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Operation
2. When you finish transmitting,
release
PTT
.
Note: If you transmit while the
walkie-talkie is displaying a
weather alert (see “Understand-
ing Digital Weather Alert” on
Page 15), the alert tone turns off
and
WX
flashes. To turn off the
alert tone without transmitting,
press
ALERT OFF
.
3. To set the walkie-talkie to a low
power level, press
H/L
.
LOW
appears. To set the walkie-talkie
to its maximum power level,
press
H/L
again.
LOW
disap-
pears.
4. To turn off the walkie-talkie, turn
OFF/VOLUME
counterclockwise
until it clicks.
TURNING THE BACK
LIGHT ON/OFF
Press
LIGHT
to turn the back light on
and off. If you do not turn the light off
manually, it automatically turns itself
off after about 5 seconds.
TURNING THE KEY
TONE ON/OFF
You can set the walkie-talkie so it
sounds a tone when you press any
key except
PTT
.
To turn the key tone on, hold down
BEEP
for about 2 seconds.
ap-
pears. The walkie-talkie sounds a
beep when you press any key except
PTT
. To turn the key tone off, hold
down
BEEP
for about 2 seconds so
disappears.
USING THE KEY LOCK
You can lock the walkie-talkie’s con-
trols (except
PTT
and
LIGHT
) to pre-
vent accidental setting changes.
To lock the walkie-talkie, hold down
LOCK
for about 2 seconds until
appears. To unlock the walkie-talkie,
hold down
LOCK
until
disappears.
USING CHANNEL 9/19
You can use
CH9/19
to select channel
9 or 19. Press
CH9/19
once to select
channel 9 so
09
flashes. Press
CH9/
19
twice to select channel 19 so
19
flashes. Press
CH9/19
three times to
return to the previously selected
channel.
Important: Channels 9 and 19 are re-
served for motorist assistance and for
reporting emergency information
about accidents, hazardous road con-
ditions, and so on. Always give emer-
gency messages priority on channels
9 and 19.
Note: When you select channel 9 or
19, you cannot press
8#
8#
8#
8#
or
9#
9#
9#
9#
to
change channels.
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