Oricom MX500 Instruction Manual

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Than k you for p urcha sing th is Oric om 5wat t VHF Mar ine Rad io.

Ple ase ens ure you r ead thi s user gu ide car efull y befor e using
the MX 500 Rad io to en sure yo u famil iaris e yours elf wit h the func tions
and o perat ion.

PLEA SE RETAI N THE USE R GUIDE F OR FUTU RE REFE RENCE .

NEVE R conn ect the ra dio to th e AC powe r adapt or when w et as thi s
may po se a fire h azard o r resul t in an ele ctric s hock.
ONLY co nnect t he radi o to the po wer sup ply and b atter y provi ded wit h
this p rodu ct.
KEEP t he radi o at leas t 1mete r away fr om your v essel ’s magn etic
nav igati on comp ass.
DO NOT u se or pla ce the ra dio in di rect su nligh t or in are as with
temp eratu res bel ow -15 °C or abo ve +55° C
NEVE R modi fy your ra dio in a ny way as th is wil l void wa rrant y and
cou ld caus e damag e to your r adio.
ALWAYS ch arge yo ur radi o at norm al room t emper ature
ALWAYS tu rn off yo ur radi o when in a ny area w ith a pot entia lly
exp losiv e atmos phere

Radi o Anten na

Do no t use any ra dio th at has a dam aged a ntenn a. If a dama ged
ante nna co mes in co ntact wi th the sk in, a min or burn m ay resu lt.
Una uthor ized an tenna s, modi ficat ions, o r attach ments c ould da mage
the ra dio an d viola te comp lianc e. Do Not c hange o r modif y the ant enna.
Do no t hold the a nten na when t he radi o is "in us e."
Hol ding th e anten na redu ces ran ge and ma y cause b odily h arm.

Lith ium-i on Batt ery Pac k Warni ng

• This e quipm ent con tains a L ithiu m-ion B atter y pack.

• Do no t short ci rcuit t he Batt ery pac k.

• Only u se the or igin al Orico m AC adap tor sup plied w ith thi s produ ct to
cha rge the ba ttery p ack.

• Rem ove batt ery pac k when eq uipm ent wil l not be us ed for an
exte nded p eriod o f time.

• Dis pose of th e batte ry pack a ccord ing to lo cal reg ulati ons, ne ver in
you r house hold ru bbish .

• The Li thium -ion Ba ttery p ack may e xplod e if disp osed of i n a fire.

Exer cise ex treme c are whe n hand ling ba ttery i n order n ot to sho rt the
batt ery wit h condu cting m ateri als.
The ba ttery o r condu ction m ateri al may ov erhea t expl ode and o r cause
bur ns.

• If the b atter y leaks , do not le t the bat tery li quid to uch ski n or eyes . If
this h appe ns, imme diat ely flu sh the aff ected a reas wi th wate r, and see k
med ical as sista nce. Re lease d elect rolyt e is corr osive a nd may ca use
dam age to the e yes and s kin. It m ay be tox ic if swa llowe d.

• Do no t immers e or expo se the ba ttery t o water o r other l iquid s.

• If you b eliev e the bat tery is d amage d, remo ve prod uct fro m the
cha rger an d stop usi ng the p roduc t. Cont act Oric om for as sista nce.

• Nev er use da maged b atter ies as the y may exp lode .

EU Re gulato ry Conf orman ce

As cer tifie d by the qu alifi ed lab orato ry, the pro duct is i n compl iance
with t he esse ntial r equi remen ts and oth er rel evant p rovis ions of th e
Dir ective 1 999/ 5/EC. Pl ease no te that t he abov e infor matio n is
app licab le to EU co untri es only.

OPER ATING RU LES
Prio ritie s

• Rea d all rul es and re gulat ions re latin g to prio ritie s and kee p an up­to-d ate cop y. Safet y and dis tress c alls ta ke prio rity ov er all ot her
cal ls.

• You mus t alway s monit or Chan nel 16 wh en you ar e not ope ratin g on
ano ther ch annel .

• Fals e or frau dule nt distr ess cal ls are pr ohib ited by l aw.

Priv acy

• Info rmati on over heard b ut not in tende d for you c anno t be used in
any w ay by law.

• Offe nsive o r disre spect ful lan guage i s prohi bited .

