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Owner’s Manual
2-WAYRADIO MODEL
Printed in Philippines
Part No. 480-113-P
PR 3100 DX Revised 11-21-03
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page A1 Making Life Easier And Safer Introduction Staying in touch with your family and friends is ® 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 travel companions in another car; talking with neighbors; arranging meeting spots with others while shopping at the
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page A2 Product Features Product Features Introduction Introduction Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® Features Backlit LCD Display Caring For Your microTALK Radio Wrist Strap • ® Connector • 2-Way Radio Your microTALK radio will give you years of trouble-free service With up to a eight (8) if cared for properly. Handle the radio gently. Keep the radio away Lock Icon Belt Clip mile (13 km) range from dust. Never put the radio in water
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 2 Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® On/Off Power Turning On Your microTALK Radio Talk Button Communicating With Another Person • • To Turn On Your Radio: To Talk To Another Person: 1. Rotate the On/Off Volume knob clockwise to 1. Press and hold the Talk button. turn On your radio and adjust the volume. 2. With the microphone about two (2) inches Two (2) Inches [Five A series of tones will indicate the
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 4 Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Volume Knob Volume Auto Squelch/Maximum Range • • ® To Adjust The Volume: Your microTALK radio is equipped with Auto Squelch, which automatically shuts Off weak transmissions and 1. Rotate the On/Off Volume knob. unwanted noise due to terrain, conditions, or if you’ve Call Button reached your Maximum Range limit. Call Button • To Alert Another Person That You Are Cal
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 6 Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Speaker/Microphone Jack Scrolling Through Mode Functions • • ® Your microTALK radio can be fitted with an external Speaker/ By scrolling through the Mode functions, you will be able to ® Microphone, freeing your hands for other tasks. See the accessories select or turn On preferred features of your microTALK radio. ® order form section for ordering information. Only Co
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 8 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty CTCSS Privacy Codes Voice Activated Transmit (VOX) • • ® CTCSS (Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System) is an advanced In VOX mode, your microTALK radio can be used “hands-free,” tone coding system allowing you to select one (1) of 38 privacy automatically transmitting when you speak. You can set the VOX codes to reduce interference from other users on the channel. sensitiv
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 10 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Ten (10) Memory Locations While setting a memory location, if you do not press any buttons • ® for 15 seconds, your radio will automatically return to Standby Your microTALK radio has Ten (10) Memory Locations for storing mode on the channel/privacy code displayed before you entered your most frequently used channels and channel/privacy codes. mode functions. These Memor
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 12 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Mode Button To De-Program A Memory Location: Channel Scan • ® Your microTALK radio can automatically scan channels. 1. Press the Mode button until the Memory icon and the memory location flash on the display. Mode Button To Scan Channels: 2. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down 1. Press the Mode button until the Scan icon Memory Icon button to select the memory location
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 14 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty During Channel Scan (while receiving an incoming transmission), Privacy Code Scan • You Can Choose From The Following: ® Your microTALK radio can automatically scan the Privacy Codes (00 through 38) within one (1) channel. a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on that channel. Your radio will remain on that channel and return Select Channel To Scan Privacy Co
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 16 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty During Privacy Code Scan (while receiving an incoming Memory Location Scan • transmission), You Can Choose From The Following: ® Your microTALK radio can automatically scan up to ten (10) programmed Memory Locations. a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on that channel/privacy code. Your radio will remain on that If there are one (1) or fewer memory locations
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 18 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® During Memory Location Scan (while receiving an incoming VibrAlert And Call Tones • transmission), You Can Choose From The Following: ® Your microTALK radio can alert you to incoming signals by sounding an audible call tone, by vibrating silently, or both. a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on that memory location. Your radio will remain on that memory
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 20 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Roger Beep Confirmation Tone General Specifications • • Your listener will hear an audible tone when you release the Talk A. FRS/GMRS button. This alerts the other party that you are finished talking and B. Receiver Frequency it is OK for them to speak. Allocation and 1. Sensitivity Mode Button To Turn Roger Beep On Or Off: Compatibility For 12 dB SINAD . . . . . . . .
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 22 Licensing And Service Customer Assistance Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty IMPORTANT NOTICE: FCC LICENSE REQUIRED Product Service Questions • • This 2-way radio operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) If you have any questions about operation or installing frequencies which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) ® your new Cobra product, or if you are missing parts… license. A user must be licensed prior
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❒ ❒ ❒ 3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:41 AM Page 24 Warranty And Accessories Warranty Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Limited 1-Year Warranty Optional Accessories • • ® For Products Purchased In The U.S.A. You can find quality Cobra products and accessories at your local ® ® ® ® Cobra dealer, or in the U.S.A., you can order directly from Cobra . Cobra Electronics Corporation warrants that its Cobra GMRS radios, and the component parts thereof, will be free of defects in w
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3100-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:42 AM Page 26 ® The Cobra line of quality products includes: ® CB Radios • microTALK Radios • Radar/Laser Detectors ® Safety Alert Traffic Warning Systems • Accessories ® GPS (Global Positioning System) • HighGear Accessories VHF Marine Radios • Power Inverters For more information or to order any of our products, please visit our website: www.cobra.com ® Nothing comes close to a Cobra English
