Thank YouWe are grateful you have chosen Kenwood for your landmobile radio applications.This instruction manual covers only the basic operations of yourNEXEDGE portable radio. Ask your dealer for information on anycustomized features they may have added to your radio.nXDn™NXDN™ is a protocol name for a new digital communicationssystem using 4-level FSK technology which has beenco-developed by Kenwood and Icom.noTices To The user◆ Government law prohibits the operation of unlicensed radiotransmitters within the territories under government control.◆ Illegal operation is punishable by fine and/or imprisonment.◆ Refer service to qualified technicians only.SAFETY: It is important that the operator is aware of andunderstands hazards common to the operation of anytransceiver.The AMBE+2 TM voice coding Technology embodied in this productis protected by intellectual property rights including patent rights,copyrights and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc. Thisvoice coding Technology is licensed solely for use within thisCommunications Equipment. The user of this Technology isexplicitly prohibited from attempting to extract, remove, decompile,reverse engineer, or disassemble the Object Code, or in any otherway convert the Object Code into a human-readable form. U.S.Patent 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 and #5,195,166.