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Turning the Unit ON:
Press and hold the
"beep" with dual tone and the LCD SCREEN will
briefly display a SELF-TEST Screen.
Turning the Unit OFF:
Press and hold the
"beep" with a signal tone and the LCD screen will
turn blank.
Adjust Speaker Volume:
1. Press the Up
speaker volume.
2. Press the Down
speaker volume.
3. The speaker volume level is indicated by the
number 1 to 8 displayed on the LCD Screen.
Receiving a Signal:
The unit is continuously in the RECEIVE mode
when the unit is ON and not transmitting. When
you receive a signal on the current channel, the
RX icon is displayed. (See "LCD SCREEN" for
details) and the red LED indicator lights up.
Transmitting a Signal:
1. First of all check if someone is already
transmitting on the channel. Don't TRANSMIT
if someone is talking on the channel. Press
and hold the Transmit button (known also as
PTT) to TRANSMIT. The TX LED indicator will
light up in red and the TX icon will be
displayed. Hold the unit in a vertical position
with the microphone 2 to 3 inches from the
mouth.
2. While holding the PTT button, speak into the
unit using a normal tone of voice.
3. Release the PTT button when you have
finished transmitting.
NOTE: In order for other people to receive your
transmission, they must also be on the same
channel you are currently using. Refer to the
"Changing Channels"
information.
Operation
Changing Channels:
The PMR 446 COMMUNICATOR has 8 available
channels. To change channels:
1. Press the
channel number flashes on the
LCD Screen.
2. While the channel number is flashing:
Press the Up
higher channel.
Press the Down
lower channel.
The channel changes from 1 to 8, or from
8 to 1.
3. Press the PTT button to confirm the selected
button. The unit will
button. The unit will
button to increase the
button to decrease the
section for
button once. The current
button to move to a
button to move to a
channel and return to the
NORMAL mode.
NOTE: Refer to the "Channel Table" section of
this user manual for detailed frequency listings.
High/Low power selection:
1. Press
power menu.
2. Press
level. The LCD panel indicate "L"
when low power is selected. Low power
extends the battery life but reduces the talking
range.
Monitor:
You can use the MONITOR feature to check for
weak signals in the current
channel.
1. Press the
function.
2. Press the
function.
Automatic Power Save Feature:
6 seconds after the last operation the PMR
enters the power saving mode automatically. The
life of the batteries is extended by that feature.
The PMR is still able to receive transmission in
this mode.
Low Battery Alert:
When the batteries in the unit are low on power,
an alert tone will be heard and the red LED will
light up once every 15 seconds. Recharge
batteries as soon as possible.
Channel Scan:
CHANNEL SCAN performs searches for active
signals in an endless loop from
1 to 8. You activate this by pressing the
button for about 1 second.
1. During the scanning process you can:
more
Press and hold the
end the scanning process and return to
the original channel.
Press the PTT button to stop the scanning
process and transmit on the original
channel.
Press the Call button. This will stop the
scanning and transmit the Call tone on the
original channel.
3. When an active signal is detected CHANNEL
SCAN pauses. And you have following
options:
Press and hold the
stop the scanning and the radio will return
to the original channel.
Press the PTT button to talk back on the
twice to enter the High/Low
/ button to select the power
button 3 times to activate this
button again to deactivate the
button. This will
button. This will