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1600 Owner’s Manual
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Features and Operation
Basic Operation
Turn On/Off the radio
1. Turn on the radio, the radio emits a power-on tone and LCD fully displays
simultaneously. The radio is on about 2 seconds. Due to different key pressing, the radio
enters different modes:
A No key pressing and the radio enters conventional mode.
B Press MON key and PTT key together and hold for 2 seconds, the radio enters
channel setting mode.
C Press CALL key and NON key together and hold for 2 seconds, the radio enters
wired clone mode.
D Press “+” key and “-” key together and hold for 2 seconds, the radio enters default
setting mode.
If the keys are hold less then 2 seconds and released ahead of time, the operation will be
invalid and the radio enters conventional mode.
2. Fully rotate the power knob counter clockwise to power the radio off.
Conventional Mode
In conventional mode, LCD displays is shown as figure 1. Operations available are listed
as following:
Fig 1 LCD displays channel number
Receive and Transmission
Press the PTT key and talk into the microphone. “
”
appears on the LCD. See figure 2.
Release the PTT key or when transmission exceeds preset time, the radio return to
receive mode and “
”
disappears.
The receiving icon “
” appears when the selected channel receives a signal (See
figure2
（
b
）
, the speaker is opened and you can hear the voice. If interference eliminator
code is set on the channel, you will only hear the voice of the user with the same
interference eliminator code as you.
You can talk without holding the radio by using PTT on external earphone.
