Alinco DJ296, Instruction Manual, Page: 3 / 21

3. CONTROLS/FUNCTIONS
Top, Front, Sides and Rear View
1. LCD DISPLAY PANEL Refer to LCD Display section of this manual.
2. MAIN TUNING DIAL The main tuning dial/knob may be rotated in either direction to
select RX/TX frequency and volume/squelch level.
3. EXTERNAL MICROPHONE JACK When the external microphone is prefered, plug in
a 2.5mm stereo plug into this jack.
4. EXTERNAL SPEAKER JACK When the external speaker is prefered, plug in a 3.5mm mono
plug into this jack.
5. POWER SWITCH To turn on the unit, press and hold for about one second.
6. FUNCTION KEY The F key allows you to access the secondary function.
Press and hold for about two seconds ,The Set-mode function activated.
7. MIC Speak into the microphone from approximately 10cm or 3” distance.
8. DTMF KEYPAD During transmission, each numerical or letter key activates
one DTMF tone.
9. BNC ANTENNA CONNECTOR Connect the supplied rubber helical antenna.
When an external antenna is connected, please make sure
that your antenna has a low SWR(Standing Wave Ratio).
10. PTT(PUSH TO TALK)SWITCH To transmit, press and hold this switch. When you release it,
the unit will return to the receive mode.
11. MONITOR KEY This key is used to un-mute squelch, and a weak or intermittent signal
can be monitored regardless the squelch setting.
This also available to monitor receive frequencies when TSQ
or DCS is set.
12. DC JACK Plug in the EDC-36 cigarette lighter adapter with active noise filter
for mobile operation. The jack is polarized, the center pin is positive
and outer pin is negative.
Applying excessive or will void the radio’s warranty.
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