User's Guide

Selecting a Radio Channel
A channel is a group of radio characteristics, such as
transmit/ receive frequency pairs.
The following
methods are options on how to select a radio
channel. The result of all the methods is the same.
You can use the options interchangeably depending
on your preference and the programmed functions.
• Select a channel via the preprogrammed 16–
Position Select Knob to the desired channel.
a) Rotate the preprogrammed 16–Position
Select Knob to the desired channel.
b) Press the PTT button to transmit on the
displayed zone channel.
• Select a channel via the Channel radio menu.
a)
b)
Press the PTT button to transmit on the
displayed zone channel.
• Select a channel via Channel Up or Channel
Down radio menu:
a)
or to ChUp or ChDn.
b) Press the Menu Select button directly below
ChUp or ChDn.
Positions of ChUp and ChDn on the display may
differ each time you release the Menu Select
button. Read carefully before you press.
c) Press the PTT button to transmit on the
displayed zone and channel.
Selecting a Channel via Channel Search
Button
This feature allows you to do a quick search for a
specific channel in your radio by keying in the alias of
the channel. If the name matches, your radio prompts
the first found matched channel name.
1 Perform one of the following actions:
• Press the preprogrammed Channel Search
button.
•
or to CSrh then press the Menu Select
button directly below CSrh.
A blinking cursor appears on the Channel Search
screen.
2 Use the keypad to type or edit your channel name.
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