Operation Manual

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Important Note
Your Albrecht AE 6199 corresponds to the latest European CB standards. It has a software
country switching which allows selecting the operation mode according to the country, where
you intend to use the radio. Please make sure that you use only the operation mode which is
allowed in your country and according to your CB licence! You may risk a penalty if
authority members will find that you are operating in not allowed modes!
During first use of this radio, your radio will start in the factory preselected 80 FM / 40
AM mode for sales in Germany (for sales in other countries the factory default start
setting may be different) :
80/40 d 80 channels FM / 4 Watt, 40 channels AM / 4 Watt for Germany,
Czech Republic and Slovak Republic (CH 1-40 and 70-80 FM only).
You need no more any licence to operate the radio in this mode, but in
certain German border regions CB base stations shall not transmit on
channels 41 to 80 in FM, or they need a special license.
40/40 E 40 channels AM and FM for use in Europe except Austria, Malta, UK
with 4 Watts in AM and FM
40/40 Po 40 channels AM and FM, both with 4 Watts and Poland frequency shift
(-5 kHz) for use in Poland.
40+40 UK 40 channels UK band (27.60125 to 27.99125 MHz) and
40 european channels (like EC setting), both FM only
40 FM EC 40 channels FM / 4 Watt (former “CEPT” settings with 40 Channels
FM according to EN 300 135-2). This mode can be used in all
European countries (except Austria). See our latest issue of the “Radio
Passport”.
Please note that radios with country switches are generally not allowed to be used
in Austria. Please refer to official information of the local authorities before using the
radio in other countries outside EU.