User's Manual

Advanced Two-Way
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PRELIMINARY
Automatic Power Off
You can program your radio to turn itself off after a certain period of inactivity. This
helps save battery life.
To set the automatic power off feature, select the
SETTINGS mode and the
SETPWRDWN menu. Choose the number of hours HOURS 1 -- 8, after which, power
shuts off. Choose
HOURS -- to turn off the automatic power off feature. jdisplays
on the screen when the automatic power off feature is set.
Monitor
Using the monitor feature helps to improve the reception of your radio if youre
frequently almost out of range. It also allows you to listen to a channel frequency
without codes (carrier squelch) to tell whether or not its currently in use. To use the
monitor, select the
TWO WAY mode and the SET MON menu.
Your channel and code screen will look like this.
Yo u ll hear static if the channel frequency is unused.
Changing from two-way mode will turn monitor off.
Monitor On
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