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TABLE OF CONTENTS
IMPORTANT .......................................................................... i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ....................................................... i
FEATURES ............................................................................ i
RECOMMENDATION ........................................................... ii
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ................................................. ii
SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION ................................... iii
PRECAUTIONS ................................................................... iv
PRECAUTIONS (Continued) ................................................ v
FCC INFORMATION ............................................................ v
1 OPERATING RULES .......................................................1
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Priorities ...................................................................1
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Privacy .....................................................................1
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Radio licenses ..........................................................1
2 SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES AND ATTACHMENTS ....2
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Supplied accessories ...................................................2
Attachments .................................................................2
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Swivel belt clip ..........................................................2
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Flexible antenna .......................................................3
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Handstrap.................................................................3
3 PANEL DESCRIPTION ................................................4
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Front, top and side panels ............................................4
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Battery pack release button .....................................5
Function display ...........................................................6
4 BASIC OPERATION ..................................................8
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Selecting a Channel .....................................................8
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Channel 16 ...............................................................8
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Channel 9 (Call channel) .........................................8
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USA, International and Canadian channels .............9
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Weather channels (Available for USA version only) .9
Receiving and transmitting .........................................10
Adjusting the squelch level .........................................11
Automatic backlight ....................................................11
Lock function ..............................................................11
Setting the Call channel .............................................12
5 SCAN OPERATION .................................................13
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Scan types .................................................................13
Setting Tag channels ..................................................14
Starting a scan ...........................................................14
6 DUALWATCH and TRI-WATCH .....................................15
About Dualwatch and Tri-watch ..................................15
Operation....................................................................15
7 LAND CHANNEL OPERATION ....................................16
LAND Channel Group ................................................16
Function display .........................................................16