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1 CONTENTS
1 CONTENTS ........................................................... 1
2 BEFORE ST AR TING ...............................................2-1
3 PREP ARA TION .....................................................3-1
SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES ............................................................... 3-1
INST ALLING THE ANTENNA ............................................................ 3-1
INST ALLING THE BA TTERY PACK ...................................................3-1
INST ALLING ALKALINE BA TTERIES ................................................ 3-1
INST ALLING THE BEL T CLIP ........................................................... 3-2
INST ALLING THE HAND STRAP ...................................................... 3-2
CHARGING THE BA TTERY P ACK ..................................................... 3-2
BA TTERY LIFE ................................................................................. 3-3
CONNECTING TO A CIGARETTE LIGHTER SOCKET ......................... 3-3
CONNECTING TO A REGULA TED POWER SUPPL Y ......................... 3-3
4 GETTING ACQUAINTED ...........................................4-1
KEY AND CONTROL KNOB OPERA TIONS ........................................ 4-1
DISPLA Y .......................................................................................... 4-3
5 BASIC OPERA TIONS .............................................. 5-1
SWITCHING THE POWER ON/ OFF .................................................. 5-1
ADJUSTING THE INTERNAL CLOCK ................................................ 5-1
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME .............................................................. 5-1
VOLUME BALANCE (BAND A/B) ...................................................... 5-1
SELECTING DUAL BAND MODE/ SINGLE BAND MODE .................. 5-1
SELECTING AN OPERA TION BAND ................................................. 5-1
SELECTING A FREQUENCY BAND ................................................... 5-2
SELECTING THE DEMODULA TION MODE ....................................... 5-2
SELECTING A FREQUENCY ............................................................. 5-2
ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH ............................................................. 5-3
TRANSMITTING .............................................................................. 5-3
MONITOR ........................................................................................ 5-3
FUNCTION SELECT MODE ............................................................... 5-3
6 MENU MODE .......................................................6-1
MENU ACCESS ................................................................................ 6-1
CHARACTER ENTRY ........................................................................6-1
MENU CONFIGURA TION .................................................................. 6-2
7 OPERA TING THROUGH FM REPEA TERS ....................... 7-1
REPEA TER ACCESS ......................................................................... 7-1
TRANSMITTING A 1750 Hz TONE ................................................... 7-3
REVERSE FUNCTION ....................................................................... 7-3
8 MEMORY CHANNEL ..............................................8-1
SIMPLEX & REPEA TER OR ODD-SPLIT MEMORY CHANNEL? ....... 8-1
MEMORY CHANNEL LIST ...............................................................8-1
RECALLING A MEMORY CHANNEL .................................................8-2
EDITING MEMORY CHANNEL .........................................................8-3
CALL CHANNEL MEMORY (SIMPLEX) ............................................8-4
CALL CHANNEL MEMORY (ODD-SPLIT) .........................................8-4
CALL CHANNEL LIST ...................................................................... 8-4
MEMORY GROUP ............................................................................8-4
MEMORY SHIFT .............................................................................8-5
9 SCAN ................................................................9-1
SELECTING A SCAN RESUME METHOD .......................................... 9-1
BAND SCAN ..................................................................................... 9-1
PROGRAM SCAN ............................................................................. 9-2
MHz SCAN ....................................................................................... 9-2
MEMORY SCAN ...............................................................................9-2
GROUP LINK SCAN ......................................................................... 9-3
PRIORITY SCAN .............................................................................. 9-4
CALL SCAN ..................................................................................... 9-4
SCAN AUTO BACKLIGHT ................................................................. 9-4
10 CTCSS/DCS/CROSS TONE .................................... 10-1
CTCSS ........................................................................................... 10-1
DCS ............................................................................................... 10-2
CROSS TONE ................................................................................. 10-3
11 DUAL TONE MUL TI-FREQUENCY(DTMF) ................... 11-1
MANUAL DIALING ......................................................................... 11-1
AUTOMA TIC DIALER ..................................................................... 11-1
EchoLink MEMORY .......................................................................11-2
12 OTHER OPERA TIONS .......................................... 12-1
FREQUENCY STEP SIZE ................................................................ 12-1
FINE TUNING ................................................................................. 12-1
