MH-42B6JSMICROPHONE

The MH-42B6JSis similar to the MH-48A6J, but the MH-42B6JSdoes not include a DTMF keypad and its illumination switch.

1 PTT Switch

 

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Press this switch to transmit, and release it to receive.

 

 

2 [ACC]/[P]/[P1]/[P2] Buttons

 

 

 

[ACC] button: Press this button to switch the “Main”

 

 

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band between the “Left” and “Right” displays on the

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LCD screen. This is the best and easiest way to set

 

 

 

the “Main” band to the side you prefer.

 

 

 

Pressing and holding in this button for 1/2 second moves

 

 

operation to the next-highest frequency band on the “Main”

 

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band.

 

 

 

 

 

[P] button: Press this button momentarily to switch the fre-

 

 

 

CONDENSER MIC

 

quency control for the “Main” band between the VFO and

MH-42B

 

 

 

Memory Systems.

 

 

 

When the “Main” band is set to the VFO mode, press and hold in this

 

 

button for 1/2 second to activate the Smart Search Feature.

 

 

When the “Main” band is set to the Memory mode, press and hold

 

 

in this button for 1/2 second to activates the “Memory Bank” feature.

 

[P1] button: Pressing this button repeatedly allows selection of the CTCSS or DCS mode

on the “Main” band. The selections available are:

ENC ￿ ENC.DEC (Tone Squelch) ￿ DCS ￿ OFF ￿ ENC ......

[P2] button: Press this button momentarily to select the transmitter power output level on the “Main” band (“LOW,” “MID2,” “MID1,” or “HIGH”).

When the “Main” band is set to the Memory mode or Home Channel, press and hold in this key for 1/2 second to switch the memory channel display between the “Frequency” format and “Alpha-numeric Tag” format.

You can reprogram the [ACC], [P], [P1], and [P2] buttons for other functions, if desired. See page 53 for details.

3 LOCK Switch

This switch locks out the Microphone buttons (except for the keypad and PTT switch).

4[UP]/[DWN] Button

Press (or hold in) either of these buttons to tune (or scan up or down) the operating frequency or through the memory channels on the “Main” band. In many ways, these buttons emulate the function of the (rotary) “Main” band DIAL knob.

Notice: If you change the microphone from the MH-48A6Jto the MH-42B6JSor vice versa, change the setting of Menu #23 (MIC). See page 64 for details.

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