Radio Shack FRS - Manual (Page 8)

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OPERATION
CONTROLS
OFF — turn away from OFF to turn the
radio on and adjust the volume. To turn the
radio off, turn
OFF toward OFF until it
clicks.
PTT (push to talk) — to talk, hold down for
about 1 second, then speak into the micro-
phone. TX lights. Release
PTT when you fin-
ish speaking.
CALL — hold down to send a paging tone or
quiet code to all radios tuned to the same fre-
quency.
Important: Do not hold down CALL for more
than 10 seconds. The FCC does not allow
you to send a continuous tone for more than
10 seconds at a time on FRS frequencies.
MON (monitor) — hold down to turn off auto-
squelch (see “Auto-Squelch” on Page 11). To
turn auto-squelch back on, release
MON .
MODE — hold down then turn on the radio to
set the quiet code, press to turn on or off the
quiet feature (see “Using Quiet Codes” on
Page 9), and hold down until
L appears to
lock and to prevent accidental operation.
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