Panasonic P324 manual

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    Olympia P324 Pr of essional Hand-held UHF FM 2-W ay Radio User Guide KEM-PK2820 1 ! W arn ing : T his ma nua l c onta ins im por tant sa f ety and op era tin g i nf orm ati on. Pl eas e r ead , u nde rsta nd, and f oll ow th e i nst ru cti ons in th is man ual . F ailur e t o do so cou ld res ult in pe rso nal in jury , de ath , a nd/ or dam age to[...]

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    3 T hi s de vic e co m pl ie s wi th P ar t 1 5 o f t he F CC r ule s. O p er at io n is su bj ec t to th e f ol lo win g tw o c on di ti on s: ( 1) T hi s de vic e ma y n ot ca us e ha rm fu l inte r f ere nc e, a nd (2 ) th is de vic e mu st ac ce pt an y i nt er f ere nc e received, including interf erence that may cause undesired operation. Y o[...]

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    4 • American National Standards Institute (C95.1 – 2005), IEEE Standard for Saf ety Lev els with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio F requency Electromagnetic Fields, 3 kHz to 30 0 GHz. • American National Standards Institute (C95.3 – 2002), IEEE Recommended P ractice for the Measurement of P otentially Hazardous Electromagnetic Fields – [...]

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    5 • AL WA YS use Olympia authoriz ed accessories (antennas, bat teries, belt clips, speak er/microphones, etc). Use of unauthorized accessories can cause the FCC RF e xposure compliance requirements to be ex ceeded. • AL WA YS k eep the antenna at least 1 inc h (2.5 cm) awa y from the body when transmit ting and only use the Olympia belt-clips,[...]

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    6 Important ! CA UTION! NEVER hold the transceiver so that the antenna is v er y close to, or touc hing e xposed parts of the body , especially the face or ey es, while transmit ting . The transceiver will perf orm best if the microphone is 2 to 4 inc hes (5 to 1 0 cm) aw ay from the lips and the transceiver is v ertical. NEVER operate the transcei[...]

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    7 The use of non-Olympia batt ery packs/c har gers ma y impair transceiv er perfor mance and inv alidate the w ar ranty . Changes or modifications t o this transceiv er not expr essly appro ved b y Olympia could void y our author ity to operate this transceiv er under FCC r egulations. FCC license is requir ed before oper ating this radio .[...]

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    8 Pac kaging Content .................................................................. 9 Controls .................................................................................. 1 0 Display Screen ........................................................................ 1 1 Basic Operation ........................................................[...]

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    9 Radio, antenna, lithium-ion bat ter y , drop-in c harger , charging adaptor , belt clip, and user guide. A vailable accessor y sold separately: Headset with Push-to-T alk microphone. P ackaging Cont ent - - -[...]

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    10 Antenna Antenna connector PTT ke y (Push-to-T alk) SCAN ke y (Scan/TX P ow er/Loc k) MON/FUNC ke y (Monitor/F unction) Microphone Down k ey TX LED indicator light EMG Emergency call ke y PWR/V OL (P ow er/volume on-of f) Speaker Accessory Speaker/ Microphone jac k Up ke y Olympia P324 Contr ols[...]

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    11 Icon Definition RX signal strength indicator Busy c hannel loc kout indicator The current code is CTCSS Code The current code is CDCSS Code Indicates the squelc h lev el Indicates the radio is scanning Indicates c hannel is not on scanned list Ke y-loc k indicator Ke ypad T one enabling indicator Channel or frequency display Code display Lo w T[...]

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    12 Connecting the antenna Align the base of the antenna onto the SMA connector and turn cloc kwise until snug. Do not ov er tighten. T o disconnect antenna: T urn the base of the antenna counter cloc kwise until it comes out from the SMA connector . Connect the batt ery . Connect the belt clip. T ur ning your r adio on and off T o turn on the power[...]

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    13 Rotate PWR/V OL clockwise to increase the v olume or countercloc kwise to decrease the v olume. Backlight Depress the PTT ke y or wait f or 5 seconds to inactivate the bac klight. Monitor Do not talk on a channel if someone else is talking on it. T o c hec k for activity on a channel bef ore you talk, press and hold the MON/FUNC ke y . If you he[...]

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    14 T alking and listening T o communicate, all radios in your group must be set to the same c hannel and CTCSSCDCSS codes. T o talk, press and hold the PTT ke y . The red TX indicator light glows continuously when transmit ting . T o receive messages, release the PT T ke y . F or maximum clarity , hold the radio t wo to three inc hes awa y from yo[...]

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    15 Scan Use scanning to monitor c hannels and codes f or transmissions or to find someone in your group who has accidentally c hanged c hannels. When priority scan feat ure is enabled, the priority c hannel will be scanned af ter every normal channel, regardless of whether the priority channel is added into the scan list. T o start scanning , brie[...]

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    16 T o enter the radio’ s emergency mode, hold down the EMG but ton f or 2 seconds. The radio will alternately fl ash and Channel number/F requency . The radio will no w alternate between 30 seconds of hands-free tra ns mis si on an d 3 0 sec on ds of ha nd s-f re e r ec eiv in g. Th is lo op wi ll continue until you e xit the emergency mode. T [...]

