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Customer Assistance
Warranty
Introduction
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Communicating with Another Person
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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 to communicate.
Channels
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To select a channel:
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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 with FRS/
GMRS. Channels 8 through 14 are FRS only.
Channels 15 through 22 are GMRS only.
See page 14 for FRS/GMRS frequency
allocations and compatibility charts.
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During scanning (while receiving an incoming transmission),
you can choose from the following:
a.
Press and hold the
Talk
button to communicate on that
channel/privacy code. Your radio will remain on that
channel/privacy code and return to
Standby
mode.
b.
Press the
Channel Up
or
Channel Down
button to
resume scanning privacy codes.
If you press the
Talk
button while scanning and not within
10 seconds of receiving a transmission, you will transmit on the
channel/privacy code on which you last received a transmission.
This will return the radio to
Standby
mode.
If you do not press any button within 10 seconds, your
radio will automatically resume scanning privacy codes.
During scanning (while not receiving a transmission),
you can choose from the following:
a.
Press and hold the
Talk
button to communicate on
the channel/privacy code that was displayed before you
entered mode functions or the channel/privacy code on
which, during scanning, you last received a transmission.
This will return the radio to
Standby
mode.
b.
Press the
Mode/Power
button to proceed to other functions.
c.
Press the
Lock
button to return to
Standby
mode on the
channel/privacy code that was displayed before you entered
mode functions or the channel/privacy code on which,
during scanning, you last transmitted or received.
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Summary of Contents for PR 255 VP
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