Mode Functions; Channel Scan - Cobra PR250WX Owner's Manual

Mode Functions

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NOAA* All Hazards Radio Channels
Assistance
You can use your microTALK
All Hazards Radio channels transmitting in your area.
To listen to all hazards radio channels :
Mode/Power Button
1. Press the Mode button until the Weather (All
Hazards Radio) icon and the currently selected
Secondary Icons
All Hazards Radio channel is displayed.
2. Use the Channel Up or Channel Down button
Hazards Radio Icon
to change All Hazards Radio channels.
Weather (All Hazards Radio) icon will continue
to be displayed when All Hazards Radio is on.
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3. Choose one of the following:
Channel Button
a. Press the Mode button to proceed
to other functions.
b. Press the Lock button to exit All Hazards
Radio channels mode and return to
Standby mode.
*National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Channel Scan

Your microTALK ® radio can automatically scan channels.
To scan channels:
Mode/Power Button
1. Press the Mode/Power button until the
Scan icon and the channel numbers flash
on the display.
2. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down
Scan Channels
button to begin scanning channels.
Channel Button
The Scan icon will continue to be displayed
when scan is on. Your radio will continue to
scan all channels and stop if an incoming
transmission is detected. Your radio will
remain on that channel for 10 seconds.
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The radio ignores specific privacy
codes while scanning channels.
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While setting channel scan, if you do not press any buttons for
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15 seconds your radio will automatically return to Standby mode
on the channel or channel/privacy code displayed before you
entered mode functions.
During scanning (while receiving an incoming transmission),
you can choose from the following:
Secondary Icons
a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on
that channel. Your radio will remain on that channel
and return to Standby mode.
b. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button to
resume scanning channels.
If you press the Talk button while scanning and not within
10 seconds of receiving a transmission, you will transmit
on the channel on which you last received a transmission.
This will return the radio to Standby mode.
If you do not press any button within 10 seconds,
your radio will automatically resume scanning channels.
During scanning (while not receiving a transmission),
you can choose from the following:
a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on the
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channel or channel/privacy code that was displayed before
you entered mode functions or the channel on which,
during scanning, you last received a transmission.
This will return the radio to Standby mode.
b. Press the Mode/Power button to proceed to set privacy
code scan on the channel that was either displayed before
you entered mode functions or on which, during channel
scanning, you last received a transmission (see page 10
for further details).
c. Press the Lock button to return to Standby mode on the
channel/privacy code that was displayed before you entered
mode functions or the channel on which, during scanning,
you last transmitted or received.
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