User guide

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General Radio Features
Time-Out Timer
All ASTRO Digital Spectra and Digital Spectra Plus models provide a
time-out timer function that prevents locking up a repeater or channel
by prolonged keying of the transmitter. You cannot transmit longer
than the preset timer setting. If you attempt to do so, the radio
automatically stops your transmission, and you hear a talk-prohibit
tone.
Note: You will hear a brief, low-pitched, warning tone four seconds
before the transmission times out.
The timer is set for 60 seconds at the factory, but it can be
reprogrammed by a qualifed radio technician for between 15 and 465
seconds, in 15-second intervals, or it can be disabled entirely for each
radio mode.
Push-To-Talk Identification (PTT-ID)
When you press the PTT button to send a message, your radio ID
number is transmitted as part of each voice message. This PTT-ID
number is then shown on the receiving radio’s display.
For the ASTRO digital mode, up to eight right-justified digits are
displayed.
If the receiving radio is changing channels, the PTT-ID display that
indicates activity on the new channel is alternately displayed and
inhibited for short periods of time.
Pressing the HOME button erases the PTT-ID from the display.
The display conditions of PTT-ID must be programmed by a qualified
radio technician