vprecauTions• Do not charge the transcever and battery pack when they are wet.• Ensure that there are no metallc tems located between thetranscever and the battery pack.• Do not use optons not specfed by Kenwood.• If the de-cast chasss or other transcever part s damaged, do nottouch the damaged parts.• If a headset or headphone s connected to the transcever, reducethe transcever volume. Pay attenton to the volume level whenturnng the squelch off.• Do not place the mcrophone cable around your neck whle nearmachnery that may catch the cable.• Do not place the transcever on unstable surfaces.• Ensure that the end of the antenna does not touch your eyes.• When the transcever s used for transmsson for many hours, theradator and chasss wll become hot. Do not touch these locatonswhen replacng the battery pack.• Do not mmerse the transcever n water.• Always swtch the transcever power off before nstallng optonalaccessores.• For safety reasons, we recommend that the AC adapter (for thebattery charger) should be connected to an easly accessble ACsocket.