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OWNER’S MANUAL FOR THE F-10 (FRS)
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FEATURES AND LOCATION OF CONTOLS
TURNING THE RADIO ON OR OFF:
The ON/OFF VOLUME control at the top of the radio and controls power and volume. When the
radio is switched on, series of tones will be heard confirming that radio is working. (If enabled)
CHANGING THE CHANNEL:
Press and release the channel /\ or \/ button to select the desired channel. To change channel
rapidly, press and hold the channel button /\ or \/ until the desired channel appears on the display
and release the button.
Warning: When using the 22-405 or the 22-540 you must switch the VOX/PTT switch to PTT to
allow you to change channels or exit the vox mode.
ACTIVATING SCAN FUNCTIONS
The F-10 has three scan modes. The most popular and most used is the “BUSY” channel scan.
This allows the radio to stop on a channel that someone is talking on. When the radio stops on a
“Busy” channel, the scan will stop and resume after about 5 seconds. The second is the “OPEN”
Channel Scan. This allows the radio to stop on channels that are NOT
in use. This is useful when
looking for open channels to use. The third is “DUAL WATCH”. This allows you to scan only two
channels. This is useful when you want to keep track of two other people.
Busy Channel Scan:
1. Press and release the ”F” button one time, the ”SCAN” icon (2) will begin flashing in the
upper part of the display.
2. Press and release the /\ or \/ channel button to activate scan. The unit will now begin
scanning through the channels.
Pressing the /\ or \/ channel button during scan will determine if the channels are scanned
up or down.
Pressing the “PTT” (push to talk) button will cause the radio to stop scanning and return
to normal operate mode.
3. To reactivate scan repeat steps above.
Open Channel Scan:
1. Press and release the “F” button repeatedly (usually twice) until the “B.SCAN” icon (2)
flashes in the upper part of the display.
2. Press and release the /\ or \/ channel button to activate scan. The radio will begin to scan for
OPEN channels.(channels not in use)
Scanning will stop on the first available open channel for about 5 seconds then move to
the next open channel.
3. Press the “PTT” button to stop scanning and talk on that channel.
4. To reactivate scan repeat steps above.
Dual Watch - Dual watch is a function that allows you to scan only two channels.
1. Select channel one. This will be the channel that is on the display when you start the scan.
2. Press the “F” button repeatedly (usually 3 times) until “DW” (3) is flashing in the upper part
of the display.
3. Select the second channel to be scanned. This must be done without any delay between
button presses.
About 1 second after your selection of the second channel is complete the radio will begin
switching between the two channels.
When the radio hears activity on either channel, scanning will stop on that channel for
about 5 seconds and then resume scanning.
If communication is desired on the channel scanning stopped on, press the “PTT” button.
This will deactivate Dual Watch and allow you to communicate normally.
4. To reactivate Dual Watch, repeat steps above.