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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;
Owner’s Manual
checking with travel companions in another car; talking with
neighbors; arranging meeting spots with others while
shopping at the mall.
Secure your microTALK
Belt Clip
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Safety and Trademark Acknowledgement Product Features Product Features Safety Introduction Introduction 13 • 22 Channels Backlit LCD Display Seven shared ® Safety Information for microTALK Radios with FRS/GMRS, 14 • 4 3 5 seven FRS Your wireless handheld portable transceiver contains a low power 2 6 only, eight transmitter. When the talk button is pushed, it sends out radio 15 GMRS only 2 7 frequency (RF) signals. The device is authorized to operate at a duty 1 1 • 121 Privacy Codes factor not t
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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. Rechargeable Batteries and Remove Belt Clip Desktop Charger • To install or replace batteries: 1. Remove belt clip by releasing belt clip latch and sliding clip up. Pull Up Lock Lat
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Insert Radio(s) For charging microTALK radio(s) in desktop On/Off Power Turning on Your microTALK Radio • charger: Rotate the On/Off Volume knob clockwise to turn on your radio and adjust the volume. A series 1. Insert radio(s) into desktop charger as shown. of tones will indicate the radio is on. 2. Insert round connector of 120-volt adapter Your microTALK radio is now in Standby mode, into jack on back of charger. r
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Channels Selectable High•Low Power Output Channel Buttons Enter/Hi-Low Button • • With the radio on, select any of the 22 channels When in close proximity to another party or by pressing the Channel Up or Channel Down during favorable conditions, you can switch button. from High to Low Power to extend battery life. Both radios must be tuned to the Hi Power Icon Channel Number This feature applies to GMRS Channels same
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty To briefly turn off auto squelch: Speaker/Microphone/Charge Jack Light/Max Range Speaker/Microphone/ • Charge Jack Your microTALK radio can be fitted with an external Press the Light/Max Range button Speaker/Microphone, freeing your hands for for less than five seconds. other tasks. This same jack also serves as the If you hear two beeps, you have turned connecting point for a wall charger/adapter. the maximum range e
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Scrolling through Mode Functions Set CTCSS Privacy Codes • • By scrolling through the Mode Functions, you will be able to To select a CTCSS privacy code: Mode/Lock Button select or turn on/off preferred features of your microTALK radio. 1. After selecting a channel, press When scrolling through the Mode Functions, your radio features the Mode/Lock button until the small will be displayed in the following order: numbers
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Set DCS Privacy Codes • Hazards Radio Icon 3. The All Hazards Radio icon will continue to Mode/Lock Button To select a DCS privacy code: be displayed when All Hazards Radio is on. Choose one of the following: 1. After selecting a channel, press the Mode/Lock button until the DCS icon appears and the a. Press the Mode/Lock button to proceed small numbers flash on the display to other functions. Channel Buttons (01 throug
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Mode/Lock Button The current sensitivity level is displayed 6. Choose one of the following: with letters “LE” and a Number 01 a. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button to select through 05, with Number 05 being the a CTCSS privacy code (01 through 38) for the channel. most sensitive level and Number 01 b. Press the Enter/Hi•Low button to switch from CTCSS to being the least sensitive level. DCS. The DCS icon and pr
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Channel Buttons 3. Press the Talk button to return to Standby b. Press the Mode/Lock button to enter the channel/privacy mode on the selected memory location. code in the selected memory location and proceed to other functions on the channel/privacy code displayed before you A memory location can be reprogrammed entered mode functions. at any time it is displayed. Press the While de-programming a memory location, if you
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty If you press the Talk button while scanning, but more than 10 Scan Privacy Codes 3. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down seconds after receiving a transmission, you will transmit on the button to begin scanning privacy codes channel on which you last received a transmission. This will return within the channel you selected. the radio to Standby mode. The Scan icon will continue to be displayed If you do not press any bu
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty c. Press the Enter/Hi•Low button to return to Standby b. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button to resume mode on the channel/privacy code that was displayed scanning memory locations. before you entered mode functions or the channel/ If you press the Talk button while scanning, but more than privacy code on which, during scanning, you last 10 seconds after receiving a transmission, you will transmit on received a
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Mode Functions and General Specifications Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Roger Beep Confirmation Tone General Specifications • • Roger Beep is an audible tone that your listener will hear when FRS/GMRS Frequency you release the Talk button. This alerts the other party that you Allocation and Compatibility are finished talking and it is OK for them to speak. To turn roger beep on or off: Important: Please note that Cobra GMRS models with 15 Channels Mode/Lock Button
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FCC Licensing and Product Service Questions Customer Assistance Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty IMPORTANT NOTICE: FCC LICENSE REQUIRED Product Service Questions • • This two-way radio operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies If you have any questions about operation or installing your which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. A user must new Cobra product, or if you need to order replacement parts… be licensed prior to operating on C
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Warranty and Trademarks Warranty Limited One-Year Warranty on Radio(s) & Charger • For Products Purchased in the U.S.A. Cobra Electronics Corporation warrants that its Cobra microTALK radios and charger, and the component parts thereof, will be free of defects in workmanship and materials for a period of one year from the date of first consumer purchase. This warranty may be enforced by the first consumer purchaser, provided that the product is utilized within the U.S.A. Cobra will, without char
