EFJohnson LTR 98xx manual

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    L TR® 98xx SERIES HIGH TIER OPER A TING MAN U AL Part No. 00 2-9803-201 Novembe r 1999[...]

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    LAND MOBILE PRODUCT W ARRANTY - The manufacturer’ s warrant y statement for thi s product is avail able fro m your pro duct supplie r or from the E.F . Johnson Company , 299 Johns on A venue, Box 1249, W aseca, MN 56093-0 514. Phone (5 07) 835- 6222. Copyright © 1999 by t he E.F . Johnson Company The E.F . Johnson Company , which was fo unded in[...]

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    SAFETY INFORMA TION 4 SAFETY INFORMA TION The FCC has ad opted a sa fety sta ndard for human exposur e to RF en- er gy . Proper o peration of this r adio under normal cond itio ns result s in user expo sure to RF ener gy bel ow the Occ upati onal Saf ety and He alth Act and Fed eral Commun ication Commission limits. WA R N I N G DO NOT allow th e a[...]

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    SAFETY INFORMA TION 5 FCC EXPOSURE LIMITS This mobile radio tr ansce iver wa s test ed by th e manu fa cture r with an approp riate an tenna i n order t o verify compliance with Maxi mum Per- missibl e Exposure (M PE) limits set under Sec tion 2.1091 of the FCC Rules and Regulatio ns. The gu idelines used in the eval uation ar e derive d from T abl[...]

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    SAFETY INFORMA TION 6 of a domest ically manufact ured 4-do or passeng er sed an. The radi o manu- factur er has de termin ed th at the us er and servi ce pers onnel sh ould re main one (1) me ter in di stance away f rom the ante nna when tr ansmitting. By maintai ning th is dista nce, these indiv iduals ar e not expos ed to radi o fre- quency en e[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS 7 T ABLE OF CONTEN TS SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CONTROLS AND DISPLAY . . . . . .[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTEN TS 8 Tone Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Transmit ter Thermal Fol dback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 OPTION SWITCHES AND MENU MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Option Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 9 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Power On/O ff - Pres s on-of f/volu me contro l. Set V olume Level - Rot ate on-of f/vo lume control. Change Syste m or Group - Press Sel ect switch to enable system or group select mode (indi cat ed by ←/→ or __). Then ro tate Sel ect switch t o select desired sys tem or group (see page 17). Sele c[...]

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    FEA TURES 10 FEA TURES General Fea ture s • Up to appr oximately 100 1-group or 40 16-gr oup systems programmabl e • L TR® and co nventiona l operati on • Unique 8- characte r syst em and group i dentifi cation t ags • System and group s can • User prog rammable system a nd group sc an lists • Menu mode to c ontrol va rious fun ctions [...]

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    CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 11 CONTR OLS AND DISPLA Y Front P anel Contr ols On-Off V o lume - Pressing this knob tu rns power on an d of f. The ve hic le igniti on switch ma y also control po wer as d escribed in “Power T urn-Off Delay” on page 27. Rota ting thi s knob sets the sp eaker vol ume (see page 15). Select Swit ch - This swi tch chang es t[...]

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    CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 12 Option Switches - The f ive front pa nel optio n switches can be programmed b y your syst em operato r for the functions whi ch follow . Refe r to the secti on i nd icate d for m ore i nform ation on a fu nctio n. The key cap us ually in dicat es the fun ction cont rolled b y the s witch. A/D - S ca n list add/de lete (s ee[...]

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    CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 13 Speaker - The i nternal speaker i s locate d behind the gril le. An opti onal speaker can be connect ed to the ext ernal spe aker jack loca ted on the ba ck. See “S peaker Jac k” descri ption whic h foll ows. Rear P anel Jac ks and Connector s Antenna Jack - Miniature UHF j ack for c onnecting the 50- ohm antenna. Power[...]

