Functions as the any other selector or
controller.
v Selector’s action
b Channel selection n Receiving and transmitting
m Monitor function
DD
Channel 16
q Push [16•9] to select Channel 16.
w Push [CH/WX] to return to the
condition before selecting Channel 16, (or rotate [SELECTOR
CH
] to select an other channel.
DD
Call channel
q Push [16•9] for 1 sec. to select
call channel.
w Push [CH/WX] to return to the
condition before selecting call
channel, (or rotate [SELECTOR
CH
] to select an other channel.
DD
Weather channels
q Push [CH/WX] once or twice to
select the weather channel group.
w Rotate [SELECTOR
CH
] to select
a weather channel.
e Push [CH/WX] once or twice to
return to the condition before selecting the weather channel
group.
DD
U.S.A., International and Canadian channels
q Push [CH/WX•DW ] to select a regular channel.
• Push [CH/WX•DW ] again, if a weather channel appears.
w While pushing [H/L], push [CH/WX•DW ] to select a
channel group.
• U.S.A., International and Canadian channels can be selected
in sequence.
e Push [CH/WX•DW ] then rotate [SELECTORCH] to se-
lect a channel.
•“
DDUUPP
” appears for duplex channels.
•“ ” appears when a simplex channel is selected.
BUSY
25W
---
CAN
---CALL
LOCAL--DUP
SCRAM
--TAG
NORMAL-SCAN
34"34.206N
123"23.236W
UTC
10:10
---
CCG
[VOL]
BUSY
25W
---
INT
---CALL
LOCAL--
DUP
SCRAM
--TAG
NORMAL-SCAN
34"34.206N
123"23.236W
UTC
10:10
TELEPHONE
[VOL]
BUSY
25W
---
USA
---CALL
LOCAL--DUP
SCRAM----
TAG
NORMAL-SCAN
34"34.206N
123"23.236W
UTC
10:10
---
CCG
[VOL]
U/I/C
U/I/C
U/I/C
U/I/C
BUSY-25W----25W---WXWX---CALL---CALL
LOCAL--DUPLOCAL--DUP
SCRAMSCRAM--TAG--TAG
NORMAL-SCANNORMAL-SCAN
-34"34.206N34"34.206N
123"23.236W123"23.236W
----UTCUTC-10:10162.550MHz10:10162.550MHz
[CH[CH-]
Push
CH/WX
BUSY-25W25W------INTINT---CALL---CALL
LOCAL--DUPLOCAL--DUP
SCRAMSCRAM----TAGTAG
NORMAL-SCANNORMAL-SCAN
-34"34.206N34"34.206N
123"23.236W123"23.236W
----UTCUTC-10:1010:10-CALLINGCALLING
[CH[CH-]
for 1 sec.
916
Push
BUSY-25W25W------INTINT---CALL---CALL
LOCAL--DUPLOCAL--DUP
SCRAMSCRAM----TAGTAG
NORMAL-SCANNORMAL-SCAN
-34"34.206N34"34.206N
123"23.236W123"23.236W
----UTCUTC-10:1010:10- - CALLINGCALLING
[CH[CH-]
916
Push
The monitor function releases the noise squelch mute of the
microphone only. (An independent noise squelch system is
employed.)
➥ Push
[VOL/SQL•MONI ]
for
1 sec. to activate the Monitor
function.
•“
BBUUSSYY
” blinks and audio is emit-
ted.
•
[VOL/SQL•MONI ] (or [ENT],
[CLR])
cancels the Monitor func-
tion
.
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BUSYBUSY-25W25W------INTINT---CALL---CALL
LOCAL--DUPLOCAL--DUP
SCRAMSCRAM--TAG--TAG
NORMAL-SCANNORMAL-SCAN
-34"34.206N34"34.206N
123"23.236W123"23.236W
----UTCUTC-10:10COMMERCIAL10:10COMMERCIAL
[VOL][VOL]
Blinks
3
-25W
---
USA
TAG
---CALL
---
CCG
LOCAL--DUP
SCRAM
NORMAL-SCAN
[VOL]
-34"34.206N
123"23.236W
----UTC
-10:10
U.S.A. channels
-25W
---
CAN
---
---CALL
CCG
LOCAL--DUP
SCRAM
--TAG
NORMAL-SCAN
[VOL]
-34"34.206N
123"23.236W
----UTC
-10:10
Canadian channels International channels
-25W
---
DUP
--TAG
[VOL]
-10:10
INT
-TELEPHONE
LOCAL-SCRAM
NORMAL-SCAN
-34"34.206N
123"23.236W
----UTC
---CALL
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