completely buried in avalanches arerescued alive!This User’s Manual contains importantinformation about how to operatethe beacon, rescue companions,as well as some basics of avalancheawareness.For your own personal safety, please taketime to read this information.Before using the Barryvox, removethe protective sheet from the frontpanel and carefully stick the ava-lanche rescue plan on the cover ofthe battery compartment on the backof the beacon.The enclosed quick reference chart isintended to be a useful guide when you areon your tour.We wish you lots of fun andthank you for your confidence!www.barryvox.com 1F O R E W O R DThank you very much for choosing a Barryvoxavalanche beacon. Barryvox stands for quality-conscious development, production andtesting. State-of-the-art technologyhas been applied for use under extremelyhard conditions. Due to the choice ofpersonal settings the latest generationof avalanche beacons are ideallysuited to the user’s needs and abilities.The default setting, which can be restoredat any time, is the most appropriateone for novices and average users. Tooperate the beacon in this settingonly a single key will be used and thefunctions are limited to the veryuser-friendly Digital Search Mode.Advanced and professional users have thepossibility to activate special functions inorder to meet their individual requirements.The beacon is fully compatible withall beacons that meet the require-ments of the ETS 300 718 standardand operates at a frequency of 457 kHz.An avalanche beacon does notprovide you protection from ava-lanches! As an outdoor recreation-alist you must keep yourself well infor-med about avalanche prevention.Also, you should always plan your tourscarefully. Avalanche rescue must bepracticed regularly to ensure quicksuccess. However, it is only the means oflast resort for the worst case.Be aware that, in spite of practiceand all the technical advances, onlyabout half of all victims who have beenThe new Barryvoxprovides both digitaland analog searchmodes.An avalanche beacondoes not provide protec-tion from avalanches!As an outdoor recreationalistyou must keep yourself wellinformed about avalanche pre-vention and always plan yourtours carefully.