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Receiving and transmitting ■
CAUTION: Transmitting without an antenna will damage
the transceiver.
Hold down [PWR](Dial) to turn ON the power. q
Set the audio and squelch levels. (p. 3) w
First, open the squelch. Then, adjust the audio output ➥
level. After that, adjust the squelch level until the noise
just disappears.
Change the channel group. (p. 10) e
Rotate dial or push [ r ∫](CH)/[√](CH) to select a channel.
(pp. 9, 10)
•Pushing[Y]/[Z] on the microphone selects only Favorite chan-
nels.
•YoucanturnOFFtheFAVonMICsetting(p.93).Afterthat,you
can select all channels by the microphone.
•Whenreceivingasignal,the“ ” icon appears and audio is
heard.
•Furtheradjustmentofthevolumelevelmaybenecessary.
Push [HI/LO] to select the output power, if necessary. t
•The“25W”iconappearswhenhighpowerisselected,andthe
“1W” icon appears when low power is selected.
•Chooselowpowerforshortrangecommunications,choosehigh
power for longer distance communications.
•Somechannelsareforonlylowpower.
Hold down [PTT] to transmit, then speak at your normal y
voice level.
•The“ ” icon appears.
•Channel70cannotbeusedfortransmissionotherthanDSC.
Release [PTT] to receive. u
Information ✓
The Noise Cancel function reduces random noise components
in the transmit and/or receive signal. See page
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for details.
IMPORTANT: To maximize the readability of your transmit-
ted signal, pause a few seconds after pushing [PTT], hold
the microphone 5 to 10 cm from your mouth and speak at
a normal voice level.
NOTE for the TOT (Time-out Timer) function ✓
The TOT function inhibits continuous transmission beyond a
preset time period after the transmission starts.
10 seconds before transmission is cutoff, a beep sounds to
indicate the transmission will be shut down and “TOT” appears
in the channel name field. Transmission is not possible for 10
seconds after this shut down.
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