Talking On Your Radio; Monitor Mode Feature; Channel Scanning - Baofeng MP25 Series Owner's Manual

Talking on Your Radio

To talk to others using the radio:
1) Press and hold the [PTT] button and speak in a clear, normal voice about 2-3 inches away from the microphone. While you
are transmitting, the TX icon appears on the display. To avoid cutting off the first part of your transmission, pause
slightly after pressing the [PTT] button before you start talking.
2) When you have finished speaking, release the [PTT] button. You can now receive incoming calls. While receiving, RX
displays.

Monitor Mode Feature

Your radio allows you to listen for weak signals on the current channel at the press of a key. To turn ON Monitor mode: Press
and hold [ /MONI] for 2 seconds until two beeps sound. The receiver circuit stays open, and both noise and weak signals
can be heard. The RXicon blinks. To turn OFF Monitor mode: Press and hold [
"Normal" mode; two beeps sound and the RX icon stops blinking and disappears.

Channel Scanning

MP25/ T25 can automatically search for signals throughout the FRS bands by scanning, i.e. selecting the channels in rapid
sequence. When a signal is detected, the scanning pauses on that channel and you can transmit by pushing [PTT]. If you
press [PTT] during scanning you can transmit on the channel from which the scanning started. The scroll buttons [
allow you to change the direction of scanning (from lower channels to higher ones or vice versa) and therefore to skip
communications which are of no interest.
Press briefly the button [
If you want to stop it, press again [
started.
Scanning Sub-Codes
Press and hold [ /SCAN] button to enter the Sub-Codes scanning.
/SCAN] to start scanning.
/SCAN]. Your transceiver will go back to the channel from which the scanning originally
/MONI] for 2 seconds to return to
] or [ ]