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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; checking with
Owner’s Manual
travel companions in another car; talking with neighbors; arranging
meeting spots with others while shopping at the mall.
Belt Clip Secure your mic
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Warranty and Trademark Product Features Product Features Acknowledgement Introduction Introduction Introduction Warranty 14 Limited One-Year Warranty on Radio(s) & Charger Features Backlit LCD Display • • 22 Channels For Products Purchased in the U.S.A. 15 Seven shared with FRS/ Cobra Electronics Corporation warrants that its Cobra microTALK 4 3 GMRS, seven radios and charger, and the component parts thereof, will be free of defects in 2 5 FRS only, eight workmanship and materials for
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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. Remove Belt Clip Rechargeable Battery Pack and Desktop Charger • To install or replace battery pack: 1. Remove belt clip by releasing belt clip latch and sliding clip up. P
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Using Your Radio Introduction Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Insert Radio(s) For charging microTALK radio(s) in desktop On/Off Power Turning on Your microTALK Radio • charger: Press and hold the Power button until you hear a series of audible tones indicating the radio 1. Insert radio(s) into desktop charger as shown. is on. 2. Insert round connector of 120-volt adapter into Your microTALK radio is now in Standby jack on back of charger. mode, ready to receive transm
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Channel Buttons Channels Hi-Low Button Selectable High•Low Power Output • • When in close proximity to another party or during With the radio on, select any of the 22 channels favorable conditions, you can switch by pressing the Channel Up or Channel Down from High to Low Power to extend battery life. button. Channel Number Hi Power Icon This feature applies to GMRS Channels Both radios must be tuned to the
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Speaker/Microphone/Charge Jack Auto Squelch/Maximum Range • • Your microTALK radio can be fitted with an external Speaker/Microphone, Your microTALK radio is equipped with Auto Squelch, which freeing your hands for other tasks. This same jack also serves as the automatically shuts off weak transmissions and unwanted noise connecting point for the wall charger/adapter. due to terrain and conditions. This slightly
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Scrolling through Mode Functions Privacy Codes • • Your microTALK radio incorporates two advanced coded squelch By scrolling through the Mode Functions, you will be able to systems that can help to reduce interference from other users select or turn on/off preferred features of your microTALK radio. When on any given channel. CTCSS (Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System) scrolling through the Mode Functions, your
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Set CTCSS Privacy Codes Set DCS Privacy Codes • • To select a CTCSS privacy code: To select a DCS privacy code: Mode Button Mode Button 1. After selecting a channel, press the 1. After selecting a channel, press the Mode button until the DCS icon appears and the small Mode button until the CTCSS icon appears and numbers flash on the display the small numbers flash on the display (01 (01 through 104). through 38)
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Voice Activated Transmit (VOX) 10 Memory Locations • • In VOX mode, your microTALK radio can be used “hands-free,” Your microTALK radio has 10 Memory Locations for storing your most frequently used channels and channel/privacy code automatically transmitting when you speak. You can set the VOX sensitivity level to fit the volume of your voice and avoid transmissions combinations. These Memory Locations can be select
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty 6. Choose one of the following: Mode Button To recall a stored memory channel location: a. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button to select a 1. Press the Mode button until the Memory icon CTCSS privacy code (01 through 38) for the channel. and the memory location number flash on the display. b. Press the Lock/Enter button to switch from CTCSS to DCS. 2. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Mode Button To de-program a memory location: Channel Scan • 1. Press the Mode button until the Memory icon Your microTALK radio can automatically scan channels. and the memory location To scan channels: Mode Button flash on the display. 1. Press the Mode button until the 2. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button Memory Icon Scan icon and the channel numbers to select the memory location (0 through 9). flas
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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 (either a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on CTCSS 01 through 38 or DCS 01 through 104) within one channel. Only that channel. Your radio will remain on that channel one set of privacy codes (CTCSS or DCS) can be sc
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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 a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on that 10 programmed Memory Locations. channel/privacy code. Your radio will remain on If there are one or fewer memory locations programmed that channel/privacy code and return to
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty During memory location scan (while receiving an Incoming trans- VibrAlert and Call Alert • mission), you can choose from the following: Your microTALK radio can alert you to incoming signals by sounding an a. Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on that audible call tone, by vibrating silently or both. VibrAlert + Ring memory location. To change call settings: Mode Button b. Your radio will re
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Mode Functions and General Specifications Operation Introduction Introduction Operation Operation Customer Assistance Customer Assistance Warranty Warranty 10 Call Tone Settings Keystroke Tones • • You can choose from 10 different call tone settings to transmit With Keystroke Tones turned on, your radio will sound beeps each a unique call alert. time you press a button or change a setting. To change a call tone setting: To change keystroke tones: Mode Button Mode Button 1. Press the Mode
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General Specifications and FCC License Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Customer Assistance Warranty General Specifications IMPORTANT NOTICE: FCC LICENSE REQUIRED • • This two-way radio operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies FRS/GMRS Frequency which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. A user must be Allocation and Compatibility licensed prior to operating on Channels 1 through 7 on high power or 15 through 22, which comp
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Product Service Customer Assistance Customer Assistance Product Service Questions • For any questions about operating or installing this new Cobra product, or if parts are missing…PLEASE CALL COBRA FIRST…do not return this product to the store. 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. This will ensure the fastest turn-around time on your repair. You may be
