Tandy Realistic TRC-88 Owner's manual

Cot.

No. 21-9610

TRC-88

I.WATT

3.CHANNEt

WALKIE.TATKIE

PLEASE

READ

BEFORE

USING

THIS

EQUIPMENT

cusToM MANUFAcTURED rN KoREA FoR TANDy

AUSTRALTA

LTMTTED

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e.

YourVaLtst

e

TRC-88 is

o

portoble

I

Wott CB Wolkie-Tolkie

designed

for 3-chonnel 2-woy

communicotions.

The TRC-88 wolkie-tolkie is

on

exomple of o

quolity piece

of

electronic

equipment skillfully

constructed

from

the finest

components.

Designed to be compoct ond

light-

weight,

you

con corry

it wherever

you go.

You con count on

relioble,

trouble-free

performonce

for

yeors

to

come.

USES

FOR YOUR WAIKIE.TAIKIE

Applicotions

for

your

Wolkie-Tol

kie

ore

limited only by

your

imoginotion.

You con use

il'oround the home or

in the office.

lt

con

be used os o

mobile unit

in

cor or boot.

You con

put

it to

good

use on

fishing, hunting

ond

comping

trips. Use

it in

your

business.

lt is often used

by

TV

technicions,

plumbers,

electricions,

construction

crews,

surveyors,

security

potrols,

forestry

services

ond

others.

Regordless

of how

you

use

it, we

wont

you

to enioy using

itl

JI

I

Copyright

1986,

Tondy

Corporotion

2

FEATURES

.

Reody to go

on Chonnel

14

with

foctory

instolled

crystols

.

Accommodotes

crystols

for

up

to

three

of the

40

CB

Chonnels

'

.

Bottery

CHARGING

iock

SERVICE

AND

MAINTENANCE

.

Seporote

speoker

ond microphone

.

Power

supply

circuit

incorporotes

speciol voltoge

regulotion

circuit,

wntcn

ossures

moxtmum

output

even

when

bottery voltoge

begins

to

drop.

Your

tronsceiver

hos

been

built in

occordonce

with

Tondy's

exoctino

quol

ity

control

stondoids.

However,

it

should

be treoted

with

reosonoble

core

occorded

ony

electronic

equipment.

Avoid

exposing

it to

severe

shock,

dirt

or

moisture.

lf you

run into problems

with the

unit, we recommend

you

check the

following:

l.

Check

botteries

for

weok

or

dischorged

condition.

Reploce

or

rechorge

os needed.

WARNING

2.

lf trouble

is

experienced

with

tronsmitting,

moke

sure you

ore fully

depressing

the

Tolk

button.

Also, the

ontenno

must

be fully

extended

for

proper

operotion.

3. lf

trouble

is

experienced

with

receiving,

be

sure

SQUELCH

is

odjusted properly.

4.

lf the

obove

doesn't

solve

the

problem,

do

NOT

ottempt

repoirs

or

odiustments

by

yourself.

The

unit

should

be

serviced

only

by

o

quol

ified

Tondy's

technicion.

Whenever

possible,

return

unit

to

the

store

from

which

it

wos purchosed.

Do not

open

up the

Tronsceiver

to

moke

ony internol

odiustments.

Internol

odlustments

ond/

or

modificotions

con leod

to

illeqol

operotion

os defined

by D.O.t.

Rules

ond regulotions.

Such illegol

operotion

con leod

to very

serious

consequences.

Crystols

con

be reploced

or odded

to your

Tronsceiver

os exploined

in

the

section

"CHANGING

OR

INSTALLING

NEW

CRYSTALS".

We

connot

be responsible

for

the proper

operotion

of

your

Tronsceiver

if you

use oiher

monufocturer's

cryslols;

os

o

result,

we

urge you

to

use

only

crystols

obtoined through

your

locol

TANDY

store.

TO

BE

SAFE

AND

SURE:

l.

You

should never

open the

cose

of

your

Tronsceiver.

2.

Never

chonge

or

reploce

onything

in your

Tronsceiver

other

thon

botteries

ond/or

crystols.

