Model T290 Series
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CALL ALERT
Your radio can transmit a call alert. To send a call alert, press the
CALL button. The TX icon will appear while transmitting a call alert
and a tone can be heard on the speaker for confirmation. The T290
radio has 5 call alert selections while the T295 has 10 call alerts
including 5 “animal sound” call alerts - Cougar, Duck, Crow, Wolf,
and Turkey.
KEYPAD LOCK
To avoid accidentally changing the radio setting, press the LOCK
button for 4 seconds. The icon will appear on the display. PTT and
CALL will still be active. Repeat the same procedure to unlock the
keypad.
CHANNEL SELECTION (GMRS BAND)
Press the MENU button once, and then the
s\t
buttons to select
one of the 36 GMRS channels. To confirm the selection, press the
PTT button or press the MENU button again to move to the next
feature setting.
SETTING PRIVACY CODES
Your radio has 121 Privacy Codes available. The selected Privacy
Code may be different for each channel. To select a Privacy Code
for the current channel press the MENU button twice, and then the
s\t
buttons to select between Off/CTCSS/DCS. Press the MENU
button again and the
s\t
buttons to select one of the 38 CTCSS
Codes or one of the 83 DCS Codes. The Privacy Code icon on the
display will indicate whether you set your Privacy Code in CTCSS or
DCS mode. To confirm the selection, press the PTT button or press
the MENU button again to move to the next feature setting.
Note : If you select a CTCSS Privacy Code, any previously
selected DCS Privacy Code will be cancelled and vice-versa.
Selecting a Privacy Code of "oF" will disable the Privacy feature.
To communicate between two radios, all radios in your group
must be set to the same channel and/or Privacy Code selections.
The Privacy Code can only be set on channels 1~22.
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