Uniden GMRS480 Cell Phone User Manual
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1. 136 5 141 3 146 2 151 4 156 7 1622 1679 1738 179 9 186 2 1928 210 7 2181 225 7 233 6 241 8 250 3 FCC Information This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following conditions This device may not cause harmful interference This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation inportant Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by Uniden coud void your authority to operate this unit Your radio is set up to transit a reguiated signal on an assigned frequency It is against the lawto alter or adjust the settings inside the radio to exceed those limitations Any adjustrrents to your radio must be made by qualified technicians To be safe and sure Never open your radio s case Never change or replace anything in your radio except the batteries Your radio nright cause TV or radio interference even when it is operating property To deterrrine whether your radio is causing the interference tum it off If the interference goes away your radio is causing it Try to elirrinate the interference by moving your radio away fromthe receiver If you cannot elirrinate the interference the FCC requires that you stop using the radio Audio Accessories Do not operate the radio with audio accessories at high volurre levels Hearing experts advise against continuous high volume operation If you experience a ringing in yo2. Key Beeps Your radio errits a beep each tire one of the buttons is pressed To tum this sound off press menu select while turing on the radia To tum this sound on press menu select while turring on the ado Navigating through the Menu Toa ss the advanced features of the GMRS480 your rado hes a rrenu function TSERPROGRAN MENU Emre pas Ho can fof a EN Exon Cer mepeh TENOR PROGRAMMING SECTION Pe a D Toerter the renu press and hold the menu select button for 1 second 2 Ackitional presses of the menu select button will advance through the renu until eting to oral operating mode 3 Other rrethods of eting the menu function are a Press and hold the menu select button for 1 second again b Press PTT c Wait 10 seconds until the unit autorratically retums to Choosing a Channel Your radio has 15 channels and 38 CTCSS codes you can use tp talk to others In order to speak to someone each Of you must be set tp the sarre channe and CTCSS code To doose a chame Press the or W button to increase or decrease the cham nurber displayed Choosing a CTCSS Code Each of the GMRS FRS channds 1 15 may have any one Of the codes 0 38 selected Code 0 indicates no CTCSS code selected and your radio can receive a signal regardless of the cade settings of the transmitting radia 1 E
3. 4 Eco THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING A UNIDEN PRODUCT oO Q gt oO oO Q 8 oO ite e E B oO Ly oO D N Wz Te eas 9E Egs Dre Oi y Y Ww I 5 GMRS480 8 GMRS 7 FRS Chamas 10 Meray Locations 38 CTCSS Codes Battery Lavel Meter Upto 5 mile range Crame Monitor Artiert Tenperature Display Water Resistart 5 Selectable Call Tone Alerts Crama Scan NIMH Battery Pack Included Keypad Lock Vitrate Alert for incorring calls 7 NOAA Weather Radio Channels LCD Display with Holographic Effect Earset Mic WPTT Induded AC Charger Induced Range may vary depending on environmental and or topographical conditions GMAS Raso Lop Dispiy 22 Memory Operation Indicator Congratuiations on your purchase of the Uniden GMRS480 General Mobile Radio Service radia This products a light weight palmsized radia Use it at sporting everts to stay in contact with farrily and friends hiking skiing outdoors or in a neighborhood watch for vital communication This conpact state of the art device is equipped with many features OPTIONAL ACCESSORI Your package contains the GMRS480 radio NIMH battery Pack AC wall charger this reference guide anda product registration card You can also operate the unit using 4 AA alkaline batteries not included The following optional aries may be purchased fromyour participating Uriden dealer or call 1 800 554 3988 or visit us on the web
