To Select A Channel - Cobra microTALK PX280 Owner's Manual

Current Channel Number Checking
1. During Standby mode, press and release the
Power/Menu button
Power/Menu button, the current channel number and
user adjusted privacy code setting (if any) prompted.
2. After the current channel number prompted, choose
one of the following.
a. Press the Up or Down button to change channel
number.
b. Press the Talk button to return to Standby mode.
c. Do not press any buttons for 6 seconds, the
current channel number prompted again, and then
return to Standby mode.
Voice Prompt Messages about Channels and Privacy codes
Voice Prompt Message Meaning
"Channel N*"
The current channel is still preset with
default privacy code system and code
number.
See Channel and Default Privacy Code
Table on page 10.
"Channel N*, Code M*" The current channel had been assigned with
an user selected CTCSS code number M*.
"Channel N*, Code Off"
No privacy code was set on the current
channel, and allows all signals to be heard
on a channel with any CTCSS or DCS privacy
code.
*Remarks: N is a channel number from 1 to 22; M is a CTCSS code number
from 1 to 38.
Both radios must be tuned to the same channel / privacy code
to communicate.
See Page 12 for resetting all the channels and privacy code
setting to factory default.
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To Select a Channel

The radio has 22 Channels that preset with customized privacy codes, see
Channel and Default Privacy Code Table on page 10.
1. During Standby mode, press and release the
Power/Menu button
Power/Menu button, the current channel number and
user adjusted privacy code setting (if any) prompted.
2. After the current channel number prompted, press the
Up or Down button to select a channel. Or press and
hold the Up or Down button for fast skipping.
Up(+)/Down(-)
3. When the desired channel selected, choose one of the
Buttons
following.
a. Press the Up or Down button to change a new
channel number.
b. Press the Talk button to enter the new setting and
return to Standby mode.
c. Do not press any buttons for 6 seconds to enter the
new setting, the current channel number prompted
again, and then return to Standby mode.
Both radios must be tuned to the same channel / privacy code
to communicate.
See Page 17 for frequency allocations charts.
See Page 12 for resetting all the channels and privacy code
setting to factory default.
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