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Assistance contact your local waste removal authority for instructions, or return to Cobra for recycling. Wrap battery packs carefully and mail postage prepaid to: Cobra Electronics Corporation, 6500 West Cortland Street, Chicago, IL 60707 USA, Secondary Icons Attn: Battery Recycling.
Using Your Radio Introduction Intro Operation Customer Warranty For charging microTALK ® radio(s) in desktop Insert Radio(s) Assistance charger: 1. Insert radio(s) into desktop charger as shown. 2. Insert round connector of 120-volt adapter into jack on back of charger. 3.
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Intro Operation Customer Warranty Main Icons Using Your Radio Assistance Operation Intro Operation Customer Warranty Channels Channel Button Assistance With the radio on, select any of the Secondary Icons 22 channels by pressing the Channel Up Intro Operation Customer Warranty or Channel Down button.
Using Your Radio Operation Intro Operation Customer Warranty Auto Squelch/Maximum Range Assistance Your microTALK ® radio is equipped with Auto Squelch, which automatically shuts off weak transmissions and unwanted noise due to terrain and conditions. This slightly reduces the Maximum Range at which signals can be heard.
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Using your Radio and Mode Functions Operation Intro Operation Customer Warranty To play back an incoming transmission: Rewind Button Assistance 1. Check that the Rew icon is illuminated. If it is not, turn on Rewind-Say-Again. 2. Press the Rewind button. The most recent call recorded will play, then second Rewind Icon most recent, and so on.
Mode Functions Operation Privacy Codes Intro Operation Customer Warranty Assistance Operation Customer Warranty Your microTALK Assistance ® radio incorporates two (2) advanced coded squelch systems that can help to reduce interference from other users on any given channel. CTCSS (Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System) provides 38 privacy codes and DCS (Digitally Coded Squelch) provides 104 privacy codes.
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Mode Functions Operation Intro Operation Customer Warranty NOAA* All Hazards Radio Channels Assistance You can use your microTALK ® radio to listen to NOAA All Hazards Radio channels transmitting in your area. To listen to All Hazards Radio channels: Mode Button 1.
Mode Functions Operation Main Icons Intro Operation Customer Warranty 10 Memory Locations Assistance Your microTALK ® radio has 10 Memory Locations for storing your most frequently used channels and channel/privacy code combinations. These Memory Locations can be selected individually or can be scanned. (See page 22 for memory location scan.) To program a memory location: Intro Operation...
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Mode Functions Operation Intro Operation Customer Warranty Intro Operation To recall a stored memory channel location: Customer Warranty Mode Button Main Icons Assistance Assistance 1. Press the Mode button until the Memory icon and the memory location number flash on the display.
Main Icons Mode Functions Operation Intro Operation Customer Warranty Channel Scan Assistance Your microTALK ® radio can automatically scan channels. Intro Operation Customer Warranty Assistance To scan channels: Mode Button 1. Press the Mode button until the Scan icon and the channel numbers flash on the display.
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Mode Functions Operation Intro Operation Customer Warranty Privacy Code Scan Assistance Your microTALK ® radio can automatically scan the Privacy Codes (either CTCSS 01 through 38 or DCS 01 through 104) within one channel. Only one set of privacy codes (CTCSS or DCS) can be scanned at a time.
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Operation Customer Warranty Assistance Mode Functions Operation Intro Operation Customer Warranty Memory Location Scan Assistance Your microTALK ® radio can automatically scan up to 10 programmed Memory Locations. If there are one or fewer memory locations programmed in your radio, the scan memory locations option will not be available.
Mode Functions Operation Intro Operation Customer Warranty VibrAlert ® and Call Alert Assistance Your microTALK ® radio can alert you to incoming signals by sounding an audible call tone, by vibrating silently or both. To change call settings: Mode Button VibrAlert 1.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: FCC LICENSE REQUIRED Assistance • This two-way radio operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. A user must be licensed prior to operating on Channels 1 through 7 on high power or 15 through 22, which comprise the GMRS channels of this radio.
5) Ship prepaid and insured by way of a traceable carrier such as United Parcel Service (UPS) or Priority Mail to avoid loss in transit to Cobra Factory Service: Cobra Electronics Corporation 6500 West Cortland Street Chicago, Illinois 60707 U.S.A.
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