User's Manual

Getting started 19
Getting started
This section provides a brief description of your radio’s
controls and indicators and explains how to use the
radio’s menus.
The following topics are covered in this section:
■ about the radio controls
■ about the keypad microphone
■ about the hand-held control head
■ understanding the radio display
■ understanding the radio indicators
■ navigating your radio’s menus
■ viewing your radio’s function key settings
■ sharing a multi-head radio with other users
About the radio controls
The radio controls are the PTT key, volume control, on/off key,
scroll keys, selection keys and function keys. Some keys may
have functions assigned to both short and long key presses:
■ a short key press is less than one second, and
■ a long key press is more than one second.
The radio controls and their functions are summarized in the
following diagram and table.