Also,

to

be ossured

of

on-frequency

operotion,

only

use

crystols

obtoined

through

your

Tondy

store.

CONTROLS

AND

FUNCTIONS

PUSH

TO

TALK

Switch

BATTERY

TEST

lndicotor

OFF/VOLUME

Control

MICROPHONE

Anlenno

Extend

fully.

PUSH TO TAIK

Swirch

Press to

tronsmit.

Releose to listen.

BATTERY TEST Bulton

&

Indicotor

Press

to

check

the

condition of

botteries:

if

good,

the indicotor

will

lisht.

OFF/VOIUME Control

Turn

clockwise

to

opply

power.

Adiust for

desired

listening level.

MICROPHONE

Tolk here.

4

Antenno

BATTERY

TEST

Button

CHANNEL

Selector

SQUELCH

Control

ING

Jock

CHARGING

Jock

Connect

Tondy 21-9902 chorger

here

to re-chorge optionol

nickel

codmium

botteries.

SQUETCH

Control

Ad.iust to eliminote

bockground

norse.

CHANNEL

Selector

Position

A is

supplied

with Chonnel

14

crystols

instolled

in the unit. Use

positions

B ond C

for other chonnels

os desired.

Speoker

Listen here.

PREPARING

FOR

USE

Rechorgeoble

nickel-codmium

l0

(1.2

volts)

Alkoline type

a

(1.5

volts)

v

l.

The

following

types

of size

M

penlight

botteries

moy

be

used.

Descripiion

fllllH

.Lti,r..

Note:

N ickel-codmium

botteries

typicolly

ore in

o dischorged

condition

when

they

come

from

o

store.

lf you

use nickel-codmium's,

you probobly

hove

to

chorge them

before

using

your

Wolkie-Tolkie.

The

best woy to

do

this

is to

chorge them

in the

set,

using the

Tondy power

supply/chorger

designed

for this

unit

(Cotologue

Number

21

-9902).

Chorging time

will

be 9

to I I

hours.

Do.not

overchorge

ond try to

rechorge

regulor

or

olkoline

botteries.

Also

do not

ottempt

to

operote

unit

while

botteries

ore

being

rechorged.

23-125

23-s52

2. Insioll

botteries

positioned

os

ghown on

the

bottery

comportment

lobel.

i

3. lf you

ore

using

olkoline

type

AA

penlight

botteries,

use the

dummy

botteries

indicoted

below.

4.

Check bottery

condition

os

follows'

A. Turn power

on by rototing

VO

LUME

Control

cl ockwi-se.

B. Press

BATTERY

TEST.

C.

lf

the BATTERY

TEST

LED lishts,

the

botteries

ore

OK. The

-

botteries

need

to

be rechorged

or

reploced

if this

LED

does not light

when

you press

the

button.

5

CHANGING

OR

INSTATTING

NEW

CRYSTATS

Your

TRC-BB

comes

with

chonnel

I4

crystols,

instolled in chonnel

position

A.

While

you

con use ony

3

chonnels

of

the

40

ollowed

to the CB bond,

you

must

use crystols specificolly

designed

for your

unit.

To

obtoin

crystols,

order

through

your

locol

Tondy

store.

Be sure to specify

the

chonnel, Cotologue

Number of

this

Wolkie-Tolkie ond comolete

description.

Do not ottempt

to use non-

stondord crystols

or

to moke

ony

internol odiustmenls

to

your

unit.

Such

oction

is

prohibited

by

the

DOC

ond

moy result in illegol

operotion

-

for which

you

moy

be

lioble

ond

moy be fined.

l. To

remove the front cover, first

remove o

screw on

the

bock cover.

Then

remove o screw on

the inside

of

the bottery cover.

2. Insert the new

motched

ooir of

crystols

into their

sockets. Eoch

crystol

will be morked with the

chonnel

(l

-40),

tronsmit

or

receive

(T

or

R),

or

frequency.

Mcke sure the

tronsmit

(T)

ond

receive

(R)

crystols

ore

instolled in their

correct sockets.

