VX-800 O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
3
O
PERATION
Preliminary Steps
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Install a charged battery
pack onto the transceiver,
as described previously.
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Screw the supplied an-
tenna onto the Antenna
jack. Never attempt to op-
erate this transceiver
without an antenna con-
nected.
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If you have a Speaker/Mi-
crophone, we recommend
that it not be connected until you are familiar with
the basic operation of the
VX-800
.
Operation Quick Start
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Turn the top panel’s
V O L / P W R
k n o b
clockwise to turn on
the radio on.
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Pull and turn
the top
panel's
CH
selector
knob to choose the
desired operating
channel. A channel
name will appear on
the LCD. If you want
to select the operating channel from a different
Memory Channel Group, pressing the
Soft
key
(assigned to the Memory Group Up or Down
function) to select the Memory Channel Group
to be you want before selecting the operating
channel. A group name will appear on the LCD
whenever the
Soft
key is pressed.
Note: Some models are programmed so that the
operating channels are selected by the
Soft key and the memory channel group
