Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ROGER 18 SERIES Brunton
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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.
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 L.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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 ).
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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