Intek MT-446ES Instruction Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

PMR 446 / 16CH

PROFESSIONAL 2-WAY RADIO

PC PROGRAMMABLE

MT-446ES

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PRECAUTIONS

Please observe the following precautions to prevent fire,
personal injury, and radio damage.

Do not operate your radio while taking on fuel, or being
charged.

Do not expose the radio for a long period to direct sunlight,
nor place the radio close to heating appliances.

Do not place the radio in excessively dusty areas, humid
areas or on unstable surfaces.

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

FM HANDHELD TRANSCEIVER

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Declaration of Conformity

With the present declaration, we certify that the following products :

INTEK MT-446ES

comply with all the technical regulations applicable to the above mentioned products
in accordance with the EC Directives 2006/95/EC, 2004/108/EC, 99/5/EC.

Type of product : PMR 446 UHF Transceiver

Details of applied standards : EN 300 296-1/-2, EN 301 489-1/-5,

EN 60950-1+A11

Manufacturer : INTEK S.R.L.

Via G. Marconi, 16
20090 Segrate, Italy
Tel. [phone] / Fax. [phone]
E-mail : [e-mail]

Notified Body : EMCCert Dr. Rasek

Boelwiese 5, 91320 Ebermannstadt
Germany
Identification Number : 0678

Contact Reference : Armando Zanni

Tel. [phone] / Fax. [phone]
E-mail : [e-mail]

Segrate, 22/02/2012 dr. Vittorio Zanetti

(General Manager)

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

EC Certificate of Conformity

(to EC Directive 2006/95, 2004/108, 99/5)

RoHS

2002/95/EC

0678

Do not modify this radio for any reason.
Refer service to qualified licensed or certificated technicians

only.

Notice to the User

· Government laws prohibit radio communication without
permission in government districts.

· Illegal operation is subject to punishment by fine and/or
imprisonment.

· Refer service to the well-trained professional technicians only.

Safety

It is important that the user is aware of and understands hazards
common to the operation of any radios.

Warning !

Turn off your radio before entering any area with a potentially
explosive atmosphere (where the air contains gas, dust and
smog, etc.), such as while taking on fuel, or while parking at a
gasoline service station.

Precautions in Use

Please comply with the following attentions to avoid fire, bodily
injury and damage to the radio.

· The radio is recommended to transmit for 1 minute and

NOTICE !

It is recommended to carefully read this owner’s manual before using the
product. This will also help the user to prevent using the radio in violation
of the regulations valid in the country where the product is used, as well as
to avoid any possible interferences with other services.

NOTICE !

This transceiver is programmable via PC, using the dedicated software
and the optional PC interface cable. Any programming or modification of
the original default setting must be made by a specialised technician or by
an authorised service centre. Some functions of this transceiver might be
programmed in violation of the technical rules in force for the use of the
PMR-446 band. It is the user’s responsibility to check that any modification
to the programming will be done in compliance with the current regula­tions. Any modification to the product, alteration of the internal circuit, of
the external structure of the radio or any programming in violation of the
current regulations will automatically void the product certification and your
right to use the product. INTEK S.R.L. declines any responsibility concer­ning any modification of the product, made by the user or by a third party,
after delivery of the product.

NOTICE !

This transceiver has been factory programmed, in order to use the product
immediately after purchase. The programming includes the activation of
channels/frequencies in the PMR-446 band, according to the technical
rules in force for the use of this band. Please refer to the table at page 15
for details.

receive for 4 minutes. Long time transmitting or continuous working in
high power mode will make the rear side of the radio generate heat.

· Please don't disassemble or assemble the radio under any
circumstances.

· Please don't expose the radio to direct sunlight for a long time;
don't place the radio near any heating devices, either.

· Please don't put the radio in extremely dusty, moist or dabbling
places; don't place it on any unstable surfaces, either.

· If the radio emits smoke or strange odors, turn it off and remove
the battery from the radio and promptly contact your local authorized
INTEK dealer.

