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Quickstart Guide
Quickstart Guide
Adjust the backlighting
You can adjust the backlighting of the LCD
screen and keypad simultaneously. (To adjust
the contrast, see Reference Section 1 - Set the
contrast.)
There are four backlight settings;
• OFF (no backlighting)
• LO (low)
• MID (medium)
• HI (maximum)
To adjust the backlighting, press FUNC then 3
to enter the backlight mode. The current setting
is shown on the LCD screen, e.g DIMMER LO.
Use ^CH/SEL and CH/SELv to select your
desired setting. If you select OFF, the LO setting
will operate for 5 seconds whenever you make
a keypad entry so you can check your entry is
correct.
If you have the NS100 DS radio, you can adjust the
backlighting for each handset independently.
Some channels allow
only low power
transmissions. Error
beeps will sound if
the power setting is
incorrect.
You can set the transmission power to either
high (25W output) or low (1W output).
If LO is shown in the LCD screen, low
transmission power is selected; if the LCD
screen does not show LO, high transmission
power is selected.
To change from one selection to the other,
press FUNC then press 7. Press FUNC then 7
again to change back.
A special antenna RF reverse current
monitoring circuit will automatically reduce the
transmission power to 1W if a failed or open
antenna is detected.
Select the TX power
Use the VOL buttons on the right hand side of
the handset to adjust the volume. There are
ten volume levels available.
Press ^VOL once to increase the volume by
one level. Press VOLv once to decrease the
volume by one level. The current level is
shown as a percentage on the LCD screen, e.g.
VOLUME 30%.
Hold down either of the buttons to change the
volume levels automatically until the limit is
reached.
Adjust the volume
Customise your radio
You can customize the radio to suit your
individual preferences. You can set some
preferences directly, using the handset buttons
as explained in this section.
Other preferences can be set up only through
the menus and these are explained in the
Reference Sections.