User manual COBRA CXT225

[. . . ] Introduction Making Life Easier and Safer Owner's Manual 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 mall. Carrying your microTALK® radio with you is easy when using the belt clip or optional wrist strap. The belt clip easily attaches to your belt, purse, or backpack. Customer Assistance For Assistance in the U. S. A. [. . . ] See page 4 for details. Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra® · 5 Operation Using Your Radio · Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Scrolling Through the Mode Function By scrolling through the Mode function, you will be able to select or turn on preferred features of your microTALK® radio. After selecting a channel, press the Mode/Power button until the DCS icon appears and the small numbers flash on the display (01 through 83). If CTCSS is turned on at the channel selected, the display will flash the DCS icon and "OFF. " To switch from CTCSS to DCS, press the Channel Up or Channel Down button while the display is flashing "OFF. " The display will then show the small numbers flashing and you will then be able to proceed to step 2. Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Set DCS Privacy Codes Mode/Lock Button DCS Privacy Code Channel Buttons 2. Press using the Channel Up or Channel Down button to select a DCS privacy code. Press the Mode/Power button to enter the new setting and proceed to other functions. Press the Lock button to enter the new setting and return to Standby mode. Do not press any buttons for 15 seconds to enter the new setting and return to Standby mode. NOAA* All Hazards Radio Channels · You can use your microTALK radio to listen to NOAA All Hazards Radio channels transmitting in your area. Press the Mode button until the All Hazards Radio icon and the currently selected All Hazards Radio channel are displayed. Use the Channel Up or Channel Down button to change All Hazards Radio channels. The All Hazards Radio icon will continue to be displayed when All Hazards Radio is on. Press the Lock button to exit All Hazards Radio channel mode and return to Standby mode. *National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Voice Activated Transmit (VOX) · In VOX mode, your microTALK® radio can be used "hands-free, " automatically transmitting when you speak. You can set the VOX sensitivity level to fit the volume of your voice and avoid transmissions triggered by background noise. Press the Mode/Power button until the VOX icon flashes on the display. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down VOX Icon button to turn VOX On or Off. Press the Mode/Power button to enter the selected On or Off setting and proceed to other functions. Press the Lock button to enter the selected On or Off setting and return to Standby mode. Press the Mode/Power button until the VOX icon flashes and the current sensitivity level is displayed. The current VOX sensitivity level is displayed with letters "LE" and a Number 1 through 5, with Number 5 being the most sensitive level and Number 1 being the least sensitive level. Press the Mode/Power button to enter the selected setting and proceed to other functions. Press the Lock button to enter the selected setting and return to Standby mode. Mode/Power VOX Sensitivity Level Channel Button 8 Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra® 9 Operation Mode Functions Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Channel Scan · Your microTALK® radio can automatically scan channels. Press the Mode/Power button until the Scan icon and the channel numbers appear on the display. [. . . ] Serious penalties could result for unlicensed use of GMRS channels, in violation of FCC rules. Operation of this radio is subject to additional rules specified in 47 C. F. R. Part 95. · Licensed users will be issued a call sign by the FCC, which should be used for station identification when operating this radio. GMRS users should also cooperate by engaging in permissible transmissions only, avoiding channel interference with other GMRS users, and being prudent with the length of their transmission time. [. . . ]