Radio Shack FRS-106 - Manual (Page 3)

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USING THE QUIET FEATURE
The quiet feature lets you talk and listen to peo-
ple who are using other radios set to the same
channel and quiet code. This is like having a
sub-channel within a channel, giving you great-
er communication flexibility. When you set a qui-
et code (38 to choose from) and turn on this
feature, you can communicate with anyone who
has a radio set to the same channel and code.
1. Select a channel to add a code to.
2. Hold down FUNC, then press STORE.
, , and
appear on the display. The code number
appears instead of
if the channel is
already programmed with a code.
* means transmit/receive
3. Repeatedly press CHANNEL or until
you see the code number you want to
select.
4. Hold down FUNC, then press STORE or
PTT to store the code.
Now, select a channel where you stored a code
to use the quiet code.
appears on the
display. Press QUIET until disappears
to disable the quiet code on the selected chan-
nel. Press
QUIET again to re-enable it.
To clear a quiet code from a channel, repeat
Steps 1–4, pressing CHANNEL
or in Step
3 until appears.
To set one code for the transmit side of a chan-
nel and a different code for the receive side, re-
peat Steps 1–3 (select the receive code in Step
3) then press
STORE . ap-
pears. Press STORE again. ap-
pears. Then repeatedly press CHANNEL or
to select the transmit code, hold down FUNC ,
then press STORE .
QUIET TX /RX * TONE
TX /RX
QUIET
QUIET
TONE /RX
TX TONE
INSTALLING BATTERIES
Your radio uses four AA batteries for power.
You can use alkaline or rechargeable batteries.
(If you use rechargeable batteries, you must
charge them before you can use them in the ra-
dio).
Caution: Do not mix old and new batteries, dif-
ferent types of batteries (standard, alkaline, or
rechargeable), or rechargeable batteries of dif-
ferent capacities.
Be sure the radio is off, then remove the battery
compartment as shown below. Slide the battery
holder in either direction and install the batteries
as indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and –)
inside the compartment.
Slide the battery holder to the center of the bat-
tery compartment, then snap the battery com-
partment onto the radio.
(illus - show batteries being
installed in battery pack. Show
and directions of travel of battery
retainer slide)
battery pack being removed from
radio (arrow pointing to removal latch).
Also show polarities on batteries/pack
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