Radio Shack 2101860 Face Held Family Radio User Manual User Instructions
RadioShack Corporation Face Held Family Radio User Instructions
User Instructions
OWNER’S MANUAL FRS RADIO 21-1860 INTRODUCTION Your RadioShack FRS radio is a portable, easy-to-use, two-way radio that you can carry almost anywhere. Use it at shopping malls, amusement parks, sports events, or at the beach to contact family and friends, or for vital communications in a neighborhood watch. Your radio has 14 channels and 38 different quiet codes. If someone else is using the channel you selected and you do not want to hear that person, select another channel or use the quiet feature. You can talk with a person who has a FRS radio if both radios are tuned to the same channel and quiet code. Your radio also has one touch access key for 3 pre-programmed or user preferable FRS channel. The radio can auto dual watch between the operation channel and user preset channel. Your radio has auto-squelch, which means you will not hear anything on a channel unless someone is transmitting nearby on the same channel. You can turn off auto-squelch to hear weaker, distant transmissions. Also, if the radio is idle for 2 hours, it automatically shuts off. It turns on again when you press any key. You can connect an optional speaker/microphone and earphone, charger (not supplied) to the radio. And, the belt clip lets you take your radio almost anywhere. USING THE RADIO A. DISPLAY Your radio comes with a multifunction backlighted display. By pressing any button except the CALL and PTT, the backlight will illuminate for 7 seconds. 1. Shows the selected channel number. TEKCOM Industries Limited Page 1 of 6 2. Shows the selected privacy code number. 3. Shows the selected memory channel number. 4. “QUIET”: Displays when the QUIET mode is enabled. 5. “BUSY” : Displays when a call is being received. 6. “ ” : Displays when your radio is transmitting or the CALL button is pressed. 7. “FUNC” : Displays when the secondary function is enabled. 8. “SCAN” : Displays when the scan mode is activated. 9. “DUAL” : Displays when the dual-watch function is activated. 10.“ 11. “ ”: Displays when the working channel is set to be skipped. ”: Indicates the batteries are low. Replace the batteries when it appears. 12. “ ”: Displays when the key tone function is activated. 13.“ ”: Displays when the keypad lock is activated. 14.“C-TONE”: Display when the over-tone function is activated. B. FUNCTION AND LOCATION OF THE CONTROLS 1. “ON/OFF” Volume Control. TEKCOM Industries Limited Page 2 of 6 In “OFF” position, your transceiver is off. Rotate this control clockwise to turn on your radio and adjusts the volume, until you get a comfortable listening level. 2. CH /Key Tone Button to move one channel higher. Press and hold CH for more than 1.5sec to enter Press CH into the scan upwardly mode. Press CH will change the scanning direction. Press FUNC key and hold for less than 1.5 sec, then press CH the Key Tone function. Icon “ ” will be shown if activated. 3. CH Press CH key to activate or deactivate / Skip / Automatic Shut Off Button to move one channel down. Press and hold CH into the scan downwardly mode. Press CH for more than 1.5sec to enter will change the scanning direction. Skip or to go to the desired User can choose a desired channel from being scanned. Press CH channel. Press FUNC key and hold for less than 1.5 sec, then press CH key to skip this channel from scanning. Icon “ " ” is on to indicate this working channel is set to be skipped. Automatic Shut Off Button Press and hold the CH while turning on the radio will enable or disable the automatic shut off timer. The display will show “AP ON” when the timer is activated, or “AP OF” when deactivated. The timer automatically turns off the unit when it is idle for 2 hours. 4. QUIET /QUIET Scan Button Press QUIET button to enable or disable the QUIET privacy mode operation. a) Hold down QUIET button for 2 seconds until QUIET is displayed and the quiet code flashes. b) Repeatedly press (or hold down) CH or CH to use. c) Press QUIET button to store the code. until you see the code number you want To turn on the quiet feature, press QUIET. QUIET appears. To turn off the feature, press QUIET until QUIET disappears. Note: We recommend that you select a quiet code from the range 7-30. If you select a code below or above that range, you must wait 1 to 2 seconds after holding down PUSH-TO-TALK before you start talking. QUIET Scanning TEKCOM Industries Limited Page 3 of 6 Press FUNC key for less than 1.5 sec, and follow by QUIET key to enter into the QUIET Scan mode, and icons of “SCAN” and “QUIET” will be lightened on LCD. When received the same QUIET code, the scanning stops and will keep scanning after the signal disappears. Press any key will exit and return to the normal working channel. 5. M1 (M2 or M3)/ Dual Watch Press M1 (M2 or M3) to switch the unit to the channel stored at this location. Dual Watch It can be activated or deactivated by pressing the FUNC key for less than 1.5sec and follow by M1 (M2 or M3). ‘DUAL’ icon will be shown on the LCD if activate. During Dual-Watching, upon receiving a signal from the normal working channel or M1 (M2 or M3) channel, the unit will stop at that channel. If the signal is gone, the unit will resume Dual-Watch. 