DigiTech DC-1068 Professional FM Transceiver Instruction Manual

DC-1068
DC-1069
Professional FM Transceiver
Instruction Manual

Use of the citizen band radio service is licensed in Australia by ACMA Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence and in New Zealand by MED General User Radio Licence for Citizens Band Radio. Operation is subject to conditions contained in those licences.

Controls and Indicators

1. Antenna
2. Belt Clip
3. Battery compartment with Battery
4. Charger connector
5. Battery compartment cover latch
6. Push to Talk PTT button
7. Call / Monitor button
8. Speaker Grill
9. LCD Display
10. Up button (CHANNEL/ MENU)
11. Menu button
12. Police, Fire / CTCSS, DCS key
13. Scan, Group scan/ key lock button
14. Memory select / Dual Watch
15. Down button (CHANNEL/ MENU)
16. Microphone
17. Ear-mic / Charge Jack
18. On-off switch/ volume control
19. Lanyard molder

LCD Display

A. TX Icon- s lighted when the radio is in Transmit mode.
B. RX Icon- is lighted when the radio is in Receive mode.
C. REP Icon- s lighted when the repeater function is ON
D. MEM Icon- memory indicator.
E. POL Icon- Police band indicator.
F. CB Icon- Citizen band indicator.
G. Selected channel indicator.
H. FIRE Icon- Fire station band indicator.
1. Keypad key Lock Icon
J. Channel Frequency indicator.
K. CTCSS/DCS sub-code number.
L. Battery status indicator.
M. CTCSS Icon
N.DCS Icon
0. Scan Icon- Channel/memory channel scanning
P. Dual Icon-Dual watch function
Q. GS Icon-Group scanning function
R. Call Icon-Call tone transmit.
S. HlIcon- 5 Watts transmission
T. LO Icon- 1 Watts transmission
U. ROG Icon- Roger tone indicator.
V. MON Icon- Monitoring weak signal
W. VOX Icon- Voice activate transmission
X. BACL Icon- Busy Channel indicator.
Y. TX/RX Level indicator.

Feature

• FMtransmission
• Frequency:476.425 – 477.4125MHz
• 1~80 channels
• 1W/5W output power selection
• TOT timer
• Police channel
• Fire channel
• 100 programeable receiver channel
• 38 CTCSSand 104 DCS
• External headset ( earphone, microphone and ext PTT)
• VOX function ( off, 1,2,3,4,5)
• Call tone melody (10songs )
• Rotary switch volume with power on/off
• LCD back-light function ( 3 colors)
• Key back-light
• 5 steps adjustable and automatic squelch function
• 20 memory store
• Repeater function
• Key lock function
• Key tone function (selectable on/off)
• Roger tone function ( selectable on/off)
• 41level battery indicator
• Tx and Rxicon
• Dual watch function
• Scan channel/Memory scan/ Group Scan
• IP67 water proof
• 1200mAh Li-ion battery pack
• Charging indication (icon flashing)
• Cigarette car charger plug (optional)

Installation

1. Removing the Belt Clip
   a. Pull the Belt Clip Latch awayfrom the unit.
   b. While pulling the Belt Clip Latch, push up the Belt Clip as shown in Figure

3. Installing the Belt Clip
   a. Slide the Belt Clip into the slot as shown in Figure 2.b. A*click” indicates the Belt Clip is locked into position.

4. Installing the supplied Li-ion Rechargeable Battery (Battery built-in to the battery cover).
   a. Install the supplied Li-ion rechargeable battery as shown in Figure 4.
   b. Lock the Battery into position as shown in Figure 5.

5. Charging the Rechargeable Battery pack. Recommend to turning OFF the unit while charging. Charge the Battery pack 10-14 hrs. prior to initial use

6. Screw the supplied antenna into the antenna socket firmly.

To Charge the unit using Charger pod

1. Place the unit into the charger pod(Figure 5)
2. Insert the socket plug on the end of the AC-DC adaptor or Car Charger to the socket at the back of the charger pod 1 (Figure 6);
3. The LED indicator on the charger pod will turn to RED once electricity get 1 connected.
4. The LED indicator on the charger pod will turn to Green once charge fully.
   NOTE: The unit can be charged while ON or OFF mode.

