Cobra microTALK PR5000DX Owner's Manual page 6

Using Your Radio
Operation
Communicating with Another Person
Talk Button
To talk to another person:
1. Press and hold the Talk button.
2. With the microphone about two inches
Two Inches (five (five cm) from your mouth, speak in a
cm) from Mouth
normal voice.
3. Release the Talk button when you are
finished talking and listen for a response.
You cannot receive incoming calls while
pressing the Talk button.
Both radios must be tuned to
the same channel/privacy code
to communicate.
Channels
Channel Buttons
To select a channel:
1. With the radio on, select any of the
22 channels by pressing the Channel Up
or Channel Down button.
Channel Number
Both radios must be tuned to the
same channel to communicate.
Channels 1 through 7 are shared by FRS and
GMRS. Channels 8 through 14 are FRS only.
Channels 15 through 22 are GMRS only.
See page 24 for FRS/GMRS frequency
allocations and compatibility charts.
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Volume Knob
Call Button
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Listening for a Response
When you are finished talking:
1. Release the Talk button to receive incoming
transmissions. Your microTALK
always in Standby mode while the Talk or
Call buttons are not pressed.
Volume
To adjust the volume:
1. Rotate the On/Off Volume knob.
Call Button
To alert another person that you are calling:
1. Press and release the Call button.
The other person will hear a two second
call tone. This tone is used only to establish
voice communications.
See page 22 on how to select from
10 available call tone settings.
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