iIMPORTANTREAD ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and com-pletely before using the transceiver.SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL — Thisinstruction manual contains important operating instructionsfor the IC-F70DT/F70DS/F70T/F70S VHF TRANSCEIVERSand IC-F80DT/F80DS/F80T/F80S UHF TRANSCEIVERS.EXPLICIT DEFINITIONSWORD DEFINITIONRDANGER Personal death, serious injury or an explo-sion may occur.RWARNING Personal injury, fire hazard or electricshock may occur.CAUTION Equipment damage may occur.NOTE If disregarded, inconvenience only. No riskof personal injury, fire or electric shock.See the operating guide for details of MDC 1200 systemoperation. Consult with your Icom dealer or system opera-tor for details concerning your transceiver’s programming.ABOUT APCO PROJECT 25This device made under license under one or more of the follow-ing US patents: #4,590,473, #4,636,791, #5,148,482, #5,185,796,#5,271,017, #5,377,229.The IMBE™ voice coding Technology embodied in this product isprotected by intellectual property rights including patent rights, copy-rights and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc. This voice cod-ing Technology is licensed solely for use within this CommunicationsEquipment. The user of this Technology is explicitly prohibited fromattempting to decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the ObjectCode, or in any other way convert the Object Code into a human-readable form. U.S. Pat. Nos. #5,870,405, #5,826,222, #5,754,974,#5,701,390, #5,715,365, #5,649,050, #5,630,011, #5,581,656,#5,517,511, #5,491,772, #5,247,579, #5,226,084, #5,195,166.ABOUT FM APPROVEDVersions of the IC-F70/F80 which display the “FMAPPROVED” symbol as at left on the serial numberseal, conform to intrinsically safe ratings of theFMRC (Factory Mutual Research Corporation).Intrinsically safe : Class I, II, III, Division 1, Groups C, D, E, F, GNonincendive : Class I, Division 2, Groups A, B, C, DConnected battery pack : BP-254FMThe repair and maintenance of an FM approved transceiver can onlybe performed in an Factory Mutual approved repair facility. The FMapproval will be canceled if FM intrinsically safe radios are repairedanywhere else except in an approved facility.