Or Charge the unit directly

1. Insert the socket plug of the Car Charger into the charger jack (CHG) located on the right of the unit. (Figure 7)
2.  The unitindicate the § icon without blinking when the battery is fully charged.
   NOTE: The unit can be charged while OFF mode.

To Charge the battery pack using Charger pod

1. Insert the socket plug on the end of the AC-DC adaptor or Car Charger to the socket at the back of the charger pod (Figure 9);
2. The LED indicator on the charger pod will turn to RED once electricity get connected
3. The LED indicator on the . charger pod will turn to Green once charge fully.

Battery Pack Warning

1. This equipment contains a Li-ion Battery Pack.
2. Do not mix with different battery types.
3. Do not dispose of the battery in fire
4. Do not short-circuit the Battery Pack.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

Operation

Turning on the radio
Rotate the ON/OFF volume knob clockwise to turn ON and adjust the volume, then going to self-inspection Aseries of tones will indicate the radio is on and full screen displayed 1 second.
Ifitis the first time to turn on the radio, the default parameter as below:

Turning off the radio
Rotate the ON/OFF volume knob counterclockwise to turn OFF radio.
Channel Selection
Press the or button one time to select the desired channel (1-80).
Press and hold the or button, the selection will move quicker. « Before selecting a channel for transmitting, always listen on it and ensure it is not already being used. Always avoid selecting abusy channel when the unit keeps on receiving signal from unknown party. The icon ‘RX’ will be displayed.
Repeater function
The repeacility is a third parter facility that is only available in some local area. When the repeater function is on, the REP icon will be appeared. Only use this function for extending your communication range when you know the channel of the repeater facility in your area Unless it is necessary, avoid operaton on locally used repeater input channels (channel 1-8 and 41-48) or locally used repeater receiving channels (channels 31-38 and 71-78)
If you transmit on Ch01 Duplex mode, you are actually transmitting on Ch31 the repeater station down-converts your signal and retransmits on Ch01
Operating the UHF CB Radio in Duplex Mode Press m button once, the duplex icon flashes; Press ‘ or to change the setting between ON or OFF (standard channel numbering) REP icon appears when a selected channel is set to Duplex Mode.

• Only channels 01-08 and channels 41-48 are available for Duplex.
• Check with your local Retailer from information on available repeaters.
  NOTE

Sending a Call Tone
With the unit in normal mode, press the S&LLN button.
The microphone will be muted and the unit will transmit the current Call tone to other users with the same channel and CTCSS code.
The TX icon will be displayed on the LCD display.
Call tone can only be transmitted once (not more than 3 sec) in any 60 sec period.
Itmeans that the unit will not transmit a call tone more than once no matter how many times you press the Gawaion button within a minute.
Selecting a channel
Before selecting a channel for transmitting, always listen on it and ensure it is not already being used Always avoid selecting a busy channel when the unit keeps on receiving signal from unknown party. the RX icon will be displayed
The factory default start up channel is channe 01 and sub-channel 00 Pressia or or select the desired channel
Channel Banks
The unit has three banks (groups) of channels to select from CB UHF CB + user programmable RX channels’ POL Pre-programmed Police frequencies? FIRE Pre- programmed Fire & Ambulance frequencies?
When the CB icon is showing the 80 UHF CB and any selection or scanning. The 80 UHF CB channels are numbered 01-80  he user programmable RX channesl are numbered 81-180 and only show, in the CTCSS/DCS code area, when programmed When the POL icon is showing then pre-programmed icon is showing then pre- programmed fire & ambulance frequencies do not have channel numbers, instead PO appears in the channel display for a police frequency and Fl appears for a fire or ambulance frequency. Press PO/FI to select the desired channel banks combination The channel banks can be selected as follows:
—- CB —POL —- — —- —- FIRE POL —- FIRE POL CB — —- CB FIRE POL CB FIRE
NOTE
Available frequencies & channels are within 400-520MHz band only in 12.5kHz steps.
Police, Fire & Ambulance reception is unencrypted analogue.
For Australia, Channels 05 and 35 are reserved for Emergency calls.
CTCSS ( Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System)
The unit has 38 CTCSS private codes available.
Different CTCSS tones may be associated to different channels. To choose the desired CTCSS code: Press and hold CTC/DCS button until the CTCSS code number blinks;Press or button to select the desired CTCSS code number; Press and hold or button to move faster through the selection; Press CTC/DCS once to store the new setting.
DCS (Digital Coded Squelch)
The unit has 104 DCS private codes availabe.
Different DCS tones may be associated to different channels.
DCS codes follow after the 38 CTCSS codes.
Follow the steps for setting a CTCSS code, Press or button until the DCS codes flashes. Press CTC/DCS to store the new setting.
NOTE
Selecting a CTCSS/DCS code will disable the CTCSS/DCS feature To communicate between two or more units, both the channel and ! CTCSS/DCS code selections must be the same; To communicate with othe models and brands of units, the actual frequency and CTCSS/DCS frequency must be matched; CTCSS/DCS codes on emergency channels 5 and 35 are prohibited.
HI/LOW power setting
This feature permits the selection of the transmitting power level to high or low. Before transmitting a speech to other units, press the button two times to select the desired power output TW(LO) or 5W (HI),
VOX Sensitivity Level setting
In VOX mode, the unit will transmit a signal only when it is activated by your voice or other sounds around you. The unit will transmit for a further for 1 second even if you stop talking.
To set the VOX sensitivity level:

