Talk Button
Channel Buttons
Channel Number
Two Inches (five
cm) from Mouth
Listening
Customer Assistance
Warranty
Introduction
5
Nothing
Comes Close to a Cobra
®
Operation
4
English
Using Your Radio
Communicating with Another Person
•
To talk to another person:
1.
Press and hold the
Talk
button.
2.
With the microphone about two inches
(five cm) from your mouth, speak in a
normal voice.
3.
Release the
Talk
button when you are
finished talking and listen for a response.
You cannot receive incoming calls while
pressing the
Talk
button.
Both radios must be tuned to
the same channel/privacy code
to communicate.
Channels
•
To select a channel:
With the radio
on
, select any of the 22
channels by pressing the
Channel Up
or
Channel Down
button.
Both radios must be tuned to the
same channel to communicate.
Channels 1 through 7 are shared by FRS and
GMRS. Channels 8 through 14 are FRS only.
Channels 15 through 22 are GMRS only.
See page 21 for FRS/GMRS frequency
allocations and compatibility charts.
Listening for a Response
•
When you are finished talking:
Release the
Talk
button to receive incoming
transmissions. Your microTALK
®
radio is
always in
Standby
mode while the
Talk
or
Call
buttons are not pressed.
Low Power Icon
Hi Power Icon
Operation
Enter/Hi•Low Button
Volume
•
To adjust the volume:
Rotate the
On/Off Volume
knob.
Call Button
•
To alert another person that you are calling:
Press and release the
Call
button.
The other person will hear a two second
call tone. This tone is used only to establish
voice communications.
See page 19 on how to select from
10 available call tone settings.
Selectable High•Low Power Output
•
When in close proximity to another party or
during favorable conditions, you can switch
from
High
to
Low Power
to extend battery life.
This feature applies to GMRS Channels
1 through 7 and 15 through 22 only.
Channels 8 through 14 operate
exclusively on low power.
To toggle between high and low power:
Press the
Enter/Hi•Low
button for
two seconds.
When using Channels 1 through 7 and
15 through 22 on high power, the
Hi
icon
will be visible on the display.
When using those channels on low power
and on Channels 8 through 14, the
Low
icon
will be visible on the display.
Display Illumination
•
To illuminate your display:
Press and release the
Light/Max Range
button to illuminate the display for
10 seconds.
Light/Max Range
Volume Knob
Call Button
