Icom IC-M33

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BASIC OPERATION
■ Receiving and transmitting
CAUTION: Transmitting without an antenna will damage
the transceiver.
q Push and hold [PWR] to turn power ON.
w Set the audio and squelch levels.
➥ Push [SQL], and push [Z] several times to open the squelch.
➥ Push [VOL], then push [Y]/[Z] to adjust the volume level.
➥ Push [SQL], and push [Y] until the noise disappears.
e Push [Y]/[Z] to select the desired channel.
•Whenreceivingasignal,“ ” appears and audio is emitted
from the speaker.
•Furtheradjustmentoftheaudiomaybenecessaryatthispoint.
r Push [H/L] to select the output power if necessary.
•“LOW” appears when low power is selected; no indication when
high power is selected.
•Chooselowpowertoconservebatterypower,choosehigh
power for longer distance communications.
•Somechannelsareforlowpoweronly.
t Push and hold [PTT] to transmit, then speak into the mi-
crophone.
•“ ” appears.
•Channel70cannotbeusedfortransmission.
y Release [PTT] to receive.
IMPORTANT: To maximize the readability of your trans-
mitted signal, pause a few sec. after pushing [PTT], hold
the microphone 5 to 10 cm from your mouth and speak
into the microphone at a normal voice level.
NOTE: The transceiver has a power save function to
conserve the battery power. The power save function acti-
vates automatically when no signal is received for 5 sec.
Microphone
r Set output
power.
q Power ON.
w Set the
squelch level.
w Set volume.
t Push to
transmit.
y Release to
receive.
eÊSet channel.
Set the squelch
and volume level.
w