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Making Life Easier & 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.
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Product Features Product Features Introduction Introduction Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® Features Backlit LCD Display Caring for Your microTALK Radio Wrist Strap • ® • Two-Way Radio Connector Your microTALK radio will give you years of trouble-free service if with up to a ten (10) cared for properly. Handle the radio gently. Keep the radio away from mile (16 km) range NOAA All Belt Clip dust. Never put the radio in water or in a damp place. Avoid exposure • 22 Channels
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® On/Off Power Turning On Your microTALK Radio Mode Button Scrolling Through • the Mode Function To Turn On Your Radio: • By scrolling through the Mode function, you will 1. Rotate the On/Off Volume knob clockwise be able to select or turn On preferred features of to turn On your radio and adjust the volume. ® your microTALK radio. When scrolling through A series of tones will indicate the radio is On. the Mode fun
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty 38 Privacy Codes CTCSS Privacy Codes Volume Knob Volume • • CTCSS (Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System) To Adjust the Volume: is an advanced tone coding system allowing you 1. Rotate the On/Off Volume knob. to select one of 38 privacy codes to reduce interference from other users on the channel. Call Button • Call Button To Alert Another Person That You Are Calling: If you are using a privacy code, both radios must b
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Hazards Radio Icon NOAA* All Hazards Stopwatch • Radio Channels and Alert You can use the time keeping feature of your • ® ® You can use your microTALK radio to listen to microTALK radio as a stopwatch, including the NOAA All Hazards Radio channels transmitting display of split times. After starting the timer, in your area. you can view an interim “split” time while the Alert Icon ® first timer continues to run. You c
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Lock Button To reset the display to “OO:oo:oo,” press the Mode Button Alarm • Lock button. You can use the time keeping feature of your ® ® microTALK radio as an alarm. While in Stopwatch Mode, your microTALK ® radio will alert you to incoming calls, but the To Activate Your microTALK Radio Alarm: LCD will continue to show the stopwatch display. Alarm Icon 1. Press the Mode button until the Alarm You can also transm
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Mode Button Voice Activated Transmit (VOX) 10 Channel Memory • • ® ® In VOX Mode, your microTALK radio can be Your microTALK radio has ten (10) memory used “hands-free,” automatically transmitting locations (1 through 10) for storing your most when you speak. You can set the VOX sensitivity frequently used channels and privacy codes. level to fit the volume of your voice and avoid These memory channels can be selected
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Mode Button To Recall a Stored Memory Channel Location: If you press the Talk button while scanning and not within ten (10) seconds of receiving 1. Press the Mode button until the Memory icon transmission, you will transmit on the last and the memory channel location (1 through channel you transmitted or received on. 10) flashes on the display. If you do not press any button within ten 2. Press the Channel Up or Chan
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® Mode Button To Scan Memory Locations: Mode Button VibrAlert and Call Tones • ® Your microTALK radio can alert you to 1. Press the Mode button until the Scan icon, incoming signals by sounding an audible Memory icon, and the memory location call tone, by vibrating silently, or both. number flashes on the display. ® VibrAlert + Ring 2. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down To Change Call Settings: Scanning Memory bu
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty “Roger Beep” Confirmation Tone Compass Icon 8-Point Digital Compass • • ® Your listener will hear an audible tone when you Your microTALK radio features an 8-point release the Talk button. This alerts the other party digital compass. that you are finished talking and it is OK for them Because the surrounding terrain to speak. This feature can be turned On or Off. can affect compass accuracy, it is Mode Button To Tu
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Compass Button To Use Your Compass: To Turn Maximum Range Extender Off: 1. After proper calibration (see page 21), press and 1. Press and release the Light/Max Range release the Compass button. The Compass icon button or change channels. and your current direction will be displayed. Lock Button Lock Function Current Direction • The radio must always be parallel to The Lock button locks the Channel, Mode, the grou
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Using Your Radio Operation Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty ® Maximum Range microTALK Range General Specifications • • ® Your microTALK radio has a range of up A. FRS/GMRS to ten (10) miles (16 km). Your range will B. Receiver Frequency vary depending on terrain and conditions. Allocation and 1. Sensitivity In flat, open country your radio will Compatibility For 12 DB SINAD . . . . . . . . . . dBm -121 operate at maximum range. For Call Signal Detection . . . . dBm -12
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Licensing,Assistance &Warranty Customer Assistance Introduction Operation Customer Assistance Warranty IMPORTANT NOTICE: FCC LICENSE REQUIRED If you have any questions about operation or installing This two-way radio operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies which ® your new Cobra product, or if you are missing parts… require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. A user must be licensed prior ® Please call Cobra first! DO NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT to operating on c
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Order Form & Accessories Customer Assistance Name Address (No P.O. Boxes) City State/Province Zip Country Telephone Credit Card Number Type: ❒ Visa ❒ Mastercard ❒ Discover Exp. Date Customer Signature Item # U.S. Cost Each Qty Amount U.S. Subtotal Amount Shipping/Handling* Tax Table (Tax if Applicable) $10.00 or less . . . . . $3.00 Wisconsin add 5% Indiana, Michigan, Shipping/Handling $10.01-$25.00 . . . . . $5.50 Ohio add 6% $25.01-$50.00 . . . . . $7.50 California add 7.25% Total
