Binatone MR 700, User Manual

Quick reference

LOCK/STOP/– button

Press and hold to lock and
unlock the keypad.
Press to stop the
stopwatch (timer)
Press to tune the FM radio

VOL

and

buttons

▲

▼

Press to change the
speaker volume
Press to scroll through
options when using
MENU functions

START/

button

CALL/

+

Press to send ringing

tone to other handsets

Press to start the

stopwatch (timer)

Press to tune the

FM radio

TORCH button

Press and hold to
shine the torch (even
if the handset is
switched off)

MODE button

Press and hold to
switch between modes:

PMR — private
mobile radio only
FM — FM radio
receiver only
PMR/FM — both

n

n

n

PANIC button

Press and hold for 3
seconds to emit a
panic signal*

ON/OFF      button

Socket for headset

Microphone

PTT (PUSH to TALK) button

Press and hold this while
you’re transmitting

MENU button

Press (a number of times)
to program the handset’s
settings

MON (MONITOR) button

Press and hold to monitor
the current channel

START

CALL

V

O

L

STOP

LOCK

MODE

MENU

* When you press and hold the

button

for 3 seconds, the handset will emit a high-
pitched tone for up to 30 seconds. You can stop
the panic signal by pressing any button except
the

button.

The

button won’t work if the handset is

switched off, or if you’ve plugged in a headset.
But it will work while the handset is locked.

PANIC

TORCH

PANIC

The display

PS

PS

MHz DW

DW

FM

SCAN

SCAN

CTCSS

CHAN

MEM

Battery charge level indication

. When this shows           (empty), you need

to recharge the battery pack or fit new batteries.

The       symbol  is shown when the handset is in

.

appears when you’re transmitting

PMR mode

appears when you’re receiving a transmission from another handset
user. (It appears when anyone is transmitting on the same channel, but if
their CTCSS code is different from yours, you won’t hear the transmission.)

This is shown when the handset’s buttons are locked.

This is shown when the ‘Roger’ beep function is turned on.

Power Save

— this flashes when the handset is idle.

FM

This is shown when the handset is in

.

FM radio receiver mode

This is shown when

is turned on.

Auto-Power-Off (APO)

This is shown when you’re transmitting Call Ring tone, or changing your Call
Ring melody.

CTCSS

This is the

(01 to 38). If

is shown here, the CTCSS function

is turned off. See ‘Channels and codes’ for more information.

CTCSS code

--

This is shown when you’re turning the

function on and off.

stopwatch

This is shown when you have activated

, so the handset will

continuously scan all channels for transmissions.

scanning

This is shown when you have activated

, to monitor two

channels at once.

Dual Watch

This is shown when you have turned on

, so that your handset

will transmit whenever it detects your voice.

VOX mode

The

is shown here when

you’re using the

.

The

is shown (with         )

when you’re using the

.

are shown when

you’re using the

.

channel number

PMR

FM wavelength

radio receiver

Minutes and seconds

stopwatch

Speaker volume
level

MHz