User's Manual

MK-1996 Basic Operation 03-02-10
5. Operating Instruction
1) On/Off & Volume control Switch
- Radio ON : Press and hold down the Power[P] button for over 1seconds.
All indicators will appear momentarily on the LCD and you will hear short beep sound.
- Radio Off : Press and hold down the Power[P] button for over 2seconds until all indicators
Disappear on the LCD.
- Volume setting : Press up[•£] or down[•¥] button to choose the adjust level that is most
Comfortable for you.
2) Setting the Channel
MK-1996 has 22 main channels.
To select the channel
- Turn the radio on
- Press up[•£] or down[•¥] button to choose the channel.
3) Setting the Tone Code(CTCSS)
MK-1996 has 38 CTCSS Codes
To set the Tone Codes(CTCSS)
- Press Function[F] button once more,[XX oF up to 38] will appear and tone code digit will blink
on the LCD. " oF " means no CTCSS code.
- Press up[•£] or down[•¥] button to choose the desired sub-channel to use.
- Press the PTT button or Function[F] button to confirm.
4) Setting the Transmit Power HI/LO
- HI : 1.6W TX power (ERP)
- LO : 500mW TX power
To set the TX output power
- Press the Function[menu] button until the [ Po LO or HI ] appears.
- Press the up[•£] button or down [•¥] button to set the TX power
- Press the PTT button or Function[menu] button to confirm.
- HI or LO will appear on the LCD.
- If the battery is in low condition, the TX Power will be switched to LO automatically.
- Even though the TX power is set to HI.
5) Setting the DW(dual watch) and CTCSS in DW mode.
To active the DW mode
- Press the Function[menu ] button until the [ oF or 1 up to 22] and DW icon blink on the LCD.
- Press the up[•£] button or down [•¥] button to choose the channel.
- " oF " means no DW mode.
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