Tandy Realistic TRC-88 User Manual

USING
YOUR
WATKIE-TALKIE
1.
Fully extend
ontenno
ond
keep
in
o
verticol
position.
2.
Turn
power
"on"
by
rototing
VOLUME
clockwise.
3.
Check
the bottery
condition.
4. Set
CHANNEL
Selector
to
chonnel
A, B or C.
lmportont:
lf
the ontenno
is not
fully extended,
the efficiency
of
the
tronsmitter
or
receiver
is
reduced.
To Check
Bottery Condition
Wiih
powtir
ON,
press
BATTERY
TEST button.
lf the
BATTERY
TEST
LED
lights,
the botteries
ore OK.
lf
the
LED does
not
light, reploce
or
rechorge
the botteries.
To
Tronsmit
Press
the Tolk button.
Speok
slowly
ond
cleorly
in o
normol
voice.
5 or 2.5
cm
from
ihe
microphone.
A built-in
modulotion
limit circuit
will ollow
the mic.
omp.
to odlust
itself
outomoticolly
to
o
wide
voriety
of
voice
levels.
To Receive
Releose
the
PUSH
TO TALK
Switch.
Adiust
VOLUME
for o suitoble
listening
level.
Adiust
the SQUELCH
to remove
onnoying
bockground
noise
when
no
signol
is being
received.
To
odlust
the control.
move
the CHANNEL
selector
to o chonnel
where
no
signols
ore
present
or
woit till signols
ceose
on
your
chonnel.
Then,
rotote
the SQUELCH
clockwise
to the
Point
where
bockground
noise
iust
stops.
..
Now,
when-o
signol
is
present,
it will
be
heord,
but
noise between
signols
will be
removed.
When
proPerlY set,
SQUELCH
will
keep
the
receiver
"deod"
until o
signol
is
picked up
on
thot chonnel.
Do
not set
SQUELCH
too
high,
or
weok signols
connot
get
througih.
To
ossure
reception
of o
weok
signol,
set
SQUELCH
fullY
counterclockwise.
Tronsmitting
LL

Tandy Realistic TRC-88 Specifications

General

Brand	Tandy
Model	Realistic TRC-88
Category	Two-Way Radio
Language	English