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USING THE RADIO
You can cause a paging tone
to sound on all radios tuned to
the same frequency. To send
a page, press
CALL
.
Antenna
Lights red when you transmit a
message or press
CALL
, and
lights green when you receive a
transmission.
Connect an optional headset with microphone
(such as Cat. No. 19-312) or microphone and
earphone communication headset (such as
Cat. No. 19-316) into the
MIC
and
SP
jacks, or
a mono earphone (such as Cat. No. 33-175)
into the
SP
jack. This automatically discon-
nects the internal speaker and
PTT
.
Rotate to turn the radio on and off
and adjust the volume.
You normally don’t hear any-
thing on a channel unless
someone is transmitting
nearby on the same channel
(this is called auto-squelch).
To hear everything happen-
ing on a channel, including
weak transmissions, hold
down
MON
(monitor).
Release
MON
to turn auto-
squelch back on.
Microphone
Speaker
Important: The FCC does
not allow you to send a
continuous tone for more
than 10 seconds at a time
on FRS frequencies.
Therefore, do not hold
down
CALL
for more than
10 seconds.
To talk, hold down
PTT
(push
to talk) and wait about 1 sec-
ond, then speak into the mi-
crophone. When you finish
speaking, release
PTT
.
Note: The automatic power save feature automatically
extends battery life by reducing the power the radio
uses until it receives a signal or you press a key. Be-
cause the receiving radio might be in power save
mode, wait about 1 second after pressing
PTT
to give
the other radio time to come to full power before speak-
ing into the microphone.
SP
MIC
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