1. Press m button three times, the voxicon will display and the current VOX level will start blinking on the LCD display.
2. Press the or button to select the VOX level sensitivity or OFF. The highest sensitiving level is 5.

SQ Level setting

1. Press the button four times
2. Press the or button to select the desired level 1-5 Level 1 has better sensitie will noise:
3. Press PTT to return

Memory setting

1. Press m button five times, until the MEM icon is displayed and channel number is blinking.
2. Press or button to select desired channel, then press PTT button to confirm the channel. The most channel you can store 20 channels.

Memory Select function

1. Press the MSEL button enter the Memory Select mode:
2. Press the or Wbutton to select the program memory channel
3. Press the MSEL button to return

NOTE

• while the [FSEL]icon is lighted, you can select the programmed memory channels only.
• Pressthe button for retum, you can select all channels asdesire

Scanning
Channel scan performs searches for active signals in and endless loop of channels
Scan only checks channels or frequencies that are in the SCAN Memory, which are indicated by the MEM icon. The unit has two Scan Memory modes
Open Scan(OS) mode and Group Scan (GS) mode, to give you flexibility and allow you to use the unit more effectively. Furthermore, any combination of the three channel groups can be scanned by pressing CTC/DCS during san to select the desired channel groups. Press scan to start scanning. The SCAN icon appears The scan direction can be changed at any time by pressing or Press SCAN t stop scanning
Add/Remove channels from scan Memory
Select which scanning mode you wish to use OS or GS. Select the channel you want to store. Press and Hold MEM to store. MEM icon appears To remove the channel from SCAN memory, press and hold MEM once more. The MEM icon disappears
Group Scan(GS) Mode
GS Mode has no channels in the SCAN Memory by default Channels must be added to the GS SCAN Memory before group scan can start. To add/remove channels from GS SCAN Memory.
To select GS Scan Mode:

