Radio Shack FRS-106 - Manual (Page 4)

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USING THE RADIO
Speaker
You can cause a paging tone to sound
on all radios tuned to the same channel
(and quiet code, if used). To send a
page, hold down CALL (for up to 10 sec-
onds).
flashes on the display. TX
To control the volume
To turn the radio
on and off, hold
this down for about
1 second.
To light the display
Important: Do not hold the radio’s
speaker against your ear with this key
cover closed. The radio is automati-
cally set to a high volume when the key
cover is closed.
To talk, hold down PTT
(push to talk) and speak
into the microphone.
appears on the dis-
play. When you finish
speaking, release PTT.
TX
To select a channel
You can lock most of the
radio’s keys so they don’t
work until you unlock
them, to avoid acciden-
tally changing the radio’s
settings. To lock and
unlock the front panel
keys (except ON/OFF,
VOLUME
/ , and
), press .
appears on the display
when the keys are
locked.
LOCK
Microphone
show
slightly
and PTT
See “Using the
Quiet Feature” on
Page 6.
To hear everything happening on a channel, including
weak transmissions and radios set to a different quiet
code, hold down M (monitor).
appears on the
display. Release M to turn auto-squelch back on.
BUSY
to show M
Display
Used as a flip phone, the volume
is automatically reduced
Used as a 2-way radio, you hear
full volume
radio
sideways
keys)
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