RAD IO LICEN CES
Ship S tatio n Licen se

When y our cra ft is equ ipped w ith a VHF F M radio , you mus t have a
curr ent rad io stat ion lic ence b efore u sing th e radio .
It is un lawfu l to oper ate a shi p stati on whic h is not li cense d.
Inqu ire thr ough y our dea ler or th e appro priat e gover nment a gency f or
a Shi p-Rad iotel ephon e licen se. This l icens e inclu des the c all sig n
whi ch is you r craft’ s ident ifica tion fo r radio p urpos es.

Oper ators L icens e

Und er norm al circ umsta nces thi s radi o shoul d only be o perat ed by a
qua lifie d perso n

More i nform ation r egar ding qu alifi ed pers ons can b e found a t

"htt p://w ww.acm a.gov. au/th eACMA /mari ne-ra dio-q ualif icati ons"

www. acma. gov.au/ theAC MA/ma rine- radio -qual ifica tions .

A restr icted R adio telep hone Op erato r Permi t is the li cense m ost ofte n
hel d by smal l vesse l radio o perat ors whe n a radio i s not req uired f or
safe ty purp oses. T he rest ricte d Radio telep hone Op erato r Permi t
must b e poste d near th e radi o or be kep t with the o perat or. Only a
lic ensed r adio op erato r may ope rate a ra dio. Ho wever, n on-li cense d
ind ividu als may t alk ove r a radio i f a licen sed ope rator s tarts ,
sup ervis es, end s the call a nd mak es the ne cessa ry log en tries .

A curr ent cop y of the app lica ble gov ernme nt rule s and reg ulati ons is
onl y requi red to be o n hand fo r vesse ls in whi ch a radi o telep hone is
comp ulso ry. Howev er, even i f you are n ot requ ired to h ave the se on
han d it is you r respo nsibi lity to b e thoro ughly a cquai nted wi th all
per tinen t rules an d regu latio ns.

RAN GE

The ra nge of VH F trans missi ons dep ends on a ntenn a heig ht,
tran smitt er powe r and the t errai n over wh ich the s ignal s pass. F or a 5
watt h andh eld rad io, shi p to ship c ommun icati ons up to 5 n autic al
mil es shou ld be pos sible . Ship to s hore ra nges wi ll ofte n be grea ter
due to t he incr eased h eigh t of the sho re ante nna.

The ra dio flo ats in fr esh or sa lt wate r when th e suppl ied acc essor ies
are at tache d.

An LED s ends o ut inter mitte nt ligh t from a tr anspa rent se ction o n
the bo ttom of t he radi os, whi le floa ting in t he wate r.

Flas hing li ghts

SETU P

Set up

CONT ROLS an d INDIC ATORS

Con trols a nd Indi cator s

Sca nning

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Spe cific ation s

WARNING: Th e AC adaptor is not w aterproof.

SETUP

Setup

Car efull y unpac k your MX 500 Rad io. We rec ommen d that yo u
ide ntify it ems lis ted in th e follo wing ta ble be fore di scard ing the
pac king ma teria ls. If any i tem is mi ssing o r has bee n damag ed,
ple ase con tact you r plac e of purch ase.

AC Ada ptor 1

Inst ructi on Manu al 1

Powe r Butto n

If bat tery ch argin g is full , LCD app ears “F L”, you s hould r emove
the ad apto r.

NOTE : If you ha ve not in serte d the bat tery pa ck, the L CD will
sho w "Er".

4. Whe n charg ing is co mple te, remo ve the pl ug from t he radi o
and r eplac e the cov er ensu ring it i s fitted c orrec tly.

Acc essor ies/s pare pa rts can be p urcha sed dir ectly f rom Ori com.
Visi t orico m.com .au or ca ll 1300 8 89 785.

Con nect th e supp lied flexi ble an tenna to the
ante nna c onnec tor, ro tate it clock wise u ntil i t is ti ght.

WARN ING: The b atter y pack an d anten na must b e insta lled
corr ectly t o preve nt wate r ingre ss.

IMPO RTANT: Pri or to usi ng the tr ansce iver fo r the fir st time , the
batt ery pac k must be f ully ch arged f or opti mum lif e and ope ratio n.
To avoi d damag e to the tra nscei ver, tu rn the po wer OFF wh ile
cha rging .

