Brunton ROGER 18 SERIES manual

GENERAL SAFETY INFORMA TION This manual contains important information about the assembly , use and maintenance of this radio. Keep this manual for future reference. Be sure to read this manual completely before using the ROGER radio. Keep this manual and review it regularly to maintain awareness of procedures and warnings. SPECIFICA TIONS Range: U[...]

Page 2 T ABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Intr oduction 3 Impor tant Notice, FCC Licensing 4 LCD Displa y 5 Contr ols 5 Bat t ery Installation 6 Installing the Belt Clip 6 Char ging the Optional Bat t ery P ack 7 Lo w Bat t ery Level Indicat or 7 Oper ating Y our Radio 8-1 3 Ext er nal Speak er/Micr ophone J ac k 14 T r oubleshooting Guide 15 Use and Car e 15 Sp[...]

Page 3 www .brunton.com W elcome t o the w or ld of Brunton ROGER radios! Congratulations on your purchase of a high quality Brunton product. Y our 2-way radio represents the st ate-of-the-art in high-tech engineering. Designed for GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) operation, this compact p ackage is big in performance. It is a quality piece of e[...]

Page 4 www .brunton.com IMPOR T ANT NO TICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERA TION The R OGER 18 Series operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio S er v ic e ) frequencies which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. Y ou must be licensed prior to operating on channels 1 - 7 or 15 - 22, which comprise the GMRS channels of the R[...]

Page 5 www .brunton.com MIC MENU CONTROLS LCD DISPLA Y 1. KEY LOCK ICON – Indicates KEY LOCK mode is on. 2. VOX ICON – Indicates when VOX mode is active. 3. NOAA WEA THER (WX) BAND ICON – Indicates when the radio is in Weather Band mode. 4. CHANNEL NUMBER – Changes from 1~22 on GMRS/FRS band (1~10 on WX band). 5. PRIV ACY CODE – Indicates[...]

Page 6 www .brunton.com BA TTER Y INS T ALLA TION Y our ROGER 18 Series radio operates with either 4 AA alkaline batteries or an optional NiMH battery pack. The belt clip should be removed (see below) to ease installation or removal of the batteries. T o install the batteries: 1. With the back of the radio facing you, remove the belt clip (see diag[...]

Page 7 www .brunton.com CHARGING THE OPTIONAL BA T TER YP A CK Y our R OGER 18 Series is equipped for using an optional rechargeable NiMH battery pack (included in ROGER 18 only) w hi ch ca n be recharged using a desktop charger ( included in ROGER 18 only ). Initial charge time is 24 hours with a charge time of 12 hours thereafter . For maximum ba[...]

PO WER ON/OFF AND V OLUME Rotate the POWER/VOLUME knob clockwise to turn the radio on and increase the volume level. Rotate the control counter-clockwise to reduce the volume level and to turn the radio of f. During Power On, the radio will beep 2 times with dif ferent tones, the LCD will display all icons for 1 second and the LCD display will indi[...]

Page 9 www .brunton.com ROGER 18 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHAR T MONIT OR Pressing and holding the MONITOR button for 1 second will let you hear noise so you can adjust the volume level of the radio when not receiving a signal. This should be used to check activity on your current channel before transmitting. Press and hold the MONIT OR button for 1 [...]

Page 10 www .brunton.com KEYP AD L OCK T o avoid accidentally changing the radio setting, press the LOCK button for 2 seconds. The KEY LOCK icon will appear on the display . PTT and CALL will still be active. Repeat the same procedure to unlock the keypad. DISPLA Y ILLUMINA TION During Power on, the display illumination will activate for approx. 5 [...]

Page 1 1 www .brunton.com TRANSMIT (TX) PO WER LEVEL SELECTION Y our R OGE R 1 8 Series has 3 power level settings. T o select the power level on channels 1~7 and 15~22, press the MENU button until a “ Pr ” icon will appear blinking on the display . Then press the buttons to select TRANSMIT POWER LEVEL icon (H: Hi / M: Mid /L: Lo ) . T o confir[...]

ROGER BEEP (end of tr ansmission) T ONE When the PTT button is released, the radio will beep to confirm to other users that your transmission has finished. T o turn the ROGER BEEP tone on, press the MENU button until the display shows an “ rb ” icon while on the right of the “ rb ” display , an “ oF ” icon appears. Select “ on ” by [...]

Page 13 www .brunton.com NO AA WEA THER RADIO Y our R OGER 18 Series has a NOAA WEA THER RADIO function, to enable user to receive weather alert/reports from designat- ed NOAA stations. T o turn the NOAA WEA THER (WX) RADIO on, press and hold the MENU button for 3 seconds. The current WX CHANNEL and WX BAND icon will appear on the display . Press t[...]

Page 14 www .brunton.com EXTERNAL SPEAKER/MICROPHONE J A CK Y our R OGER 18 Series can be used with an optional external speaker/microphone or headset, freeing your hands for other tasks. T o use an optional speaker / microphone or headset: L Insert the plug(s) into the SPK/MIC jacks L Place the earbud into your ear , and adjust the mic into your d[...]

Page 15 www .brunton.com PROBLEM SOLUTION No Power - Check battery installation and/or replace batteries Cannot Receive Messages - Confirm the radios have the same channel and Privacy Code settings. - Make sure that you are within range of the other transceivers. - Buildings and other structures may interfere with your communication. (See ABOUT RAN[...]

Page 16 www .brunton.com SPECIFICA TIONS Channels 22 GMRS/FRS Channels +121 Privacy Codes 10 NOAA Weather (WX) Band Channels Operating Frequency UHF 462.5500 ~ 467.7125 MHz Power Source 4 AA Alkaline or 6.0V Rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack GMRS/FR S FREQUENC Y CHAR T (MHz) CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No CH. Freq. 1 462.5625 9 467.5875 17 [...]

Page 17 www .brunton.com R OGER 18 S eries DCS PRIV AC Y CODE CHART No. CODE No. CODE No. CODE 10 2 3 2 9 1 7 4 5 7 4 4 5 20 2 5 3 0 2 0 5 5 8 4 6 4 30 2 6 3 1 2 2 3 5 9 4 6 5 40 3 1 3 2 2 2 6 6 0 4 6 6 50 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 6 1 5 0 3 60 4 3 3 4 2 4 4 6 2 5 0 6 70 4 7 3 5 2 4 5 6 3 5 1 6 80 5 1 3 6 2 5 1 6 4 5 3 2 90 5 4 3 7 2 6 1 6 5 5 4 6 10 06 5 38 2[...]

Page 18 www .brunton.com R OGER 18 S eries WARRANTY The Brunton Company warrants this product to be free of defects in workmanship and materials for one year. If any such defects are dis- covered, your product will be repaired or replaced at the option of The Brunton Company. This warranty does not cover damage caused by accident, misuse, abuse or [...]

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