Section 6. Installation Instructions
1) Mou nt th e BMW Com m un i ca t o r to th e l ef t han dl eba r us i ng t he mo un t i n g br a ck et su pp l i e d.
2) Rou t e th e cab l e s f r o m t he CB r ad i o do wn th e han dl eb ar an d con ne ct to th e bl ue li ne pl ug on
t h e Co m S y st em ha r n ess .
3) Con nec t the A. A . W. D/ GP S pl u g ( M. ) i f de si r ed .
4) At t ach t he in cl ude d CB an t e nna gr ou nd i n g st r aps ( P . ) per co nn ec t i o n di a gr am .
5) S ec ur e al l wi r e s and ca bl es wi t h th e zi p t i e s pr o vi ded .
Section 7. Operating Instructions
1) Wi t h a hel m et head se t con ne ct e d to th e BMW COMM UN I C AT O R tur n th e i gn i t i on swi t ch
t o t he ON posi t i on .
2) Rot at e t he SQ UE L CH knob on the BMW CO MM UNI CA T OR f ul l y cl ock wi se .
3) Adj ust t he OF F / ON CB vo l u m e kn ob to a com f or t ab l e vol u m e le ve l and sel e ct t he de si r ed
CB cha nne l .
4) Rotate the SQUELCH knob counterclockwise until the background noise is removed.
5) Weather channels can be accessed by depressing the MODE button once then using the CH
UP and CH DN buttons to select one of the ten weather channels.
T h e Na t i on a l Wea t h e r S e r v i ce us e s se v e r a l sp ec i a l ra d i o fr e q u e nc i e s to pr o vi d e con t i nu o u s
r e po r t s of t h e l o c a l we a t h er co n di t i o n s an d fo r e c a st s t h r o u g h o ut t h e Un i t e d S t a t es . T a pe d
w e at h e r me s s a g es ar e r e p e a t e d ev er y f o ur t o si x m i nu t e s on a 24- h o u r ba s i s an d ar e r o u t i n e l y
r e vi s e d ev e r y on e t o t h r e e ho u r s , or m or e f r eq u e n t l y i f ne e d e d .
D u r i n g sev e r e we a t h e r , t h e r o u t i ne we a t h e r br o a d c a st s wi l l be in t e r r up t e d wi t h spe c i al
w e at h e r wa r n i n g m e s s ag e s .
T h e BM W CO M M U N I C A T O R i s de si g n e d t o r e ce i v e al l t h es e sp ec i a l we a t h e r
f r eq u e n c i e s pl us t h r ee i n t er n a t i on a l m ar i n e fr e q u e nc i e s . An NO AA We a t h e r Rad i o
N e t w o r k Fr e q u e nc y pa m p h l e t i s en cl o s e d t o i d en t i f y t h e f r e q u e n ci e s spe c i f i ca l l y
b r oa d c a s t f o r yo u r geo g r ap h i c a l ar e a .
T h e BM W CO M M U N I C A T O R r e c e i ve s CB , Na t i on a l Wea t h e r S e r v i ce an d
i n t e r n a t i o n a l ma r i n e we a t h er br o ad c a s t f r e q u en c i e s as l i st e d bel o w :