User`s guide

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Basic Operating Procedures
Selecting the Transmit Power Level
The PWR softkey lets you select (toggle) the transmit power level.
Monitoring Conventional Mode Activity
This feature allows you to monitor channel traffic on conventional
channels by defeating the coded squelch. This feature must first be
enabled by a qualified radio technician or system administrator.
Press the PWR softkey.
The display momentarily shows POWER LOW or POWER HIGH to
indicate the transmit power level selected.
Do one of the following:
Take the microphone off hook.
(This is the same as monitor on. You hear all channel traffic.)
OR
1 Make sure you are in Home mode where the default zone and
mode are being displayed (
page 14).
2 Press the or button to scroll to the MON softkey.
3 Pressing MON softkey momentarily toggles between MONITOR ON
and MONITOR OFF. MONITOR ON shown on the display indicates
that the radio is monitoring.
4 Pressing MON softkey again turns monitor off and you don’t hear
all channel traffic.