Quanzhou Purplebox OA8-TC368 Two Way Radio User Manual
- June 13, 2024
- Quanzhou Purplebox
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Quanzhou Purplebox OA8-TC368 Two Way Radio User Manual
OA8-TC368
Dear user:
Welcome to use our handheld transceiver. We believe you will be pleased to use
it in our daily life and work.
This transceiver adopts advanced technology, we hope you will be satisfied with its quality and functions . This transceiver will bring you convenient, fast, reliable two-way communication.
Notice:
- Please read this manual carefully before using this transceiver.
- Please do not communicate or charge this transceiver in flammable, explosive and area which transceiver communication is prohibited(such as oil station. gas station, airport etc.)
- Please do not operate this transceiver without licence in government laws banned areas.
- Please make sure this transceiver avoids the sunshine, and avoids to put it near any heating device.
- Please make sure this transceiver avoids any dusty,humid and water splashed place.and also avoids to put it on unstable surface.
- If transceiver smells or smokes, please remove the battery pack from transceiver at once, and then contact our company or local dealer.
- The repair job of this transceiver is in the charge of professionals & technical, self disassembly is prohibited
Unpacking Inspection
Before use, please open the carton and check the main unit and the accessories listed in the following table in detail inside the carton, if any items are lost or damaged during handling, please contact the shipper or distributor immediately.
Supplied Accessories
Preparation
Caution:
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Do not charge the battery pack for too long!
If charging of the battery pack is not completed within the specified time, stop charging. The battery pack may overheat and burst with smoke or suddenly catch fire. -
Do not put the battery pack into microwave ovens and high pressure containers!
The battery pack may overheat and smoke and burst or suddenly catch fire. -
Keep ruptured and leaking batteries away from fire!
If a battery pack leaks (or emits a pungent odor), keep it away from flammable areas immediately. Leaking electrolyte from a battery pack can easily catch fire and may cause the battery pack to smoke or suddenly catch fire. -
Do not use abnormal battery packs!
If the battery pack emits a pungent odor, looks different in color, is distorted, or behaves abnormally for any reason, remove the battery pack from the charger or operating unit and do not use it. -
Please use special charger
The charger is specially designed for this model of radio, which is more scientific and reasonable, safe and reliable for charging the battery of this model of radio.
Get Familiar With Radio
Charging Instructions
Charging mode:
The radio is inserted into the charger charging slot, at this time the charger
lights up red to indicate the start of charging, the green light is on to
indicate that the battery charge has been saturated. (As shown in the figure)
Basic Operation and Function Description
Power On/Off
Turn the volume switch potentiometer clockwise to hear a “click” to turn the
power on, and counterclockwise to hear a “click” to turn the power off.
Talk
Press and hold the PTI key to transmit, the indicator light will be red, then
aim the microphone hole to speak, the other party will hear their own speech
message. Release the PTT key after speaking to receive the other party’s
message, and the green light will turn on at the same time when the other
party’s message is received.
Volume Up/Down
Turn the volume switch potentiometer clockwise to increase the volume, and
counterclockwise to decrease the volume.
Channel Adjustment
Rotate the channel knob clockwise for channel”+”, and counterclockwise for
channel” -“.
Low Battery Voltage Reminder
When the radio gives a voice prompt “low battery” and the indicator flashes
red, it means the battery voltage is lower than the working voltage, please
charge the radio battery.
Monitor On/Off
Short press or long press the PF1 /PF2 key set with monitor function to turn
on the monitor function, monitor whether someone is talking on the channel you
choose, if there is no signal, then the “rustle rustle” sound; release the key
to turn off the monitor function.
VOXOn/Off
Short press or long press the PF1 /PF2 key set with VOX to hear a “beep” to
turn on the VOX function, repeat the operation to adjust the level ofVOX, the
higher the level means that the voice of speech to turn on VOX is smaller,
hear “beep” two sounds to close the VOX.
