Operation Manual

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stance is as far as the maximum range possible. The disadvantage of this
feature is the receipt of loud background noise.
Activation/Disactivation
1. Push the “menu” until the display shows the symbol
2. To activate, select ‘On’ by means of the p/q buttons
3. Confirm the selection by pushing the PTT button.
4. To switch off the monitorrepeat the same procedure but select “oF”.
/S” button
Keypad lock
This feature is very useful to avoid pressing the buttons by chance. Press
and hold the “ /S” button for more than 3 seconds. The icon confirms
that the keypad lock is activated. Only PTT and will still be active. Repe-
at the same procedure to unlock the keypad.
SCAN-mode
The SCAN mode monitors the busy channels.
It is used to check the traffic radio on all the channels before transmit-
ting and allows the unit to stop on a channel that someone is talking on.
When the radio stops on a busy channel, the scan will resume after about
5 seconds.
To activate the SCAN function
Press the “ /S” button and you will see ‘SCAN’ on the display.
To deactivate it:
Push the “ /S” or PTT button.
Display backlight
When you push or one of the 5 controls on the front side, the display
lights up for approx. 10 seconds (only on the M48-S and M99-S models).
Recharging
When the battery pack or the batteries are discharged, the icon
starts blinking: it is necessary to change the batteries or to recharge
it as soon as possible.
The icon blinks only if the radio is turned on.