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q
BACKLIGHT SWITCH [LIGHT]
Turns the backlight for display and keypad ON or OFF.
w
PTT SWITCH [PTT]
(p. 9)
Push and hold to transmit; release to receive.
• “
” appears on the function display while transmitting.
e
VOLUME [VOL]
(p. 9)
Adjusts the audio level.
r
TUNING DIAL [DIAL]
(pgs. 8–12)
➥
Rotate [DIAL] to select the desired frequency, WX chan-
nel number, BANK number and memory channel.
➥
Rotate [DIAL] to set the squelch level and beep tone
level.
t
ANTENNA CONNECTOR [ANT]
(p. 7)
Connects the supplied antenna.
y
RECALL CHANNEL UP/DOWN KEYS [
Ω
Ω
]/[
≈
≈
]
(p. 10)
➥
Push to enter the recall function mode.
➥
Push to call the stored frequency in the recall
mode.
➥
Push
, then push [
Ω
]/[
≈
]to replace stored re-
call frequencies to back or front.
u
SQUELCH KEY [SQL•
WX-ALERT
]
(p. 8)
➥
Push [SQL•
WX-ALERT
], then rotate [DIAL] to se-
lect the squelch level.
• 24 squelch levels and squelch open (0) are available.
➥
Push
, then push [SQL•
WX-ALERT
] to turn
the WX-alert function ON or OFF.
i
POWER SWITCH [PWR]
(pgs. 9, 28)
➥
Push and hold for 2 sec. to turn the power ON
or OFF.
➥
While pushing and holding [MR•
MW
], push
[PWR] to enter the cloning function mode.
o
EXTERNAL SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE JACKS
[MIC/SP]
(p. 34)
Connects an OPC-499
HEADSET ADAPTER
and headset, if
desired.
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FUNCTION KEY [
]
Push to call up the function indicator, “
”, then
push another key to access its secondary function.
• “
” appears for 3 sec. after
is pushed; at this time
pushing
again cancels the indication.
NOTE:
In general, “
” disappears when an-
other key is pushed to activate a secondary
function. However, some keys which have more
than one secondary function, (such as [DUP]),
do not cancel “
”. In this case, “
” disap-
pears automatically after 3 sec.
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