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Customer Assistance
Warranty
Introduction
15
Nothing
Comes Close to a Cobra
®
Operation
During channel scan (while not receiving a transmission),
you can choose from the following:
a.
Press and hold the
Talk
button to communicate on the
channel or channel/privacy code that was displayed before
you entered mode functions or the channel on which, during
scanning, you last received a transmission. This will then
return the radio to
Standby
mode.
b.
Press the
Mode/Lock
button to proceed to set privacy
code scan on the channel that was either displayed before
you entered mode functions or on which, during channel
scanning, you last received a transmission (see below for
further details).
c.
Press the
Enter/Hi•Low
button to return to
Standby
mode
on the channel/privacy code that was displayed before you
entered mode functions or the channel on which, during
scanning, you last received a transmission.
Privacy Code Scan
•
Your microTALK
®
radio can automatically scan the
Privacy Codes
(01 through 38) within one channel.
To scan privacy codes:
1.
While in
Standby
mode, press the
Channel Up
or
Channel Down
button
to choose the channel on which you
wish to scan privacy codes.
2.
Press the
Mode/Lock
button until the
Scan
icon and the privacy code numbers
flash on the display.
3.
Press the
Channel Up
or
Channel Down
button to begin scanning privacy codes
within the channel you selected.
The
Scan
icon will continue to be displayed
when privacy code scan is
on
. Your radio will
continue to scan privacy codes and stop as an
incoming transmission is detected. Your radio
will remain on that channel/privacy code for
10 seconds.
14 English
Mode Functions
Channel Scan
•
Your microTALK
®
radio can automatically scan channels.
To scan channels:
1.
Press the
Mode/Lock
button until the
Scan
icon and the channel numbers
flash on the display.
2.
Press the
Channel Up
or
Channel Down
button to begin scanning channels.
The radio ignores specific privacy
codes while scanning channels.
The
Scan
icon will continue to be displayed
when scan is
on
. Your radio will continue to
scan all channels and stop if an incoming
transmission is detected. Your radio will
remain on that channel for 10 seconds.
While setting channel scan, if you do not
press any buttons for 15 seconds, your radio
will automatically return to
Standby
mode on
the channel or channel/privacy code displayed
before you entered mode functions.
During channel scan (while receiving an incoming
transmission), you can choose from the following:
a.
Press and hold the
Talk
button to
communicate on that channel. Your radio
will remain on that channel and return
to
Standby
mode.
b.
Press the
Channel Up
or
Channel Down
button to resume scanning channels.
If you press the
Talk
button while scanning,
but more than 10 seconds after receiving a
transmission, you will transmit on the channel
on which you last received a transmission.
This will return the radio to
Standby
mode.
If you do not press any button within
10 seconds after receiving a scanned
transmission, your radio will automatically
resume scanning channels.
Operation
Channel Buttons
Mode/Lock Button
Select Channel
Scan Privacy Codes
Scanning Channels
Mode/Lock Button
Channel Buttons