You will find the

RX/TX ond chqnnel

designotors

for

eoch crystol on

the

shield

plote,

obove crystol sockei.

lf the crystols ore reversed, the unit

will tronsmit on one

frequency

ond

receiver on onother, both of

which

will be outside the

Citizens

Bond.

This

situotion

would be considered

illegol

operotion.

3.

Reploce

the

bock

cover.

)

Instolling

crystols.

6

ABC ABC

::

CITIZENS

BAND

FREQUENCY

CHART

CHANNEL

TRANSMIT

CRYSTALS

(MHz)

RECEIVE

CRYSTALS

CHANNEL

TRANSMIT

CRYSTALS

(MHz)

RECEIVE

CRYSTALS

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

I

10

l1

12r

13

14

t5

16

17

18

19

20

26.965

26.975

26.985

27.005

27.015

27.025

27.035

27.055

27.065

27.075

27.085

27.105

27.115

27.125

27.135

27.155

27.165

27.175

27.185

27.205

26.510

26.520

26.530

26.550'.

26.560

26.570

26.580

26.600

26.610

26.620

26.630

26.650

26.660

26.670

26.680

26.700

26.710

26.720

26.730

26750

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

3l

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

27.215

27.225

27.255

27.235

27.245

27.265

27.275

27.285

27.295

27.305

27.315

27.325

27.335

27.345

27.355

27.365

27.375

27.385

27.395

27.40s

26.760

26.770

26.800

26.780

26.790

26.810

26.820

26.830

26.840

26.850

26.860

26.870

26.880

26.890

26.900

26.910

26.920

26.930

26.940

26.950

Note:

Receive

crystols

ore 455

kHz

lower in

frequency

thon tronsmit

crystols.

s

t

{

7

USING

YOUR

WATKIE-TALKIE

1.

Fully extend

ontenno

ond

keep

in

o

verticol

position.

2.

Turn

power

"on"

by

rototing

VOLUME

clockwise.

3.

Check

the bottery

condition.

4. Set

CHANNEL

Selector

to

chonnel

A, B or C.

lmportont:

lf

the ontenno

is not

fully extended,

the efficiency

of

the

tronsmitter

or

receiver

is

reduced.

To Check

Bottery Condition

Wiih

powtir

ON,

press

BATTERY

TEST button.

lf the

BATTERY

TEST

LED

lights,

the botteries

ore OK.

lf

the

LED does

not

light, reploce

or

rechorge

the botteries.

To

Tronsmit

Press

the Tolk button.

Speok

slowly

ond

cleorly

in o

normol

voice.

5 or 2.5

cm

from

ihe

microphone.

A built-in

modulotion

limit circuit

will ollow

the mic.

omp.

to odlust

itself

outomoticolly

to

o

wide

voriety

of

voice

levels.

To Receive

Releose

the

PUSH

TO TALK

Switch.

Adiust

VOLUME

for o suitoble

listening

level.

Adiust

the SQUELCH

to remove

onnoying

bockground

noise

when

no

signol

is being

received.

To

odlust

the control.

move

the CHANNEL

selector

to o chonnel

where

no

signols

ore

present

or

woit till signols

ceose

on

your

chonnel.

Then,

rotote

the SQUELCH

clockwise

to the

Point

where

bockground

noise

iust

stops.

..

Now,

when-o

signol

is

present,

it will

be

heord,

but

noise between

signols

will be

removed.

When

proPerlY set,

SQUELCH

will

keep

the

receiver

"deod"

until o

signol

is

picked up

on

thot chonnel.

Do

not set

SQUELCH

too

high,

or

weok signols

connot

get

througih.

To

ossure

reception

of o

weok

signol,

set

SQUELCH

fullY

counterclockwise.

Tronsmitting

LL

OPERATIONAT

HINTS

RANGE

The

ronge

of

your

Wolkie-Tolkie

will

vory

depending

on

conditions.

Foctors

such

os ontenno

height

ond

position,

terroin

ond

bottery

condition

will

oll hove

on

effect

on

your

useful

ronge.

Buildings

obsorb

tronsmitted

signols.