Rota te the co nnect or cap on t he top of t he tran sceiv er to exp ose
the ch argi ng sock et.
Plu g the AC Adap tor plu g into th e socke t on the to p of the
tran sceiv er.

Pla ce the b atter y into the tr ansce iver s o it fi ts fla t, and then s ecure ly
atta ch the batte ry cov er, as s hown. Push t he cov er unt il the latch
retu rns to the lo cked p ositi on.

Tran sceiv er 1

CONTROLS and INDICATOR S

Contr ol s an d In di cators

Pres s and hol d and tu rn radi o ON to cle ar or set al l TAG chan nels in
the se lecte d chann el gro up.

ANT ENNA

NOTE : Ensur e the cap f or the DC c hargi ng conn ector i s affix ed
corr ectly t o avoid w ater in gress .

Displ ay

CHA RGING S OCKET

[CH ]

Con nect th e AC ad aptor h ere.

PUSH t o seque ntia lly sel ect to the f avour ite cha nnels , while

ign oring u ntagg ed chan nel, in a c hanne l group .

Pres s and hol d for 1 sec ond to ac tive th e Monit or func tion.

func tion, t he sque lch mus t be adju sted to t he prop er leve l.

The ra dio ha s 11 squelc h level s: OP is co mplet ely ope n;
10 is ma ximu m squel ch; 1 is min imum sq uelc h.

This r adio i s pre-p rogra mmed wi th USA, In terna tiona l, Cana dian
cha nnels . The defa ult set ting fo r use in Aus trali a is Inte rnati onal.

The se lecta ble ch annel g roups a re diffe rent, d epend ing on
the ve rsion .

Weat her cha nnels m ay not be a vaila ble in al l count ries
(Aus trali a does n ot use the w eathe r chan nels pl ease ch eck
cha nnel 67 f or weat her rep orts)

Cal l chann el is use d to acce ss Chan nel 16 (d efaul t is chan nel 67) .
You can p rogra m the cal l chann el with y our mos t frequ ently u sed
cha nnel in e ach cha nnel gr oup for q uick re call.

Each regu lar ch annel group has se parat e leis ure-u se cal l
cha nnels . The ca ll cha nnel is mon itore d duri ng tri -watc h. The c all
cha nnels can be progr ammed and ar e used to stor e your most
freq uentl y used chan nel in each c hanne l grou p for q uick r ecall .

Push

S

S

ing

Cha nnel 16 i s the dis tress a nd safe ty chan nel. It is u sed for
esta blis hing in itial c ontac t with a sta tion a nd for eme rgen cy
comm unic ation s. Chan nel 16 is m onito red dur ing bot h dual
watc h and Tri -watc h while s tandi ng by, you mu st moni tor Cha nnel 16 .

s

App ears “WX ALT ” when th e weath er aler t funct ion is ON .

Push [ 16/C] f or 3sec . till yo u hear a “B EEP” to ne and “D UDU”
tone t o enter c all cha nnel p rogra mming m ode.

flas hes.

acti vate

Scannin g

When a s igna l is rece ived, th e scan pa uses u ntil the s igna l
dis appea rs or res umes af ter pau sing 5 se conds , depen ding on
the se t mode se tting .

Vib ra tion

flas h

wil l

flas hing .

s

tran sceiv er.

sel ect the fu nctio n.

cha nge the se tting .

The se t mode is u sed to ch annel t he sett ings of t he tran sceiv er’s
func tion: b eep ton e funct ion, pr iorit y scan fu nctio n, scan r esume
time r, auto sc an func tion, d ual/t ri-wa tch fun ction , monit or key ac tion,
auto matic b ackli ghti ng, LCD c ontra st setti ng and po wer sav e funct ion.

Weat her cha nnels m ay not be a vaila ble in al l count ries
(Aus trali a does no t use the w eathe r chann els pl ease ch eck
cha nnel 67 f or weat her rep orts) .

is

rema ins op en

ina ctivi ty.

The po wer sa ve funct ion red uces cu rren t drain b y turnin g
OFF th e recei ver cir cuit fo r prese t inter vals.

SPECIFICATIO NS

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wate r.

pro gramm ed.

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