User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Radio Overview
- Controls & Display
- General Operation
- 3.1 Basic Operation
- 3.1.1 Turning Power ON and Setting Volume
- 3.1.2 Persistent Settings
- 3.1.3 Power-Up Password
- 3.1.4 Speaking into the Microphone
- 3.1.5 Display Backlight Control
- 3.1.6 Display Viewing Angle & Contrast Adjust (Standard Control Head Only)
- 3.1.7 Zone / Channel Display and Select
- 3.1.8 Setting Squelch Control
- 3.1.9 Zone Edit
- 3.1.10 Transmit Disable
- 3.1.11 Operation At Extended Range
- 3.1.12 Preventing Vehicle Battery Discharge
- 3.1.13 Cleaning the Control Head
- 3.1.14 Radio Service
- 3.2 Single Touch
- 3.2.1 Single Touch Buttons
- 3.2.2 Detailed Single Touch Operation
- 3.2.2.1 Conventional Unit Call
- 3.2.2.2 Conventional Call Alert
- 3.2.2.3 Conventional Status
- 3.2.2.4 Conventional Message
- 3.2.2.5 P25 Unit Call
- 3.2.2.6 P25 Call Alert
- 3.2.2.7 P25 Status
- 3.2.2.8 P25 Interconnect
- 3.2.2.9 SNSZ Unit Call
- 3.2.2.10 SNSZ Call Alert
- 3.2.2.11 SNSZ Status
- 3.2.2.12 SNSZ Message:
- 3.2.2.13 SNSZ Interconnect:
- 3.3 Radio Inhibit
- 3.4 Setting Squelch
- 3.5 Operating Modes
- 3.1 Basic Operation
- Radio Wide Features
- 4.1 Option Buttons
- 4.2 Menu Mode
- 4.3 Time-Out Timer
- 4.4 Home Channel Select
- 4.5 Power Output Select
- 4.6 Alert Tone Select
- 4.7 Ignition Power Down Duration
- 4.8 Horn Alert
- 4.9 Microphone Off-Hook Detect
- 4.10 Surveillance Mode
- 4.11 Public Address
- 4.12 Scanning
- 4.13 Scan Lists
- 4.14 Over the Air Programming
- 4.15 Over the Internet Programming
- 4.16 Auto / Unmute
- 4.17 Location Services
- 4.18 Emergency Alarm Receive Indicator
- 4.19 Kiosk Mode
- 4.20 Analog Noise Reduction
- Conventional Mode Features
- 5.1 Monitoring Before Transmitting
- 5.2 Monitor Mode
- 5.3 Busy Channel Lockout
- 5.4 Call Guard Squelch
- 5.5 Penalty Timer
- 5.6 Conversation Timer
- 5.7 Repeater Talk-Around
- 5.8 Displaying Transmit / Receive Frequency
- 5.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 5.10 Conventional Mode Channel Scanning
- 5.11 Standard Conventional Calls
- 5.12 DTMF / ANI Signaling
- 5.13 Project 25 Mode Features
- 5.13.1 Digital Unit ID
- 5.13.2 Talkgroup ID
- 5.13.3 Network Access Code (NAC)
- 5.13.4 EFJohnson System Out-of-Range Indicator
- 5.13.5 EFJohnson System Automatic Registration
- 5.13.6 P25 Group Calls
- 5.13.7 P25 Unit Calls
- 5.13.8 P25 Conventional Telephone Calls
- 5.13.9 Call Alert
- 5.13.10 Call History
- 5.13.11 Messaging
- 5.13.12 Status Messaging
- 5.13.13 P25 Packet Data
- 5.14 Keypad Programming
- 5.15 Text Messaging
- SMARTNET / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Features
- 6.1 Analog and Digital Operation
- 6.2 Viewing Unit ID
- 6.3 Standard Group Calls
- 6.4 Unit Calls
- 6.5 Telephone Calls
- 6.6 Call Alert
- 6.7 Messaging
- 6.8 Sending Status Conditions
- 6.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 6.10 Failsoft Operation
- 6.11 SMARTNET / SmartZone / P25 Trunking Scanning Features
- 6.12 Dynamic Regrouping
- 6.13 P25 Radio Unit Monitor
- 6.14 SmartZone and P25 Trunking Unique Features
- 6.14.1 Busy Override
- 6.14.2 Site Trunking
- 6.14.3 Determining Current Site and Searching for a New Site
- 6.14.4 Locking / Unlocking a Site
- 6.14.5 Auto Site Search
- 6.14.6 P25 Wide Area Scan
- 6.14.7 Normal P25 and SmartZone Control Channel Hunt
