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Getting Started
Before you can use your radio, you must install and
charge the battery and install the antenna as follows.
Charging the Battery
Your radio is powered by a specially-designed, nickel-
cadmium battery. You should fully charge the battery
before operating the radio. Only use one of the
following chargers.
■
Model APX140 Desktop Standard Charger
■
Model APX141 Desktop Rapid Charger
Follow the charging instructions that come with the
charger. Also, be sure to observe the following
waming/safety infommation for nickel-cadmium
batteries (on the inside front cover of this Operating
Guide).
Attaching/Removing the Battery
To attach the battery to the radio, align the slots in the
battery with the hooks on the radio as shown. Then,
slide the battery toward the top of the radio until it
locks into place.
To remove the battery from
the radio, push the battery
release lever toward the
front of the radio and slide
the battery toward the
bottom of the radio.
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Modify the channel Scan List
with Channel Lock Out
Deleting channels (from the channel scan list)
increases the scanning speed.
Use
▲
or
▼
to select the desired channel and press
L/O
The channel display increments to the next higher
channel TheLCD UO indicator appears when the
locked out channel is reselected.
To remove the lock-out condition from a channel,
manually select the channel and press
L/O
again.
Nuisance channels may also be deleted while scan is
active, by pressing
L/O
while receiving the channel or
during the delay after the signal is gone but before
scan resumes.
Drop Out Delay
While scanning, the radio stops at a busy channel and
receives a transmission. When the received call is
over, it resumes scanning after a short delay.
Transmit
1. Use
▲
or
▼
to select the desired channel.
2. Before you transmit, press
MON
and listen for
activity on the channel. Also check the Transmit/
Receive Indicator. If it is blinking RED, the channel
is locked out, and transmit may be inhibited,
depending on programming.
3. When the channel is clear, press the PTT switch to
transmit. The TX LED lights RED when you
transmit. Hold the radio with the microphone
approximately two inches in front of your mouth
with the antenna at approximately a 45-degree
angle away from your head. Speak in a clear,
normal, conversational voice.
4. When you are through speaking, release the PTT
switch and listen for an answer.
Transmit During Scan
Depending on how your radio is programmed, you will
transmit on a particular channel during the scan
function.
TALK BACK- If programmed for Talk Back operation,
transmit will always occur on the last received
channel, even if scan has resumed when the PTT
button is pressed.
PROGRAMMED CHANNEL- If a specific channel has
been programmed, transmit will always occur on that
channel.
