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SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION ................................... i
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ............................................... ii
RECOMMENDATION .......................................................... ii
FOREWORD ...................................................................... iii
IMPORTANT ....................................................................... iii
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS .................................................... iii
FEATURES ......................................................................... iii
PRECAUTION .................................................................... iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................... v
1 OPERATING RULES ...................................................... 1
2 SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES AND ATTACHMENTS.... 2–3
3 PANEL DESCRIPTION ............................................... 4–7
■ Front, top and side panels............................................ 4
■ Function display .......................................................... 6
4 BASIC OPERATION ................................................. 8–12
■ Channel selection ........................................................ 8
■ Receiving and transmitting ........................................ 10
■ Adjusting the squelch level ........................................ 11
■ Automatic backlighting ............................................... 11
■ Voice scrambler operation ......................................... 11
■ Call channel programming ........................................ 12
■ Lock function ............................................................. 12
5 SCAN OPERATION ................................................ 13–14
■ Scan types ................................................................. 13
■ Setting tag channels .................................................. 14
■ Starting a scan .......................................................... 14
TABLE OF CONTENTS
6 DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH .......................................... 15
■ Description ................................................................ 15
■ Operation ................................................................... 15
7 LAND CHANNEL OPERATION ................................... 16
■ LAND Channel Group ............................................... 16
■ Function display ......................................................... 16
8 SET MODE ............................................................. 17–21
■ SET mode programming ........................................... 17
■ SET mode items ........................................................ 18
9 BATTERY CHARGING ........................................... 22–26
■ Battery charging ........................................................ 22
■ Battery cautions ......................................................... 22
■ Optional BP-226 battery case ................................... 24
■ AD-100 installation .................................................... 25
■ Optional battery chargers .......................................... 26
10 SPEAKER-MICROPHONE .......................................... 27
■ HM-138 Description ................................................... 27
■ Attachments .............................................................. 27
11 TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................. 28
12 VHF MARINE CHANNEL LIST ................................... 29
13 SPECIFICATIONS.........................................................30
14 QUICK REFERENCE ....................................................31
15 OPTIONS.......................................................................33
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