PNI ESCORT HP 72 User manual

PNI ESCORT HP 72
Portable CB radio/Преносимо CB радио/Tragbares CB-Radio/Radio
CB portátil/Radio CB portable/Hordozható CB rádió/Radio CB portatile/
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EN User manual ......................................................... 3
BG Ръководство за употреба ............................. 15
DE Benutzerhandbuch .............................................. 28
ES Manual de usuario ............................................... 41
FR Manuel utilisateur ............................................... 54
HU Használati utasítás .............................................. 67
IT Manuale utente .................................................. 80
NL Handleiding ........................................................ 93
PL Instrukcja obsługi ............................................... 109
RO Manual de utilizare ............................................. 119

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Special warnings
Read below warnings to prevent fire, personal injury, or damages to the
product or antenna.
Do not try to set the radio while driving. Doing so exposes you to the risk
of road accidents.
Do not place the radio on an excessively dusty, damp or unstable surface.
Do not connect the antenna during transmission; risk of electric shock.
Please keep away from interfering devices (such as: tv, generator, etc.)
Those who use pacemakers are advised to keep their distance from the
antenna during transmission and especially not to touch it.
Do not approach metal objects close to the internal electrical parts of the
radio; danger of electric shock.
Avoid exposing the radio to temperatures lower than -26°C and higher
than +60°C. The temperature on board a vehicle can sometimes exceed
80°C, which can cause irreparable damage to the radio in case of prolonged
exposure.
Do not expose the radio to sunlight for a long time.
Do not transmit for a long time, the radio may heat up and malfunction.
Keep the radio away from children.

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Product description
1. TNC connector for antenna
2. PTT (Push to Talk)
3. Functions (F)
4. Monitor function, squelch deactivation (SQ)
5. Key lock/Down▼/Menu:
• For the Key Lock function, press and hold this key.
• For the Down function (▼), press this key once.
• To access the menu, simultaneously press this key and the F key.
6. Channel scan/AM-FM/Channel list for scanning (SC. List):
• For the Channel Scan function, press and hold this key.
• To switch between AM/FM, press this key once.
• To access the list of channels to be scanned, simultaneously press
this key and the F key.
7. Dual Watch/Priority channel/Screen backlight:
• For the Dual Watch function, press and hold this key.
• To switch to the priority channel, press this key once.
• To turn on the backlight, simultaneously press this key and F key.
8. Hi-Low power selection/Up▲/Roger Beep:
• To change the output power, press and hold this key.
• For Up function (▲), press this key once.

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• For Roger Beep function, simultaneously press this key and F key.
9. Microphone
10. Speaker
11. Belt clip
12. On/O and Volume control
13. LED indicator. The LED is red when the radio is emitting and when the
battery is discharged. The LED is green when the radio is receiving and
when the squelch is o.
14. Lock/Unlock the battery pack
15. Battery pack
16. and 17. 2-pin Midland connector for audio accessories
Display description
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1. Channel number or selected Standard
2. Selected modulation: AM or FM
3. Appears when the current channel is saved in the scan list
4. The Roger Beep function is active
5. The priority (emergency) channel is active
6. The key lock function is active
7. Appears when you are on the menu
8. The radio receives a signal (RX)
9. Indicates the battery level
10. Show the selected output power (High or Low)
11. Indicates the level of the received signal and the strength of the
transmitted signal (TX)

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Functions
Turn the radio on and o and Volume control
Rotate the knob [12] clockwise to turn on the radio. Continue to rotate right
or left to adjust the volume.
Rotate the knob [12] counterclockwise to turn o the radio.
Note: Immediately after turning on the radio, the current standard (eg EU) is
displayed on the screen. Then, the following information will be displayed: channel,
selected modulation, battery level and active functions.
Channel selection
Press the key ▲[8] or ▼[5] to increase or decrease the channel number.
Key lock
Long press the key ▼[5] to enable/disable the key lock function. When the
function is active, the icon will be displayed on the screen.
When the function is active, all keys are locked except the PTT key.
Backlight
Simultaneously press the keys F[3] and P[7] to enable or disable the screen
backlight.
If the backlight is enabled, the screen will light up each time you press a key
(except PTT and Volume key) and will turn o 10 seconds after the last key
press.
Channel scan
Through the scan function, only the channels added to the list are scanned.