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5. HER EXPRESS IMPLIED OR ARISING BY OPERATION OF LAW INCLUDING BUT NOT UMTEDTO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER OR PROVIDE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OVERPAYMENT OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES Sore states do not allow this exclusion or irritation of incidental or consequential darrages so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you LEGAL REMEDIES This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary fromstate to state This warranty is void outside the United States of Arrerica PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING PERFORMANCE OF WARRANTY If after following the instructions in the owner s manual you are certain that the Product is defective pack the Product carefully preferably in its original packaging The Product shouid induce all parts and accessories originally packaged with the Product Induce evidence of original purchase and a note describing the defect that has caused you to reum it The Product shoud be shipped freight prepaid by traceable rreans to warrartor Uniden Arrerica Corporation Parts and Service Division 4700 Arron Carter Blvd Fort Worth TX 76155 800 297 1023 7 am to 7 pm Central Monday through Friday wwwuriden com Covered under one or more of the following U S patents 464870 4734099 49384 520305 5214789 5 491 745 2001 Uniden Arrerica Corporation 5497 58 5517677 5557606 5613201 5 8059 5634 19
6. HER RADIO Your GMRS480 radio can receive weather broadcasts fromthe NOAA National Weather Service While using the Weather Rado you are not able to receive GMRS commurica tions unless you press the PTT or call button which will immediately exit the weather radio mode and retum to GMRS radio mode To tum on the Weather Radio 1 Morrentarily press Wi ock button Choosing a Weather Channel There are 7 NOAA channd frequencies available and these frequencies are ommon between the US and Carada You will need to know what frequency is being transmitted in your location Press the or W button to increase or decrease the channel number displayed The Auto Squeich feature is never active in Weather Radio mode NOAA Weather Radio Frequency List Channel 1 162 550 Mhz Channel 5 162 450 Mhz Channel 2 162400 Mhz Channel 6 162 500 Mhz Channel 3 162 475 Mhz Channa 7 162 525 Mhz Channel 4 162 425 Mhz To retum to the GMRS Rado D Morrentarily press WWlock button again Power Source Output Power Battery Life Frequency Chart ch Freq 1 462 5625 2 462 5875 3 462 6125 4 462 6375 5 4626625 6 4626875 7 462 7125 CTCSS Chart Hz Code Freq o Disabled i 67 0 71 9 3 744 4 77 0 5 79 7 6 825 7 854 8 885 9 91 5 10 48 11 97 4 12 100 0 13 108 5 14 107 2 15 110 9 16 1148 17 1188 18 123 0 19 127 30 10 abl 12 E 8S lt BREk BRE BBBNBRREBRBRYB 462 6250 462 6750 462 5500 462 6000 131 8
7. at wwwuniden cam Earset Mic w PTT 52468 Vox Headset Mic AHSV2469 NIMH Battery Pack WAC Charger and DC Car Charger 8PCC80 FCC GMRS LICENSE Use of the GIVIRS480 General Mobile Radio Service within the United States requires a FOC GMRS license An individual 18 years of age or older is eligible for a GWRS system license You will need two forms from the FOG FCC Form 159 and FCC Form 605 Main Form and Schedule F You can find these forms online at wwwfec govformpage htm or call 1 800 418 3676 INSTALL THE BATTERY Your GMRS490 radio uses the NIMH battery pack or 4 AA alkaline batteries If alkaline batteries are used we recomend using Duracell Ultra alkaline batteries To install the NiMH Battery Pade 1 Make sure your radio is off 2 Remove the battery corpartrrent cor by firmly moving the dip mey from the door allowing the door to be removed 3 Place the pack in the corrpartrrent paying dase attention to the round alignrrent key If the pack is installed incorrectly the unit will not operate and the corrpartrrent door will not dase property 4 Replace the battery conpartrrent and seare the dip back in place 5 The battery pack mist be charged before using it for the first tire Insert the charger adapter into the accessory Jack and allow 12 14 hours charging tirre to fully charge the battery pack To install the alkaline batteries D Moke sure the radio is of 2 Remove the battery corr
8. edts in materials and craftsmanship with only the limitations or exclusions set out below WARRANTY DURATION This warranty to the original user shall terrrinate and be of no further effect 12 months after the date of original retail sale The warranty is invalid if the Productis A damaged or not maintained as reasonable or necessary B modified altered or used as part of any conversion kits subasserrbiies or any configurations not sold by Uniden C improperly installed D serviced or repaired by someone other than an authorized Uniden service center for a defect or malfunction covered by this warranty E used in any conjunction with equipment or parts or as part of any systemnot manufactured by Uniden or F installed or prograntmed by anyone other than as detailed by the owner s manual for this product STATEMENT OF REMEDY In the event that the product does not conforto this warranty at any tire while this warranty is in effect warrantor will either at its option repair or replace the defective unit and retum it to you without charge for parts service or any other cost except shipping and handing incurred by warrantor or its representatives in connection with the performance of this warranty Varrantor atits option ray replace the unit with a newor refurbished unit THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE IS THE SOLE AND ENTIRE WARRANTY PERTAINING TO THE PRODUCT AND IS IN LIEU OF AND EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER WHET
