Konica Minolta FRS-1000 User Manual

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Controls:

Power On/Off (16) Button
Press and hold the power on/off button ( ) for at least 2 seconds. You will
hear a confirming melody to indicate the unit is on. To turn the unit off, press
and hold the button for at least 2 seconds.
Adjusting the Volume
With the unit powered on, press the Up Channel/Volume button ( ) to
increase volume and the Down Channel/Volume button ( ) to decrease
volume. The display will indicate the current volume level by the small
number adjacent to the icon ( )
Monitor/Display (L/MON) Button (2)
This button is used to to check activity on the current frequency before
transmitting. Check activity by pressing the Monitor (L/MON) Button
longer than 2 seconds; the icon will apppear on the display and you
will hear static if frequency is clear.

Do not transmit if you hear

conversation. Hold down the L/MON Button again longer than 2 seconds
and the icon will disapppear from the display.
The monitor function will temporarily bypass the squelch setting and play
all signals on a given channel. This feature is useful when comunicating
with other parties at extreme range.
By pressing the monitor button momentarily, the LCD backlight is turned on;
the LCD backlight will turn off automatically in about 5 seconds, or when the
L/MON button is pressed momentarily once again.
Push To Talk (PTT) Button (4)
Pressing and holding this button will allow you to speak to any transceiver
that is set to the same channel and privacy code setting as yours. After you
have finished speaking, release the PTT Button to allow reception of incoming
signals. It is not possible to transmit and receive at the same time. The
Transmit (TX) LED at the lower left corner below the LCD Panel (8) will light
red while the PTT Button is pressed, and the signal strength indicator will
display the relative strength of the transmitted signal. Releasing the button

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