BT Mobile Radio User manual

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User Guide
BT FREEWAY MINI
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Range up to 3 Km
(in idea conditions)
8 Channe s
Ca a ert tone
Scan function
Vo ume contro
Roger beep
Battery ow warning
Be t c ips
We come…
to your BT Freeway Mini Personal Mobile Radios
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The User Guide provides you with
a the information you need
to get the most from your mobi e
radios.
Before you use your mobi e radios
for the first time, fo ow the simp e
instructions in ‘Getting Started’ on
the next few pages.
Need help?
If you have any prob ems setting up or using your
BT Freeway Mini you may find the answer in ‘He p’
at the back of this guide.
Got everything?
2 BT Freeway Mini
mobi e radios
2 Be t c ips
6 x AAA a ka ine
batteries
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In this guide4
Getting started
Insta the batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Attaching/removing the be t c ip . . . . .6
Getting to know your radio
Contro s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Disp ay icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Using your mobile radios
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Adjusting the vo ume . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Ta king and istening . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Set a channe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Ta king to another radio . . . . . . . . . . .10
Sending a ca tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Listen to another radio . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Channe scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Channe monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
General information
Safety and genera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Environmenta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
C eaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Technica information . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Mobi e radio channe
frequency chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
R&TTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Dec aration of Conformity . . . . . . . . .21
BT accessories and
rep acement items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
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Install the batteries
Your BT Freeway Mini mobi e radios each use 3 x AAA
a ka ine batteries.
With the back of radio facing you, s ide down the
battery compartment cover.
Insert 3 x AAA a ka ine batteries ensuring that the + and
– marked on the batteries match up with those marked
inside the battery compartment as shown.
S ide the battery cover back into p ace.
If the be t c ip is attached, you wi
need to remove it first, see
‘Attaching the be t c ip’, page 6.
Battery low warning
When the batteries are ow and
need rep acing, your BT Freeway
Mini radio repeated y gives a
doub e beep.
The operation of your radio wi be
become unre iab e when the
batteries are ow.
If the battery eve gets too ow,
your radio wi automatica y
switch off.
For ong-term storage of your
radios it is recommended that you
remove the batteries.
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Getting started
Attaching the belt clip (optional)
S ide down the be t c ip into the s ot on the back of the
radio unti it c icks into p ace.
Removing the belt clip
Pu back the re ease catch, and s ide the be t c ip up
and away from the radio.
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Call tone
Press to ca other radios on the same
channe as your radio, page 11.
PTT (Press To Talk
Press to ta k to another radio, page
10.
Press to save a menu setting.
Menu
Long press switches radio on/off,
page 9.
First press takes you to the channe
se ection option, page 10.
Second press takes you to the
Scan option, page 12.
Third press takes you to the
monitor option, page 13
Speaker
Display
+
Increases vo ume, page 9.
Whi st in menu mode used to
increment channe or change scan
se ection.
–
Decreases vo ume, page 9.
Whi st in menu mode used to
decrease channe or change scan
se ection.
Microphone
Getting to know your radio 7
BT Freeway Mini
Menu
Controls
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Volume Channel number or
volume level
Scanning channels
– (off)
y (on)
v
Display icons
LCD outline indicates the
following:
Flashing – radio is in standby
Solid – radio is transmitting
Distinguished – radio is
receiving
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Remember!
To communicate with others, a
mobi e radios in your group must
be set to the same channe .
Switching on
1. Press and hold the button for about 3 seconds, unti
you hear a beep. Your radio wi brief y carry out a LCD
check before disp aying your current channe number.
Switching off
1. Press and hold the button for about 3 seconds,
unti you hear a beep. The radio switches off.
Ad usting the volume
There are 15 vo ume eve s (v1 to v15)
1. When the radio is switched on, press or to
adjust the vo ume. The disp ay f ashes showing the
current eve .
2. Either press to save your new setting or eave the
radio for 5 seconds and your new setting wi be
automatica y saved. The radio gives a confirmation
beep.
PTT
Menu
Menu
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Using your mobi e radios
Ta king and istening
Set channel
Your BT Freeway Mini has 8 channe s.
To communicate with others, a radios in your group
must be set to the same channe .
1. Press . The current channe f ashes. Press or
to se ect another channe .
2. Either press to save your new setting or eave the radio
for 5 seconds and your new setting wi be automatica y
saved. The radio gives a confirmation beep.
Talking to another radio
When your radios are switched on:
1. Press and hold .
2. Ho d the radio about 5-7cm from your mouth and speak.
PTT
PTT
Menu
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