6. Push-To-Talk button / Keylock /C-Tone To talk, hold down the Push-To-Talk. Speak into the microphone in a normal tone of voice when the icons is displayed. When you finish speaking, release the Push-To-Talk button. Your can also lock your radio setting to avoid accidental pressing of keys by activating the keypad lock. Press and hold the FUNC button, then press the PTT button to activate or deactivate the keypad lock. Press and hold the Push-To-Talk while turning on the radio will enable or disable the courtesy tone (C-Tone) function. 7. MON/FUNC Button To hear everything happening on a channel, including weak transmission, hold down MON/FUNC button for more than 1.5 sec. Re lease the MON/FUNC button to turn the autosquelch back on. 8. CALL/MCU Reset 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. Holding the CALL button while turning on the radio will resume your radio’s MCU and the quiet code will be reset to number 12, CTCSS privacy mode operation is deactivated, the automatic shut off timer disabled, keypad lock disabled, backlight switched off and channel setting will go to number 1. When the unit is reset, memory channel M1, M2, M3 will go to CH1, CH2, CH3 without QUIET code. 9. External Mic/Spk Jack TEKCOM Industries Limited Page 4 of 6 Connect an optional speaker/microphone or earphone in this jack. Charger Jack (shared with the Mic jack) You can recharge Ni-Cd batteries using an optional battery charger (not supplied). Plug the charger’s barrel plug into the CHRG jack on the side of the unit, then connect the charger to a standard AC outlet. 10. Belt Clip To attach the belt clip, place it over the locking pin and align the screw hole. Tighten the screw. 11. Battery Compartment Press and push back the battery door to release. Ni-Cd/Alkaline Switch (inside the battery compartment) When you use Ni-Cd batteries and begin to recharge your batteries, the switch on the battery compartment should be set to the position of Ni-Cd. Open the battery door, and you will find this switch as shown as following: Warning: Do not put the switch to the position of Ni-Cd when Alkaline batteries are used. It may cause the radio to burst and cause personal injury when you recharge the batteries. C. OPERATION 1. Your radio uses four AA batteries for power. We recommend alkaline batteries. you can use rechargeable batteries in the radio. However, 2. To start using your radio, insert four AA batteries into the battery compartment, noting the polarities. 3. Rotate ON/OFF volume control to turn on the radio and adjust the volume. 4. Select the desired channel and/or quiet code. 5. Press the Push-To-Talk button to transmit and the CALL button to cause a ringer. 6. To receive, simply release the Push-To-Talk button. Note: You can only communicate with another radio that is using the same channel and/or the same quiet code as your radio. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS TEKCOM Industries Limited Page 5 of 6 RX Frequency................................................................................................462-467 MHz Channels............................................................................................................................14 Modulation type..............................................................................................................FM Antenna impedance..................................................................................................50 Ohm Microphone...................................................................................................condenser type Power supply..............................................................................................4× AA Alkaline Sensitivity at 12dB Sinad............................................................................................0.5µ µV Adjacent Channel Rejection........................................................................................45dB Audio Squelch .............................................................................................................Auto Audio output power...............................................................................250mW @ 8 Ohm Audio Distortion ............................................................................................................5% RF Output Power...........................................................................500 mW ERP @6V DC Harmonic Emissions.................................................................................more than 50dB Dimensions(HWD)..................................................................….......121.5×55.0×38.0mm Weight(without batteries).............................................................................................145g CHANNEL FREQUENCIES Frequency: MHz 1=462.5625 5=462.6625 9=467.5875 13=467.6875 2=462.5875 6=462.6875 10=467.6125 14=467.7125 3=462.6125 7=462.7125 11=467.6375 4=462.6375 8=467.5625 12=467.6625 CTCSS PRIVACY CODES Frequency: Hz 1: 67.0 2: 71.9 3: 74.4 4: 77.0 5: 79.7 6: 82.5 7: 85.4 8: 88.5 9: 91.5 10: 94.8 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 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 TEKCOM Industries Limited Page 6 of 6 31: 192.8 32: 203.5 33: 210.7 34: 218.1 35: 225.7 36: 233.6 37: 241.8 38: 250.3
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