Operation

Mode Button

Mode Functions

To Set VOX Sensitivity:

1.Press the Mode button until the VOX icon flashes and the current sensitivity level is displayed.

Introduction

Operation

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During Channel Scan (while receiving an incoming transmission), You Can Choose From The Following:

a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on that channel. Your radio will remain on that channel and return to Standby mode.

VOX Sensitivity Level

The current VOX sensitivity level is

 

 

displayed with letters “LE” and a Number

 

1 through 5, with Number 5 being the

 

most sensitive level and Number 1

 

being the least sensitive level.

Channel Button

2.Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button to change the setting.

3.Choose one (1) of the following:

a.Press the Mode button to enter the selected setting and proceed to other functions.

b.Press the Lock button to enter the selected setting and return to Standby mode.

Channel Scan

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Your microTALK® radio can automatically scan channels.

b. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button to resume scanning channels.

If you press the Talk button while scanning and not within ten

(10)seconds of receiving a transmission, you will transmit on the channel on which you last received a transmission. This will return the radio to Standby mode.

If you do not press any button within ten (10) seconds, your radio will automatically resume scanning channels.

During Channel Scan (while not receiving a transmission), You Can Choose From The Following:

a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on the channel or channel/privacy code that was displayed before you entered mode functions or the channel on which, during scanning, you last received a transmission. This will return the radio

to Standby mode.

Mode Button

Scan Channels

To Scan Channels:

1.Press the Mode button until the Scan icon and the channel numbers flash on the display.

2.Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button to begin scanning channels.

The radio ignores specific privacy codes while scanning channels.

b. Press the Mode button to proceed to set privacy code scan on the channel that was either displayed before you entered mode functions or on which, during channel scanning, you last received a transmission (see page 10 for further details).

c. Press the Lock button to return to Standby mode on the channel/privacy code that was displayed before you entered mode functions or the channel on which, during scanning, you last received a transmission.

 

 

The Scan icon will continue to be displayed when

Channel Button

 

 

scan is On. Your radio will continue to scan all

 

 

channels and stop if an incoming transmission is

 

 

detected. Your radio will remain on that channel

 

 

for ten (10) seconds.

 

 

 

 

While setting channel scan, if you do not

 

 

press any buttons for 15 seconds, your radio

 

 

will automatically return to Standby mode on

 

 

the channel or channel/privacy code displayed

 

 

before you entered mode functions.

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PR560WX specifications

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