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oPeration
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Installachargedbatterypack ontothetransceiver, as
describedonpage8ofthismanual.
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Screw the supplied antenna
ontotheAntennajack.
Itis not recommended tooper-
ate this transceiver without an
antennaconnected.
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If you have a Speaker/Micro-
phone, we recommend that it
not be connected until you are
familiar with the basic opera-
tion of the
VX-264
. Refer to
nextpageformoreinformation
about Speaker/Microphone us-
age.
IMPORTANT NOTE
Thewaterresistanceratingofthetransceiver(IP55)
isassuredonly whenthefollowingconditions are
met:
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Batterypackisattachedtothetransceiver;
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Antennaisconnectedtotheantennajack;
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MIC/SP
capisinstalledinthe
MIC/SP
jack.
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Use of a speaker microphone in the
MIC/SP
jacknegatestheIP55rating.
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Tu rn th e to p p ane l’s
VOL/PWR
knob clock-
wisetoturntheradioon.
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Turn thetop panel’s
CH
Selector knobto choosethe
desired operating chan-
nel.Achannelnamewill
appearontheLCD.
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Ifyouwanttoselecttheoperatingchannelfromadif-
ferent Channel Group, press (or press and hold) the
Programmablekeyassignedtothe“
grouP uP/doWn
”
functionto changedesired ChannelGroup beforese-
lectingtheoperatingchannel.
Note:Somemodelsareprogrammedsothattheoper-
atingchannels areselectedby theProgrammablekey
andtheChannelGroupisselectedbythe
CH
Selector
knob.Forfurtherdetails,contactyourVertexStandard
dealer.