User`s guide

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Button
Function
Description
Airh Airhorn tone on/off.
Blank Not assigned to any feature of the radio. No tone will sound.
Call Used to program the Call button for use with Trunking Private Call and/or Conventional
MDC Call.
Del Used to delete digits, or as Scan Nuisance Delete in Conventional or Trunking Scan. The
availability of this feature depends on the radio's Control Head. Some of these features CANNOT be
selected on the buttons. Feature position is selectable for W4 and W5 Control Heads.
Dim Used to change the display brightness to one of four levels: from off to high, from high to
medium, from medium to low, or from low to off.
The availability of this feature depends on the radio's Control Head. Some of these features CANNOT
be selected on the buttons.
Dir Used on a Conventional mode to choose a Repeater or Direct Transmit Frequency and Coded
Squelch.
DynP Used for dynamic Priority Scan assignment.
Emer Used with the Conventional and/or Trunking Emergency feature to initiate Emergency
operation.
HiLo Used to switch HiLo tones on/off.
H/L (Horn &
Lights)
Used with the Conventional and/or Trunking External Alarm option to turn the external
alarms ON/OFF and to configure the alarms. These alarms are activated when individual calls
(Private Call, Call Alert Page, Phone, etc.) are received.
Home Used to exit a feature such as Scan.
The availability of this feature depends on the radio's Control Head. Some of these features CANNOT
be selected on the buttons.
Lght Toggles display keypad backlight on/off.
Lock Used with the Automatic Multiple Site Switching (AMSS) option or the SmartZone option to
display the lock status and toggle between lock and unlock status.
LPwr Sets the transmitting power to low.
Man Sets manual tone on/off.
Mode Used to change the current channel.
The availability of this feature depends on the radio's Control Head. Some of these features CANNOT
be selected on the buttons.
Menu Used to pick functionalities which are not programmed into a designated button.
Mon Used to monitor channel traffic; either take the microphone off-hook or press the MON
button momentarily. MON ON display indicates that the radio is monitoring. On coded
squelch modes, this turns off receive coded squelch operation and allows monitoring of all the
activity on the channel. The busy indicator will also light up when channel activity is present
or the radio is unsquelched.
Msg Used with the Conventional MDC-1200 Message option and/or the Trunking Message option
to enter or exit the Message feature.
Nuisance Delete This selection is not available in this version. When scan is on, a press of this button will delete
the current channel from the scan list until scan is turned off and then back on again.
PA Used to switch to Public Address mode.