User manual AUDIOVOX 1286286

[. . . ] Owners Manual Model . R-141 Two Way . amily Radio 14 CHANNEL FRS CALL F Customer Service 1-800-290-6650 Released on 2-8-02 FEATURES Your FR-141 Family Radio is a portable, easy to use, two-way radio that you can carry almost anywhere. It is skillfully constructed to give you reliable communications for many different applications. The FR-141 is ideal for use around the house, in your boat, on hunting and camping trips, on the ski slopes or at the mall. Some of the FR-141 features are: No Air Time Fees and No License Required Up to 2 Mile Range Auto Battery Saver and Auto Squelch 14 Channels Multifunction LCD Display Talk Confirmation Tone and Call / Ring Button 14 CHANNEL FRS CALL F -2- PERFORMANCE Your transceiver will achieve its maximum operating range when communicating with other transceivers in a flat open area with no trees or buildings obstructing its signal. [. . . ] To enable the LCD backlighting feature during operation, momentarily press the Power button; the backlight will come on for about 10 seconds and then go out. Volume Level Audio reception volume is controlled by the Up (F) and the Down (G) button. Momentarily pressing either button will increase or decrease the volume level, with each step accompanied by a beep tone. The display will indicate o1 (lowest setting) to o 8 (highest setting). -9- Call Button (8) When the call button is pressed, the FR-141 will transmit a 3-second ringing sound to other transceiver's tuned to the same channel. This feature can be used to signal other parties that voice communication is desired. The call icon ) appears on the LED display while the call tone sounds. ( Low Battery Alert When the battery level becomes low, the battery icon ( recharge or replace the batteries with new ones. In this case, Monitor Button (M) You can monitor channel activity by pressing the Monitor (M) button (2). If pressed for more than 2 seconds, you can continuously monitor channel activity. Press again, and channel activity monitoring is disabled. Function Select (F) Button Pressing the Function button will allow selection of frequency channels, as well as selection of the various unit functions. Each press permits selection of the desired channel (1­14), Scan, Dual Watch, VOX, Roger Beep and Beep Tone functions. This button also activates the Key lock feature ( ) when pressed and held for more than 2 seconds. Channel Selection Press function button once until large two-digit channel display flashes. Press Up ( ) or Down ( ) buttons to select desired channel (1­14). Channel Scanning Press the Function (F) button two times until the SC icon flashes. Press the Up ( ) button to enable the Scan function in the upward channel direction. Press the Down ( ) button to enable the Scan function in the downward channel direction. Once selected, the Scan icon (SC) will appear steadily on the display. While in Scan mode, the unit will pause on any active channel for 5 seconds, -10- FUNCTIONS and then channel scanning will resume. The unit will scan channels 1­14 for activity and scanning will continue until the monitor, or Function button is pressed. If scanning is interrupted by using the PTT button, scanning will resume approximately 6 seconds after the respective button is released. [. . . ] When oF is selected, no beep tones should be heard. To enable the key tones proceed as before, until Beep Tone icon appears flashing. Then press Up ( ) or Down ( ) button to set the function to on and the beep tones will be heard. Key Lock This feature prevents accidental change of unit settings. [. . . ]