9. ication of an incorring call alert fromather Uniden radios equipped with the sare feature To sect the vibrate alert J Enter the renu Acance through the rrenu the I icon will appear on the display along with on orf indicating the Vibrate alert feature stats 2 Press either the A or W button to toggle between on or of 3 Exit the renu Your GMRS480 radio has a chame Scan feature that allons you to easily scan all 15 channels When an active channel is detected the unit will pause on that channel until the channel is dear Then after a 4 second delay the unit will continue scanning Pressing PTT while the scan is paused ona hamal will allow you to transmit on that channel To tum on cham scanning Press and hold either the or Y button until the TTA icon appears on the display The channel nurrber on the display will rapidly cycle through the danes Totum off chamai saming Press and release the or W buton Using the Memory Feature The Merrory Feature allons you to store up to 10 frequertly used channels Each channd can have a unique CTCSS code assigned tp it When the Merory feature is tumed on the rrenuis autorratically expanded to enable rrerrory pogam mring refer to the User Progaming Menu To sdlect the Merrory Feature 1 Enter the renu Advance through the renu until the SAVED icon on the display is shown You will see on oF of Blinking indicating the rrerrory feature statis 2 Press either the or W butto
10. n to toggle between on cr of 3 ifon is selected press menu select to advance to the Merrory Proganring meru 4 The current error location 1 10 will be flashing on the display Press the A or W button to scroll through the locations When you pass location 10 an E will flash indicating that you can press menu select to exit the reru 5 Press menu select to acvance tp the channel selection The chame saved in the selected location will be flashing on the display 6 Press the A or W button to chose the desired channel for merrory To erase a location sinply choose 0 for the chame 7 Press menu select to ackance to the CTCSS selection The anert CTCSS assigned to the chame will be flashing on the display 8 Press the or W button to choose the desired CTCSS code 9 Press menu select to progamanother rrerrory location or press and hold the menu select button to exit the reru If no key is pressed after 10 seconds the radio will retum to romal mode When the Merrory feature is on only those stored charnels will be available after exiting the menu You can nowselect any of the memory channels to be used by the radio by pressing the and Y button In addition entering the scan mode will scan only the rrerrory chamnais The mrenrory will rerrein in use Until you enter the menu and tum the Merory feature off Keypad Lock To lock the keypad press and hold the Walock button until theil iconis displayed To remove the keypad lock p
11. nter the renu Advance through the rrenu the CTCSS code on the LCD display will flash 2 Press the A or Y button to increase or decrease the code nurber displayed 3 Exit the renu to reum to nomal mode Talking on Your Radio To talkto others using the radio I Press ard hold the PTT button and speak in a deer nomal voice about 2 3 inches amay fromthe rricrophone While you are trarsmitting the ait icon will appear on the display To avoid cutting off the first part of your transrrission pause slightly after pressing the PTT button before you starttalking 2 When you are finished speaking release the PTT button You can now receive incorring calls While receiving the icon will appear onthe display Transmitting a Call Alert Tone Your GMRS490 radio is equipped with 5 selectable call tones that will be trarsmitted when the call button is pressed To seet a call tore D Erterthe renu Adare through the reru until the CALL icon on the display is shown The armert call tone nuber 1 5 will be indicated 2 Press the or W button to increase or decrease the number to the desired call tone Each tone will be heard through the speaker 3 Exitthe menu To trarsriit the selected call alert tons rrorrentarily press the call button The selected tone will automat ically be transmitted for a foed length of tire Vibrate Alert for Incoming Calls Your GMRS480 radio is equipped with a vibrator that can be used for notif
