User's Manual

200018 User’s Guide Draft

estrict operation of the radio on this system to only those sites you choose, which will give the PRO-18

less work to do and ultimately speed up its operation. To refine your selection:

. Press  at the System name

. To view and pick sites, scroll to Sites and press . You can pick every site and let the PRO-18 do the

work for you, finding the best site to use, or, you can speed things up by selecting the sites that are

close to your location.

. To view and pick talkgroups, scroll to Categories and press , and either pick entire Categories to

select every talkgroup in the category, or drill into a category to view and pick talkgroups that are

grouped in the category.

NOTE: Remember, one or more Sites must be selected along with any talkgroup objects that you pick

in a System in order for the talkgroups to be imported to Playlists.

Working with Playlists

Before you can begin monitoring your imported objects, you must enable the playlists where your

objects are stored. You can also give your playlists descriptive names.

Enabling/Disabling Playlists

1. In the Main Menu, scroll to Playlists and press  to view the list of playlists.

2. Press ▶/II/SEL to enable a playlist for scanning. A check mark appears next to the selected playlist.

Press▶/II/SEL again to disable a playlist.

Renaming Playlists

1. In the Playlists Menu, press  to edit the name.

2. Press  or  to change the letter, number, or symbol. Hold down  or  to scroll quickly.

3. Press  or  to move the cursor to another digit.

4. When finished, press ▶/II/SEL to save.

Press MENU to return to the playlists menu without saving.

Working with Objects

Browsing Playlists and Objects

1. Press MENU until the Main Menu is displayed.

2. Scroll to Browse Objects and press .

3. Press  to scroll through the Playlists,

4. Press  to review the objects in each Playlist.

Playing (Scanning) Objects

The PRO-18 allows you to scan the objects that you have stored in Playlists. You can monitor a single

object, or, you can scan all of the objects that you have stored in enabled Playlists. You can also pause

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