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    CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 14 Displa y Descrip tion 16-Charact er Me ssage Ar ea - Indicate s the sel ected syst em and group (see pa ge 16) a nd also er ror condi tions and statu s informat ion. - Indi cate s that th e disp laye d syst em is in the s can li st and scan ned normally (see p age 35). - Indic ates tha t the displayed group is i n the s can[...]

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    GENERAL OPERA TION 15 - Indi cat es tha t a ca ll has be en r ece ived o n a g rou p programmed f or a call i ndicator (see page 24). T o turn this i ndicatio n of f, pres s any key . - Indicate s that t he m oni tor mode is enab led. Th is mode dis abl es Cal l Guard sque lch an d other squ elch cont rol feat ures so t hat all me ssages ar e heard[...]

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    GENERAL OPERA TION 16 Backl ight Operation The displ ay and keypa d backlight can be c ontrolled by the BACK- LIGHT menu par ameter (see pa ge 38). The three s tates that can be selec ted are B right, D i m, and O ff. If th is men u p a ramete r is not s el ect- able, th e backl ight is fixed in o ne of thes e stat es by progr amming. System/Gr oup[...]

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    GENERAL OPERA TION 17 Selecting the System and Gr oup The front panel Sel ect sw itch is u sed to chan ge the system and group. Pre ssing thi s swit ch toggle s betwe en the syst em and group select modes, and t hen rotat ing it incr eases or decreases t he system or group. In the Nume ric di splay mode ( see prec eding de scri ption) , the s ystem[...]

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    GENERAL OPERA TION 18 Setting Squelc h Contr ol NOTE: This pr ocedur e se ts the squelch l evel used for co nventional calls only . The squelc h level f or L TR cal ls is pr eset and not affected by this adjustme nt. For mor e infor mation on t he various operating modes, r efer to page 38. If conve ntional s ystems ar e programmed, the sque lch le[...]

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    ST AND ARD CA LLS 19 ST AND ARD CA LLS Intr oduction Most calls you make are pro babl y the sta ndard ty pe descr ibed in th is sectio n. These calls ar e between yo u and another mobil e or contr ol stati on. The main di ffe rence bet ween these calls and the other t ype tha t can be pl aced (te lephone cal ls) is that no number is d ialed usi ng [...]

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    ST AND ARD CA LLS 20 • If an o ut-of -rang e con ditio n exis ts, th e i nte rc ept to ne so unds ( see page 47) and “OUT -RNGE” is indic ated on th e lower line of t he displa y . No more acces s attempts a r e made once thi s indica tion appe ars. R elea se th e P TT sw itch a nd dr ive cl oser to the radio syst em or away f rom shieldi ng [...]

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    TELEPHONE CALLS 21 TELEPHONE CALLS Placing T elephone Calls NOTE: T elephone calls ca n be placed and r eceived only i f that s ervice i s availab l e to you and your t r ansceiver has been pr ogrammed appr opri- ately . A micr ophone equ ipped with a tele phone keypa d is r equir ed to dial the telephone numbe r . The tele phone ca lling f eature [...]

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    TELEPHONE CALLS 22 Out-of-Ran ge - If the Sy stem Sear ch fea ture is sele cte d (see page 4 2), that fe ature is auto ma ti cal l y sel ec ted w hen t he P TT switch is rel eas ed. The Syste m Search mode i s indicated by “SYS SRCH” in the disp lay . 4. W ith the dia l ton e s ound ing , dial the numbe r u si ng t he 0- 9 ke ys on the micropho[...]

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    GENE RAL F EA TURE S 23 Landside-Ori ginate Calls Calls ca n be place d from a landside telephone to your transce iver if the rad io system a nd transceiver have that capability . W ith most syst ems, a mobil e can be c alled dir ectly ( each has a u nique tel ephone number). W ith others, a mobile may be called as f ollows: 1. Dial the number of t[...]

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    GENERAL FEA TURES 24 Call Indicator The call ind icator is “ C ” in the uppe r par t of the display as shown in the fol lowing illustrat i on. The purpose of this indicati on is to s how that a call was receive d while you were away f rom the vehicle. Individua l groups ca n be programmed for t his feat ure and i t then tu rns on when a call i [...]

