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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.
Volume
••
To adjust the volume:
–
Press the
Volume Up
or
Volume
Down
button.
A double beep sound is used to indicate
the minimum and maximum volume levels
(1 through 8).
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 13 on how to select between
five call tone settings.
Display Illumination
••
To illuminate your display:
–
Press and release the
Light/Max Range
button
to illuminate the display for 10 seconds.
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Privacy Code Scan
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Your microTALK
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radio can automatically scan the
Privacy Codes
(00 through 38) within one channel.
To scan privacy codes:
1.
While in
Standby
mode, press the
Channel Up
or
Channel Down
button
to choose the channel on which you
wish to scan privacy codes.
2.
Press the
Mode/Power
button until
the
Scan
icon and the privacy code
numbers appear on the display.
3.
Press the
Channel Up
or
Channel Down
button to begin scanning privacy codes
within the channel you selected.
The
Scan
icon will continue to be displayed
when privacy code scan is
on
. Your radio will
continue to scan privacy codes and stop as an
incoming transmission is detected. Your radio
will remain on that channel/privacy code for
10 seconds.
While setting privacy code scan, if you do not
press any buttons for 15 seconds your radio
will automatically return to
Standby
mode on
the channel/privacy code that was displayed
before you entered mode functions.
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Summary of Contents for PR 255 VP
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