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Basic Operation
Turn on/off power
1). Rotate Power/Volume knob by clockwise until beep sound is heard to turn on.
2). Turn Power/Volume knob in counterclockwise rotation until beep sound is heard to turn off.
Adjust volume level
After turning on the power, turn Power/Volume knob to increase the volume in clockwise rotation and decrease
the volume in counterclockwise rotation.
Setting squelch level
The use of the squelch function is not to hear the background noise until received a signal. If you set the
squelch correctly, you will hear the background noise while receiving the signal.
1. Hold down [ ], [ ] shows the current squelch level.
2. Press the [ ], [ ] key to select the squelch level from 0-9.
3. Press any key except [
LAMP
] and [
MONI
] to finish the setting.
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Select frequency
1. Press [ ] to increase the frequency; press [ ] to decrease the frequency.
If you can not select the desired frequency, you should change the frequency step. Refer to “select frequency stepping”.
You also can input the frequency by keypad. Please refer to “input by keypad directly”.
Transmitting
1. Push and hold [
PTT
] to speak in a normal tone
Transmitting indicator shows red during holding down [
PTT
] key.
Don’t hold microphone too close to your mouth or speak too loudly, this may distort the signal.
You can select the low power to save battery power.
You can select high power, mid power or low power.
2. Release [
PTT
] to receive
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