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    GENE RAL F EA TURE S 25 Each group can be prog rammed so that when i t is selected, encryp- tion i s auto ma ticall y enab l ed. Wh e n enc ry ption is enab led, is ind i- cated i n the disp lay as shown bel ow . If you have t he ENCR YP T menu parameter or ENCP T option switch, t he encryption gr oup prog ramming can b e temporarily ove r- ridden.[...]

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    GENERAL FEA TURES 26 Squelch Adj ust - Pre ssing FCN and then rot ating the Sele ct switch wi th a conventi onal sy stem sele cted set s the sque lch level as described on page 18. Home System/Gr oup Select T o select the prepr ogrammed Home sys t em/group, simply pres s the FCN switch a nd then the Select sw itch. The Home system/gro up is then di[...]

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    GENE RAL F EA TURE S 27 Manual Of f/On Mode The horn a lert mode d oes not change w hen p ower is turne d on and of f by either th e ignition switc h or power switch. Therefore, th e horn alert is enti rely cont rolled by either the HORN option swi tch or menu para mete r . Auto Of f/On Mode Igniti on Switch - The horn alert a lways tu rns of f whe[...]

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    GENERAL FEA TURES 28 A power turn- off delay allows features such as the horn aler t and call indic ator t o remai n activ e for a time af ter the ignitio n swit ch is tu rned off. At the sa me time, advantages of ignit ion switch control are utilized s uch as preve nting bat tery dis char ge that may occur if the tr ansceive r is acci- dentall y l[...]

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    GENE RAL F EA TURE S 29 Receive-Onl y Gr oups Any group c an be progr ammed for monit oring onl y (transmitt ing is disabl ed). If th e P TT switch i s pressed with one of these gro ups selected, the int ercept tone sounds and “TX DSBL” is disp layed. Stealth Mode The stea lth mode disables the foll owing tones and in dicators so that they do n[...]

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    OPTION SWITCHES AND MENU MODE 30 T one Select If the TONES me nu para meter i s selec table , the to nes tha t soun d can be sele cted. Otherwise, t he tones t hat sound are fi xed by progr amming. The foll owing choices are available. Refe r to page 32 for mor e informa- tion on u sing the menu mode . Silent - All tone s are disabled. Key Beep - O[...]

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    OPTION SWITCHES AND MENU MODE 31 Menu Mode and Option Switch Functions Functio n Menu It ems Opt ion Swit ch See Descrip. on Page Add/delet e (scan li st pr g) --- A/D 35 Backlight adjust BACKLGHT --- 16 Bank select BANK SEL --- 23 Call Guard S q. disable --- CG 46 Emerge ncy --- EMER 24 Encryptio n on-of f E N CR YP T ENCP T 24 Function s elect --[...]

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    OPTION SWITCHES AND MENU MODE 32 Menu Mode Intr oduction The menu mode is select ed by pre ssing the FCN swit ch twice . If thi s switch i s not programmed, the menu mo de is not availabl e. Function s which can be control led by the menu mode are indicate d by an entr y in the “M enu It ems” co lumn of the t able o n page 31. Refer t o the pag[...]

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    SYSTEM A ND GROUP SC AN 33 • Pressi ng the FCN sw itch agai n • Pressi ng the P TT switch • Automatical ly when time-out occurs 2 seconds af ter a cha nge is made or 8 s econds a fter no chan ges are made. NOTE: Calls cannot be r eceived or transmit ted whil e the menu mode is select ed. SYSTEM AND GR OUP SCAN Intr oduction The scan f e ature[...]

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    SYSTEM A ND GROUP SC AN 34 The type o f scanning se lected i s determin ed by th e menu mode SCN TYPE paramet e r (see page 32). If th at param eter is not selec table, t he type of sc anning is f ixed by programmin g. The availa ble scan ty pes are as follo ws. SYS-GRP - Both syst em and group GRP ONL Y - Group scanning only OFF - Both ty pes disa[...]

