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Owner’s Manual
TWO-WAYRADIO MODEL
Printed in China
Part No. 480-247-P
PR3800DX Version A
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Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra English
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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 mall. ® Secure your microTALK Belt Clip radio w
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Product Features Product Features Introduction Introduction Wrist Strap • 22 Channels Backlit LCD Display Connector Seven shared with FRS/GMRS, Lock Icon Belt Clip seven FRS only, eight Signal Strength Battery Keystroke Tones Icon GMRS only Meter Icon Compartment • 38 Privacy Codes Roger Beep Icon Battery Door Scan Icon Antenna Latch • Hands-Free Operation (VOX) Vox Icon External Speaker/ • 10 Channel Memory Microphone/Charge Jack • Signal Strength Memory Meter Icon On/Off • Scan Volume
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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. Rechargeable Batteries and Remove Belt Clip Desktop Charger • To install or replace batteries: 1. Remove belt clip by releasing belt clip Pull Up Latch latch and sliding clip
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® ® Insert Radio(s) For charging microTALK radio(s) in desktop On/Off Power Turning on Your microTALK Radio • charger: To turn on your radio: 1. Insert radio(s) into desktop charger as shown. Rotate the On/Off Volume knob clockwise 2. Insert round connector of 120 volt adapter to turn on your radio and adjust the volume. into jack on back of charger. A series of tones will indicate the radio is on. ® 3. Plug 120 vo
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Talk Button Communicating with Another Person Volume Knob Volume • • To talk to another person: To adjust the volume: 1. Press and hold the Talk button. Rotate the On/Off Volume knob. 2. With the microphone about two inches Call Button Two Inches (five Call Button • (five cm) from your mouth, speak in a cm) from Mouth To alert another person that you are calling: normal voice. Press and release the Call button. 3.
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Auto Squelch/Maximum Range Dual Function Buttons • ® ® Your microTALK radio is equipped with Auto Squelch, which Two of the buttons on the microTALK radio have Dual Functions; automatically shuts off weak transmissions and unwanted noise Mode/Lock due to terrain and conditions. This slightly reduces the Maximum • Press and release the button to scroll to the next mode function. Range at which signals can be heard. •
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® microTALK Range CTCSS Privacy Codes • • Your range will vary depending on terrain and conditions. CTCSS (Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System) is an advanced tone coding system allowing you to select one of 38 privacy codes In flat, open country your radio will Maximum Range to reduce interference from other users on the channel. operate at maximum range. Buildings and foliage in the path of the If you are using a p
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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 automatically transmitting when you speak. You can set the VOX your most frequently used channels and channel/privacy code sensitivity level to fit the volume of your voice and avoid combinations. These Memory Locations can be selected individual
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty While setting a memory location, if you do not press any buttons Mode/Lock Button To de-program a memory location: for 15 seconds, your radio will automatically return to Standby 1. Press the Mode/Lock button until the mode on the channel/privacy code displayed before you entered Memory icon and the memory location mode functions. flash on the display. Mode/Lock Button To recall a stored memory channel location: Memor
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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 Mode/Lock Button To scan channels: channel or channel/privacy code that was displayed before 1. Press the Mode/Lock button until the you entered mode functions or the channel on which, during Scan icon
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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 mode on the channel/privacy code that was displayed before 10 programmed Memory Locations. you entered mode functions. If there are one or fewer memory locations During privacy code scan (while receiving an incoming
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Mode Functions Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty If you press the Talk button while scanning, but more than Roger Beep Confirmation Tone • 10 seconds after receiving a transmission, you will transmit on Roger Beep is an audible tone that your listener will hear when you the memory location on which, during scanning, you last received release the Talk button. This alerts the other party that you are a transmission. This will return the radio to Standby mode. finished
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General Specifications and FCC Licensing Operation Introduction Operation 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 Allocation and Compatibility be licensed prior to operating on Channels 1 through 7 on high power or 15 through 22, which comprise the GMRS channels of th
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Product Service Questions and Warranty Customer Assistance Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Product Service Questions Limited One-Year Warranty on Radio(s) & Charger • • If you have any questions about operation or installing For Products Purchased in the U.S.A. your new Cobra product, or if you are missing parts… ® Cobra Electronics Corporation warrants that its Cobra microTALK Please call Cobra first! DO NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT radios and charger, and the component parts the
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Trademarks Customer Assistance Trademark Acknowledgement • ® ® ® ® Cobra , microTALK , Nothing Comes Close to a Cobra , VibrAlert and the snake design are registered trademarks of Cobra Electronics Corporation, USA. Cobra Electronics Corporation™ is a trademark of Cobra Electronics Corporation, USA. English 24
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