12. partrrent door by fiiy moving the dip amey fromthe door allowing the door to be removed 3 Install 4AA alkaline batteries not induced into the battery conpartrrert Be certain to follow the and symbass in the conpartrrert Installing the batteries incorrectly will prevent the unit fromoperating 4 Replace the battery conpartrrent door and secure the dip back in place BATTERY LEVEL AND LOW BATTERY ALERT This unit has a battery level meter on the display tp indicate the status of the batteries When the batteries in the unit are low the geo icon will flash and the unit will Periodically emita tone Replace the alkaline batteries intredately or if you are using the NIMH battery pack you must recharge the batteries in order to continue using the radia Note It is recomended that the radio be tumed off while charging If the unitis tumed on the display will showa C indicating charging ISING THE RADIO In order to get the rost out of your new radio read this reference guide completely before attenpting to operate the unit Your unit has 2 modes of operation 1 GMRS Radio Mode 2 Weather Radio Mode The Weather Radio Mode will be discussed later Turing the Radio On and Adjusting the Volume 1 Rotate the on off volume control dockwise to tum the unit on and increase the speaker voume 2 Rotate the on off volume control counterclodanise to decrease the speaker volurre and tum the unit off Adjusting the Sound
13. ress and hold the Mock button until the icon disappears Ambient Temperature Display Your racio will periodically display the arrbiert tenperature either in degrees F or degrees C To change this setting 2 Erter the reru Ackance through the reru until the 2 icon appears on the display The letters For Cwill be blinking indicating the selection 2 Press either the A or W button to toggle between F or C 3 Exit the menu Note Once the radio is tumed on please allow tire for an accurate terrperature reading to be collected Auto Squelch Feature The GMRS480 radio is equipped with an automatic squelch systemwhich shuts off weak transnrissions and Unwanted noise due to terrain conditions or if you have reached your range lirrit To terrporarily disable the Auto Squeich and monitor the selected channel press and hold the monitor button When you hear a double beep the monitor button can be released The Auto Squeich will be re engaged when you rrorrentarily press the monitor button or PTT Automatic Power Save Feature Your radio has a unique circuit designed to crarmatically etend the life of the batteries If there is ro trarsnission within 5 seconds your radio switches to the Power Save mode The radio s still able to receive transnrissions in this rode LCD Backlight The LCD backlight will autorratically tum on with any key press The LCD display will illurrinate for 5 seconds before tuming off USING THE WEAT
14. ur ears reduce the volume level or discontinue use Always make sure the radio is tumed off before plugging audio accessories into the accessory jade Hazardous Environments Do not operate the radio in hazardous environments Explosion or fire may result Do not operate the radio near unshielded electrical blasting caps Under certain conditions radios can interfere with blasting operations and may cause an explosion Tum your radio OFF to prevent accidental transmission when in a blasting area or in areas posted Tum off two way radia Construction crews often use remote control RF devices to set off explosives Care and Safety To dean the radio use a soft cloth dampened with water Do not use cleaners or solvents because they can harmthe body of the unit and leak inside causing permanent damage Use a dry lit dean the battery contacts Do not submerge the unit in water If the unit gets wet tum it off and remove the batteries immediately Dry the battery compartment with a soft cloth to nininrize potential water damage Leave the battery conpartment cover off overnight to ensure complete drying Do not use the radio until the unit is completely dry Efree doth to ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY inportant Evidence of original purchase is required for warranty service WARRANTOR UNIDEN AMERICA CORPORATION Uniden ELEMENTS OF WARRANTY Uniden warrants for one year to the original retail owner this Uniden Product to be free fromdef
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