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How to Use the COMMUNICATOR®Controls
The Communicator control buttons have a snap action. They
will activate when pressed firmly. Use your fingertips, not your
fingernails, to press the buttons. Refer to Figure 3 on page 4.
Power On/Off
Power On —Press and release the PWR (power) button. A voice
message in the earpiece will say “belt-pac #, battery full/half/low”
and the red power lights next to the A1 and A2 buttons on the belt-
pac will go on. After a short time, one light will go off and the other
will change to green. The voice message will then say “Lane 1 (or 2).”
The green light indicates the Communicator is ready to use. In
dual-lane operations, a green light next to A1 indicates ready on
Lane 1 and a green light next to A2 indicates ready on Lane 2.
Power Off —Press and hold the PWR button for about two
seconds. A voice message in the earpiece will say “belt-pac off,” and
the power lights will go off.
Volume Up/Down
Volume Up Adjustment —Press and release the volume-up ▲
button. Each time you press the button you will hear a higher pitch
beep in the earpiece as the volume increases. When you reach
maximum volume, you will hear a high-pitched double beep. If you
press and hold the volume-up ▲button, you will hear repeating
beeps, increasing in pitch until the volume reaches maximum.
Then you will hear high-pitched double beeps repeating until you
release the volume-up ▲button.
Volume Down Adjustment —Press and release the volume-
down ▼button. Each time you press the button you will hear a
lower pitch beep in the earpiece as the volume decreases. When
you reach minimum volume, you will hear a low-pitched double
beep. If you press and hold the volume-down ▼button, you will
hear repeating beeps, decreasing in pitch until the volume
reaches minimum. Then you will hear low-pitched double beeps
repeating until you release the volume-down ▼button.
COMMUNICATOR®Registration
During installation of the Wireless IQ, each Communicator was
registered for use with a specific base station. The base station
thereby recognizes all Communicators registered to it when their
power is on, and will be able to tell the difference between them
and other electronic equipment operating on similar frequencies.
A maximum of 15 Communicators can be registered. If one is
replaced, you must register the new one before you use it. When a
Communicator is replaced, the old one remains in memory. If the
maximum number of 15 (in memory) is exceeded, the Communicator
ID display in the base station will show “F” for full. See Figure 5. If
this happens, you must clear all current registrations and re-register
all active Communicators. To clear all current registrations, press
the “Clear All Registration” button and the “Reset” button at the
same time. Refer to Figure 5 on page 6. Continue holding the “Clear
All Registration” button after releasing the “Reset” button, until the
clear code “c” (lower case) appears on the Communicator ID display.
Register all active Communicators the same way, one at a time.
NOTE:
In tandem or dual-
lane operations
there are two base
stations, a primary
and a secondary.
Communicators
must be registered
to the primary base
station.
