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Radio Shack 21-1840 manual

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    Ca t. N o. 2 1-1 840 OWNER’S MANUAL Pleas e read b efore using this eq uipment. Personal FM Radio n 14 C h an n e l s n Call But t on n Automati c Squelc h n Monitor n Headset Jac k for Handsf ree Com- municati on n T ra nsm it /Bat t e ry I ndic ator 21-1 84 0. fm Page 1 Thurs da y, Au gust 5, 1999 3:15 P M[...]

  • Page 2

    2 Your Radi oShack Per sonal F M Ra dio is a l ight- weight , palm- si zed radi o t hat you can clip to you r belt and car ry almos t anywher e. Yo u can use i t to t alk with another person who has a n FRS radio s et to the sa m e fr equency (14-c hannel se lecta ble) as your ra- dio. Your r adio has auto- squelch , whi ch means y ou w on’ t hea[...]

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    3 PREP ARATI ON INST ALLING BA TTERIES Your radi o use s three AA batter ies fo r power . For the longest life, we recommen d alkalin e batte ries (avai l- able fro m your loc al RadioSha ck sto re). You can also use rechar geable ni ckel-cadm ium bat teries (su ch as Cat. No. 23 -325) and r echarge them in the rad io us- ing an option al AC adapt [...]

  • Page 4

    4 2. Set the swi tch insid e t he compart ment to ALKA- LIN E (fo r alka line batteri es) or Ni-Cd (for rechar geable nick el-cad m ium batteri es). Cautio n: Do not use alka line batte ries with th e swit ch set to Ni-Cd . 3. Inst all th e batt eries , matchi ng the pol arity sym - bols ( + an d –) inside t he compar tment . 4. Replac e the cov [...]

  • Page 5

    5 Recharging Nick el-Cadmium Batter ies If y ou use r echargea ble ni ckel-cadm ium ba tteries , you can rec harge the m in the rad io using an opt ion- al AC ada pter ( such as Cat. No. 2 73-1663) . Be su re the s witch insi de the batt ery co mpart ment i s set to Ni-Cd . Caution: You must use an AC adapt er that suppl i es 6 volt s DC and deli v[...]

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    6 2. Connect the cha rger’s b arrel pl ug to t he radi o’s CHRG jack and pl ug i ts othe r end i nto a stan dar d AC outlet 3. Complet e chargi ng take s about 15 hours. When chargi ng is c omplete , unplug th e AC adapter from t he AC outl et and disconn ect it from th e CHRG jac k . SETTING THE QUIET CODE A ND CHANNEL Use the 4-digi t DIP sw [...]

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    7 array of swi tches contro ls the qu iet c ode, whi le the right arr ay cont rols t he chan nel. Note: You can o nly com mu ni cate wit h anot her radi o which u ses th e sam e channel and Quiet c ode as your r adio. QUIET Code Frequenc y (Hz ) Dip Swi tch Setti ng withou t QUIET 0000 12 100.0 0001 13 103.5 0010 14 107.2 001 1 21-1 840.fm Page 7 T[...]

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    8 15 1 10/9 0100 16 1 14.8 0101 17 1 18.8 01 10 18 123.0 0001 19 127.3 0010 20 131.8 001 1 21 136.5 0100 22 141.3 0101 23 146.2 01 10 24 151.4 01 1 1 25 156.7 1000 26 162.2 1001 Channel Frequency (MH z) Dip Switc h Setti ng 1 462.5 625 00 00 1 462.5 625 00 01 QUIET Code Frequency (Hz) Dip Switch Sett ing 21-1 840.fm Page 8 Th urs da y, Au gust 5, 1[...]

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    9 2 462.5875 0 010 3 462.6125 001 1 4 462.6375 0 100 5 462.6625 0 101 6 462.6875 01 10 7 462.7125 01 1 1 8 467.5625 1 000 9 467.5875 1 001 10 467.6125 1 010 1 1 467.6375 101 1 12 467.6625 1 100 13 467.6875 1 101 14 467.7125 1 1 10 14 467.7125 1111 Channel Fr equenc y (MH z) Dip Switch Setti ng 21-1 840.fm Page 9 Th urs da y, Au gust 5, 1999 3:15 P [...]

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    10 USING THE R ADIO Ro tate VO LUM E to t urn the radio on and off a nd ad- just the vol ume. A tone soun ds when you turn i t on. To talk , hold down the headset ’s PTT (pus h to t alk) butt on. Speak i nto the micr opho ne when the TX/LO BATT indi cator lights . When you f inish speakin g, re- lease PT T . The TX/L O BATT indi cator lights wh e[...]

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    11 To hear e verything happeni ng on a channe l ( inclu d- ing weak transmi ssion s), hold down MO N . Rele ase MON to turn aut o-s quelch bac k o n. To send a page, press CA LL . The TX/LO BATT i ndi- cator l ights an d a tone soun ds on all rad ios wi thin range tha t are t uned to the sam e frequency as your radio. Important : The FCC does not a[...]

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    12 CARE AND MAINTENANCE To enjoy yo ur Personal FM Radio fo r a lon g ti me: • Keep t he radio d ry . I f it gets wet, wipe it dry imme diately . • Use and store the radio onl y in normal temper a- ture envir onments. • Hand le the radi o gentl y and car efully . Don’t drop it. • Keep the rad io away from dust and di rt. • Wip e the rad[...]

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    13 FC C INFORM A TION Important : Do not o pen your r adio to m ake any i n- ternal adjustmen t s. Your radi o is set up to transm it a regulat ed si gnal on an assi gned f requency . It i s against the law t o alter or a djust the setti ngs i nside the radi o to exc eed those lim itati ons. Any adjust - ments made to your radio must be made by a q[...]

  • Page 14

    14 T hi s d e vi ce c o mp li es w it h P ar t 1 5 of th e FCC Rules . Operat ion is subjec t to the foll owing two cond itions: (1) T his dev ice may no t cause harmful interf erence, and ( 2) t his d evice must ac cept a ny int erfe rence r e- ceiv ed, inc ludin g inter ference t hat m ay cause un des- ired operat ion. Modif ying or tamperi ng wi[...]

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    15 SPECIFIC A TIONS Transmi tter R F O u tp u t P ow er . ... .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. . 200 mW E R P Ge ne ra l Number of Cha nnels ....... ..... ..... ... ....... ..... ..... ..... .. 14 O per atin g T e mp era tur e Ra nge .. ..... .. ... ..... .. ... .. × C/ F We ig h t w it h B a tte r ie s ..... .. ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. [...]

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    RadioSh ack A Divisi on of T andy Corporation Fort Wor t h, T exas 76102 12A98 Printed in Hon g Kon g Speci ficati ons are t y pical ; indivi dual uni ts mi g ht var y . Speci ficati ons are s ubject to chan g e and im-p rove- ment wit hout notice . Limite d Ninet y-Day W arra nty Thi s p rod uc t i s wa r ran ted by Ra di oSh ac k a gai ns t m anu[...]