Icom HM-162E User Manual

INSTRUCTIONS

REMOTE-CONTROL MICROPHONE

HM-162E

Thank you for purchasing the HM-162E

REMOTE

-

CONTROL MICROPHONE

. The COMMANDMIC III

TM

is a
remote control microphone for use with the IC-M603
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 RX SPEAKER INDICATOR

Appears during the RX speaker mode.

e SCRAMBLER INDICATOR

“

SSCCRRAAMM

” appears when an optional voice scrambler is acti-

vated.

r SCAN INDICATOR

➥ “

PPRRII--SSCCAANN 1166

” appears during Priority scan; “

NNOORR--

MMAALL SSCCAANN

” appears during Normal scan.

➥ “

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] functions as the

audio volume.

“

[[SSQQLL]]

” appears when [SELECTOR] functions as the

noise squelch controller.

“

[[DDIIAALL]]

” appears when [SELECTOR] functions 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.

!3 CHANNEL GROUP INDICATOR

Indicates whether an International “

IINNTT

,” U.S.A. “

UUSSAA

,”

DSC “

DDSSCC

” or ATIS “

AATTIISS

” channel is selected.

• Depending on the connected transceiver’s version.

!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.

BUSYBUSY-25W25W------INTINT------CALLCALL

LOC-LOC- -- -- 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-162E: 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)

Icom, Icom Inc. and the logo are registered trademarks of Icom Incorporated (Japan) in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Rus­sia and/or other countries. COMMANDMIC III is a trademark of Icom Incorporated (Japan) in the United states.

These instructions are described when the HM-162E is connected to the IC-M603. 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-162E 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-162E’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-162E’s power is ON;

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While pushing this key, push [MENU] to turn the HM­162E 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 entered function, exit Set mode, etc.

u DSC MENU KEY [MENU]

➥ Push to toggle the DSC menu ON or OFF.
➥ While pushing [CLR], push this key to turn the HM-162E

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 (or clear) the displayed channel as a

TAG (scanned) channel.

➥ While pushing [H/L], push for 3 sec. to clear or set all TAG

channels in the selected channel group.

o CHANNEL/DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH KEY

[DIAL•DW ]

➥ Push to select the regular channels.
➥ 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.

➥ While pushing [H/L], push to select the desired channel

groups in sequence.

• Depending on the connected transceiver’s version, this
function is not available.

!0 CHANNEL 16/CALL CHANNEL KEY [16•C]

➥ 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 the (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 INTERCOM KEY [IC]

➥ Push to toggle the Intercom function ON or OFF.
➥ 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 con­nected 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 [DIAL•DW ] to change the

channel group, if desired.

r Push [DIAL•DW ] once, then rotate [SELECTOR

DIAL

]

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 [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.

y Push and hold [PTT] to transmit, then speak into the micro-

phone.

•“

TTXX

” appears.

• Channel 70 cannot be used for transmission other than DSC.

u 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 5 to 10 cm from your mouth and speak
at a normal voice level.

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The HM-162E has a selector dial, which works various func­tions.

➥ Each pushing

[VOL/SQL] changes [SELECTOR]’s action.

• Selector status indicator shows “

[[VVOOLL]]

,” “

[[SSQQLL]]

” or

“

[[DDIIAALL]]

” when [SELECTOR] functions

as an audio vol-

ume, squelch controller or channel selector, respectively.

➥ Pushing

[DIAL] changes [SELECTOR]’s action to channel

selector.

• “

[[DDIIAALL]]

” appears.

➥ Pushing

[ENT] or [CLR] returns [SELECTOR]’s action to the

audio volume when

“

[[SSQQLL]]

” or “

[[DDIIAALL]]

” 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

DIAL

]: 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 Lock functions

DD

Channel 16

q Push [16•C] to select Channel 16.
w Push [DIAL] to return to the con-

dition before selecting Channel
16, (or rotate [SELECTOR

DIAL

]

to select an other channel.

DD

Call channel

q Push [16•C] for 1 sec. to select

call channel.

w Push [DIAL] to return to the con-

dition before selecting call chan­nel, (or rotate [SELECTOR

DIAL

]

to select an other channel.

DD

International and other channel group’s
channels (U.S.A., DSC, ATIS—depending on the

connected transceiver’s version)

q Push [DIAL•DW ] to select a regular channel.
w While pushing [H/L], push [DIAL•DW ] to select a chan-

nel group.

• Depending on the connected transceiver’s version, channel
group selection is not available.

e Push [DIAL•DW ] then rotate [SELECTOR

DIAL

] to se-

lect a channel.

•“

DDUUPP

” appears for duplex channels.

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]

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BUSY-25W25W------INTINT---CALL---CALL

LOCAL--DUPLOCAL--DUP
SCRAMSCRAM----TAGTAG
NORMAL-SCANNORMAL-SCAN

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123"23.236W123"23.236W

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[DIAL][DIAL]

for 1 sec.

C16

Push

BUSY-25W25W------INTINT---CALL---CALL

LOCAL--DUPLOCAL--DUP
SCRAMSCRAM----TAGTAG
NORMAL-SCANNORMAL-SCAN

-34"34.206N34"34.206N

123"23.236W123"23.236W

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[DIAL][DIAL]

C16

Push

The Lock function electronically locks keys and switches to
prevent accidental changes and function access from the mi­crophone.

All keys, switches and controllers on the transceiver are
functional.

DD

Activating the Lock function

➥ While pushing [H/L], push

[VOL/SQL•MONI ]

to turn the

Lock function ON or OFF.

•“ ” appears.

• Only [PWR] ([CLR]/[MENU]),

[DISTRESS], [PTT], [H/L],
[VOL/SQL•MONI ]

and [SE-

LECTOR] are functional.

DD

Activating the All Key Lock function

➥ While pushing [H/L], turn the

power ON by pushing [PWR] to
turn the All Key Lock function ON
or OFF.

•“ ” blinks.

• Only [PWR] ([CLR]/[MENU]),
[DISTRESS] and [PTT] are func­tional.

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BUSY-25W25W------INTINT------CALLCALL

LOCAL--LOCAL--DUPDUP
SCRAMSCRAM--TAG--TAG
NORMAL-SCANNORMAL-SCAN

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[CH-][CH-]

Blinks

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BUSY-25W25W------INTINT---CALL---CALL

LOCAL--LOCAL--DUPDUP
SCRAMSCRAM--TAG--TAG
NORMAL-SCANNORMAL-SCAN

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123"23.236W123"23.236W

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[CH-][CH-]

Appears

3

-25W
LOCAL-­SCRAM
NORMAL-SCAN

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123"23.236W

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DUP

--TAG

[VOL]

-10:10

International channels

INT

---CALL

-TELEPHONE

-25W

---

TAG

[VOL]

-10:10

USA

---

LOCAL--DUP
SCRAM
NORMAL-SCAN

-34"34.206N

123"23.236W

----UTC

U.S.A. channels

---CALL

CCG