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... this user guide carefully before using your radio, then keep it with your purchase of the art in two-way radio design and is missing or damaged, contact Insignia at (877) 467-4289. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Contents Introduction 1 Features 2 Setting up your radio 5 Using your radio 7 Maintaining your radio 14 Troubleshooting 15 Specifications 15 Español...
... this user guide carefully before using your radio, then keep it with your purchase of the art in two-way radio design and is missing or damaged, contact Insignia at (877) 467-4289. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Contents Introduction 1 Features 2 Setting up your radio 5 Using your radio 7 Maintaining your radio 14 Troubleshooting 15 Specifications 15 Español...
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Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Features • 22 channels • Channel scan • Auto squelch • Auto battery save • Keypad lock • Roger beep • Microphone/Headphone jacks • Five call alerts • 121 Privacy codes • 3 levels of VOX • NOAA weather radio • Weather alert • Backlit display • Silent operation • Monitor 2 www.insignia-products.com
Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Features • 22 channels • Channel scan • Auto squelch • Auto battery save • Keypad lock • Roger beep • Microphone/Headphone jacks • Five call alerts • 121 Privacy codes • 3 levels of VOX • NOAA weather radio • Weather alert • Backlit display • Silent operation • Monitor 2 www.insignia-products.com
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www.insignia-products.com 3 Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Controls and buttons Component Description 1 PTT button • Press and hold to transmit. 2 Call/Lock button • Press to send a call alert signal. • Press ...
www.insignia-products.com 3 Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Controls and buttons Component Description 1 PTT button • Press and hold to transmit. 2 Call/Lock button • Press to send a call alert signal. • Press ...
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...4 5 8 6 7 Indicator Indicates 1 Key pad lock Key lock is turned on. 2 Battery level The battery level. 3 Receive The radio is receiving a transmission. 4 Transmit The radio is sending a transmission. 5 Transmit power level The transmit power setting. 6 Privacy code (CTCSS/DCS) The privacy code setting. 7 Privacy.... 8 Channel The channel (1-22 on GMRS/FRS band or 1-10 on or turn on WX band). 4 www.insignia-products.com Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Component 7 Power/Menu button 8 External speaker/ microphone jacks 9 Antenna Description • Press to access the menu....
...4 5 8 6 7 Indicator Indicates 1 Key pad lock Key lock is turned on. 2 Battery level The battery level. 3 Receive The radio is receiving a transmission. 4 Transmit The radio is sending a transmission. 5 Transmit power level The transmit power setting. 6 Privacy code (CTCSS/DCS) The privacy code setting. 7 Privacy.... 8 Channel The channel (1-22 on GMRS/FRS band or 1-10 on or turn on WX band). 4 www.insignia-products.com Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Component 7 Power/Menu button 8 External speaker/ microphone jacks 9 Antenna Description • Press to access the menu....
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VOX is switched to weather radio mode. www.insignia-products.com 5 Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Indicator 9 NOAA weather (WX) band 10 VOX Indicates The radio is active. Belt clip lock tab Belt clip latch To remove the belt clip: • Gently slide the belt clip down toward the bottom of the radio until the belt clip latch clicks. Setting up your radio Installing the belt clip To install the belt clip: • Slide the clip up into the slot on the back of the radio.
VOX is switched to weather radio mode. www.insignia-products.com 5 Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Indicator 9 NOAA weather (WX) band 10 VOX Indicates The radio is active. Belt clip lock tab Belt clip latch To remove the belt clip: • Gently slide the belt clip down toward the bottom of the radio until the belt clip latch clicks. Setting up your radio Installing the belt clip To install the belt clip: • Slide the clip up into the slot on the back of the radio.
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...align with either four AAA alkaline batteries or an NiMH rechargeable battery pack. Caution Installing the batteries incorrectly will prevent the radio from the radio. symbols on the top center and sliding it down to open 3 Insert four AAA batteries or the battery pack. ... battery compartment. Battery compartment Battery compartment cover Press here and push down from operating and can damage the radio. 4 Replace the battery cover. 5 Replace the belt clip. 6 www.insignia-products.com Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Installing Batteries Your radio operates with the + and -
...align with either four AAA alkaline batteries or an NiMH rechargeable battery pack. Caution Installing the batteries incorrectly will prevent the radio from the radio. symbols on the top center and sliding it down to open 3 Insert four AAA batteries or the battery pack. ... battery compartment. Battery compartment Battery compartment cover Press here and push down from operating and can damage the radio. 4 Replace the battery cover. 5 Replace the belt clip. 6 www.insignia-products.com Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Installing Batteries Your radio operates with the + and -
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... shows the battery level. The greater the number of the radio, turn the radio on the display. While the radio is low, the indicator does not have any batteries or battery packs other than three seconds. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Charging the battery pack Your radio can use a rechargeable NiMH battery pack which can be replaced...