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When a channel that has been added to the scan list is selected, the icon
will appear on the screen.
Adding a channel to the scan list
First select the channel using the keys ▲[8] or ▼[5].
Once you have reached the desired channel, press the keys F[3] and A/F
[6] simultaneously to add the current channel to the scan list. Each time you
select this channel, the icon will appear on the screen.
Remove a channel from the scan list
First select the channel you want to remove from the scan list using the keys
▲[8] or ▼[5].
Simultaneously pree the keys F[3] and A/F [6] to remove the current channel
from the scan list. The icon will disappear from the screen.
Enable channel scan function
Long press the key A/F [6] to start scanning the channels in the scan list. The
icon will flash on the screen. The radio will scan 5 channels per second.
When it receives a signal, the radio stops the scanning process and stays on
the channel with signal. When the signal disappears, the radio waits another
5 seconds after which it resumes the channel scanning process. If the PTT
button is pressed or another signal is received within 5 seconds, scanning does
not resume.
Long press the key A/F [6] to stop channel scanning. The radio will return to
the last channel used before starting the scan.
Note: If the P [7] key is pressed during the scan, scanning will stop and the radio
will automatically switch to priority (emergency) channels.

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Priority channels (emergency)
Press the key P[7] to automatically switch to emergency channels 9or 19
(depending on the selected standard). The icon will appear on the screen.
Press the P[7] key again to return to the channel used before activating the
priority channels or press the keys ▲or ▼to manually change the channel.
Note: When the radio is set on one of the emergency channels, the scan function
will be disabled.
Monitor function
Hold down the SQ key [4] to deactivate the Squelch. While holding down
the SQ key, turn the volume knob to the left or to the right until you get the
desired volume level. You can now hear the weak signals.
Transmission and reception
Transmission (TX)
Press the PTT key [2] to transmit. The red LED [13] will light up and the icon
will appear on the screen
Reception (RX)
When the radio receives a signal, the green LED [13] will light up and the
icons and will appear on the screen.

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AM/FM selection
According to the standard the radio is set on, you can switch between AM
and FM by briefly pressing the A/F key [6]. The selected modulation will be
displayed on the screen.
Note: If the radio is set to a standard that does not support AM, pressing the A/F
key will not cause any changes. The radio will remain on FM.
Setting the transmission power (H/L)
Long press the H/L key [8] to switch between H(high power) and L(low
power). Hor L will appear on the screen.
FM: H = 4W/L = 1W
AM: H = 3W/L = 1W
Roger Beep
When this function is active, the radio will beep at the end of the transmission
(when the PTT button is released).
Simultaneously press F[3] key and ▲key to activate Roger Beep function.
On the screen the icon will show up.
Press the two keys again to deactivate the function.
Dual Watch
The Dual Watch function monitors the current channel and the priority
(emergency) channel simultaneously. For example, if you have selected
channel 22, after activating the Dual Watch function, the radio will scan
channel 22 and channel 19 (emergency) simultaneously.
Long press the key P[7] to activate Dual Watch function. The icon will be

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displayed on the screen together with and icons that will blink.
To deactivate Dual Watch, long press again the P[7] key.
Note: If a signal is received during the scanning process of the two channels,
the radio stops the scan and stays on the channel with signal. When the signal
disappears, the radio waits for another 5 seconds after which it resumes the
scanning process of the two channels. If the PTT button is pressed or another signal
is received within 5 seconds, scanning does not resume.
Note: As long as the Dual Watch function is active, all buttons will be locked
except the PTT, SQ, and P keys.
Menu
From the menu you can set the squelch level, the energy saving level or you
can activate or deactivate the key beep.
To access the menu, simultaneously press the keys F[3] and ▼. The icon
will appear on the screen.
Once into the menu, use the Fkey [3] to navigate the menu and the keys ▼
and ▲to change the settings.
To save a setting, press the key F[3] that will take you to the next menu
setting.
To exit the menu, press the PTT key.
Set the Squelch level
This function evaluates the signal-to-noise ratio (ie the ratio between useful
and interfering signals). Thus, only useful signals are sent to the speaker.