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    SYSTEM A ND GROUP SC AN 35 Scan List Pr ogramming General NOTE: The sel ected (d isplayed) system and gr oup ar e always scanne d, even if they ar e deleted fr om the scan list . The syst em and group scan li sts are programmed using the A /D (add/de lete) op tion swit c h. Pressing this switch ch anges the statu s of the displa yed system or group[...]

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    SYSTEM A ND GROUP SC AN 36 “Of f” is selecte d, they are no longer s aved. Therefore, to store a list, select “On”, program th e list, then selec t “Of f”. Then when power is turned o n, the scan list returns to the state t hat exist ed when “O ff” was select ed. If the men u SCN SA VE parameter i s not selecta ble, th e scan list s[...]

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    SYSTEM A ND GROUP SC AN 37 Last Sele cted - The select ed syste m/group does not change when calls are rec eived on ot her system/group s. Therefore, to r espond to a message not on the sele cted syst em/group , one of th e followi ng methods must be used. W ith this confi guratio n, the display may n ot indicate the system/ group on whi ch the re [...]

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    L TR AN D CONVENTIONAL MODES 38 L T R AND C ONVENTIONAL MODES General Each sel ect abl e s ystem can be programmed for L TR or conven ti ona l operati on by your s ystem oper ator . The typ e or types of ope ra tion th at are programmed i n your tr ansceiver are d etermined by the type of radio equipment being used in your radio sys tem. The diff e[...]

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    L TR A ND CONVENTIONAL MODES 39 T o properly rece ive call s in the co nventional mode, t he squelch control must be set as descr i bed in page 18. If this control is not se t prop- erly , weak messages could be m issed o r noise co uld be hear d when no messa ge is p re sent. In the L TR m ode, th e sque lch le v el is fi xed an d setti ng this co[...]

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    L TR FE A TURES 40 follo wing il lustra tion. T he mon itor mod e can a lso be en able d by the MON or CG opti on switch if i t is pro grammed. Refer to the moni tor mode descri ption on page 44 for more info rmation. L TR FEA TURES Standar d and T elephone Calls S tandard calls ar e between t wo mobiles or betwee n a mobile a nd a control statio n[...]

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    LT R F E AT U R E S 41 If a ca ll is re ceived on o ne of the fixed pr iority ID codes, either “PRIOR TY1” or “PRIOR TY2” is di splayed on the botto m line. The select able gr oups are then che cked to s ee if an y have the same ID code. If a matc h is found, the tran sceiver changes to that gr oup. If no m atc h is found, th e group does n[...]

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    L TR FE A TURES 42 Busy Queuing The L TR busy queuing fe ature places a telephone call in a queue i f the rad io system is bu sy when it i s placed. Then when the system becomes av ailable, the ca ll is automatic ally pla ced. S tandard (mobile- to- mobile) calls ar e not qu eued by thi s featur e. If queui ng is pro grammed and a busy condition is[...]

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    LT R F E AT U R E S 43 for a sy stem within range . If enabl ed, the system sear ch mode i s automat- icall y ente red when the P TT switch is re lease d. This mo de is indic ated by a short t one and “SYS SRCH” on the botto m lin e of th e di splay as shown in the follow ing il lu strati on. The transc eiver then attempt s to acces s, in succe[...]

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    CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 44 CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES Monitor Mode The monito r mode is use d to monito r a channel before tra nsmitting. When thi s mode is sel ected, it tempor arily dis ables Cal l Guard squ elch or other s quelch cont rol techniques and also s cannin g so that a ll messag es occurri ng on the se lecte d group (channe l) are heard. Th[...]

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    CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 45 press ed. W he n the tra nsm it ter is d isabl ed by th is feat ure, th e bus y t one sounds br iefly and “DSBL BSY” is indicat e d on the lower li ne of the displa y . The monitor mode (see pr eceding s ection) is enabled while the P TT switch is pres sed so tha t activity on the channel can be monitored. However , it[...]

