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.
This section covers:
■ about the radio controls
■ about the keypad
■ understanding the radio display
■ understanding the radio indicators
■ navigating the radio menus.
About the radio controls
The radio controls are the PTT key, power/volume control,
channel selector, scroll keys, selection keys and function keys.
Some keys 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 described in the
following sections.
About the function keys
The function keys provide quick access to features you use
most often. These features are assigned to the function keys
when the radio is programmed.
Some keys may have a features associated with both a short
keypress and a long keypress.
See “Function key options” on page 64 for a list of features
that may have been assigned to the function keys.