User's Manual

Page Center User Manual MNT-PC-VB
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The procedure for sending a group page is the same as for the individual page described in the above procedure.
Group pages generally take longer to send out, so you may find the PAGE CENTER will take a bit longer to
return to the
PAGER NO= prompt when a group page is sent.
2.7 Tone Paging
Some pagers can receive tone or numeric pages. If you wish to send a tone page (make it beep) to a pager that
is set-up for numeric or alpha paging, you can press the F4 (Tone) key when entering the page instead of the F1
(Enter) key. Pressing the F4 key after entering the pager number will force the PAGE CENTER to send a tone
page to the pager.
2.8 2-way voice communications
The PAGE CENTER can communicate with portable and mobile two-way radios. The PAGE CENTER has a
privacy feature called Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (CTCSS). CTCSS blocks the reception of
signals or noise that are not encoded with certain preset low frequency tones. You will only hear signals at the
PAGE CENTER that have the correct CTCSS tone encoded on them. This means that the radio channel may be
in use by someone else, and you will not hear anything come out the speaker because the CTCSS decoder has
muted it.
To disable the CTCSS decoder momentarily in order to monitor all of the communications on the channel, press
the F2 key on the built-in keypad.
To talk on the radio channel, press and hold down the F3 key on the built-in keypad. If the channel is not in
use, the PAGE CENTER will turn the transmitter on and display TALK on the LCD. Your voice will be
transmitted out over the air. The microphone is located on the front of the unit, so speak clearly towards it in a
normal voice.
If the channel is busy with signals which are not being decoded by the CTCSS decoder, the LCD will display
LISTENING and the CTCSS decoder will be disabled in order to monitor the signal being received before
transmitting. If after 3 seconds you do not release the F3 key, the PAGE CENTER will begin transmitting.