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OWNER’S MANUAL

TP-318 (US Version)

September 8, 2000

INTRODUCTION

Your FRS radio is a lightweight radio that you can carry almost anywhere. Use it at shopping malls,

amusement parks, or sports events to contact family and friends, or in a neighborhood watch for

vital communications.

You can start using your FRS radio immediately without any license required! Your radio comes

with 14 channels and you can talk with another person who has a FRS radio and is on the same

channel and privacy code that you are using.

Your radio also offers a multifunctional liquid crystal display with backlight, auto-squelch which

eliminates noise between transmission, power saving, built-in modulation limiter circuit which

automatically adjust the radio for a wide variety of voice levels to ensure a clear transmission,

automatic shut off timer, memory retention, low battery indication and keypad lock.

USING THE RADIO

A. DISPLAY

Your radio comes with a multifunctional backlight display. By pressing any button

except the CALL and PTT, the backlight will illuminate for 7 seconds. The liquid

crystal display has been enlarged to show all of the operating modes.

Summary of content (6 pages)

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OWNER’S MANUAL TP-318 (US Version) September 8, 2000 INTRODUCTION Your FRS radio is a lightweight radio that you can carry almost anywhere. Use it at shopping malls, amusement parks, or sports events to contact family and friends, or in a neighborhood watch for vital communications.
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1. “BUSY”: Displayed when a call is being received. 2. “VOL” : Displayed the current volume. 3. “VOX” : Displayed when the VOX is enabled. 4. “CTCSS”: Displayed when the CTCSS privacy mode is enabled. 5. “ 6. “ ”: Displayed when the keypad lock has been activated. ”: When this symbol is visible, it indicates the batteries are low. Replace the batteries after this indicator is on. ” : Displayed when your radio is transmitting or the CALL button is pressed. 7. “ 8.
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1. CALL Button You can cause a ringer sound on all radios tuned to the same FRS channel and/or the privacy code as your radio. To send a page, press and hold down the CALL button. At this time, the speaker rings a bell, and the 2. icon is displayed and the outer (( )) icon flashes. Push-To-Talk button To talk, hold down Push-To-Talk. Speak into the microphone in a normal tone of voice when the icon is displayed. When you finish speaking, release Push-To-Talk button. 3.
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7. Antenna Provides excellent reception. 8. ∆ button Press ∆ button to move one channel up. Release when you reach the desired channel. To Operate the Scan Press and hold ∆ or ∇ button for two seconds allows the unit to begin scanning up or down through the channels. If a valid signal is present, the radio will stop on the active channel and remain stopped for 5 seconds.
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4. Select the desired channel and/or CTCSS privacy code. 5. Press Push-To-Talk button to transmit or CALL button to cause a page. 6. To receive, simply release Push-To-Talk button. Note: You can only communicate with another radio that is using the same channel and/or the same CTCSS privacy code as your radio. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Range.................................................................…………....467.5625~467.7125 MHz 462.5625~462.7125 MHz Channels...................................
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