Channel lock On/Off
Short press or long press the PF1 /PF2 key set with channel lock to hear
“beep” to open the lock function to lock the channel, and then short press or
long press the PF 1 /PF2 key to hear “beep” twice to close the channel lock
function.
Scan On/Off
Short press or long press the PF1 /PF2 key set to scan to hear a “beep” to
open the scanning function, the green light flashes to start scanning, when
the signal received the machine out of the scan sound, after receiving the
signal machine then automatically enter the scan; then short press or long
press the PF1/PF2 key to hear a
“beep “two sounds to close the scanning function.
Alarm Function On/Off
Short press TOP key to open the alarm function, the alarm is divided into
local alarm (only local alarm) and remote alarm (both transmitter and receiver
will be alarmed), you can select the alarm mode by writing frequency software;
press PTT key to cancel the alarm.
Power Switch On
Short press or long press the PF1 /PF2 key set with power switching to open
the power switching function, hear “beep” one time to switch to low power,
hear “beep” two times to switch to medium power, hear “beep beep beep “three
times to switch to high power.
Noise Reduction On/Off (Receive and Transmit Two-way Noise Reduction)
Short press or long press the PF1 /PF2 key set with noise cancellation to turn
on the noise cancellation function, and hear a “beep” to indicate thatthe
noise cancellation function is turned on (with twoway noise cancellation for
receiving and transmitting), the background sound of the surrounding
environment will be eliminated when the transmitter turns on noise
cancellation shouting, only the human voice will be retained and the audio
will be transmitted to the receiver; when the receiver turns on noise
cancellation, the background sound of the transmitter transmitting When the
receiver turns on noise reduction, the ambient background sound from the
transmitter will also be eliminated. Repeatedly operate the button to hear
“beep” twice to turn off the noise reduction.
One-touch Group Call On/Off
Press and hold the TOP key to turn on one-touch group calling. After turning
on group calling, each machine will be transferred to the group calling
channel for transmitting and receiving regardless ofthe different channels it
is on; the group calling channel can be selected by editing the program –
optional functions – and the recovery time and PTT reply can also be set by
the frequency writing software (after selecting the PTT reply and holding down
the key to turn on group calling, the transmitter and receiver can still talk
to each other by pressing the PTT key after releasing the key and waiting for
the recovery time before exiting the group calling); release the TOP key to
exit one-touch group calling. The transmitter and receiver can also talk to
each other by pressing the PTT key and waitforthe recovery time to arrive
before exiting the group call); release the TOP key to exit the one-key group
call.
CTCSS (50 in total)
*DCS (1162 in total)**
Technical Specifications
FCC Caution:
Any Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible
for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to
the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This radio is designed for and classified as “General population/uncontrolled Use”
DO NOT operate the radio without a proper antenna attached, as this may damage the radio and may also cause you to exceed RF exposure limits. A proper antenna is the antenna supplied with this radio by the manufacturer or an antenna specifically authorized by the manufacturer for use with this radio.
DO NOT transmit for more than 75% of total radio use time, more than 75% of
the time can cause RF exposure compliance requirements to be exceeded.
This transmitter may operate with the antenna(s) documented in this filing in
Push-to-Talk and body-worn configurations. RF exposure compliance is limited
to the specific belt-clip and accessory configurations as documented in this
filing and the separation distance between user and the device or its antenna
shall be at least 2.5 cm.
GUARANTEE CARD
REMARKS:
- This guarantee card to be kept by the user, no replenishment if lost.
- This guarantee card to be filled & chopped by the dealer, or it is invalid.
- Don’t alter the guarantee card, please confirm the serial number on the guarantee card is same as that on the machine.
- One-year guarantee, charger, battery ,earphone, antenna and can cable are not under guarantee.
- The user can get repairing service from the following ways:
a. Go to the shop where you buy the machine
b. Our local repairing agent
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