CONTENTS

UNPACKING AND CHECKING ..............................1

SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES .........................................................1

PREPARATION..............................................................................2

CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK ... ...........................................2

INSTALLING/REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK..........................3

INSTALLING THE ANTENNA........................................................4

INSTALLING THE OPTIONAL SPEAKER/MICROPHONE...........4

INSTALLING/REMOVING THE BELT CLIP...................................4

RADIO OVERVIEW........................................................................5

BASIC OPERATION......................................................................6

SCAN FUNCTION..........................................................................7

STARTING SCAN............................................................................7

STOPPING

SCAN...........................................................................7

AUXILIAR Y FUNCTIONS............................................................10

TIME-OUT TIMER.........................................................................10

BATTERY SAVING / LOW BATTERY WARNING .........................10

MONITOR..................................................................................10

CTCSS/DCS ................................................................................11

VOICE ANNUNCIATION OF CURRENT CHANNEL NUMBER..11

WIRED CLONE.............................................................................12

EMERGENCY ALERT...................................................................13

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE .....................................................14

SETTINGS ...................................................................................15

EQUIPMENT

USER INFORMATION .................................................................13

SPECIFICATIONS / OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ......................16

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY .............................................17

ITEM QUANTITY

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UNPACKING AND CHECKING EQUIPMENT

Carefully unpack the radio. We recommend that you
identify the items listed in the following table before dis-carding the
packing material. If any damage has occurred during shipment,
please contact the dealer immediately .

SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES

Hand strap

Belt clip

Li-ion battery pack

Charger

Power adapter

Instruction manual

Belt clip

Charger

Battery

Antenna

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Antenna

PREPARATION

CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK

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Notice:

A new battery or a battery whose power appears
low (power indicator displays one bar or no bar)
needs charging before using.

The battery is not fully charged in the factory, and probably the
new battery is falsely indicated as full charge. Before the initial use,
please charge the new battery.
INTEK KB-58B Li-ion battery is supplied.
When charge the battery for the first time after purchase or long­time storage (over 2 months), please repeat charging several times to

1) Plug the adapter into an AC wall outlet;
connect the power adapter with the battery
charger, and then the indicator lights yellow.

2) Place the battery or radio into the charger
slot. Make sure the battery is well connected
with the charger. The indicator turns red, and
then the charger gets in the state of charging
automatically. Charging time is about 5 hours.
When battery is fully charged the indicator turns
green.
While in green light state, keep the battery
remain in the charger for 1~2 hours, which will
give you the best battery performance. And then
disconnect the adapter from the AC outlet.

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Hand Strap

Power Adapter

INSTALLING /REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK

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resume the battery normal capacity.

Do not charge the battery again if it has been fully charged or it
is not in the low battery warning state, otherwise, its life will be
shortened or it will be damaged.
Take the battery away from the charger after charging.
If the battery is charged after all the power has been exhausted,
the red indicator will light about 1 minute later.

Match the guides of the battery pack with the
corresponding grooves in the bottom of the radio,
and insert the battery in.

Press downward the battery pack until the
release latch locks.

To remove the battery pack, push the release
latch upwards and then slide the battery pack
away from the radio.

Notice:

Do not short-circuit the battery terminals or dispose exhausted
battery in fire.
Do not disassemble the battery casing.

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INSTALLING THE OPTIONAL
SPEAKER /MICROPHONE

INSTALLING THE ANTENNA

Screw the antenna into the connector at
the top of the radio by holding the
bottom of the antenna and turn it
clockwise until secure.

Insert the Speaker/Microphone plug into
the jacks of the versatile connector.

Note:
When use the optional Speaker/
Microphone, the radio will not be
waterproof.

Match the grooves of the belt clip with
those on the rear of the battery.

Then press the belt clip downwards to
lock it in place.

To remove the belt clip, use your nail or
a tool to lift the metal spring piece in the
belt clip from the topside, and then pull
the belt clip away from the radio.

