To Select A Channel - Cobra microTALK PX650 Owner's Manual

Current Channel Number Checking
1. During Standby mode, turn the Channel/Privacy
Channel/Privacy
Code Selection Knob
Code Selection Knob one step, the current channel
number and user adjusted privacy code setting (if any)
prompted.
2. After the current channel number prompted, choose
one of the following.
a. Turn the Channel/Privacy Code Selection Knob
clockwise or counterclockwise to change channel
number.
b. Press the Talk button to return to Standby mode.
c. Do not press any buttons or turn the
Channel/Privacy Code Selection Knob for 6
seconds, the current channel number prompted
again, and then return to Standby mode.
Voice Prompt Messages about Channels and Privacy codes
Voice Prompt Message Meaning
"Channel N*"
The current channel is still preset with
default privacy code system and code
number.
See Channel and Default Privacy Code
Table on page 10.
"Channel N*, Code M*" The current channel had been assigned with
a user selected CTCSS code number M*.
"Channel N*, Code Off"
No privacy code was set on the current
channel, and allows all signals to be heard
on a channel with any CTCSS or DCS privacy
code.
*Remarks: N is a channel number from 1 to 22; M is a CTCSS code number
from 1 to 38.
Both radios must be tuned to the same channel to communicate.
See Page 12 for resetting all the channels and privacy code
setting to factory default.
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To Select a Channel

The radio has 22 Channels that preset with customized privacy codes, see
Channel and Default Privacy Code Table on page 10.
1. During Standby mode, turn the Channel/Privacy
Channel/Privacy
Code Selection Knob
Code Selection Knob one step, the current channel
number and user adjusted privacy code setting (if any)
prompted.
2. After the current channel number prompted, turn the
Channel/Privacy Code Selection Knob clockwise or
counterclockwise again to select a channel.
3. When the desired channels selected, choose one of
the following.
a. Turn the Channel/Privacy Code Selection Knob
clockwise or counterclockwise to change a new
channel number.
b. Press the Talk button to enter the new setting and
return to Standby mode.
c. Do not press any buttons or turn the
Channel/Privacy Code Selection Knob for 6
seconds to enter the new setting, the current
channel number prompted again, and then return
to Standby mode.
Both radios must be tuned to the same channel to communicate.
See Page 16 for frequency allocations charts.
See Page 12 for resetting all the channels and privacy code
setting to factory default.
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