User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Front cover
- Directive 1999/5/EC Declaration of Conformity
- For your safety
- Safety warnings used in this guide
- Radio frequency exposure information
- Controlling your exposure to RFenergy
- Compliance with RF energy exposure standards
- Radio frequency emissions limits in theUSA
- Unapproved modifications or changes toradio
- Health, safety and electromagnetic compatibility inEurope
- Electromagnetic compatibility in European vehicles
- Interference with electronic devices
- Frequency band reserved for distressbeacons
- Safe radio operation
- Navigating your radio’s menus
- Contents
- Before using your radio
- Getting started
- Basic operation
- Making and receiving different typesofcalls
- Making an individual or group call
- Resending calls automatically
- Receiving an individual orgroupcall
- Responding to missed calls
- Informing other radio users of your status
- Calling a telephone or a remotedevice
- Making an emergency call
- Activating the automated emergency call feature
- Sending and receiving text messages
- Changing your radio’s settings
- Charging and caring for batteries
- Troubleshooting
- Function key options
- Tait general software licence agreement
- Rear cover
Basic operation 29
Adjusting the volume
Once the radio is on, rotate the power/volume control clock-
wise to increase volume. To decrease volume, rotate the
control counter-clockwise. Turning the power/volume control
also adjusts the level of the audible tones.
About the channels and channel banks
In order to make and receive calls, you first need to select a
channel. The procedure for selecting a channel varies
depending on how your radio has been programmed.
Selecting a channel
Each position on the channel selector denotes a channel or
group of channels (scan group).
To select channels or groups 1 to 16:
■ Turn the channel selector to the channel or group
you want.
Using the menu to select a channel
For channels or groups other than 1 to 16:
1 Long press the menu key to enter menu mode (skip to
step 4 if the radio is already in channel mode).
2 Scroll through the main menu options using the arrow
keys
until SELECT CHANNEL is displayed.
3 Short press the menu key to enter CHAN mode.
4 Scroll through the channels to select the one you want.
OR
Key in the desired channel number using the keypad, then
short press the menu key. A low warning beep will sound
if the keyed number is not a valid channel (radios with an
alphanumeric keypad only).
5 Long press the menu key
to exit CHAN, if channel mode
is not the default mode.