INSTALLING /REMOVING
THE BELT CLIP

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BASIC OPERATION

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Switch On
Switch on the radio by turning the
Power/Volume switch clockwise till a click is
heard, then the radio will be in the state of
stand by and you will hear a beep if the dealer
has set it. And then you will hear voice
annunciation of the current channel number.

Adjust V olume
Press the monitor button to listen to the
background noise and rotate the Power/Volume
switch to adjust volume.

Select Channels
Rotate the channel selector to select channels.

You will hear voice from the speaker while
receiving proper signals.

RADIO OVERVIEW

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. LED indicator
Red — The radio is transmitting.
Green — The radio is receiving.
Red — The radio is in low battery.

. Channel selector knob
Rotate the knob to select channels 1-16.

. ON/OFF/Volume control knob
Rotate it clockwise until you hear a click to turn on the radio, and coun­terclockwise until you hear a click to turn it off.
When the radio is on, turn the knob to adjust the volume.

. PTT (Push-to-talk) button
Press the PTT button and talk to the microphone, your voice can be
sent to the recipient. Release the PTT button to receive.

. Monitor button
Press and hold the monitor button to close the squelch so that you can
hear the background noise. Release the button to open the squelch.

. Voice announcement button
Press this button in the stand-by mode, the radio will announce the

current channel number. You can press and hold this button while tur­ning the radio power ON to switch the voice announcement type.

. Emergency alarm button
Press this button, and the radio will make alarm sound. Press the but­ton again to stop alarming.
Note: When the emergency alarm is ON, all the other buttons are not
effective.

. Speaker/MIC jack
External speaker/microphone can be connected to the radio through
this jack.

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If voice annunciation of channel number has been
set, the radio will annunciate the current channel
number.

Make a Call
To make a call, select the desired channel,
press and hold the PTT button, and speak in
normal voice. Please keep your mouth 3~8 cm
away from the microphone.

Receive a Call

Release the PTT button to receive a call. Select the desired
channel, adjust the volume to a proper level, and then you can
receive others' voice.

(Your local dealer may prohibit this function.)
Only when there are no less than two channels added in the scan list
and the scan function has been activated, the radio can start
scanning.

STARTING SCAN

When switching to channel 16, the radio will begin to scan, and pause
after receiving signals.

STOPPING SCAN

When switching to channel 1-15, the radio will stop scanning.

Introduction:

1. Dealer can set the following two ways to restart scanning after its
pause:

1) Time-control
The radio will restart scanning after pausing for some time while
receiving signals. The pausing time can be preset from 0.5 to 5
seconds.

2) Carrier wave control
The radio will pause scanning after receiving signals and will
restart scanning 3 seconds after the signal disappears.

2. The working channel of the radio will respond to the following
channels automatically when pressing PTT button during scanning.
The dealer can select one among the following six ways.

1) Last called

When pressing PTT button, the radio will transmit from the last
channel that received a call.

2) Last used + currently working channel
When pressing PTT button during the scanning, the radio will
transmit from the last channel that received a call. When pressing
PTT button during the scanning pause, the radio will transmit from the
currently working channel.

3) Selected channel
When pressing PTT button, the radio will transmit from the first
channel of the scanning list.

4) Selected channel + currently working channel
When pressing PTT button during scanning, the radio will always
transmit from the first channel in the scanning list. When pressing
PTT button during the scanning pause, the radio will always transmit
from the currently working channel.

5) Priority channel

SCAN FUNCTION

AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS

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The radio will transmit signals from the priority channel in the scan
list when pressing PTT button.

6) Priority channel + currently working channel
When pressing PTT button during scanning, the radio will always
transmit from the priority channel. When pressing PTT button during
the scanning pause, the radio will transmit from the currently working
channel.

Note:

Currently working channel means the channel in which the radio

holds on under the following four conditions.

1) After receiving the signals, the radio will still stay in the current
channel before restarting the scan.

2) When receiving signals during scanning, the radio will pause on
the current channel and will keep staying on it for 3 seconds after the
signals disappear.

3) Radio will stay on the current channel when pressing PTT during
scanning.