1. Press button six times, the GS setting flashes
2. Pressia or to change the setting between ON and OFF.

Call Tone setting
Press button seven times, the call icon flashes.
Press or to chane the setting between 1 to 10
Busy Channel Lockout
If the channel is already in use, you can prevent the UHF CB
Radio from transmitting. This is particularly important when using CTCSS/DCS.
Press button eight times, the BCL icon flashes
Press or to change the setting between ON and OFF.
Roger Beep
Press button nine times, the roger beep icon flashes.
Press or to change the settig between ON and OFF.
Key Beep
Press button ten tims, the key beep setting flashes.
Press or to change the setting betwen ON and OFF.
Backlight colour
Press m button eleven times, the backlight colour setting flashes
Press & or¥ to select colour (3 colours:orange/red/green)
100 User programmable RX Channels
The unit has 100 receive only channels ( Ch81 to Ch180) which can be programmed with frequencies ranging from 400-520MHz (in 12.5kHz steps). The extra RX channels only appear, as part of the CB channel bank, when a frequency has been programmed to a channel. There are two ways to programme RX channels: If you know the frequency you may manually programme it to a channel Store a Police or Fire (& Ambulance) frequency to a channel
Manually Programme a RX Channel
In CB channel (UHF CB channel) Press and hold button, the lowest available empty RX channel will flash Press Wiif you wish to select another RX channel Press SQ to begin the frequency edit. The MHz digit range flashes. Use MENU to shift between MHz range (between 400-520MHz) & kHz range (in 12.5Hz steps) Press A0r¥ to select the desired frequency within MHz & kHz ranges.
When finished press CALL/MON. the channel flashes to enable selection for programming of next channel if desired Store a Police Fire frequency to a RX channel Select the Police or Fire ( & Ambulance) channels group by pressing CTCSS/DCS, and then select a desired frequency using Or during SCAN, when scan stops on a Police or Fire ( & Ambulance) frequency which you wish to store press MENU to stay on that frequency. Press and hold MENU, the lowest available empty RX channel will appear, alternating with the selected Police and Fire ( & Ambulance) frequency. Change the RX channel using if desired
Key Lock
Press and hold the oubutton for 2 seconds to activate/deactivate the Key Lock feature, the ox icon will appear/disappear on the LCD display.
Battery Level Indicator
While the battery at low voltage, the icon is blinking for every 1 second on LCD display.
The unit can indicate the § icon and containing is blinking in turn while charging. The unitindicate the jJ icon without blinking when the battery is fully charged

Channel T able

Channel Number| Frequency (MHZ)| Channel Number| Frequency (MHZ)| Channel Number| Frequency (MHZ)
---|---|---|---|---|---
1| 476.4250| 28| 477.1000| 55| 477.
2| 476.4500| 29| 477.1250| 56| 477.
3| 476.4750| 30| 477.1500| 57| 477.
4″| 476.5000| 31| 477.1750| 58| 477.
5| 476.5250| 32| 477.2000| 59| 477.
6| 476.5500| 33| 477.2250| 60| 477.
7| 476.5750| 34| 477.2500| 61++| –
8`| 476.6000| 35| 477.2750| 62++| –
9| 476.6250| 36| 477.3000| 63++|
10| 476.6500| 37•| 477.3250| 64| 477.
11| 476.6750| 38•| 477.3500| 65| 477.
12| 476.7000| 39| 477.3750| 66| 477.
13| 476.7250| 40| 477.4000| 67| 477.
14| 476.7500| 41| 476.| 68| 477.
15| 476.7750| 42| 476.| 69| 477.
16| 476.8000| 43| 476.| 70| 477.
17| 476.8250| 44| 477.| 71| 477.
18| 476.8500| 45| 477.| 72| 477.
19| 476.8750| 46| 477.| 73| 477.
20| 476.9000| 47| 477.| 74| 477.
21| 476.9250| 48| 477.| 75| 477.
22+| 476.9500| 49| 477.| 76| 477.
23+| 476.9750| 50| 477.| 77| 477.
24| 477.0000| 51| 477.| 78| 477.
25| 477.0250| 52| 477.| 79| 477.
26| 477.0500| 53| 477.| 80| 477.
27| 477.0750| 54| 477.| |

• Channel 5 and 35 are for emergency calling. Please do not se these sub-channels in non-emergency cases.
• Speech telephony is inhibited on Channel 22 and 23.
• Channel 1-8 and 31-38, 41-48 and 71-78 are used as repeater channels with 750kHz offset. Channels 1-8 and 41-48 are used for mobile reception and channels 31-38 and 71-78 for mobile transmission Only use this repeater function when a long distance communication via the local repeater facility is specifically required. Unless itis necessary, to avoid operation on locally used repeater input channels (channels 31 to 38 and channels 71 to 78) or locally used repeater receiving channels (channels 110 8 and channels 41t0 48) is recommended.
• Channel 61,62 and 63 are reserved for future use. They cannot be activated until approved by the ACMA CBRS Class Licence in Australia.

