User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Safety Information
- Radio Overview
- Controls & Display
- Dual Controls & External Speaker
- General Operation
- 4.1 Basic Operation
- 4.1.1 Turning Power ON and Setting Volume
- 4.1.2 Power-Up Password
- 4.1.3 Speaking into the Microphone
- 4.1.4 Display Backlight Control
- 4.1.5 Display Viewing Angle and Contrast Adjust
- 4.1.6 Zone / Channel Display and Select
- 4.1.7 Setting Squelch Control
- 4.1.8 Transmit Disable
- 4.1.9 Operation At Extended Range
- 4.1.10 Preventing Vehicle Battery Discharge
- 4.1.11 Cleaning the Control Head
- 4.1.12 Radio Service
- 4.2 Operating Modes
- 4.1 Basic Operation
- Radio Wide Features
- 5.1 Option Buttons
- 5.2 Menu Mode
- 5.3 Time-Out Timer
- 5.4 Home Channel Select
- 5.5 Power Output Select
- 5.6 Alert Tone Select
- 5.7 Power Turn-Off Delay
- 5.8 Horn Alert
- 5.9 Microphone Off-Hook Detect
- 5.10 Surveillance Mode
- 5.11 Public Address
- 5.12 Scanning
- 5.13 Scan Lists
- 5.14 Global Positioning System (GPS)
- 5.15 Over the Air Programming
- Conventional Features
- 6.1 Monitoring Before Transmitting
- 6.2 Monitor Mode
- 6.3 Busy Channel Lockout
- 6.4 Call Guard Squelch
- 6.5 Penalty Timer
- 6.6 Conversation Timer
- 6.7 Repeater Talk-Around
- 6.8 Displaying Transmit / Receive Frequency
- 6.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 6.10 Conventional Mode Channel Scanning
- 6.11 Standard Conventional Calls
- 6.12 DTMF / ANI Signaling
- 6.13 Project 25 Mode Features
- 6.13.1 Digital Unit ID
- 6.13.2 Talkgroup ID
- 6.13.3 Network Access Code (NAC)
- 6.13.4 EFJohnson System Out of Range Indicator
- 6.13.5 EFJohnson System Automatic Registration
- 6.13.6 P25 Group Calls
- 6.13.7 P25 Unit Calls
- 6.13.8 P25 Conventional Telephone Calls
- 6.13.9 Call Alert
- 6.13.10 Call History
- 6.13.11 Messaging
- 6.13.12 Status Messaging
- 6.13.13 P25 Packet Data
- 6.14 Keypad Programming
- 6.15 Text Messaging
- 6.16 Sending Global Positioning System (GPS) Data
- SMARTNET / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Features
- 7.1 Analog and Digital Operation
- 7.2 Viewing Unit ID
- 7.3 Standard Group Calls
- 7.4 Private (Unit-To-Unit) Calls
- 7.5 Telephone Calls
- 7.6 Call Alert
- 7.7 Messaging
- 7.8 Sending Status Conditions
- 7.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 7.10 Failsoft Operation
- 7.11 SMARTNET / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Scanning Features
- 7.12 Dynamic Regrouping
- 7.13 SmartZone and P25 Trunking Unique Features
- 7.13.1 Busy Override
- 7.13.2 Site Trunking
- 7.13.3 Determining Current Site and Searching for a New Site
- 7.13.4 Locking / Unlocking a Site
- 7.13.5 Auto Site Search
- 7.13.6 ZoneFail Site Lock
- 7.13.7 P25 Wide Area Scan
- 7.13.8 Normal P25 and SmartZone Control Channel Hunt
- 7.13.9 Talkgroup Steering through System Access Permissions
- 7.13.10 P25 Wide Area Scan
- 7.13.11 Radio Information
- Secure Communication (Encryption)
- 8.1 Encryption Algorithms
- 8.2 Encryption Keys
- 8.3 Clear / Secure Strapping
- 8.4 Security Settings Override
- 8.4.1 Conventional (P25) Talkgroup Security Override
- 8.4.2 Secure Call Behavior
- 8.4.2.1 Failsoft, Group Regroup or Dynamic Regroup Call
- 8.4.2.2 Channel with only a Talkgroup Specified
- 8.4.2.3 Channel with both a Talkgroup and Announcement Group Specified
- 8.4.2.4 Channel with only an Announcement Group Specified
- 8.4.2.5 Announcement Group Call
- 8.4.2.6 Emergency Calls on Emergency Groups
- 8.4.3 Scan Mode Behavior
- 8.5 Over-The-Air Rekeying (OTAR)
- 8.6 Radio Setup For Encryption
- 8.7 Radio OTAR Capabilities
- Data Features
- Tones & Error Messages
- Service Information
Viking VM600 Mobile Radio Operating Manual 5-1
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Section 5Radio Wide Features
Radio wide features are features common to all operating modes.
5.1 Option Buttons
Six option buttons on the front panel (one is located to the left of the display) can be
programmed to control a different set of functions for each of the three operating modes.
Therefore, up to 18 different functions can be controlled by these buttons (six each for
conventional, SMARTNET/SmartZone, and P25 Trunking).
Figure 5.1 Option Buttons
Programmable Option Buttons
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
Draft 4/29/2014