Maycom FR-100 instruction manual

FR-100

MINI HAND HELD TYPE 5 BANDS

COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVER

USER'S OPERATION MANUAL

CONTENTS

■ DESCRIPTION OF FEAT URES .. ...... ... ...... .... ..... .... ...... .... ... ...... .... ...... 4

-DISPLAY PANEL FEATURES ............................................................. 4

-TOP PANEL FEATURES ......... .................................... ....................... 5

-SIDE AND BACK PANEL FEATURES .................................................6

-FRONT PANEL FEATURES .........................................................….. 7

■ BATTERY PACK INST RUCTI ON .. .... .. .. ... .. .... .. .... ... .. .. .... .. .... . .... .. .... .. 13

■ SPECIFICATION ................................................................................ 14

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Caution : Any changes or modifications in const ruction of this device

which are not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment.

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Display Panel Features

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1. " "
Indicates the narrow "FM" mode has been selected.

2. " "

Indicates the “AM” mode has been selected.

3. " "

Indicates the wide “FM” mode for broadcasting radio has been selected.

4. " " (Battery indicator)

Indicates batteries are getting low. If the battery level is lower than t he
standard point, Battery Level Indicator will twinkle.

5. " "

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Indicates that memory mode has been activated

6. " " (A.b.c.d.E)

Indicates the operating band

7. " " Memory channel indicator

Displays the memory channel number
(30 memories available per memory bank).

8. Channel (Frequency) indicator

Displays Frequency Number.

9 " " S-RF (Signal strength indicator)
The radio incorporates a ten segment incoming signal on the LCD.

On receiving a signal, the meter will indicate how strong the signal is.
A weak signal will be indicated by one or two segments, while a very
strong signal will have 8 to 10 segments.

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● Top Panel Features

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1. Power On/Off, Volume

Turn the Volume switch clockwise to the turn power on and set desired
volume. Turn the Volume button anti-clockwise to turn the power off.

When the power is on, the lastly used frequency per mode and band
is displayed on the LCD.

2. Antenna

This antenna provides good receiver performance given its overall size.

3. Phone Jack

Let the user listen to t he conversation in privacy.

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Dust Cover : When E arphone i s not being used, this prevents dirt and
moisture from getting inside the radio.

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Side and Back Panel Features

1. MO/SET (Moni to r)

1) MO(Monitor)

Press the "MO(Monitor)" button shortly in the receiving mode to open
the squelch control. This is useful when a weak signal is to be
monitored.
Re-Activate : Press t he MO but ton one more time.

2) SET

To fix each selection. Press this button.

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2. (Lamp)

Press the " " button, the lamp will stay on for fo u r se con ds, after that It
will turn off automatically. If you press another button on the front cabinet
when the lamp is on, the lamp will stay on for four seconds from t hat time.
If you press the " " button for m ore than one second, the beep will be
Come and the lamp will stay on until you press the " " button once
again.

3. Belt Clip

Allows for ease of carrying while att ached to user’s belt.

4. DC Jack

Allows for using external DC Power supply.

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Front Panel Features

1. ▲▲▲▲ (Channel up) button

Press the "▲ " button to move to a higher frequency than is currently
shown on the LCD.

To access Up scanning process, press the "▲ ” button over two seconds.
In the event that during the sc anni ng processing, the radio stop for

3 seconds at a receiving frequenc y and re-starting the scanning

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processing unless you press any buttons.

- If you want to stop scanning process, simply press any button

- The scanning processing is available per band.

2. ▼▼▼▼ (Channel Down) button

Press the "▼ " button to move to a lower frequency than is currently
shown on the LCD.

To access Down scanning process , press the " ▼ ” button over two
seconds. In the event that during the scanning processing, the radio stop

for 3 seconds at a receiving f requency and re-starting the scanning
processing unless you press any buttons.

- If you want to stop scanning process, simply press any button

- The scanning processing is available per band.

3. SEL button

1) Select the mode

To select the wanted mode, pressing “SEL” button. Each mode will be
accessed with following turn.

2) Adjust SQL Level

To adjust SQL level, press the “SEL” button longer than 2 seconds.
With Up/Down button, you can adjust SQL level which you want.
SQL level will be displayed with S-RF level meter.
SQL level will be adjusted form S2 to S8.

3) Change of Frequency step

FR-100 has 5KHz, 8.33KHz(Air), 10K Hz,12.5KHz, 20KHz, 25KHz,

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50KHz, 100KHz, 200KHz and 1MHz frequency st ep.
To change the frequency step, press the “SEL” button in the SQL level
adjustment mode.
With Up/Down button, you can select the frequency step which you
want. To fix the frequency step, press the “MO/SET” button.
If the “MO/SET” key will not be pressed over 4 seconds , current
frequency step will be fixed automatically.

Note : The changed frequency step is only available per related band

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4. Band Button

FR-100 has five bands.

