User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Legal and Support
- Radio Care
- Radio Overview
- Getting Started
- Home Screen Overview
- General Radio Operation
- 5.1 Selecting Zones
- 5.2 Selecting Channels
- 5.3 Mode Select Feature
- 5.4 Selecting the Power Level
- 5.5 Selecting a Radio Profile
- 5.6 Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias
- 5.7 Adjusting the Display Backlight
- 5.8 Editing the Time and Date
- 5.9 Locking and Unlocking the Controls
- 5.10 Setting the Tones for Controls and Buttons
- 5.11 Setting the Voice Mute
- 5.12 Using the Time-Out Timer
- 5.13 Adjusting the Squelch Level
- 5.14 Conventional Squelch Operation
- 5.15 Using the PL Disable Feature
- 5.16 Digital PTT ID Support
- 5.17 General Radio Information
- Trunking System Controls
- Types of Radio Calls
- Emergency Operation
- Fireground
- Tactical Public Safety (Conventional Only)
- Man Down (Fall Alert)
- Secure Operations
- Scan
- Scan Lists
- Connectivity
- Location
- Mission Critical Geofence (ASTRO 25 Trunking)
- Contacts
- Recent Calls
- Sending Status
- Call Alert Paging
- Automatic Registration Service
- User Login Feature
- Text Messaging Service
- Monitor Feature
- Remote Monitor
- Transmit Inhibit
- Dynamic Regrouping (Trunking Only)
- Dynamic Zone Programming
- Zone-to-Zone Cloning
- Radio Kill
- Radio Inhibit
- Voice Announcement
- Site Selectable Alerts
- Additional Performance Enhancement
Chapter 5
General Radio Operation
This chapter explains the general operations of your radio.
5.1
Selecting Zones
A zone is a group of channels.
Procedure:
1 Press the Zone menu item.
2 Select the required zone and press Sel.
5.2
Selecting Channels
A channel is a group of radio characteristics, such as transmit or receive frequency pairs.
Procedure:
Select channels by using the following options.
Option Actions
Selecting radio channels using
the Channel Selector knob
Rotate the Channel Selector knob to the required
channel.
Selecting radio channels from
the Menu
a Press the Chan menu item.
b Select the required channel and press Sel.
5.2.1
Channel Error Message
If there is a channel error, your radio displays error messages on the Radio Control Widget.
Type Description
Unprogrammed The mode is set to an unprogrammed channel.
Fail 001 The selected channel is assigned to an incorrect frequency band.
5.3
Mode Select Feature
Mode Select allows a long press to save the current zone and channel of your radio to a programmable
button, or a softkey. Once programmed, the short-press of that button or softkey changes the
transmission to the saved zone and channel.
NOTE: Your radio must be programmed for you to use this feature.
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