User's Manual

Viking™ VP600 Portable Radio Operating Manual 5-21
Conventional Mode Features
1 The Talkgroup Lock Feature can be enabled / disabled from a programmable button or
menu. The radio must be on a P25 Conventional Channel or else the radio will bad
beep.
2 Feature Entry/Exit:
The Talkgroup Lock Feature can be enabled / disabled from a programmable function
button or from the menu.
- Pressing the function button or selecting the “Lock” option under the “TG 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.
- Pressing and holding the function button or selecting the “Unlock” option under the
“TG Lock” 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
marked with the indicator.
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 talkgroup
list of the radio profile, the radio will store the Talkgroup as the Lock Talkgroup and
will exit menu mode.
- If a Talkgroup is entered via Direct Entry and the Talkgroup does not reside in the
talkgroup list of the radio 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 will be retained through power down. Downloading a profile
through Armada will erase all Talkgroup Lock settings.
Talkgroup select feature exit will operate as follows
- The (Clear) button will cause the feature to exit without saving any talkgroup
changes.