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Owner’s Manual
2-WAYRADIO MODEL
Printed in Philippines
Part No. 480-140-P
PR3180WX Revised 3.04
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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 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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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 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 Lock Icon With up to a eight (8) if cared for properly. Handle the radio gently. Keep the radio away Belt Clip mile (13 km) range Call Tones and Keystroke Tones Icon fr
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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 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 1. Press and hold the Talk button. to 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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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 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 unwanted noise 1. Rotate the On/Off Volume knob. due to terrain, conditions, or if you’ve reached your Maximum Call Button Range limit. Call Button • To Alert Another Person That You Are Callin
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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 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 select or turn On preferred features of your microTALK radio. accessories order form section for ordering information. When scro
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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 AM Page 8 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty CTCSS Privacy Codes NOAA* All Hazards Radio Channels • • ® CTCSS (Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System) is an advanced You can use your microTALK radio to listen to NOAA All Hazards tone coding system allowing you to select one (1) of 38 privacy Radio channels transmitting in your area. codes to reduce interference from other users on the channel. Mode Button To Listen To
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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 AM Page 10 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Voice Activated Transmit (VOX) Ten (10) Memory Locations • • ® ® In VOX mode, your microTALK radio can be used “hands-free,” Your microTALK radio has Ten (10) Memory Locations for storing automatically transmitting when you speak. You can set the VOX your most frequently used channels and channel/privacy codes. sensitivity level to fit the volume of your voice and avoid
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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 AM Page 12 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty While setting a memory location, if you do not press any buttons Mode Button To De-Program A Memory Location: for 15 seconds, your radio will automatically return to Standby 1. Press the Mode button until the Memory icon mode on the channel/privacy code displayed before you entered and the memory location flash on the display. mode functions. 2. Press the Channel Up or C
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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 AM Page 14 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Channel Scan During Channel Scan (while not receiving a transmission), • ® You Can Choose From The Following: Your microTALK radio can automatically scan channels. a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on the channel To Scan Channels: Mode Button or channel/privacy code that was displayed before you entered 1. Press the Mode button until the Scan icon mode f
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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 AM Page 16 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty While setting privacy code scan, if you do not press any buttons Memory Location Scan • for 15 seconds, your radio will automatically return to Standby ® Your microTALK radio can automatically scan up to ten (10) mode on the channel/privacy code that was displayed before programmed Memory Locations. you entered mode functions. If there are one (1) or fewer memory locat
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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 AM Page 18 Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® If you press the Talk button while scanning and not within ten (10) VibrAlert And Call Tones • seconds of receiving a transmission, you will transmit on the ® Your microTALK radio can alert you to incoming signals by memory location on which, during scanning, you last received sounding an audible call tone, by vibrating silently, or both. a transmission. This will re
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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 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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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 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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❒ ❒ ❒ 3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 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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3175-PDF VERSION.qxd 11/20/03 10:45 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
