Making A Transmission; Boosting The Transmission Power; Instant Channel - Uniden UM355 Owner's Manual

Using Your Radio

Making a transmission

To make a transmission, press and hold the microphone
Release the
PUSH TO TALK
respond.
• To prevent stuck microphone problems or situations where the
button is pushed accidentally, the radio limits your talk time to 5 minutes in a single
transmission.
• For the best sound quality, hold the microphone about two inches away from your
mouth.
• You cannot transmit while the radio is in scan mode.
• See the channel list on page 29 for a list of receive-only channels.

Boosting the transmission power

In most situations, the 1 Watt transmission power is all you need. If you find yourself
far away from other stations and have trouble getting a response, you may need to
boost the transmission power from 1 Watt to 25 Watts:
1. Select the channel you want to transmit on.
2. Press . The display shows "HI" in the upper left hand corner.
1W/25W/UIC
3. The transmit power remains at 25 Watts until you change the setting back. Press
. The display shows "LO".
1W/25W/UIC
NOTE: Don't forget to change the transmission setting back to 1 Watt when you
move closer to other stations.
NOTE: By default, when you change to channel 16, the radio automatically
boosts the power to 25 Watts. Be sure to change the power back to 1 Watt if you
are not making an emergency transmission.
Some channels limit the power of transmission to 1 Watt so that there is less
interference between boaters attempting to use the channel at the same time. If you
switch to one of these channels, the radio changes back to 1 Watt automatically. See
the channel list on page 29 for a list of power-restricted channels.

Instant Channel

Only one channel can be set up as Instant CH in idle mode. Press and hold
current channel will be programmed to Instant CH, this "INST" icon will display. The
previous entry of Instant CH is deleted and current CH is set up as Instant CH.
button when you're finished talking to let the other party
16
button.
PUSH TO TALK
PUSH TO TALK
INST
, the