CTCSS Frequency Table

Sub Channel| Frequency (HZ)| Sub Channel| Frequency (HZ)| Sub Channel| Frequency (HZ)
---|---|---|---|---|---
1| 67,0| 14| 107.| 27| 168.
2| 72.| 15| 111.| 28| 174.
3| 74.| 16| 115.| 29| 180.
4| 77.0| 17| 119.| 30| 186.
5| 80.| 18| 123.0| 31| 193.
6| 83.| 19| 127.| 32| 204.
7| 85.| 20| 132.| 33| 2107
8| 89.| 21| 137.| 34| 218.
9| 92.| 22| 141.| 35| 226.
10| 95.| 23| 146.| 36| 234.
11| 97.| 24| 151.| 37| 242.
12| 100.0| 25| 157.| 38| 250.
13| 104.| 26| 162.| |

DCS Frequency Table

Channel Number| Octal Code| Channel Number| Octal Code| Channel Number| Oct Co
---|---|---|---|---|---
1| 23| 36| 223| 71| 445
2| 25| 37| 225| 72| 446
3| 26| 38| 226| 73| 452
4| 31| 39| 243| 74| 454
5| 32| 40| 244| 75| 455
6| 36| 41| 245| 76| 462
7| 43| 42| 246| 77| 464
8| 47| 43| 251| 78| 465
9| 51| 44| 252| 79| 466
10| 53| 45| 255| 80| 503
11| 54| 46| 261| 81| 506
12| 65| 47| 263| 82| 516
13| 71| 48| 265| 83| 523
14| 72| 49| 266| 84| 526
15| 73| 50| 271| 85| 532
16| 74| 51| 274| 86| 546
17| 114| 52| 306| 87| 565
18| 115| 53| 311| 88| 606
19| 116| 54| 315| 89| 612
20| 122| 55| 325| 90| 624
21| 125| 56| 331| 91| 627
22| 131| 57| 332| 92| 631
23| 132| 58| 343| 93| 632
24| 134| 59| 346| 94| 654
25| 143| 60| 351| 95| 662
26| 145| 61| 356| 96| 664
27| 152| 62| 364| 97| 703
28| 155| 63| 365| 98| 712
29| 156| 64| 371| 99| 723
30| 162| 65| 411| 100| 731
31| 165| 66| 412| 101| 732
32| 172| 67| 413| 102| 734
33| 174| 68| 423| 103| 743
34| 205| 69| 431| 104| 754
35| 212| 70| 432| |

Specifications

General

Frequency Control
Frequency Tolerance
Transmit
Receive
Operation Temperature
Antenna
Microphone
Display
Speaker
Power Source| PLL
2.5PPM (at 25°C)
2.5PPM (at 25°C)
0°Cto+55°C
Flexible whip
Built-in Electret type
Liquid Crystal Display
8Q, 1 Watt
Rechargeable Li-ion
Battery pack 7.4V 1200mAh
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Transmitter
Frequency Range
Frequency Stability
Power Output
Spurious Emissions
Current Drain| 476.425 – 477.4125MHz
+3PPM
1W & 5W
1w
800mA (1W), 1650mA (5W)
Receiver
Receiver Type
Frequency Range
Sensitivity (12dB SINAD)
Audio Output Power
Current Drain
Squelched
Max. Audio| Double Conversion Super
Heterodyne Phase
Locked Loop system for Local Oscillator
400.000-520.000MHz
-3dBpV (emf)
0.5W @ 10% THD
40mA
350mA

Troubleshooting

• Notenough range
  Cause: Line of sight blocked
  Increase antenna height.

• Will not transmit on 5 Watt range but will transmit on the
  1Watt range.
  Cause: Low voltage
  Recharge or replace the batteries.

• Will not transmit while charging
  Cause: Low voltage
  The radio is not designed to transmit while charging.
  DC or AC adaptor does not supply enough power for transmitting.

• Battery will not charge
  Cause: Low voltage
  Do not to transmit while charging.
  The adaptor does not supply enough power for transmitting.

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