Radioddity GA-2S User Manual

User Manual

GA-2S

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Getting started

Safety Information

What’s in the box

Chapter 2. Getting started

Battery Maintenance

Charging

Antenna

Chapter 3. Basic operation

Quick Start Guide

Scan Function

Battery Save Function

Busy Channel Lockout

Wide/Narrow Bandwidth Setting

VOX

Voice Prompt

Low Battery Indication

Squelch

Time-Out-Timer (TOT)

CTCSS/DCS

Chapter 4.Computer Programming Chapter 5.Trouble Shooting Guide Appendix A.Product Safety Guide Appendix B.Speciﬁcations

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Please read the following brief instructions, non-compliance with these rules may cause danger or violate the law.

1. Refer to local government regulations before using this radio, improper use may violate the law.

2. Turn oﬀ the radio before entering ﬂammable or explosive area.

3. Do not charge or change the battery in ﬂammable or explosive areas.

4. Turn oﬀ the radio before getting close to the blasting zone or detonator areas.

5. Do not use radio whose antenna is damaged, touching of damaged antenna will cause heat injury.

6. Do not attempt to open the radio; the maintenance work should be done by technical expert only.

7. To avoid troubles caused by electromagnetic interference or electromagnetic compatibility, please turn oﬀ the radio in places where have the banner "Do not use wireless equipment”, such as hospital and other healthcare facilities.

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Chapter 1.-Getting Started

Safety Information

8. In the car with an airbag, do not put the radio within the scope of the airbag deployment.

9. Do not store the radio under the direct sunshine or in hot areas. When you transmit with the radio, do keep away from its antenna for 5cm at least

10. If the radio appears smelly or smokey, please shut oﬀ its power immediately and contact your local dealer.

11. Do not transmit too long due to possible heat build up.

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Note:The radio is compatible with other accessories which are available on:

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Thanks for choosing Radioddity two way radio. We recommend you to check the items listed in the following table before discarding the package box.

Antenna Li-ion battery Belt Clip

Users Manual Wrist Strap

Micro USB Cable

USB Charger

User Manual

Earpiece

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What’s in the box

Speaker microphone

Programming cable

Antenna

Earphone

Chapter 2 -- Getting Familiar

Caution

Please use Radioddity designated battery; other batteries can cause explosion

Note

1. Do not short-circuit the battery terminals or dispose of in ﬁre. Do not disassemble the battery by yourself.

2. Charge the battery between temperature 0℃ and 45℃. The battery cannot be fully charged beyond this temperature range.

3. Turn oﬀ the power when you charge the radio.

4. Remove battery from charger when charging has completed.

5. Replace battery when operating time becomes insuﬃciently low.

6. Do not charge when the battery or the radio is wet. Please dry it with a cloth before charging to avoid any danger.

Warning

If conductive metals, such as jewelry, keys or chains, contact the external charging contacts, damage or personal injury may occur.

Battery Maintenance

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Turns red when transmitting and green when receiving a signal. It blinks red when the battery capacity is low.

MONI key

Micro USB Permits charging radio with

common cellphone style plug.

Use to connect headset /microphone or external programming cable. Programming is performed by company software or CHIRP software.

Supplying power to radio

Installing/Removing the battery

1) Align the two grooves of battery and the guide rail on the back of aluminum shell ensuring full contact and in parallel, then push the battery up to the radio base along the rail on the back of aluminum shell, until the battery latch locks up. (picture 1)

2) To remove battery, please make sure the radio is oﬀ, push the battery latch down, and make sure the radio and battery is on the releasing state, and then push the battery out from the radio.

Charging

How to use the USB desktop charger:

1. Plug the USB connector into a suitable USB power source. LED will become GREEN indicating ready to commence the charging cycle.

2. Place either the Radio (OFF) or just the battery into charger. Charger LED will show RED indicating the charging cycle has commenced.

3. When the LED turns GREEN, charging has completed and the radio or battery should be removed from the desktop charger.

Note

1. Before inserting the battery, it is abnormal if the charging indicator blinks

2. Wait until the indicator is stable before placing battery in charger.

3. When the battery is properly inserted, the indicator turns red and starts the charging process. If the indicator blinks, then the battery is damaged or the temperature is too high or too low

Self-testing

When the charger powers up, the orange indicator lights for one second and then goes out, entering the standby mode, the charger passes the self-test and can charge the battery. If the orange indicator blinks constantly, the charger fails to pass the self-testing, and cannot charge the battery.

Using the micro USB charger for charging:

1) The yellow indicator lights will illuminate when the USB cable is plugged in to the radio

2) The orange indicator light will show when the radio is charging via USB charger.

3) The radio is fully charged once the radio’s green status LED goes steady. Please remove the radio to avoid the overcharging.

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