Icom IC-F4162DS Instruction Manual

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■ Call procedureWhen your system employs tone signalling (excluding CTCSSand DTCS), this call procedure may be necessary prior tovoice transmission. The tone signalling employed may bea selective calling system which allows you to call specificstation(s) only and prevent unwanted stations from contact-ing you.q Select the desired TX code channel or 2/5-tone code ac-cording to your System Operator’s instructions.• This may not be necessary depending on programming.• Refer to pages 14 or 15 for selection.w Push [Call] (assigned to one of the dealer programmablekeys)e After transmitting, the remainder of your communicationcan be carried out in the normal fashion.Selective calling Non-selective calling■ Receiving and transmittingNOTE: Transmitting without an antenna may damage thetransceiver. See (p. 1) for accessory attachments.Receiving:q Rotate [VOL] to turn the power ON.w Push [CH Up] or [CH Down], or rotate [ROTARY SELEC-TOR]* to select the conventional system channel, in se-quence.*Depending on the pre-setting.e When receiving a call, adjust the audio output level to acomfortable listening level.Transmitting:Wait for the channel to become clear to avoid interference.q While pushing and holding [PTT], speak into the micro-phone at a normal voice level.• When a tone signalling system is used, the call procedure de-scribed at the previous page may be necessary.w Release [PTT] to return to receive.IMPORTANT: To maximize the audio quality of your signal;1. Pause briefly after pushing [PTT].2. Hold the microphone 5 to 10 cm from your mouth, thenspeak into the microphone at a normal voice level.133 BASIC OPERATION