Audiovox FR142 User Manual

14 CHANNEL F AMILY RADIO SYSTEM

MODEL # FR142

Printed in China

052FR142104

128-6020

BEFORE OPERATING THIS PRODUCT PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS COMPLETELY

CONTENTS

FCC W arnings ..............................................................................1

Features .......................................................................................1

Precautions...................................................................................1

Unpacking.....................................................................................1

SAFETY INFORMATION

Your wireless hand-held portable transceiver contains a low power transmitter. When the Push-to-Talk (PTT) button is pushed, it sends out radio frequency (RF) signals. The device is authorized to operate at a duty factor not to exceed 50%. In August 1996, the Federal Communications

Controls and Indicators .................................................................2

Battery Installation ........................................................................3

To Turn On or Turn Off The Unit....................................................4

To Transmit...................................................................................4

To Adjust Volume Control..............................................................4

To Select Main Channel ................................................................4

Monitor .........................................................................................4

Automatic Channel Scan...............................................................5

To Send Call Tone.........................................................................5

To Lock Control Keys....................................................................5

To Turn On or OFF Beep ..............................................................5

Frequency Range .........................................................................6

General Specifications ..................................................................7

Warranty ..................................................................................... 7

Commissions (FCC) adopted RF exposure guidelines with safety levels for hand-held wireless devices.

IMPORTANT : To maintain compliance with the FCC’s RF exposure guidelines hold the transmitter and antenna at least 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) from your face and speak in a normal voice, with the antenna pointed up and away from the face. If you wear the handset on your body , use only the Audiovox supplied belt clip for this product and ensure that the antenna is at least 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) from your body when transmitting.

Use only the supplied antenna. Unauthorized antennas, modifications, or attachments could damage the transmitter and may violate FCC regulations.

WARNING : Adjustment to this unit or replacement of any transmitter component (crystal, semiconductor, etc.) to this unit that could result in a violation of the rules.

NOTE : This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the

INTRODUCTION

We welcome you to the Family Radio Service (FRS) 2-way “transceiver” (meaning “transmitter and receiver”) radio, designed for family and friends to keep in touch without the need for a license, or radio knowledge. It provides safety and convenience almost anywhere, indoors or outdoors. The radio operates in Family Radio Service (FRS) designated frequencies. The FCC has established the license free, short range two way radio service for family and individual recreational use - anywhere in the United States & other areas listed by the FCC. The optimal range for this 2-way radio is approximately 2 miles in open areas, less in areas with buildings, dense foliage, and mountains.

BEFORE YOU CAN TALK

limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user in encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures :

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit difference from that to

which the receiver is needed.

Before you operate the radio, read this instruction manual carefully to know how to operate the radio.

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