Installation Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
 - FCC Requirements
 - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Compliance
 - Safety Precautions
 - Information and Options
 - Battery Installation and Removal
 - Battery Care and Maintenance
 - Antenna Installation and Removal
 - Radio Controls
 - LCD Display
 - Programmable Switch and Button Functions
 - Channel/Zone Selection Options
 - Basic Radio Operation
 - Command Zone Operation
 - Code Guard/NAC Operation
 - Mixed Mode Operation
 - Trunking Channel Basic Operation
 - Scan Options
 - Pick List Options
 - Unit-to-Unit Call Options
 - Emergency Signaling Options
 - Encryption Operation
 - Messaging
 - Paging and Call Alert
 - Radio Inhibit/Enable [INH]/[UNINH]
 - Other Options and Functions
- Backlight [LITE]
 - Battery Life [LIFE]
 - Busy Channel Operation
 - Channel Select [CHAN]
 - Cloning [CLON]
 - Contrast
 - Control Lockout [LCK]
 - Date and Time [DATE]
 - Global Positioning [GPS]
 - Hard Power Down [PWRD]
 - Keypad Programming
 - Minimum Volume [VOL]
 - Monitor [MON]
 - Nuisance Channel Delete [DEL]
 - Phone [PHN] and Hang Up [HANG]
 - Radio Accountability Tone [RAT]
 - Radio info
 - Repeater Talkaround [T/A]
 - Send Alert Tone [SNDT]
 - Send Signal [SEND]
 - Squelch Adjust [SQL]
 - Site Display [STDS]
 - Site Lock [STLK]
 - Site Search [STSR]
 - Surveillance Mode [SURV]
 - System Test
 - Transmit Digital [TXAD]
 - Transmit Power [PWR]
 - Two-Tone Select [TONE]
 - Versions
 - Zone Select [ZONE] (Conventional and Trunked Channels)
 
 - Keypad Programming
 - BK Technologies Warranty Information
 - My Radio Settings
 

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PTT switch, then press it again and continue talking.
If the Transmit Indicator does not glow and a tone sounds, you are 
on a receive-only channel or the channel is busy (see Busy Channel 
Lockout). Select an authorized transmit channel.
NOTE: When using a channel programmed for mixed mode transmit 
the signal will be transmitted in the mode selected by the TX Digital 
selection. Or if programmed for Mixed Mode Talkback, the radio will 
transmit in the mode of the last received channel while the “RX” icon is 
displayed. (See Mixed Mode Operation.)
Command Zone Operation
The BKR5000 portable radio allows construction of Command Zones 
drawn from any of the programmed channels in standard operating 
zones. Each zone is designated as a Standard Operating Zone or a 
Command Zone with the PC Radio Editor. 
Building a Command Zone [CHAN+]
To build a Command Zone the “Channel Add/Delete” function must be 
assigned to a programmable button.
While operating in a standard zone press the “CHAN+” button to add 
the currently selected channel to a command zone. The list of available 
command zones will be displayed. Use the up/down arrows to select 
the zone to add the channel or use the number keys to move directly to 
the desired zone.
Pressing the “Enter” button copies the channel information to the rst 
available channel slot in the selected command zone.
Example: If the command zone has three channels, the newly added 
channel will be channel four.
Editing a Command Zone [CHAN-]
When operating in a Command Zone, press the “CHAN-” button to 
remove the selected channel from the zone. 
When a channel is deleted, the display momentarily shows “Channel 
Deleted”, and the following channels move up in the list. For example, if 
channel 5 is deleted, channel 6 becomes the new channel 5, channel 7 
becomes the new channel 6, etc. 
NOTE: Modications to a command zone channel, such as User 
Selected Tones, do not aect the original standard zone channel.