And, if

they

contoin

metol,

moy-

completely

block them.

Trees

ond

heovy

cloud formotions

hove

o

similor

effedt,

though

not

os severe.

However,

if

you

ore neor

o

loke

or

the

oceon, you

moy

obtoin

on

unusuolly_ good

ronge

os lorge

bodies

of woter

help

signol

propogotiort

Thus,

you

con

see thot

mony things

con

offect

your

octuol

ronge.

To insure

moximum

ronge,

olwoys

keep

fully

chorged botteries

in the

unit. As the

voltoge

decreoses,

it

directly

offects ronge.

Use only

quolity

botteries

such os Tondy triple

life

botteries

(23-582\,

which will lost

three

times

longer

thon regulor

botteries

or Tondy

olkoline

ENERCELL

(23-552),

which will lost

much

longer.

lf you

dislike those

trips

to the

store for

replocement

botteries,

we

suggest Tondy

nickel-

codmium

E

N ERCELT

(23-1

25\

rechorgeoble

botteries;

use these

together

with Tondy's power

supply/chorger,

Cotologue

Number

21-9902

(plussed

into

CHARGING

iock

for

chorging).

Nickel-codmium

botteries

con be

rechorged

up to

500 times

-

thot

soves

you

time

ond money.

Coution:

Never

ottempt

to

chorge

regulor

or

olkoline

botteries.

They

moy rupture

or

even

explode.

9

SPECIFICATIONS

Receiver

Frequency Coveroge,

Sensitivity

(moximum):

Adiocent Chonnel

Reiection :

Squelch,

Audio Output:

Current

Droin:

Tronsmitler

Frequency Coveroge:

Power

Input

(ot'l2V

DC):

Power

Output:

Spurious Emissionst

Type

of

Modulotion:

Frequency

Toleronce:

Antenno

lmpedcince:

Current

Droint

Dimensions:

Weight:

26.965-to27.405

MHz

0.6

pY

26 dB

Adiustoble

from

'l

pV

ro

1000/V

300 milliwotts

(10%

THD)

45 mA to 60 mA

26.965to27.405

MHz

1.0

Wott

500

milliwotis

-70

dB

A3

0.003%

50

ohms

150 mA to

200 mA

190 mm

X

66 mm

X

52 mm

(HWD)

380

s

Note: Supplied

with

Chonnel

14

(27.125

MHz) crystols

in

Chonnel

A

position.

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C.B.R.S.

UCENCE

(AUSTRAUA)

Before tronsmitting

with

your

tronsceiver, you must

obtoin o

Deportment of

Communicotions

(D.O.C.)

Citizens Rodio Licence.

Obtoin

on opplicotion

form,

from the D.O.C.

Before

completing

the form you

should

reod

the

conditions

governing

the licensing

ond operotion of

the

C.R.S.

(D.O.C.

brochure RB249A).

This brochure

olso con be

obtoined

from the D.O.C.

After

completing

the

opplicotion

form,

moil it with the

oppropriote

fee to the Superiniendont

Regu-

lotory of Licensing in the Stote

or

territory in which the

stotion will be operoted.

D.O.C. Approvol

No.

SeriolNo.

For service,

return this

set

to

your

neorest TANDY electronics store.

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TANDY LIMITED WARRANW

This

product

is warranted

against

defects for

90

days from date

of

purchase

from

TANDY

company-owned stores and authorized TANDY franchisees and dealers.

Within this

period,

we will repair it without charge for

parts

and

labor,

Simply

bring

your

TANDY

sales slip as

proof

of

purchase

date to any TANDY store. Warranty does

not cover transportation costs. Nor does

it

cover a

product

subjected to misuse

or

accidental damage.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, TANDY MAKES

NO

WARRANTIES,

EXPRESS OR

IMPLIED,

INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Some

states do not

oermit

limitation or exclusion

of

imolied

warranties; therefore, the aforesaid limitation(s)

or exclusion(s)

may not

apply

to the

purchaser.

This warranty

gives you

specific

legal righls

and

you

may

also

have

other rights which vary

from

stale to state.

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