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
➥ “
BBUUSSYY
” appears when receiving a signal or when the
squelch opens.
➥ “
TTXX
” appears while transmitting.
w RECEIVER ATTENUATOR INDICATOR
“
LLOOCC
” appears when the Attenuator function is in use.
e SCRAMBLER INDICATOR
“
SSCCRRAAMM
” appears when an optional voice scrambler is acti-
vated.
r SCAN INDICATOR
➥ Either “
NNOORRMMAALL SSCCAANN
” or “
PPRRII--SSCCAANN 1166
” scan type
appears while scanning.
➥ “
DDUUAALL 1166
” appears during dualwatch; “
TTRRII 1166
” ap-
pears during tri-watch.
t SELECTOR STATUS INDICATOR
Indicates the [SELECTOR] active status;
“
[[VVOOLL]]
” appears when [SELECTOR] as the audio volume.
“
[[SSQQLL]]
” appears when [SELECTOR] as the noise squelch
controller.
“
[[CCHH ]]
” 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.
➥ “
NNoo PPoossiittiioonn
” appears when no GPS receiver is con-
nected and no position data is input manually.
u TIME ZONE INDICATOR
➥ “
LLooccaall
” appears when the offset time data in the ‘Set
up’ menu is entered.
➥ “
NNoo TTiimmee
” 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
➥
“
CCAALLLL
” appears when the call channel is selected.
➥ “
AALLEERRTT
” appears when the Weather Alert function is in
use; blinks when an alert tone is received.
!3 CHANNEL GROUP INDICATOR
Indicates whether an International “
IINNTT
,” U.S.A. “
UUSSAA
,”
Canadian “
CCAANN
” or weather “
WWXX
” 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
➥ “
2255WW
” appears when high power is selected.
➥ “
11WW
” appears when low power is selected.
!7 RX SPEAKER INDICATOR
Appears when an RX speaker function is activated.
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
