VXA-710 SPIRIT OPERATING MANUAL
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BASIC OPERATION
Preliminary Steps
Install a charged battery pack onto the transceiver, as
described previously.
Screw the supplied antenna onto the Antenna jack.
Never operate this transceiver without an antenna con-
nected.
If you have an optional Speaker/Microphone or head-
set. we recommend that it not be connected until you
are familiar with the basic operation of the VXA-710.
Operation Quick Start
To turn the radio on,
press and hold in the
(PWR) Switch for 3
seconds.
The opening message
will appear on the dis-
play, then frequency dis-
play will appear.
Press the key to
switch the operating
band between the AIR
band and FM BC band.
Directly entering fre-
quencies from the key-
pad is the easiest method
if you know the frequency on which you wish to oper-
ate. Just enter the five digits of the frequency to move
to that frequency. However, there is a short-cut for
frequencies ending in zero - press the key after
the last non-zero digit.
For example, to set 134.35 MHz,
press .
To set 118.000 MHz:
.