Operation

Using Your Radio

 

 

 

Channels

 

 

With the radio on, select any of the

ChannelButton

 

22 channels by pressing the Channel Up

 

 

 

 

or Channel Down button.

 

 

Both radios must be tuned to the

 

ChannelNumber

same channel to communicate.

 

Channels 1 through 7 are shared by FRS and

 

 

 

 

GMRS. Channels 8 through 14 are FRS only.

 

 

Channels 15 through 22 are GMRS only.

 

 

See page 26 for FRS/GMRS frequency

 

 

allocations and compatibility charts.

 

Listening for a Response

Listening

Release the Talk button to receive incoming

 

transmissions. Your microTALK radio is always

 

 

 

 

in Standby mode while the Talk or

 

 

Call buttons are not pressed.

 

Call Button

 

CallButton

To alert another person that you are calling:

 

 

 

Press and release the Call button.

The other person will hear a two second call tone. This tone is used only to establish voice communications.

See page 24 on how to select from 10 available call tone settings.

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Introduction

Operation

Customer Assistance Warranty

Selectable High•Low Power Output

 

When in close proximity to another party or

Hi-LowButton

 

during favorable conditions, you can switch

 

 

 

 

from High to Low Power to extend battery life.

 

 

This feature applies to GMRS Channels

 

HiPowerIcon

1 through 7 and 15 through 22 only.

 

Channels 8 through 14 operate

 

 

exclusively on low power.

 

 

To toggle between high and low power:

 

LowPowerIcon

Press and release the Hi•Lo button.

 

When using Channels 1 through 7 and

 

 

 

 

15 through 22 on high power, the Hi icon

 

 

will be visible on the display.

 

 

When using those channels on low power

 

 

and on Channels 8 through 14, the Low icon

 

 

will be visible on the display.

 

To Illuminate Display

 

Press and release the Light/Max Range

Light/MaxRange

 

button to illuminate the display for

 

 

 

 

10 seconds.

 

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Cobra Electronics CXR725C Channels, Or Channel Down button, Listening for a Response, Call Button, To Illuminate Display