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Fig. 9b: Medium Power Display
Fig. 9c: Low Power Display
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Fig. 10: Low Battery Warning Display
Status Display will show XMIT HI for three seconds. (Fig. 9a)
•When Medium Power is selected, the Radio Status Display will show XMIT MED for three seconds and the M indicator will show. (Fig. 9b)
•When Low Power is selected, the Radio Status Display will show XMIT LOW for three seconds and the L indicator will show. (Fig. 9c)
Certain channels are limited by law to 1 watt transmit power: USA Mode Channel 13, 17, 67, 77; INT Mode Channel 15, 17; CAN Mode Channel 13, 15, 17, 20, 66,
77.Therefore, the radio will automatically select 1 watt power when operating on these channels, and efforts to change the transmit power will result in the error tone.
•You cannot change the transmit power setting on channels which are
•Pressing the H/L key while scanning or while in the Weather Mode will result in the error tone and transmit power will not change.
10. Battery Level Display
The battery level is checked periodically and is shown using the Battery Level Indicator
•When the battery capacity is very low, the low battery warning alarm will sound every 10 seconds, the low battery message LOW BATT will be shown on the Radio Status Display, and the battery indicator will blink. (Fig. 10)
•When the low battery warning mes- sage is displayed, the radio allows one final transmission but it will not allow further transmissions.
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