User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Front cover
- Directive 1999/5/EC Declaration of Conformity
- For your safety
- Safety warnings used in this guide
- Radio frequency exposure information
- Controlling your exposure to RFenergy
- Compliance with RF energy exposure standards
- Radio frequency emissions limits in theUSA
- Unapproved modifications or changes toradio
- Health, safety and electromagnetic compatibility inEurope
- Electromagnetic compatibility in European vehicles
- Interference with electronic devices
- Frequency band reserved for distressbeacons
- Safe radio operation
- Navigating your radio’s menus
- Contents
- Before using your radio
- Getting started
- Basic operation
- Making and receiving different typesofcalls
- Making an individual or group call
- Resending calls automatically
- Receiving an individual orgroupcall
- Responding to missed calls
- Informing other radio users of your status
- Calling a telephone or a remotedevice
- Making an emergency call
- Activating the automated emergency call feature
- Sending and receiving text messages
- Changing your radio’s settings
- Charging and caring for batteries
- Troubleshooting
- Function key options
- Tait general software licence agreement
- Rear cover
50 Changing your radio’s settings
Displaying the received signal strength
indicator (RSSI)
When this option is turned on, the strength of the received
signal is displayed in the lower left-hand corner of the menu
display .
To turn RSSI on and off:
1 Enter the display settings menu as described at the
beginning of this section.
2 Short press the menu key , then scroll through the
available menu options until
RSSI is displayed.
3 Short press the menu key to turn
RSSI ON and OFF.
4 Long press the menu key to exit menu mode.
Changing operational settings (User Settings menu)
Note: Some operation features may not be available or able
to be modified on your radio.
Operational settings are changed in the user settings menu.
Individual items in the user settings menu may be assigned
to a function key.
To access the user settings menu:
1 Long press the menu key
to enter menu mode (if the
radio displays a submenu option, press the clear key
to
enter the main menu).
2 Scroll through the main menu options using the arrow
keys
until USER SETTINGS is displayed.
For information on modifying squelch or monitor settings,
see “Improving Your Radio’s Reception (Squelch)” on
page 36 and “Checking That a Channel Is Clear (Monitor)”
on page 37.
Low power transmit
If you are using your radio in conditions where signal
strength is high, you can extend the shift life of your battery