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Using the radio in normal mode
• To transmit, press and hold
PUsH to tALk
on the microphone. Release the button when
you are finished talking.
• For the best sound quality, hold the microphone about two inches from your mouth while
you’re talking.
• Press
CHAnneL UP
on the radio or the microphone to move up one channel at a time.
Press and hold either button to scroll quickly up the channels.
• Press
CHAnneL DoWn
on the radio or the microphone to move down one channel at a
time.
Press and hold either button to scroll quickly down the channels.
• To change the transmit power, press and hold the
ent-1W/25W
for two seconds. The
transmit power switches between 1 watt and 25 watts each time you press and hold
ent-
1W/25W
.
Normal mode with Weather Alert Watch
If you activate Weather Alert Watch while
operating in normal mode, the radio checks
the most recently-used weather channel
every seven seconds. If it detects a weather
alert for your area, it will change the channel to the last-used
weather channel. The radio will not check the weather chan-
nel while you are actively transmitting; it waits until your trans-
mission is finished and then checks the weather channel.
To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold
CALL-
MenU
while the radio is idle. Select Setup and then
WX Alert
Mode
. Use
CHAnneL UP
and
CHAnneL DoWn
to choose
WX
Alert Mode
setting
ON
or
Off
.
Normal mode with Triple and Dual Watch
If you activate Triple Watch while operating in normal mode, the radio checks channels 16
and 9 every two seconds; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16. The
radio will not check channels 16 or 9 while you are actively transmitting; it waits until your
transmission is finished and then checks the channels.
Press and hold
16/9-tRI
(on the radio or the microphone) for two seconds to turn Triple/Dual
Watch on or off. (To change between Triple or Dual Watch, see page 16.)
Normal mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch
You can activate Weather Alert Watch
and Triple/ Dual Watch at the same time.
The radio performs both checks at their
scheduled time.
scan mode
You can save channels into memory
and then use scan mode to monitor
those channels. When the radio detects
a signal on a channel, it pauses on that
channel as long as the signal is received;
wx
Every 7 seconds,
the radio checks the
most recently-used
weather channel.
with WX Alert on
09 16
09 16
09 16
Every 2 seconds, the radio
checks channels 9 & 16.
with Triple Watch on
Monitoring Channel 25
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