Scan/Lock Button (13)

Press this Button momentarily to enable or disable the scan mode. Press and hold Button for more than 1 second to lock or unlock the key pad, except Power, PTT and Monitor (M) and Volume Up/Down. When the keypad is locked, the ( ) icon will display in the top left corner.

Operating Modes and Features

GRMS Operation:

-From GMRS standby mode, press and hold the ( ) button for 2 seconds to turn on power.

-Press the MODE button so the Channel number flashes.

-Select the desired channel with the Up (10) and Down (11) Buttons. When receiving a call, the signal strength meter appears to indicate incoming received signal strength and the Monitor section of the Transmit/Monitor LED (16) lights green.

-Press and hold the PTT button (4) to transmit, then speak into the microphone clearly and slowly. The Transmit section of the Trans- mit/Monitor LED (16) lights red.

-Release PTT Button (4) to receive.

-Communication can only be accomplished when the channel and CTCSS tone frequency of at least two parties are the same.

-The CTC icon will be displayed on the LCD panel if the CTCSS tone frequency function is enabled.

Channel Selection

In order to communicate with other GMRS units, both transmitting and receiving party must be on the same frequency.

The GMRS-1200 has 22 channels (frequencies) indicated by the large digits on the LCD display panel. Channels 1 through 7 are the shared GMRS/FRS channels. Channels 8-14 are FRS only channels, while channels 15-22 are assigned GMRS only channels. If an FRS only channel (8-14) has been selected, the HI or LO indicator will not be

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