A Band : 66 - 88 NFM(Narrow FM) 25KHz Step
b Band : 88 - 108 WFM (Wide FM Broadcasting) 100KHz Step
C Band : 108 - 137 AM 25KHz Step
d Band : 137 - 174 NFM 20KHz Step
E Band : 420 - 470 NFM 12.5KHz Step

To select the wanted band, pressing “BAND” butt on. Each band will be
accessed with following turn.

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When you press the “B AND” button, the last used frequency per band
will be displayed on the LCD.

5. MEM button

This FR-100 receiver contains a 30 memory locations for each band
where desired frequencies can be programmed by the user.

1) Frequency Memory

Programming of the desired frequencies memory can be carried out in
the following ways.

- Select the frequency which you want by usi ng “SEL,BAND and

Frequency Up/Down” button”

- Press “MEM” button longer than 2 seconds

- The LCD will show the empty memory channel location

- Select the memory location where you wish to store the selected

frequency by pressing "▲ or ▼ " buttons till the Memory Channel
Indicator shows that location.

- Press the “SET” butt on.

Note : 1. If the “MO/SET” key will not be press ed over 4 s econds,
current frequency will be stored automatically.

2. When the selected frequency is stored, the being used mode

and step are also stored automatically.

2) Memory Recall

To access the memory recall,

- Press “MEM” button simply

- Select the memory location where you wish to find the stored

frequency by pressing "▲ or ▼ " buttons till the Memory Channel
Indicator shows that location.

- To Deactivate : Press “MEM” button simply

Note : If you want to use the st ored frequency in normal mode, press

“MEM” button longer than 2 seconds.

3) Memory Scan

To access the memory scan

- Enter the Memory Recall mode by pressing “MEM” button

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- Pressing "▲ or ▼ " buttons longer than 2 seconds

- The empty memory channels are skipped during scanning processing.

- To stop scanning, press any button.

4) Deletion of stored frequency

To access the deletion of memory

- To enter memory mode

- Select the memory channel which you want to delete

- Press “MO/SET” button longer than 2 seconds

- “ErASER” will appear on the LCD

- Press the “MO/SET” button one more time. With beep, the stored

frequency in the memory channel will be erased.

5) Delete all stored frequency in the memory channel

To access it :

- Turn th e p o wer off

- Press and hold “SET” button

- Turn th e p o wer on.

6. CUR.(Cursor) button

The desired frequency can be directly entered using the cursor function
in normal mode. The desired frequency however should be in the
allocated frequency range of the band. To enter the frequency directly
using cursor function, follow the example:

1) Example of Frequency selecti on

Frequency desired is 145.4650 MHz on the VHF Band.

- Press the "BAND" button till the VHF FM Band is indicated, then

press “CUR” button. the first digit of the frequency display will start to
flash. Now pr e ss "▲ or ▼ " button to set the value to " 1 ":

- Press the "CUR” button, the second digit of the frequency display

will start to flash. Now press "▲ or ▼ " button to set the value to " 4 ":

- Continue this process for the remaining digits until you have entered

the desired frequency.

NOTES : If you have selected a frequency which is above or below
the frequency range allowed, the unit will automatically go to

either the maximum or minimum frequency allowed per
band and the mode is also changed.

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1. Press down the battery lock button on the bottom side of the radio.(①)

2. Open the battery cover on the back side of the radio.(②)

3. Install the battery as like shown.(③)

4. Put on the battery cover. (④)

5. Press the battery lock button upward to lock the battery cas e.

To supply the power, use the DC charge adapter.
CAUTION : Please use only rechargeable battery with DC charge adapt er.

(Do not use dry battery with DC charge adapter)

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1. GENERAL

FREQUENCY ------------------------ A BAND : 66MHz TO 88MHz
B BAND : 88MHz TO 108MHz
C BAND : 108MHz TO 137MHz
D BAND : 137MHz TO 174MHz
E BAND : 420MHz TO 470MHz
FREQUENCY GENERATION --­ FREQUENCY STABILITY --------

OPERATING TEMPERATURE -­ POWER SOURCE ------------------ INT

EXT : 4.5 TO 6.0V
MODULATION ----------------------- F3E, A3E
IMPEDANCE ------------------------­ DIMENSIONS -----------------------­ WEIGHT -------------------------------

2. RECEIVER SECTION

CIRCUIT TYPE ---------------------- TRIP LE CONVERSION
SUPERHETERODYNE
IF FREQUENCY -------------------­ 2'nd IF: 10.7MHz
3’rd IF : 450KHz

PLL SYNTHESIZER
+/- 15ppm

-10℃ TO +55℃
: 4.5V

50 ohm
58(W) x 103(H) x 26.5(D)mm

98.5g, W/O BATTERY

1'st IF : 252.000MHz

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SENSITIVITY ------------------------ FM : 0.5µV FOR 12dB SND
SELECTIVITY -----------------------

S/N RATIO ---------------------------­ AUDIO OUTPUT @10%THD ----

AM : 1µV for 10dB NQ

50dB Min.

40dB Min.

150mW 8Ω , BTL

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Kyoungki-Do, Korea
Tel) 82 31 470-7700 Fax) 82 31 472-3700
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