FRS-108 Two-Way Family Radio
(210-1808)                 Operations                 Faxback Doc. # 37211

Using Your Radio

To turn the radio on and off, hold power down for about 1 second.

Flip up the antenna before you press PTT to talk.

To talk, hold down PTT (press to talk) and speak into the microphone. TX/RX
above the display lights red. When you finish speaking, release PTT.

To select a channel, quickly press and release the \/ or the /\.

TX/RX (transmit/receive) lights red when you talk. It lights green when you
receive and when you hold down MONITOR. 

To search the channels for transmissions, hold down \/ or /\ for about 1
second. The radio stops if it finds a transmission, and the channel number
flashes. When the transmission stops, the radio begins searching again.

To break off a transmission and continue searching, press the \/ or /\
again. To stop searching and listen to a channel, press MONITOR or PTT.

You normally don't hear anything on a channel unless someone is transmitting
nearby on the same channel (this is called auto squelch). To hear everything
happening on a channel, including weak transmissions, hold down MONITOR.
TX/RX lights green.  Release MONITOR to turn auto squelch back on.

To light the display, quickly press LIGHT/LOCK.

You can lock the \/ and the /\ so you can't change the channel until you
unlock them. To lock and unlock the \/ and the /\,  hold down LIGHT / LOCK
for about 1 second. A (key symbol) appears on the display when the \/ and
the /\ are locked.

To check the battery's capacity, look at the display. The battery indicator
changes from F (full) to E (empty) as battery power is used.


(AV/EB 12/19/96)

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