Owner`s manual

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1. Place the radio into Program/ Readout Mode by following the instructions in FIG-7 at
left. A "P" will appear on the LED display as you enter program mode.
2. Release the Push-to-talk button after the beeping has stopped. The radio will
display a series of six characters for Radio Identication, with each character
separated by a hyphen. The 1st two characters indicate the model number, the 3rd
and 4th characters indicate the radio type, and the 5th and 6th characters indicate
the rmware revision.
In this example: Model: 27
Radio Type: 16
Firmware Revision: 01
NOTE: Radio models wih rmware revisions prior to 16.01
do not display the Radio
Identication sequence.
3. After the Radio Identication has been displayed the digit 1 will appear, followed by
a hyphen, and the radio will emit a triple beep indicating that the radio is in program
mode and channel 1 is selected.
4. Press the Channel Selector button to select the channel to be read out. The
channel number will appear briey on the display as you step through the channels.
When you have settled on a channel a hyphen will appear across the center of the
display to indicate that it is ready for readout..
5. Press and release the On/Volume Up button. The radio will begin to display a series
of four digits; with each digit seperated by a hyphen.
The 1st and 2nd digits indicate the frequency code;
see Table 1 on page 11.
The 3rd and 4th digits indicate the tone code;
see Table 2 on page 12.
If a 5th digit is diplayed, the channel has been programmed for DQC and the last
three digits indicate the DQC code; see Table 3 on page 12.
6. If the channel is PC-programmed for any frequency not listed in
Table 1 on page
11, an error tone will sound and an "E" will appear on the display.
7. To readout another channel, repeat steps 4 through 6.
8. Turn the radio
off and then on again—the radio is now ready to use.
HOW TO READOUT FIELD PROGRAMMABLE FREQUENCY & TONE CODES
In our example channel 3 of a UHF radio is programmed to operate on the "Brown Dot" frequency of 464.500
MHz (Frequency code "04") with 100.0 Hz tone (Tone code "12").
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CHANNEL RADIO IDENTIFICATION
FREQUENCY &
TONE CODES
If more than 5 digits
are displayed, refer to
page 15.
!
IMPORTANT
To talk to other users in your group, all radios
must be set to the same frequency and
Interference Eliminator codes.
FIG-7: HOW TO PLACE THE RADIO IN
PROGRAM/READOUT MODE
3. PRESS & RELEASE
-THE RADIO WILL
START BEEPING
RAPIDLY.
1. PRESS & HOLD UNTIL
THE "RADIO OFF"
TONES ARE HEARD,
THEN RELEASE.
2. PRESS & HOLD
THE PUSH-TO-
TALK BUTTON.
4. CONTINUE HOLDING THE PUSH-TO-
TALK BUTTON UNTIL THE BEEPING
STOPS, THEN RELEASE IT.
5. THE RADIO WILL EMIT A TRIPLE
TONE: IT IS NOW IN PROGRAM/
READOUT MODE.
RADIO PROGRAMMING