- 6.14.8 Talkgroup Steering through System Access Permissions
- 6.14.9 Radio Information
- 6.14.10 Current Software version in the radio
- 6.15 P25 Trunking System Single Touch
- 6.16 P25 Messaging
- Secure Communication (Encryption)
- Data Features
- Tones & Error Messages
- Service Information
Draft 02 - Sep 1 2015
5-32 Viking Mobile Radio Operating Manual
Conventional Mode Features
SCAN TIMER - Selects the Scan Hold timer. Rotate the Select switch to decrement/
increment the timer in 0.5-second steps from 0-7.5 or set it to 0 seconds to disabled it.
When the desired value is displayed, store it by pressing the Select switch. A single
beep sounds when the switch is pressed (if that option is enabled).
TX TIMER - Selects the transmit time-out timer. Rotate the Select switch to
decrement/increment the timer in 15-second steps from 0-225 or disable it by selecting
0 seconds. When the desired value is displayed, store it by pressing the Select switch. A
single beep sounds when the switch is pressed (if that option is enabled).
PEN TIMER (SCH)/Penalty Time (LCH) - Selects the penalty timer. Rotate the
Select switch to decrement/increment the timer in 15-second steps from 0-225 or
disable it by selecting 0 seconds. When the desired value is displayed, store it by
pressing the Select switch. A single beep sounds when the switch is pressed (if that
option is enabled).
CONV TIMER (SCH)/Conversatn Timer (LCH) - Selects the conversation timer.
Rotate the Select switch to decrement/increment the timer in 30-second steps from 0-
450 or disable it by selecting 0 seconds. When the desired value is displayed, store it by
pressing the Select switch. A single beep sounds when the switch is pressed (if that
option is enabled).
5.14.6 Channel Parameters
The “CHAN PARMS” (Standard Control Head) or “Channel Parms” (Lightning Control
Head) menu parameter selects the following conventional channel parameters that can be
reprogrammed. Press Select switch to select the “Channel Parms” parameter and then
rotate that switch to display the desired parameter. Then press the Select switch again to
select it. A single beep sounds when the switch is pressed (if that option is enabled). The
squelch control parameters are unique to the type of conventional channel selected (analog
or Project 25).
Note If “PASSWORD” is briefly displayed when attempting to select a parameter, see
Section 5.14.2.
Note If a mixed mode channel is selected, both the Rx Code (analog) and Rx NAC (P25) which
follow can be programmed. In addition, if the Tx Type is Analog, a Tx Code is
programmed, and if it is Digital (P25), a Tx NAC is programmed.
RX FREQ - Programs the receive channel frequency. To select the digit to change or
move the cursor to the right, press the F3 button (Standard Control Head) or right on the
Navigation Pad (Lightning Control Head). To move the cursor to the left, press the F2
button (Standard Control Head) or left on the Navigation Pad (Lightning Control Head).
Then to display the desired digit, rotate the Select switch. The frequency is stored after
programming the last digit. If an invalid frequency is entered, a beep sounds,
“INVALID” is briefly displayed, and the frequency editing mode continues to be
selected.
TX FREQ - Selects the transmit frequency the same the preceding RX FREQ.