... shows the battery level. The greater the number of the radio, turn the radio on the display. While the radio is low, the indicator does not have any batteries or battery packs other than three seconds. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Charging the battery pack Your radio can use a rechargeable NiMH battery pack which can be replaced...
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...seconds. 8 www.insignia-products.com Monitoring Using the monitor function, you can hear noise so you can adjust the volume level of the radio when it is receiving a transmission. You can also use Hi power. For maximum clarity, hold the PTT button and speak in your radio is not receiving a... continuously on the display when your group must be set to decrease the volume. The RX icon appears on the display when transmitting. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Adjusting the volume To adjust the volume: • Press the Up button to increase the volume. • Press the Down button ...
...seconds. 8 www.insignia-products.com Monitoring Using the monitor function, you can hear noise so you can adjust the volume level of the radio when it is receiving a transmission. You can also use Hi power. For maximum clarity, hold the PTT button and speak in your radio is not receiving a... continuously on the display when your group must be set to decrease the volume. The RX icon appears on the display when transmitting. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Adjusting the volume To adjust the volume: • Press the Up button to increase the volume. • Press the Down button ...
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.... When the keypad is locked, the PTT button and the Call/Lock buttons are scanning, the SCAN icon appears on the display. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Using a call alert Your radio can scan all of the 22 channels to check for any active channel for about four seconds before resuming the scan. Scanning...
.... When the keypad is locked, the PTT button and the Call/Lock buttons are scanning, the SCAN icon appears on the display. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Using a call alert Your radio can scan all of the 22 channels to check for any active channel for about four seconds before resuming the scan. Scanning...
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...3 Press the PTT button to select one of oF disables the privacy feature. To select a privacy code for each channel. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Changing channels Your radio has 22 channels available. Note If you set your privacy code in your group must be set to select TRANSMIT POWER LEVEL ...icon (H: Hi/L: Lo). 10 www.insignia-products.com To select the power level on channels 1~7 and 15~22: 1 Press the Power/Menu ...
...3 Press the PTT button to select one of oF disables the privacy feature. To select a privacy code for each channel. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Changing channels Your radio has 22 channels available. Note If you set your privacy code in your group must be set to select TRANSMIT POWER LEVEL ...icon (H: Hi/L: Lo). 10 www.insignia-products.com To select the power level on channels 1~7 and 15~22: 1 Press the Power/Menu ...
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... of the CHANNEL NUMBER display, an oF icon appears. 2 Select 1, 2, or 3 by pressing the Up or Down buttons, then pressing the PTT button. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio 3 Press the PTT button to Lo(L) level. To turn VOX off : 1 Press the Power/Menu button until the display shows VOX blinking and on... icon appears. 2 Select oF by pressing the Up or Down buttons, then pressing the PTT key. www.insignia-products.com 11 Setting the VOX level Your radio has 3 VOX level settings: (oF/1/2/3). Adjusting the roger beep tone Whenever you are set the roger beep tone on the ...
... of the CHANNEL NUMBER display, an oF icon appears. 2 Select 1, 2, or 3 by pressing the Up or Down buttons, then pressing the PTT button. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio 3 Press the PTT button to Lo(L) level. To turn VOX off : 1 Press the Power/Menu button until the display shows VOX blinking and on... icon appears. 2 Select oF by pressing the Up or Down buttons, then pressing the PTT key. www.insignia-products.com 11 Setting the VOX level Your radio has 3 VOX level settings: (oF/1/2/3). Adjusting the roger beep tone Whenever you are set the roger beep tone on the ...
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... the PTT or Power/Menu button. Using NOAA weather radio Your radio has a NOAA weather radio function that lets you receive weather reports from designated NOAA stations. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Using silent operation mode Your radio has a silent operation mode. To turn the silent operation... mode off . 12 www.insignia-products.com To turn the silent operation mode on: 1 ...
... the PTT or Power/Menu button. Using NOAA weather radio Your radio has a NOAA weather radio function that lets you receive weather reports from designated NOAA stations. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Using silent operation mode Your radio has a silent operation mode. To turn the silent operation... mode off . 12 www.insignia-products.com To turn the silent operation mode on: 1 ...
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...: 1 Press the Power/Menu button twice while in WX band. If the radio receives a weather alert signal from designated NOAA stations. www.insignia-products.com 13 Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Using weather alert Your radio has a NOAA weather alert function that lets you press any of the buttons... while the radio is beeping and it is in GMRS/FRS radio mode, the radio beeps for ten seconds while...
...: 1 Press the Power/Menu button twice while in WX band. If the radio receives a weather alert signal from designated NOAA stations. www.insignia-products.com 13 Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Using weather alert Your radio has a NOAA weather alert function that lets you press any of the buttons... while the radio is beeping and it is in GMRS/FRS radio mode, the radio beeps for ten seconds while...