4) When the radio transmitting ends by releasing PTT button, within
the transmitting pause time preset by the local dealer, the radio will
stay in the current channel.

Selected channel: The first channel in the scanning list set by the

dealer.

Priority channel: The prior channel in the scanning list set by the

dealer.

Only when priority channel has been selected, the options of /
priority channel 0and /priority channel + currently working channel 0
in Revert Channel are available.

TIME-OUT TIMER

Time-out timer can prevent the user from continuously talking
overlong and prevent the radio body heating due to continuous
longtime transmitting.
If you continuously transmit longer than the time limit preset by the
dealer, the radio will stop transmitting and warning tone sounds, and
to stop the warning tone please release the PTT button. Pressing the
PTT button again will resume transmitting.

BATTERY SAVING

The automatic battery saving function decreases the power
consumption when no signal is received and no operation is
conducted.
If the battery saving function is activated, 10 seconds after the radio
doesn't receive any signals or no operation is being conducted, the
radio enters battery saving mode. When a signal is received or any
operation occurs, it exits battery saving mode automatically.

LOW BATTERY WARNING

When the battery power goes below a certain value in transmitting,
LED flashes red and Low battery warning tone sounds and then the
radio stop transmitting. You need to recharge or change the battery.

MONITOR

Off: When this function is selected, no operation is performed.

Monitor Momentary: Press and hold the monitor button to
deactivate the signaling temporarily, and squelch un-mutes. Release
it to return to normal operation and squelch mutes.

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Monitor Lock: Press the monitor button once to deactivate the
signaling, and squelch un-mutes. Press it again to return to normal
operation and squelch mutes.
SQ Off: When there is no signal received, the squelch circuit of the
radio will automatically mute the speaker, so you will not hear the
background noise. Press the MONI key to force the squelch un-mute.

CTCSS/DCS

CTCSS/DCS tones may have been pre-programmed on some
channels. A CTCSS/DCS tone is a sub-audible tone, which allows you
to ignore (not hear) calls from other parties who are using the same
channel. The dealer can set CTCSS/DCS tones on radio channels.
When you receive a signal that has a tone different from the one set
on your radio, you will not hear the signal. Likewise, signals that you
transmit will only be received by the parties whose CTCSS/DCS tones
are the same as yours.

Note:

Using a CTCSS/DCS channel doesn't mean your calls are private. If
other parties' CTCSS/DCS tones are identical with yours, they can
hear your calls.

Voice Annunciation of Current Channel Number

If voice annunciation of current channel number has been activated,
when pressing the channel annunciation button in stand-by mode, the
current channel number will be annunciated in the preset language
through the loudspeaker. If turn on the radio with this button pressed,
the annunciation language will be changed. Repeat turning on the
power with this button pressed, the type of the annunciation language
can be changed in sequence “ Chinese Male---English Male--­Chinese Female---English Female---No Annunciation” .

Wired Clone

If wire clone function has been activated, after entering wire clone
mode, the radio will not exit the wire clone mode automatically. You
have to turn on the radio again to enter the user mode. The operating
procedure is as follows:

1) Press MONI key to turn on the radio. About two seconds later
the red light flashes twice and two beeps sound, and then the radio
enters the wire clone mode.

2) Press PTT button, and slave radio that is to be sent with
cloning data will be in the Open/Prohibition wire clone mode.
However, the wire clone setting on the master radio will not change.
Press PTT button. If the green light flashes twice and one beep
sounds it is in the Open state; if the red light flashes twice and two
beeps sound it is in the Prohibition state.
When entering wire clone mode, the default setting on the slave
cloned radio is wire clone prohibition.

3) Press MONI key, the red light flashes and cloning begins.
When cloning is finished, red light turns dim.

Note:

To activate Open/Prohibition Wire Clone mode, short circuit the two
points of SELF to switch on the current and enter model setting
mode, the manually adjustment and wire clone functions are
activated automatically; then to prohibit wire clone function, press
MONI key.
You can also open or prohibit the wire clone mode by PC
programming software.
Once the wire clone function is prohibited, the radio cannot enter wire
clone mode. Wire clone prohibition is set as the default when the
radio leaves factory.

