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XT60 user’s manual
Basic operation
Turning on/o
ff
To turn on the transceiver, turn the
VOLUME
knob clockwise until you hear it
clicks: the LCD display will light up and do an Auto-Test. Subsequently you will
hear 2 beeps of di
ff
erent tones.
To turn o
ff
the transceiver, turn the knob counter-clockwise until you hear
another click.
Volume control
Turn the knob
VOLUME
to about half way and adjust it to a comfortable level
as soon as you receive a signal. If you do not receive a signal you can use the
button
MON/SCAN
described in par. “MON button”.
Transmission and reception
When you press the PTT the transceiver transmits with high or low power (de-
pending on the setting of the
MENU
:
H
or
L
).
To transmit:
1. Make sure that no one else is currently talking on the selected channel;
2. Keep button
PTT
firmly pressed:
TX and To
will appear on the display;
3. Before you start talking wait for a fraction of a second then speak normal-
ly, in the direction of the microphone.
4. When you have finished, release the
PTT
:
TX and To
will disappear from
the display;
5. When the radio is in reception mode (
PTT
not pressed) you will automa-
tically receive any communication (
RX
displayed).
During transmission and reception try, as far as possible, to keep the antenna in
vertical position and to avoid obstacles towards the direction of the other party.