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...solutions to clean the radio. • Do not immerse the radio in water. • Use a soft damp cloth to the level you want. Jacks 2 Place the earbud into the speaker and microphone jacks. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Using an external speaker and microphone or headset Your radio can be used ...with a dry lint-free cloth should it get wet. • Turn off the radio and remove the batteries during long-term storage. 14 www...
...solutions to clean the radio. • Do not immerse the radio in water. • Use a soft damp cloth to the level you want. Jacks 2 Place the earbud into the speaker and microphone jacks. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Using an external speaker and microphone or headset Your radio can be used ...with a dry lint-free cloth should it get wet. • Turn off the radio and remove the batteries during long-term storage. 14 www...
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... pack GMRS/FRS Frequency Chart (MHz) Channel number Channel frequency 1 462.5625 2 462.5875 3 462.6125 4 462.6375 www.insignia-products.com 15 Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Troubleshooting Problem No power Cannot receive messages Radio is not responding to button presses Display is dim Charger not functioning Solution • Check the battery installation •...
... pack GMRS/FRS Frequency Chart (MHz) Channel number Channel frequency 1 462.5625 2 462.5875 3 462.6125 4 462.6375 www.insignia-products.com 15 Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Troubleshooting Problem No power Cannot receive messages Radio is not responding to button presses Display is dim Charger not functioning Solution • Check the battery installation •...
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....425 5 162.450 6 162.500 7 162.525 8 161.650 9 161.775 10 163.275 Channels 8, 9, and 10 are low-power FRS license free channels. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Channel number Channel frequency 5 462.6625 6 462.6875 7 462.7125 8 467.5625 9 467.5875 10 467.6125 11 467.6375 12 467.6625 13....6000 18 462.6250 19 462.6500 20 462.6750 21 462.7000 22 462.7250 Channels 8-14 are designated Canadian Marine frequencies. 16 www.insignia-products.com
....425 5 162.450 6 162.500 7 162.525 8 161.650 9 161.775 10 163.275 Channels 8, 9, and 10 are low-power FRS license free channels. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Channel number Channel frequency 5 462.6625 6 462.6875 7 462.7125 8 467.5625 9 467.5875 10 467.6125 11 467.6375 12 467.6625 13....6000 18 462.6250 19 462.6500 20 462.6750 21 462.7000 22 462.7250 Channels 8-14 are designated Canadian Marine frequencies. 16 www.insignia-products.com
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Code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Frequency 67.0 71.9 74.4 77.0 79.7 82.5 85.4 88.5 91.5 94.8 97.4 100.0 103.5 107.2 110.9 114.8 118.8 123.0 127.3 131.8 136.5 141.3 146.2 151.4 156.7 162.2 167.9 173.8 179.9 186.2 192.8 203.5 www.insignia-products.com 17 Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Privacy Codes Frequency Chart (MHz) Privacy codes can be programmed for use on any channel.
Code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Frequency 67.0 71.9 74.4 77.0 79.7 82.5 85.4 88.5 91.5 94.8 97.4 100.0 103.5 107.2 110.9 114.8 118.8 123.0 127.3 131.8 136.5 141.3 146.2 151.4 156.7 162.2 167.9 173.8 179.9 186.2 192.8 203.5 www.insignia-products.com 17 Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Privacy Codes Frequency Chart (MHz) Privacy codes can be programmed for use on any channel.
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No. Code No. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Code 33 34 35 36 37 38 Frequency 210.7 218.1 225.7 233.6 241.8 250.3 DCS Privacy Code Chart Privacy codes can be programmed for use ... 132 48 364 76 703 21 134 49 365 77 712 22 143 50 371 78 723 23 152 51 411 79 731 18 www.insignia-products.com
No. Code No. Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Code 33 34 35 36 37 38 Frequency 210.7 218.1 225.7 233.6 241.8 250.3 DCS Privacy Code Chart Privacy codes can be programmed for use ... 132 48 364 76 703 21 134 49 365 77 712 22 143 50 371 78 723 23 152 51 411 79 731 18 www.insignia-products.com
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FCC Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Warning This equipment may cause harmful interference unless the modifications are expressly approved in this equipment if an unauthorized change or modification is designed to... with the following national and international standards and guidelines regarding exposure of human beings to operate this manual. Warning Exposure To Radio Frequency Energy Your Insignia radio is made. Changes or modifications to this equipment may generate or use radio frequency energy. The radio generates measurable RF energy exposure only when transmitting. 20 www...
FCC Insignia NS-F1112 Two-Way Radio Warning This equipment may cause harmful interference unless the modifications are expressly approved in this equipment if an unauthorized change or modification is designed to... with the following national and international standards and guidelines regarding exposure of human beings to operate this manual. Warning Exposure To Radio Frequency Energy Your Insignia radio is made. Changes or modifications to this equipment may generate or use radio frequency energy. The radio generates measurable RF energy exposure only when transmitting. 20 www...