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Making Life Easier and Safer
Introduction
Staying in touch with your family and friends is
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convenient and easy when using your microTALK
radio. Some of the many uses you will discover include:
Communicating with others while hiking, biking, and working; keeping
track of family and friends at a crowded public event; checking with
Owner’s Manual
travel companions in another car; talking with neighbors; arranging
meeting spots with others while shopping at the mall.
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SCAN SCAN Warranty and Trademark Product Features Product Features Product Features Acknowledgement Introduction Introduction Warranty Backlit LCD Display Features Limited One-Year Warranty on Radio(s) 15 • • 22 Channels For Products Purchased in the U.S.A. HI / LO 3 4 Seven shared ® 2 5 14 Cobra Electronics Corporation warrants that its Cobra microTALK radios with FRS/GMRS, and the component parts thereof, will be free of defects in workmanship and seven FRS only, 9 1 materials for
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SCAN SCAN Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® Caring for Your microTALK Radio • ® Your microTALK radio will give you years of trouble-free service if cared for properly. Handle the radio gently. Keep the radio away from dust. Never put the radio in water or in a damp place. Avoid exposure to extreme temperatures. Installing Batteries • To install or replace batteries: 1. Remove belt clip by releasing belt clip Remove Belt Clip latch and sliding clip up. HI / LO HI / L
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SCAN SCAN Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty For charging microTALK radio(s) in desktop charger: Battery Low • 1. Insert radio(s) into desktop charger as shown. When battery power is low, the final bar in the Battery Battery Low 2. Insert the micro-USB cable into jack on back Low icon will blink and an audible tone will sound twice of charger. before the radio shuts off. Your batteries should be replaced or recharged, if using rechargeable
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SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN HI / LO Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Light/Max Range To temporarily turn off auto squelch: Listening for a Response • Press the Max Range Hi/Lo button for Release the Talk button to receive incoming Listening ® less than five seconds. transmissions. Your microTALK radio is always in Standby mode while the Talk or Call buttons are To turn maximum range extender on: not pressed. – Press and hold the Max Ran
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SCAN SCAN SCAN Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty HI / LO Scrolling Through the Mode Function Set CTCSS Privacy Codes • • By scrolling through the Mode function, you will be able to To select a CTCSS privacy code: Mode/Power ® select or turn on preferred features of your microTALK radio. When HI / LO 1. After selecting a channel, press scrolling through the Mode function, your radio features the Mode/Power button until the CTCSS icon will be d
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SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN Mode Functions Operation HI / LO Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Voice Activated Transmit (VOX) Set DCS Privacy Codes • • ® In VOX mode, your microTALK radio can be used “hands-free,” automatically Mode/Power HI / LO To select a DCS privacy code: transmitting when you speak. You can set the VOX sensitivity level to fit the 1. After selecting a channel, press the Mode/Power volume of your voice and avoid transmissions triggered by background
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SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN Mode Functions Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Ten Call Tone Settings Roger Beep Confirmation Tone HI / LO • • You can choose between ten different Call Tone Settings to transmit Your listener will hear an audible tone when you release the HI / LO Talk button. a call alert. This alerts the other party that you are finished talking and it is OK for them to speak. To change a call tone setting: Mode/Power To turn roge
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SCAN SCAN SCAN SCAN Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Channel Scan Privacy Code Scan • • ® Your microTALK radio can automatically scan channels. Your microTALK radio can automatically scan the Privacy Codes (either CTCSS 01 through 38 or DCS 01 through 83) within one channel. Only To scan channels: Scan Button one set of privacy codes (CTCSS or DCS) can be scanned at a time. 1. Press and release the Scan button until the Scan Scan Button To scan
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VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME VOLUME CALL CALL CALL CALL SCAN SCAN MODE MODE MODE MODE Mode Functions Operation HI / LO Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty NOAA* All Hazards Radio Channels Set DCS Privacy Codes • • You can use your microTALK radio to listen to NOAA All Hazards Radio Mode/Power To select a DCS privacy code: channels transmitting in your area. 1. After selecting a channel, press the Mode/Power Weather Button To listen to All Hazards Radio channels: button until the DCS
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General Specifications and Licensing Operation Warranty Introduction Operation Customer Assistance IMPORTANT NOTICE: FCC LICENSE REQUIRED General Specifications • • This two-way radio operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies FRS/GMRS Frequency which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. A user must be Allocation and Compatibility licensed prior to operating on Channels 1 through 7 on high power or 15 through 22, which comprise the GMRS chan
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Product Service Customer Assistance Product Service Questions • For any questions about operating or installing this new Cobra product, or if parts are missing…PLEASE CALL COBRA FIRST…do not return this product to the store. See customer assistance on page A1. For Products Purchased in the U.S.A. If your product should require factory service, please call Cobra first before sending your radio. This will ensure the fastest turn-around time on your repair. You may be asked to send your rad
