User manual

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B. DIRECT KEY OPERATION
B.1 Power ON/OFF (Hardware)
Turn the Volume key knob clockwise until a click sound heard the unit will power on.
[The volume VR include the power switch]
The unit will start with Normal mode. .
- Turn on the 1000Hz tone for 100ms
- Turn on the backlit in full scale for 5 sec
- Recall the last channel number, TX power settings and operational mode
- If no last channel info, go to Channel 16, TX Power be Hi
B.2 Volume Control (Hardware)
Adjust the volume knob to control the loudspeaker volume level.
B.3 Squelch
At the radio mode to adjust the squelch level, short press the SQL key will
Flash SQL’s level , press UP/DOWN key to select SQL level accordingly.
B.4 UP/DOWN
At the normal mode, they act as Channel Up/Down. When it press > 0.5 sec, the unit
will start scrolls through the channels at 125ms intervals. It returns to normal mode
when key press is released.
B.5 16/9 CHANNEL
Summary of CH16/9 Key operation:
1. Jump to either Channel 16 or 9 (priority channel) directly by pressing the 16 / 9
Key (short press to jump to priority CH16 at High Power and long press to jump
to priority CH9 at High Power) if the current channel is not the priority channel.
Note: Accessing the priority channel will change the power setting to high power.
The user can change the power setting to low power by pressing Hi/Lo/LOCK key. If
the priority channel is limited by the cloning software for 1-W only, accessing priority
channel will still follow the low power limitation. The setting in the cloning software
takes precedent. It is done to make it consistent with the Fix VHF radio.
2. After the channel is tuned to the priority channel, the “P” icon is lit to indicate that
the priority CH16 or CH9 has been reached. UP and Down key functions
normally.