Receiving And Transmitting - Icom IC-M506GE Instruction Manual

■ Receiving and transmitting

CAUTION: Transmitting without an antenna will damage
the transceiver.
q Hold down [PWR](Dial) to turn ON the power.
w Set the audio and squelch levels. (p. 3)
➥ First, open the squelch. Then, adjust the audio output
level. After that, adjust the squelch level until the noise
just disappears.
e Change the channel group. (p. 10)
r Rotate dial or push [∫](CH)/[√](CH) to select a channel.
(pp. 9, 10)
• Pushing [Y]/[Z] on the microphone selects only Favorite chan-
nels.
• You can turn OFF the FAV on MIC setting (p. 93). After that, you
can select all channels using the microphone.
• When receiving a signal, the "
heard.
• Further adjustment of the volume level may be necessary.
t Push [HI/LO] to select the output power, if necessary.
• The "25W" icon appears when high power is selected, and the
"1W" icon appears when low power is selected.
• Choose low power for short range communications, choose high
power for longer distance communications.
• Some channels are for only low power.
y Hold down [PTT] to transmit, then speak at your normal
voice level.
• The " " icon appears.
• Channel 70 cannot be used for transmission other than DSC.
" icon appears and audio is
u Release [PTT] to receive.
✓ Information
The Noise Cancel function reduces random noise components
in the transmit and/or receive signal. See page 92 for details.
IMPORTANT: To maximize the readability of your transmit-
ted signal, pause a few seconds after pushing [PTT], hold
the microphone 5 to 10 cm from your mouth and speak at
your normal voice level.
✓ NOTE for the TOT (Time-out Timer) function
The TOT function inhibits continuous transmission beyond a
preset time period after the transmission starts.
A beep sounds 10 seconds before transmission is cutoff to
indicate the transmission will be shut down, and "TOT" appears
in the channel name field.
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