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PROBLEM

SOLUTION

TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE

The radio cannot

Battery power may be insufficient.
be switched on Recharge or replace the battery pack.
or no display Battery pack may not be installed properly.

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Remove the battery pack and install

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again.

The battery power The battery life is finished;
consumes quickly please replace it with a new battery pack.
after charging.

Cannot talk to Make sure the CTCSS/DCS tone is the
or hear other same as that of your group members.
group members . Out of

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effective communication range.

Other voices Change the CTCSS/DCS tone, and make
from non-group sure to changed the tone of all radios in
members are your group.
heard on the
Channel.

Communication Make sure the antenna is well connected.
range is too Make sure the antenna is the original one.
short. Check if the battery power is in normal

s t a t e .

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Ask your local dealer to adjust the squelch

level.

Emergency Alert

Press the emergency button for more than 2 seconds, and then the
radio enters the state of emergency alert: red light flashes, and loud
warming tone sounds.
Press the emergency button again to exit the emergency state.
In emergency state, any other keys or buttons are inactive.

USER INFORMATION

in accordance with art. 13 of the Legislative Decree of 25th July 2005, no. 15
”Implementation of Directives 2002/95/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2003/108/EC, relative
to reduction of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equip-

ment, in addition to waste disposal”.

The crossed bin symbol shown on the equipment indicates that at the
end of its working life the product must be collected separately from
other waste.
The user must therefore take the above equipment to the appropriate

differentiated collection centres for electronic and electro technical
waste, or return it to the dealer when purchasing a new appliance of equivalent
type, in a ratio of one to one.

Appropriate differentiated waste collection for subsequent recycling, treatment and
environment-friendly disposal of the discarded equipment helps to prevent possible
negative environmental and health effects and encourages recycling of the compo­nent materials of the equipment.

Illegal disposal of the product by the user will be punished by application of the
administrative fines provided for by the legislative decree no. 22/1997 (article 50
and following of the legislative decree no. 22/1997).

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2) The way to restart scanning after its pause:
Time control
Carrier wave control

3) The way to revert the working channel:

SETTINGS (set by the dealer)

CHANNEL

PMR

FREQUENCY

TONE

Model: ____________ Serial No.: ___________

1) Channels List

Selected channel
Selected channel or currently working channel
Priority channel
Priority channel or currently working channel

4) Squelch monitor:
Open
Close

5) Time-out timer:
Open
Close

6) Automatic scan:
Open
Close

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446.00625 MHz

446.01875 MHz

446.03125 MHz

446.04375 MHz

446.05625 MHz

446.06875 MHz

446.08125 MHz

446.09375 MHz

446.00625 MHz

446.01875 MHz

446.03125 MHz

446.04375 MHz

446.05625 MHz

446.06875 MHz

446.08125 MHz

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None

None

107.2

110.9

114.8

118.8

123.0

127.3

131.8

136.5

141.3

146.2

123.0

156.7

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SPECIFICATIONS

Frequency (MHz) TX/RX 446.00625 - 446.09375 MHz
Channel spacing 12.5 KHz
RF power 0.5W ERP
Channels 16 (15+S)
Power supply DC 7.4V
Dimensions mm 60 x 102 x 34 (main body)
Weight 246 gr. (with battery pack)

OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES

KB-58A Li-Poly Battery Pack 7.4V 1200mAh
KME-H115 External speaker-microphone with earphone jack
KST-301 External "Heavy Duty" speaker-microphone
KME-614 External earset-microphone with adjustable ear hook
KME-801 External earset-microphone for security and bodyguard
KME-315 External earset-microphone with special soft tear proof cable
KME-100A External earset-microphone with tie clip
KME-200A External earset-microphone with flexible boom mic and tie clip
KSPL-02 PC interface serial cable
KPG-33 PC interface USB cable