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EXTRA FEATURES
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2-Tone alarm operation
The 2-tone alarm is used for instant emergency opera-
tion. When the 2-tone alarm function is activated, the
call channel (2182 kHz, distress channel, is pre-pro-
grammed) is selected automatically, and emits a dis-
tress alarm.
D
Operation
➥
Push [TONE] to emit a distress alarm signal for a
specified time period from the speaker only.
• “
” appears.
• Push [TONE] again to cancel the distress alarm signal
emission.
• Push [CALL] to return to previous condition.
➥
Push [TONE] for 1 sec. to transmit a distress alarm
or alarm testing signal for a specified time period.
• “
” appears with the transmit indicator.
• Push [TONE] again to cancel the distress alarm signal
transmission.
• Push [CALL] to return to previous condition.
[TONE]
D
Channel clearing
If un-necessary channels are available, the stored fre-
quency can be cleared. The cleared channels are
skipped in the channel mode operation,
q
Select desired channel in channel mode. (p. 13)
w
Enter VFO mode by pushing [FC] for 1 sec.
• Channel selection with [
√
DN]/[UP
∫
] is also possible
in the VFO mode.
e
Push [0], then [ENT].
r
Push [ENT] for 1 sec.
(3 beeps are emitted)
, to clear
the selected channel.
• The “
” indicator appears.
Note:
Blank channels cannot be selected with
[
√
DN]/[UP
∫
], and channel selector; can only
be selected with the keypad.
Appears when
cleared.