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5.6 Choosing high or low transmission power

Batteriesaredrainedmorequicklyduringtransmission.Inordertoextendthebatterylifeyoucan

selectthelowpowerwhentransmittingovershortdistances:

1)PresstheMENUbuttontwiceandthewriting‘Pr’ will display.

2)SelectLOusingthescrollbuttons /

3) Press PTTtoconrm,orwaitfor10seconds.

Ifyouwanttotransmitalongerdistancerepeattheaboveproceduretoselectthehighpower.At

step2usethe / tomakethewritingLOdisappear.Whenthebatteriesareingoodconditions,

highpowerisabout5watt,whereaslowpowerisabout1watt.

 A low battery level during transmission will have a negative effect on the performance of your

device.

5.7 LCD backlight

IfthereisinsufcientlighttoreadthedisplayyoucanpresstheMENUbuttontoswitchthedisplay

backlightonforabout5seconds.

Switching the back light on the display adds an additional drain on the batteries. Try to make a

moderate use of this.

5.8 Instant selection of Channel 16

Channel 16 is the marine channel most frequently used for emergency. Your transceiver is

equippedwithabuttonthatprovidesinstantaccesstothischannel.Torecallrapidlychannel16

pressthebuttonCH 16.Nomatterwhatmodethedeviceisoperating,channel16willbeselected

immediately.TogobacktothepreviouslyselectedchannelpressagainthebuttonCH 16.

5.9 Power saving feature

Thebatterypowersavingfeatureenables a reduction in the consumption of up to 50%;power

savingcomesonautomaticallywhenthetransceiverdoesnotreceiveanysignalformorethan

sevenseconds.

Whenthebatterypackisalmostdischarged,theradiowillswitchto‘Lo’power;then,thisiconwill

appear toindicatethatthebatterypackisdischarged.Replacethealkalinebatteriesorrecharge

thebatterypack/rechargeablebatteries.

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