ICOM hm-162b-sw User Manual

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INSTRUCTIONS
REMOTE-CONTROL MICROPHONE
HM-162B/SW
Thank you for purchasing the HM-162B/SW
REMOTE
-
CONTROL MICROPHONE
. The COMMANDMIC III
TM 
is a
remote control microphone for use with the IC-M604
or else. 
Please read the connected transceiver’s instruction
manual carefully before installation and operation.
These instructions are just described the remote-
control operations only.
q
BUSY/TRANSMIT INDICATOR
B
BU
US
SY
Y
” appears when receiving a signal or when the
squelch opens.
T
TX
X
” appears while transmitting.
w
RECEIVER ATTENUATOR INDICATOR
L
LO
OC
C
” appears when the Attenuator function is in use.
e
SCRAMBLER INDICATOR
S
SC
CR
RA
AM
M
” appears when an optional voice scrambler is acti-
vated.
r
SCAN INDICATOR
Either “
N
NO
OR
RM
MA
AL
L  S
SC
CA
AN
N
” or “
P
PR
RI
I-
-S
SC
CA
AN
N  1
16
6
” scan type
appears while scanning.
D
DU
UA
AL
L   1
16
6
” appears during dualwatch; “
T
TR
RI
I   1
16
6
” ap-
pears during tri-watch.
t
SELECTOR STATUS INDICATOR
Indicates the [SELECTOR] active status;
[
[V
VO
OL
L]
]
” appears when [SELECTOR] as the audio volume.
[
[S
SQ
QL
L]
]
” appears when [SELECTOR] as the noise squelch
controller.
[
[C
CH
H  ]
]
” appears when [SELECTOR] as the channel selector. 
y
POSITION INDICATOR
Shows the GPS position data.
• “
?
??
?
” may blink every 2 sec. instead of position data when
the GPS position data is invalid. In this case, the last position
data is held for up to 23.5 hours.
• “
?
??
?
” may blink every 2 sec. instead of position data 4 hours
after the position data is input manually, up until 23.5 hours
have past.
N
No
o  P
Po
os
si
it
ti
io
on
n
” appears when no GPS receiver is con-
nected and no position data is input manually.
u
TIME ZONE INDICATOR
L
Lo
oc
ca
al
l
” appears when the offset time data in the ‘Set
up’ menu is entered. 
N
No
o  T
Ti
im
me
e
” appears when no GPS receiver is connected
and no time data is input manually.
i
CHANNEL COMMENT INDICATOR
Channel comment appears, if programmed. 
o
CHANNEL NUMBER READOUT
Indicates the selected operating channel number. 
!0
KEY LOCK INDICATOR
Appears while the Key Lock function is in use.
Blinks while the All Key Lock function is in use.
!1
LOW BATTERY INDICATOR
” blinks when the battery voltage drops to approx. 10 V
DC or below.
!2
CALL CHANNEL INDICATOR
C
CA
AL
LL
L
” appears when the call channel is selected.
A
AL
LE
ER
RT
T
” appears when the Weather Alert function is in
use; blinks when an alert tone is received.
!3
CHANNEL GROUP INDICATOR
Indicates whether an International “
I
IN
NT
T
,” U.S.A. “
U
US
SA
A
,”
Canadian “
C
CA
AN
N
” or weather “
W
WX
X
” channel is selected.
!4
DUPLEX INDICATOR
Appears when a duplex channel is selected.
• Duplex channel has a different TX and RX frequency.
!5
TAG CHANNEL INDICATOR
Appears when a tag channel is selected.
!6
POWER INDICATOR
2
25
5W
W
” appears when high power is selected.
1
1W
W
” appears when low power is selected.
!7
RX SPEAKER INDICATOR
Appears when an RX speaker function is activated.
BUSY
BUSY
-
25W
25W
---
---
INT
INT
---
---
CALL
CALL
LOC
LOC
-
 
--   
--   
DUP
DUP
SCRAM
SCRAM
--
TAG
TAG
NORMAL
NORMAL
-
SCAN
SCAN
-
34
34°34.506N
34.506N
123
123°23.236W
23.236W
Local
Local
--
--
1:10
1:10
CALLING
CALLING
RX
RX
[VOL]
w
q
e
y
u
r
t
!6
!7
!4
!5
!3
!2
o
!0
!1
i
Accessories included with the HM-162B/SW: 
Qty.
q
Connection cable (OPC-1540*: 6 m; 20 ft) ....................... 1
w
Mounting base .................................................................. 1
e
Connector cap .................................................................. 1
r
Microphone hanger  .......................................................... 1
t
Screws (M3 
×
16; tapping)  ............................................... 5
*: OPC 1540 has external speaker leads as illustrated at right.
(Yellow: Audio, Black: Speaker ground)
These instructions are described when the HM-162 is connected to the IC-M604.  Some operations or indications may be dif-
ferent as these instructions depending on the connecting transceiver. 
x
Function display
z
HM-162B/SW supplied accessories
q
w
e
r
t
Yellow
Black
1