Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 45WX Cobra Electronics
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COBRA ELECTRONICS CORPORA TION 6500 W . Cortland Street Chicago, Illinois 60707 Printed in Thailand Cobr a Electronics Corp.© 1997 P art no. 480-156-P-001 Citizens Band 2-w a y Handheld CB Radio “Ingenious Products for Easier Communication. ” Oper ating instructions for y our 4 4 5 5 WX Weather Radio 45WX.
CITIZENS B AND 2-W A Y HANDHELD RADIO Babe W inkelman Edition CONTENTS: Introduction ........................................3 Featur es ............................................3 T ec hnical Support and ser vice ..........3 Controls and Indicators .
5 4 1. BNC Antenna Connector 2. Microphone Jac k 3. Speaker Jac k 4. Squelch Control 5. On/Off V olume Control 6. Belt Clip 7. Channel Up Key 8. Channel Down K ey 9. PTT (Push T o T alk) Key 10. Battery Cartridge Slide Release 11. Lock K ey 12. Light K ey 13.
7 6 INCLUDED WITH Y OUR 45WX 2. (6) Cell Battery Cartridge (Batteries not included) 1. High Efficienc y Antenna 3. Wrist Strap 4. Belt Clip THE CB ST ORY T he Citizens Band lies between the shortwa ve broadcast and 10-meter Amateur radio bands, and w as established by law in 1949.
BA TTER Y P A CK Insert (6) new “ AA ” Alkaline batteries (not provided) into the battery cartridge. T o install batteries, ( 1 ) remov e the battery cartridge from the unit. ( 2 ) Lift the tab on top of the battery pack and separ ate the two halves.
ONE T OUCH CHANNEL 9 & 19 Instant access to emergency c hannel 9 or information channel 19. Example: Y ou are on c hannel 40 and wish to chec k channel 9 & 19. T o s witch to channel 9, push once. T o s witch to channel 19, push twice. T o return to original c hannel, push three times.
M. 13 12 OPERA TION PO WER HI-LO/LO W BA TTERY OPERA TION WEA THER SC AN/WEA THER CHANNEL ALL CHANNEL SC AN Scans all 40 channels. Be sure your squelc h is set to the Desired Squelc h Setting . (See pp 9) Push the Scan key . T he 45WX will stop scanning and monitor a channel w hen it receiv es an incoming transmission.
MEMOR Y CHANNELS Recall eight of your most used c hannels. Saving Channels in Memor y Select desired channel to store in memory . Press Function key once. T he F icon will appear . Press and hold the desired memory location key . T he M icon will appear with the corresponding memory location number .
17 16 A FEW RULES Y OU SHOULD KNO W 1. Y ou are not allo wed to carry on a conversation with another station for more than five minutes at a time without taking a one-minute break to giv e others a chance to use the channel.
19 18 CB 10-CODES Citizens Band radio oper ators have largely adopted the “10-code” for standard questions and answers. Its use permits faster communications and better understanding in noisy areas.
21 20 FREQ UENCY RANGE T he COBRA 45 WX transceiv er represents one of the most adv anced AM two-w ay radios used as a Class D station in the Citizens Radio Service. T his unit features adv anced Phase Lock Loop (PLL) circuitry providing complete co verage of all 40 CB channels and 10 weather channels as sho wn below .
23 22 LIMITED TWO YEAR W ARRANTY COBRA ELECTRONICS CORPORA TION warr ants that its COBRA CB Radios, and the component parts thereof, will be free of defects in workmanship and materials for period of two (2) y ears from the date of first consumer purchase.
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