Getting Started
Operating Your Radio
Getting Started
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Refer to the foldout on the front cover of this manual to identify the various controls and indicators on your radio.
Throughout this manual you will be instructed to press or to press and hold buttons on the radio. Press means a momentary press, then release; press and hold means to hold the button down.
Whenever you press any button except the Talk button on your radio, a brief tone (beep) will sound to confirm the button press. With all button presses, the appropriate icon will appear on the LCD and the backlight will turn On. The backlight will stay On for five seconds after the button is released.
At times you will hear two other sounds. Two beeps will sound to confirm your setting changes and three beeps will sound to notify you of an error.
Power On-Off
The
Operating Your Radio
Squelch Knob
Getting Started
Volume
The
To increase the volume:
1.Turn the
To decrease the volume:
1.Turn the
Squelch
Squelch control filters weak signals and radio frequency noise so that you can hear the signals you want more clearly.
Squelch Knob
To turn your radio On:
1.Turn the Squelch knob
2.Turn the
When the radio is powered On, a brief tone will sound, the display backlight will turn On, and the display will show all icons for two seconds. All buttons will be inoperative during these two seconds.
After two seconds, the radio will return to the settings
in effect when it was last powered Off, the LCD will show the appropriate icons, and all controls will be operative. The radio will then be in Standby mode.
To turn your radio Off:
1.Turn the
To squelch your radio:
1.With the Squelch knob turned fully anticlockwise, turn the
2.Turn the Squelch knob clockwise until the hissing
sound stops. Turning the Squelch knob further clockwise will filter weak and medium strength signals until only the strongest signal can get through at its highest setting.
To receive weaker signals, turn the Squelch knob anticlockwise.
If the squelch is set so you can hear a continuous hissing sound, the scan and
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