User's Manual

5-22 Viking Portable 600 Radio Operating Manual
Conventional Mode Features
2 Feature Entry/Exit:
The Talkgroup Lock Feature can be enabled / disabled from a programmable function
button or from the menu.
- A press of the function button or selection of the “Lock” menu item will lock the
talkgroup.
Ο If the radio is already locked, the bad beep tone will sound. If the radio is not
already locked the feature entry tone will sound and the radio will be locked to the
current talkgroup. In either case the radio will display “TG Locked” for 1 second
followed by the alias of the lock talkgroup (or the talkgroup number if no alias is
defined) for 1 second.
- A press and hold of the function button or selection of the “Unlock” menu item will
unlock the talkgroup.
Ο If the radio is already unlocked, the bad beep tone will sound. If the radio is not
already unlocked the feature exit tone will sound and the radio will unlock and
return to the programmed talkgroup. In either case the radio will display “TG
Unlocked” for 1 second followed by the alias of the programmed talkgroup (or the
talkgroup number if no alias is defined) for 1 second.
- The menu will display “Lock” and “Unlock” options. The current state will be
indicated as follows
Ο Mobile: Current state will be highlighted in the menu
Ο Portable: Current state will be marked with the * indicator P25 Unit Calls
3 Talkgroup Select
If Talkgroup Lock is enabled, the Talkgroup Select feature will have the following new
functionality
- If a talkgroup is entered via direct entry and the talkgroup resides in the programming
profile, the radio will store the Talkgroup as the Lock Talkgroup and will exit menu
mode.
- If the Talkgroup is entered via Direct Entry and the Talkgroup does not reside in the
programming profile, the radio will display “Invalid TG” and bad beep.
Ο If the Talkgroup is selected from the list, the radio will store the Talkgroup as the
Lock Talkgroup and will exit menu mode
Ο If Talkgroup Lock is enabled, no permanent changes will be made to the selected
Talkgroup, only the Lock Talkgroup will be affected.
Ο Talkgroup Lock is a per system setting. As such, if multiple systems are
programmed to the same profile, only channels on the same system will be locked
or unlocked concurrently. Channels on a separate system will adhere to the
Talkgroup Lock settings of their system.
Example: If a subscriber is locked on TG 1 on System A, and the user changes to
System B with no TG Lock, the radio will not be locked to any TG. Returning to
System A will resume lock on TG 1. If System A is locked to TG 1, System B is
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