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    CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 46 Groups may a lso be pro grammed so that t alk-aro und cannot be turn ed of f. If the option swi tch is th en pressed, ne ither “T A OFF” nor “T A ON” is disp layed. If the menu mode is u sed in the se cases, t he curre nt mode cannot be changed. Call Guard Squelc h The Call Gu ard squ elch feat ure eli minates di s[...]

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    MISCELLANEOUS 47 complete , the transceiv er retur ns to th e previo us system/g roup. If a message i s still prese nt, it is receive d. When a prio rity system/gr oup is sampl ed while l istening to a message on some other system/ group, a series o f “ticks” may be he ard. These ti cks are brief i nterrup tions of t he audio s ignal th at occu[...]

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    MISCEL LANEOUS 48 • Out-Of-Range - I f this tone soun ds shortl y after pressi ng the P TT switch a nd “OUT RNGE” is displ ayed, the t ranscei ver was unab le to contact a repe ater . The usua l cause for thi s is a n out-of -range c ondition (see “Ope ration At Extended Range” on page 54). Once this tone sounds, no m ore access at tempts[...]

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    MISCELLANEOUS 49 Prio rity C all T one - This is a s hort tone that sounds when a call is re ceived on a conve ntional first or second priorit y channel (see page 46). Wr ap-Around T one - This is a two- pitch tone that indicates tha t the highest or lowest channel was displayed and th at wrap-a round has occurre d. Err or T one - This is a two-pi [...]

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    MISCEL LANEOUS 50 Displa y Messages The foll owing messages appea r on the up per or lower lin e of the displa y to indicate va rious oper ating modes and error conditions. The group al pha tag appears i n this ar ea during normal operation . BLK CALL - Indicates that the call is being recei ved on an L TR b lock ID code ( see “Calls on Priori ty[...]

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    MISCELLANEOUS 51 NO DT GP - Indicate s that no valid data group could be f ound for a data transmi ssion. NO POWER - Indicat es that t he transmi tter te mperature or supply voltage is excessive an d that th e transmitter h as been aut omatically shut down. Releas e the P T T switc h and al low th e trans mitte r t o coo l. If the problem pe rsists[...]

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    MISCEL LANEOUS 52 T A ON or OFF - Indicates that talk- around was just en abled or disable d by the T A opti on switch (see “T alk-Around” o n page 45). TIMEOUT - Indicates that the tran smitter h as been disabled by the T ime-Out T imer (see pag e 29). TX DSBL - Indic ates that the sel ected conv entional system is programmed f or monitorin g [...]

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    MISCELLANEOUS 53 SCN TYPE - Selects typ e of scanning • SYS-GRP - Both system and gr oup • GRP ONL Y - Group sc anning onl y • OFF - All s canning di sabled S/G DISPL - Sys tem/group disp lay mode • ALPHA T AG • NUMERIC STEAL TH - Ste alth mod e select • ON or OFF SYS SRCH - L TR system sear ch • ON or OFF T ALKARND - Convention al ta[...]

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    MISCEL LANEOUS 54 Operation At Ext ended Range When approa ching the limits of radio range, the other party may no t be able t o hear you r transmissions and there may be an inc rease in back- ground noi se when messages ar e receiv ed. Y ou may still be out of ra nge even tho ugh you can hear a mes sage. The reason f or thi s is that the si gnal y[...]

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    MISCELLANEOUS 55 T ransceiver Service If your transcei ver is no t operati ng properly , “OUT -LOCK” or “PROG ERR ” ma y be d is playe d. T o attemp t to clea r this conditi on, t ur n power of f and then on a gain to reset t he contro l logic. Another indication that co uld be displayed is “NO POWER”. This indi cates th at trans m itte[...]

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    P ar t Number 00 2-9803-201 11-99hph Printe d in U.S .A[...]