Radio Shack 22CH GMRS/FRS manual

www.radioshack.com SM OWNER’S MANUAL — Please read b efore usin g this equipm ent. 21-184 6 © 2002 Rad ioShack Co rporatio n. All R ight s Reserved . RadioSha ck and RadioShack.c om are trademar ks used by RadioS hack Corporat ion. 22ch GMRS/FRS Base Stat ion ! IMPORTANT ! If an icon a ppears at the end of a para graph, go to the box on that p[...]

2 FEATURES Thank you for purc hasing the RadioS hack 22ch GMR S/FRS Base Station. Your radio is a new two-way, short-ran ge voice radio serv ice that lets familie s and groups keep in tou ch with each other o n specific res erved channe ls. You ca n place it on a deskto p surface o r mount it on a wa ll in your home or office. Your radio has 22 cha[...]

3 Its othe r feat ures inc lude: Up /Down Channel — lets y ou e asily select a channel wi th the p ress o f button. PLL (Phase-Lock Loop ) Controlled Circuitry — provi des a ccura te and stable cha nnel sel ection. Quiet Code s (Continuo us Tone Cont rol Sq uelch S yste m) — hel ps reduce inte rference from other sy stems in the a rea ope rat[...]

4 Preparation PREPARATION S ELECTIN G A L OCATION Select a locat ion for the base station that is: •N e a r a n A C o u t l e t • Out of th e way of nor mal ac tiv ities • Not l ikely to ge t wet • A way from electric al machinery , electric al appli ances, and met al walls or fili ng cabinet s • A way from wireless intercom s, alarms , a[...]

5 Cautions: Yo u m u s t u s e a C l a s s 2 power s ource that suppl ies 6V DC and delive rs at leas t 500 mA. Its center tip mus t be s et to po sitive a nd it s plug must fit the radi o's DC 6V 500 mA jack. The su pplied ad apter meet s these spe cificati ons. Usin g an adapter t hat does not meet these spec ificatio ns could dam age the ra[...]

6 1. Insert the suppli ed adapter’s barrel plug i nto the DC 6V 500mA jack on th e back of the radio. 2. Route the adapte r cord into the groo ve on the back of t he radi o. 3. Plug the adapter in to a standard AC outlet. 4. Raise the anten na to a vertical pos ition . M OUNTING ON A W ALL 1. Drill two holes 2 3 / 4 -inches ap art. Then thread a [...]

Operation 7 2. Insert the s upplied ad apter’s barrel plug into the DC 6V 500mA jack on the back of the r adio. 3. Route the adapte r ’s cord in to the strain re lief g roove on th e back of the rad io, the n plug the ad apte r into a stan dard AC outlet. 4. Place the rad io’ s two k eyhole s lots over the s crew s and s lide the u nit down t[...]

8 Transmit Frequencies and Power 21-1846 Channel Transmi t Frequency (MHZ) Tran smit Power (Watts) Description 1 462.5625 0.6 FRS 1/GMRS Interstitial 1 2 462.5875 0.6 F R S2 / G M R SI n t e r s t i t i a l2 3 462.6125 0.6 FRS 3/GMRS Interstitial 3 4 462.6375 0.6 F R S4 / G M R SI n t e r s t i t i a l4 5 462.6625 0.6 FRS 5/GMRS Interstitial 5 6 46[...]

9 U SING Q UIET C ODES Quiet Code s let yo u talk and l iste n to other radi os set to the same chan nel and CTCSS (quiet code). T his is simi lar to having a sub-c hanne l within a channe l, giving yo u greater commu nicat ion flexi bility. When you s et a quiet code (t here are 38 codes to choose fro m) and turn on this feature, you can comm unic[...]

10 Quiet Co des U SING TALK To transmit thro ugh the radio, hold dow n TA L K and spe ak in a norma l vo ice. ¬ appears. When y ou finis h speaki ng, rel ease TA L K . U SING C ALL Hold down CAL L to send a page to othe r GMRS/FRS rad ios set to the s ame chan nel (an d quie t code, if you s elect ed one ). ¬ appears an d a ringing tone sou nds. [...]

11 Using Quiet Code Scan 1. Hold down QUIET unt il the qui et code flash es. Then hol d down e / SCAN until SCAN appea rs. When the r adio r eceiv es a sig nal from a radio wi th the same qu iet code , the radio stop s scanni ng. Scanning resume s after the si gnal disapp ears. 2. Pres s any ke y to st op scan ning. U SING K EY L OCK You can also l[...]

12 Setting VOX Sensitivity To adjust the radi o’s sensiti vity, rotate VOX clockwis e for quie t conditions or counterc lock wise if you a re in a noi sy env ironm ent. U SING S KIP W h e nt h er a d i oi ss e t t os c a na l lt h e channe ls autom atically , you can skip unnece ssary ch annels. F ollow thes e step s to ski p chan nels: 1. Hold d[...]

13 U SING D UAL W ATCH You can set your ra dio to monitor b oth the current cha nnel and one of the channe ls stored in M1 , M2 ,o r M3 .T o use d ual wat ch, hold d own MON and press M1 , M2 ,o r M3 . DU AL appea rs and the two chan nels appear a lternately . The r adio a lterna tely c heck s the tw o channe ls and stops on th e active channe l un[...]

14 U SING TH E K EY T ONE You can set the radio so it sou nds a tone w hen y ou press any k ey ex cept TA L K . To turn on the key tone, hold down VOX/MENU for about 2 se conds to ente r men u mode . Th en pr ess VO X/ MENU again unti l + flashes. 0N appears when the k ey tone is on a nd 0F appe ars when it is of f. Pre ss e /SCAN or d /CA LL to tu[...]

15 To conn ect a hea dset, i nsert the heads et’ s plug int o the MIC/S PK jack on the ri ght side of the radio. CARE • Ke ep the radio dry; if it gets w et, wipe i t dry i mmediat ely . • Us e and sto re the ra dio only in normal tem peratur e environ ment s. • Ha ndle the ra dio ca refully; do n ot drop i t. • Ke ep the radio aw ay from[...]

Radio Shack Corpo ration Fort Worth, Texas 7610 2 21-1846 11 A 0 2 Printed in Hong Kong SPECIF ICATI ONS RF Output Power ........... 500/600 mW EPR @ 6V AC-DC RX Frequency .... 462.5500–467.7125 MHz Channels ............... ................. ................. 22 Modulation type ........... .......................... FM Antenna impedance .........[...]