User manual COBRA PR 260 WX QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] Owner's Manual TWO-WAY RADIO MODEL PR 260 WX Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra® Printed in China Part No. 480-312-P English Version A Introduction Making Life Easier and Safer 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. [. . . ] Do not press any buttons for 15 seconds to enter the new setting and return to Standby mode. 7 Operation Mode Functions 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 is 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 channels 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 Channel Button to other functions. If you do not press any button within 10 seconds, your radio will automatically resume scanning channels. During scanning (while not receiving a transmission), you can choose from the following: a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on the channel or channel/privacy code that was displayed before you entered mode functions or the channel on which, during scanning, you last received a transmission. Press the Mode/Power button to proceed to set privacy code scan on the channel that was either displayed before you entered mode functions or on which, during channel scanning, you last received a transmission (see page 11 for further details). Press the Lock button to return to Standby mode on the channel/privacy code that was displayed before you entered mode functions or the channel on which, during scanning, you last transmitted or received. 10 Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Privacy Code Scan · Your microTALK® radio can automatically scan the Privacy Codes (00 through 38) within one channel. While in Standby mode, press the Channel Up or Channel Down button to choose the channel on which you wish to scan privacy codes. Press the Mode/Power button until the Scan icon and the privacy code numbers appear on the display. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down Scan Privacy Codes button to begin scanning privacy codes within the channel you selected. The Scan icon will continue to be displayed when privacy code scan is on. Your radio will continue to scan privacy codes and stop as an Channel Button incoming transmission is detected. While setting privacy code scan, if you do not press any buttons for 15 seconds your radio will automatically return to Standby mode on the channel/privacy code that was displayed before you entered mode functions. 11 Operation Mode Functions During scanning (while receiving an incoming transmission), you can choose from the following: a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on that channel/privacy code. Your radio will remain on that channel/privacy code and return to Standby mode. [. . . ] Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC Warnings: Replacement or substitution of transistors, regular diodes or other parts of a unique nature, with parts other than those recommended by Cobra may cause a violation of the technical regulations of part 95 of the FCC rules, or violation of type acceptance requirements of part 2 of the rules. · 15 Customer Assistance Product Service · Product Service Questions If you have any questions about operation or installing your new Cobra product, or if you need to order replacement parts. . . 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. [. . . ]