To Select A Channel; Privacy Codes - Cobra microTALK MU1500 Owner's Manual

To Select a Channel

The radio has 5 Channels that preset with customized privacy codes.
1. During Standby mode, turn the Channel/Privacy
Channel/Privacy
Code Selection Knob
Code Selection Knob clockwise or counterclockwise
to select a desired channel from CH1 to CH5.
Both radios must be tuned to the same channel to communicate.
See Page 14 for frequency allocations charts.
See Page 10 for resetting all the channels and privacy code
setting to factory default.

Privacy Codes

Your radio incorporates two advanced coded squelch systems that can help to
reduce interference from other users on any given channel. CTCSS (Continuous
Tone Coded Squelch System) provides 39 privacy codes and DCS (Digitally
Coded Squelch) provides 168 privacy codes for factory default channel preset.
The CTCSS (Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System) can be used on all
channels.
For ease of use and to reduce interference from other users, the 5 channels of
your radio have been customized, see Channel and Default Privacy Code
Table.
Channel and Default Privacy Code Table
Privacy Code
Channel
Type Number
1 CTCSS 1
2 CTCSS 1
3 CTCSS 1
4 CTCSS 1
5 CTCSS 1
You can change your radio Privacy Codes in order to work with
other radios with different privacy codes or radio without
privacy codes.
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Set CTCSS Privacy Codes
To select a CTCSS privacy code:
Channel/Privacy
Code Selection Knob
1. After selecting a channel, then return to Standby
mode.
2. Press and hold the PF1 and PF2 buttons for at least 5
seconds until the current channel and code number
prompted. The following messages may be prompted:
a. The current channel number,
b. The current CTCSS Code Number, or
c. "Code Off" means no privacy code was set on the
current channel, and allows all signals to be heard
on a channel.
3. After the current code number prompted, press PF1 or PF2 button to select
a desired CTCSS code number;
4. When the desired CTCSS code number selected, choose one of the
following.
a. Press PF1 or PF2 button to change a new CTCSS code number.
b. Press the Talk button to save the new setting and return to Standby
mode.
c. Do not press any buttons or turn the Channel/Privacy Code Selection
Knob for 6 seconds to save the new setting, the current channel number
and privacy code setting (if any) prompted again, and then return to
Standby mode.
To successfully communicate using a privacy code, both the
sending and receiving radios must be tuned to the same channel
withthe same privacy code number (CTCSS or DCS). Each
channel will remember the last privacy code system and number
you select.
The privacy code OFF is not a privacy code, but allowing all
signals to be heard on a channel that is set to 0 on both the
CTCSS and DCS systems.
See Page 10 for resetting all the channels and privacy code
setting to factory default.
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