User's Manual

Table Of Contents
Draft
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S ECTION
Section 3General Operation
This section provides general information about the operation of the 5300 ES Mobile
radios. The following information is discussed:
Turning Power On/Off and Setting the Volume
Passwords
Backlight controls and display viewing
Displaying and Selecting Zones/Channels
Setting Squelch Control
Transmit Disable
Radio Operating Modes
3.1 Turning Power On and Setting Volume
Power is turned on and off by pressing the On-Off/Volume knob. When power is turned
on, the radio goes through a self test. When that is successfully completed, the unit ID is
briefly displayed (except when a conventional analog channel is selected), a tone sounds
(if tones are enabled), and the radio is ready for normal operation. If “ENTER PSWD” is
briefly displayed, refer to the next section.
The radio can be programmed so that one of the following combinations are selected at
power up:
Last Zone/Last Channel
Last Zone/Home Channel
Home Zone/Last Channel
Home Zone/Home Channel
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