A TTENUA TOR (ATT) .......................................................................12-1
PROGRAMMABLE VFO .................................................................. 12-2
BEA T SHIFT ................................................................................... 12-2
IF/ DETECT OUTPUT MODE ........................................................... 12-2
FM NARROW ................................................................................. 12-3
BAR ANTENNA .............................................................................. 12-3
TX INHIBIT .................................................................................... 12-3
TIME-OUT TIMER .......................................................................... 12-4
MICROPHONE SENSITIVITY ......................................................... 12-4
SETTING RECEIVING FIL TERS ....................................................... 12-4
VOX (VOICE-OPERA TED TRANSMISSION) .................................... 12-5
PITCH FREQUENCY ....................................................................... 12-6
CW REVERSE .............................................................................. 12-6
LED CONTROL ............................................................................... 12-6
DISPLA Y ILLUMINA TION ............................................................... 12-7
POWER ON MESSAGE .................................................................. 12-7
SINGLE BAND DISPLA Y ................................................................ 12-8
METER TYPE ................................................................................. 12-8
DISPLA Y BACKGROUND COLOR ................................................... 12-8
AUDIO EQUALIZER (TX/RX) .......................................................... 12-9
KEY BEEP ...................................................................................... 12-9
BEEP VOLUME ........................................................................... 12-10
BA TTERY SA VER ......................................................................... 12-10
AUTO POWER OFF (APO) ............................................................ 12-10
BA TTERY LEVEL .......................................................................... 12-10
PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION KEYS ............................................ 12-11
KEY LOCK .................................................................................... 12-12
VOLUME LOCK ............................................................................ 12-12
DISPLA Y UNIT ............................................................................. 12-12
OUTPUT DESTINA TION INTERFACE (USB/Bluetooth) .................12-13
SELECTING A LANGUAGE ........................................................... 12-14
VERIFYING THE FIRMWARE VERSION ........................................12-14
TRANSCEIVER RESET ................................................................. 12-14
13 GPS .............................................................. 13-1
BUIL T -IN GPS FUNCTION ON/ OFF ................................................ 13-1
SETTING MY POSITION DA T A ....................................................... 13-1
MARK FUNCTION .......................................................................... 13-4
POSITION MEMORY LIST .............................................................13-4
T ARGET POINT .............................................................................. 13-6
TRACK LOG ................................................................................... 13-6
14 APRS® ........................................................... 14-1
BASIC SETTINGS ........................................................................... 14-1
POSITION COMMENT .................................................................... 14-3
ST A TUS TEXT ................................................................................ 14-3
ST A TION LIST ................................................................................ 14-5
APRS MESSAGE FUNCTIONS ........................................................ 14-9
PROGRAMMING A P ACKET P ATH ...............................................14-11
SETTING INTERNAL TNC ............................................................ 14-12
APRS LOCK ................................................................................. 14-13
SETTING TX BEACON .................................................................. 14-13
SETTING BEACON INFORMA TION ............................................... 14-14
OBJECT FUNCTIONS ................................................................... 14-15
QSY FUNCTION ........................................................................... 14-16
SETTING SmartBeaconingTM ........................................................ 14-17
SETTING WA Y POINT .................................................................. 14-18
SETTING P ACKET FIL TER ............................................................ 14-19
STORING USER PHRASES .......................................................... 14-19
STORING AUTO MESSAGE REPL Y .............................................. 14-19
SETTING NOTIFICA TION SOUND ................................................. 14-20
SETTING DISPLA Y ....................................................................... 14-21
PC OUTPUT ................................................................................. 14-21
NETWORK ................................................................................... 14-21
VOICE ALERT ..............................................................................14-22
PROGRAMMING MESSAGE GROUP CODE ................................. 14-22
PROGRAMMING BULLETIN GROUP CODE ................................. 14-22
15 BUIL T -IN KISS TNC ............................................ 15-1