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    17 Squelch Lev el Setting T he a dj us ta bl e Sq ue lc h a ll o ws y ou to o pt i mi z e th e ra di o ’ s se n si ti vi ty . It also allows y ou to increase the sensitivity and receive weak er si gn al s. T he re a re 5 se ns it iv ity l e v els. T he s qu el c h le ve l is i nd i ca te d b y the icon and bar icons next to it on the displa y . 1[...]

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    18 Ke ypad T one Setting Y ou m a y e na bl e or d is ab l e th e sp ea k er k e y to ne s. Y ou w il l he a r th e k e y to ne ea c h t im e a b ut to n is pu sh ed . 1. Press MON/FUNC until appears. The current set ting / flashes and appears. 2. Press UP/DO WN to turn on or of f . 3. Press PTT to set or MON/FUNC to continue set up. Roger Beep Se[...]

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    19 Busy Channel Lock out Setting T he b us y c ha nn el l oc ko ut f ea t u re h el ps t o pr e ven t i nt er r upt io n of c om mu ni c at io n be tw ee n o th er r ad io s us i ng t he c han ne l y ou se le ct ed . Whe n y ou p re ss P T T to t ra ns mi t, th e ra di o wi ll ge ne ra te a be ep a nd w il l ap p ea r to a le rt y ou th a t th e c [...]

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    20 Pr ior ity Channel Setting Se le ct o ne o f th e c ha nn el s to b e th e pr io ri ty c h an ne l. O nc e y o u s el ec t a pr io ri ty c ha nne l, a ct iv ity w il l be c au gh t mo re f re qu en tl y . 1. Press MON/FUNC until appears. The current set ting flashes. 2. Press UP/DO WN t o se le c t th e de si re d c ha nn el o r t o di sa bl e [...]

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    21 GENERAL SPECIFICA TIONS* Channel memories 32 CTCSS/CDCSS Codes 50/83 F requency Band 450-470 MHz Channel B W 1 2.5 and 25 kHz LCD 1 3 Icons 8 digit frequency LCD Display 3 digit CTCSS value LCD Displa y 4 lev el RX strength indicator 5 lev el SQ indicator 3 lev el BA T indicator Bac k light Bat ter y T ype 7 .4V 1 1 0 0mAh Li-ion Antenna Connect[...]

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    22 W eight (with bat ter y pac k) 7 .9 oz (224 g) F requency Stability vs. temperature <2.5ppm Estimated Bat ter y life (TX-RX-STB Y duty cycle) P ower 1 0-1 0-80 duty cycle 5-5-90 duty cycle 1 Watt 8hrs. 1 6hrs. 4 Watt 5hrs. 9hrs. FCC Designator K7GP1808 RECEIVER SPECIFICA TIONS* Sensitivity (12 dB SINAD) ≤0.28uV Adjacent Channel Selectivity [...]

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    23 TX Output P ow er 4W/1W Spurious Output P er 90.21 0 (b) or (d) FM Hum and Noise 40dB Adjacent Channel P ower Ratio 65dB/60dB (W/N) Modulated A udio Distortion ≤5% @ Rated Deviation ENVIRONMENT AL SPECIFICA TIONS* Ingress Protection Rating lP52 Operating T emperature -20° C - +60° C / -5° F - +1 40° F Storage T emperature -40° C - +65° C[...]

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    24 Y our radio can be customized to fi t your specific needs. This can be done by y our dealer or distributor using special configuration sof tware. This configuration sof tware is used to set all memory c hannel parameters including TX and RX frequency , TX power lev el, CTCSS or CDCSS set tings, TX bandwidth, BCLO, Scan, and Priority Channel.[...]

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    25 What does this war ranty cov er? Gi an t I nt er nat io na l w ar ra nt s t he Ol ym p ia b r an de d pr of ess io nal h an d-h el d rad io s tha t it ma nu f act ure s (“ P rod uc ts ”), t he Ol ym pi a b ra nd ed or c ert ifi ed ac ce sso ri es so ld f or u se wi th th es e Pr od uc ts th at it m an uf ac t ure s (“ Accessories”) to b[...]

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    26 Headsets: O ne (1 ) y ear f ro m t he d ate o f pur c ha se b y t he fi r st customer purc haser of the product. Products and Accessor ies that are r epair ed or r eplaced: The balance of the original w arranty or for ninety (90) day s from the date returned to the customer , whic he ver is longer . Who is cov er ed? This w arranty extends only[...]

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    27 Abuse and misuse: Def ects or damage that results from: (a) improper operation, storage, misuse or abuse, accident or n egl ec t, su c h as ph ys i ca l d am ag e ( cr a c ks , sc rat c he s, etc.) to the surface of the product resulting from misuse; (b) co nta ct wi th li qu id , w ate r , ra i n, e xt re me hu mi d ity o r h ea vy perspiration[...]

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    28 Alter ed products: P ro du ct s o r a cc es s or ie s w it h ( a) se ri a l numbers or date tags that have been remo ved, altered or obliterated; (b) broken seals that sho w evidence of tampering; (c) mismatc hed board serial numbers; or (d) nonconforming or non-Olympia branded housings, or parts, are ex cluded from cov erage. Communication serv[...]

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    29 or t ort ( in clu di ng ne gl ig enc e) f or d am age s in e x ce ss of t he purc hase price of the product or consequential damages of any kind, or loss of re venue or profi ts, loss of business, lo ss of i nf or ma ti on or o the r fin anc ia l los s ar isi ng o ut of o r i n connection with the ability or inabilit y to use the products or a[...]

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