Operating Manual

EVX-261 OPERATING MANUAL 11
OPERATION
Preliminary Steps
Install a charged battery pack onto the transceiver, as
described previously.
Screw the supplied antenna
onto the Antenna jack.
It is not recommended to oper-
ate this transceiver without an
antenna connected.
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
EVX-261
. Refer to
next page for more information
about Speaker/Microphone us-
age.
IMPORTANT NOTE
The water resistance rating of the transceiver (IP55)
is assured only when the following conditions are
met:
Battery pack is attached to the transceiver;
Antenna is connected to the antenna jack;

MIC/SP
cap is installed in the
MIC/SP
jack.
Use of a speaker microphone in the
MIC/SP
jack negates the IP55 rating.
Operation Quick Start
Turn the top panel’s
VOL/PWR
knob clock-
wise to turn the radio on.
Turn the top panel’s
CH
Selector knob to choose
the desired operating
channel.
Rotate the
VOL/PWR
knob to set the volume
level. If no signal is
present, press (or press
and hold) the Program-
mable key (assigned to
the
SQL OFF
func-
tion: Normally
SIDE-1
button); background noise will
now be heard, and you may use this to set the
VOL/
PWR
knob for the desired audio level. Press (or press
and hold) the Programmable key again to quiet the
Exhibit 8: Operating Manual
FCC ID: AXI11373020
IC: 10239A-11373020
Vertex Standard LMR, Inc.