User manual AUDIOVOX FR1500XTM Owners Manual

[. . . ] Model FR-1500XTM Two-Way Family Radio WITH NOAA AND FM RADIO F Owner'sManual Customer Service 1-800-290-6650 1 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SELECTION OF THE FR-1500XTM (FAMILY RADIO) It is one of the most sophisticated and reliable two way family radios available. BEFORE OPERATING YOUR FR-1500XTM (FAMILY RADIO) READ THIS MANUAL CAREFULLY 2 FEATURES Your FR-1500XTM 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-1500XTM 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-1500XTM features are: · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · No Air Time Fees and No License Required Up to 2 Mile Range Battery Saver and Auto Squelch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 14 Family Radio Service Channels 38 Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (CTCSS) Multifunction LCD Display Roger Beep and Call / Ring Button FM Radio with Tune/Seek and Preset Functions Built-In Compass Time-of-Day Readout Temperature Readout in Degrees Fahrenheit and Centigrade Stopwatch Function Setup Menu for Personalizing Unit Functions Vibrating Call Function F 3 2 1 1 (REF) 3 4 5 6 17 TOP 7 16 15 F 8 9 14 10 BOTTOM 13 12 1. [. . . ] If the compass has already been calibrated for your current position, then the FRS antenna need only be pointed in any direction to establish the desired bearing to a desired destination. NOTE: Hold the unit in a flat and level manner while taking bearings. 16 COMPASS CALIBRATION Since the apparent position of magnetic North will vary according to your location in the world (especially Latitude), you will need to know the difference between these two positions (Magnetic and True North) to take an accurate bearing. To calibrate the compass for the effects of magnetic variation, proceed as follows: NOTE: 1. When calibrating the compass, make sure the unit is at least 2 yards away from any source of magnetic interference. From the FRS TWO WAY mode (CH and CODE displayed), press the Function(F) button 3 times; COMPASS is momentarily displayed, followed by the heading indication. Press the right menu button; CALIB appears with OFF flashing. Press the Up button (6); flashing TUN appears. Place the unit on a flat non-metallic surface and rotate the unit twice, very slowly at a constant rate, through 360 degrees, taking about 10 seconds to complete thesuccessive circles. Press the Up or Down button; CALIB appears with OFF flashing. Press the Monitor (M) button to confirm compass calibration and initiate the compass function. To insert compensation for the effects of magnetic variation, perform the following steps: 7. Repeat steps 1 and 2, and press the right menu button twice; VARI appears with a flashing 0 (if no magnetic variation has been inserted). Press and hold the Up button (6); variation increases quickly between 0 and +90. If the Up button continues to be held, variation will begin to decrease from -90 to 0 after +90 is reached. The Down button will also perform the same function in the reverse manner. The following table presents a list of declination angles for a number of major world cities; insert the proper value to compensate for the effects of magnetic variation when you are in the specified location. Anchorage Atlanta Bombay Boston Calgary Chicago +22 -4 -1 -16 -18 -3 Denver Jerusalem London Little Rock Livingston Munich -4 +3 -4 +3 +14 +1 New York Orlando Oslo Paris Rio De Janeiro San Francisco 17 -14 -5 -2 -2 -21 +15 Seattle +19 Seoul, Korea -7 Shanghai -5 Toronto -11 Vancouver -20 Washington DC -10 Waterbury, CT -14 TEMPERATURE MODE The Temperature mode allows you to know the ambient temperature on both the Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales. In addition, you can set high and low temperature limits on either scale; when a limit is reached or exceeded, the unit will sound a warning melody, repeating it every 5 seconds. As an additional feature, the temperature alarm limits can be automatically transmitted on the current channel, together with your user ID; this will occur every 5 minutes when the preset alarm temperature is reached or exceeded, provided the temperature plus transmit mode is enabled (+TX). To access the temperature mode, proceed as follows: 1. From the FRS TWO WAY mode (CH and CODE displayed), press the Function(F) button 4 times; TEMPERATURE is momentarily displayed, followed by the temperature indication (TEMP) in Centigrade or Fahrenheit. NOTE: When moving from a moderate temperature environment to either a cooler or hotter environment, allow about 20 minutes for the unit temperature sensing element to stabilize. To change the temperature scale, press the right menu button once; C or F will flash. [. . . ] Please check with the local regulating agency before using this device outside the United States of America. 25 Technical Specifications: General Frequency Range: FRS Channels Privacy Codes Weather Channels FM Frequency Range Dimensions (W x H x D) (Without Antenna) Temperature Accuracy Refer to frequency chart 14 38 for each main channel Refer to frequency chart 87. 5 to 108. 0 MHz 2. 5 in x 4. 5 in x 1. 325 in 63. 5 mm x 114. 3 mm x 34. 9 mm 2. 5ºC variation (0º - 50ºC), 3. 5ºC variation(-20º - 0º, 50º - 80ºC) 4. 5ºF variation (32º-122ºF) 6ºF variation (-4º-32º, 122º-176ºF) Power Supply Battery Operating Time Alkaline, AAA (4), 6. 0 VDC, 1000 mAh 30 hours (Transmit: Receive: Standby) (5: 5: 90 ratio) Receiver Useable Sensitivity Maximum Audio Output Power Modulation Distortion <0. 28 uV 200 mW (8 Ohm ) 3% maximum (1 kHz 60%) Transmitter Maximum RF Output Power Range Maximum Deviation Modulation Distortion 26 500 mW ERP Up to 2 miles 2. 2 +/- 0. 1kHz 2% maximum (1 kHz 60%) FRS Channel Frequencies: Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Freq. MHz 462. 5625 462. 5875 462. 6125 462. 6375 462. 6625 462. 6875 462. 7125 Channel 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Freq. MHz 467. 5625 467. 5875 467. 6125 467. 6375 467. 6625 467. 6875 467. 7125 Weather Channel Frequencies: Channel 1 2 3 4 5 Freq. MHz 162. 550 162. 400 162. 475 162. 425 162. 450 Channel 6 7 8* 9* 10* Freq. [. . . ]