Radio Shack 2101850 Vehicle Mounted Family Radio Transmitter User Manual users manual
RadioShack Corporation Vehicle Mounted Family Radio Transmitter users manual
users manual
OWNER’S MANUAL FRS RADIO 21-1850 INTRODUCTION Your Radio Shack remote control FRS Radio is a mobile type radio. Magnet –mounted antenna RF base can be mounted on the top of the car. It provides the best antenna efficiency than any hand-held type FRS transceiver. The remote control unit is linked with a cable and provides an easy to use in a comfortable environment. You can start using your FRS radio immediately without any license required! Your radio comes with 14 FRS 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 remote unit offers a multifunctional liquid crystal display with backlight, auto-squelch which eliminates noise between transmission, built-in modulation limiter circuit which automatically adjust the radio for a wide variety of voice levels to ensure a clear transmission, memory retention and keypad lock. USING THE RADIO A. DISPLAY The remote unit 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. 1. Shows the selected channel number. 2. Shows the selected quiet code number. 3. “QUIET”: Displayed when the QUIET privacy mode is enabled. ” : Displays when your radio is transmitting or the CALL button is pressed. 4. “ 5. “BUSY”: Displays when a call is being received. 6. “ ”: Displays when the keypad lock has been activated. 7. “SCAN”: Displays when the transceiver scans through all the channels. B. FUNCTION AND LOCATION OF THE CONTROLS 1. “ON/OFF” Volume Control In “OFF” position, your transceiver is off. Rotate this control clockwise to turn on your radio and adjust the volume, until you get a comfortable listening level. 2. LCD Display Your transceiver has a multifunctional liquid crystal display with backlight ( see “A” for detail). 3. CH ∆ Button Press CH ∆ to move one channel up. Release when you reach the desired channel. To Operate the Scan Press and hold CH ∆ or CH ∇ 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 4 seconds. If no button is pressed, the scan mode will then immediately resume for the next channel after the signal disappears within 4 seconds or after 4 seconds have elapsed. If no signal is found on a channel, the unit will immediately continue to scan when no button is pressed. During scan, if CH ∆ or CH ∇ is pressed, the unit will exit scan mode and stop at the current displayed channel. In both cases, pressing PTT, CALL, and MON buttons will cause the scan to turn off and stop at the current displayed channel. Press QUIET button during scan to stop scan and return to the original channel. 4. CH ∇ Button ∇ to move one channel down. Release when you reach the desired channel. Press CH∇ 5. QUIET Button Press QUIET button to enable or disable the QUIET privacy mode operation. To determine QUIET privacy code setting, press and hold QUIET button for 2 seconds until QUIET ∇ to select the desired icon is displayed and the quiet code indicator flashes. Press CH ∆ or CH∇ code between 01 and 38. Press QUIET button once to confirm and exit the setting mode and your radio is now in the privacy mode operation. Note: It is recommended to select the middle range of the QUIET privacy codes. If you have selected the front and end QUIET privacy codes, please wait 1 to 2 seconds to initiate QUIET, i.e. Press and hold Push-To-Talk button to transmit, wait 1 to 2 seconds, and then speak in a normal voice. 6. 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 transmit icon is displayed and the outer (( )) icon flashes. You can also lock your radio setting to avoid accidental pressing of keys by activating the keypad lock. Press and hold MON button, then press CALL button to activate or deactivate the keypad lock. To Operate Lock Operation Press and hold MON Button and press the CALL button to activate the key lock. The lock icon is displayed. 7. Push-To-Talk Button To talk, hold down Push-To-Talk. Speak into the microphone in a normal tone of voice when the transmit icon is displayed. When you finish speaking, release Push-To-Talk button. 8. MON Button Press this button to open the automatic squelch and allow background noise to be heard. Release MON button to turn the auto-squelch back on. 9. External Microphone/Speaker Jack Connect an optional speaker/microphone or earphone in this jack. 10. Antenna Provides excellent reception. 11. Power Supply Plug the cigarette lighter adapter into the car cigarette lighter jack. C. OPERATION 1. To set the privacy code, check the function instructions. 2. Rotate the ON/OFF volume control clockwise to turn the unit on. Press the “MON” button and adjust the volume for a normal listening level. 3. Select the desired channel and/or QUIET privacy code. 4. Press Push-To-Talk button to transmit or CALL button to cause a page. 5. 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 QUIET privacy code as your radio. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Frequency Range.................................................................…………...........….....462-467 MHz Channels.........................................................................................……………......................14 Power supply.....................................................................….........……………..………12-13.8V Sensitivity at 12dB Sinad...........................................................……............………….......0.5µV Adjacent Channel Rejection.................................................……………….....…more than 45dB Harmonic Emissions..............................................……………................…….....Less than 48dB Dimensions Hand Mic (HWD)….……………………………………….………60×95×32 (mm) Base Unit…...........….................................…..…………....…….…φ95×h45 (mm) CHANNEL FREQUENCIES Frequency: MHz 01=462.5625 02=462.5875 03=462.6125 04=462.6375 05=462.6625 06=462.6875 07=462.7125 08=467.5625 09=467.5875 10=467.6125 11=467.6375 12=467.6625 13=467.6875 14=467.7125 11=97.4 12=100.0 13=103.5 14=107.2 15=110.9 16=114.8 17=118.8 18=123.0 19=127.3 20=131.8 21=136.5 22=141.3 23=146.2 24=151.4 25=156.7 26=162.2 27=167.9 28=173.8 29=179.9 30=186.2 31=192.8 32=203.5 33=210.7 34=218.1 35=225.7 36=233.6 37=241.8 38=250.3 QUIET PRIVACY CODES Frequency: Hz 01=67.0 02=71.9 03=74.4 04=77.0 05=79.7 06=82.5 07=85.4 08=88.5 09=91.5 10=94.8
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