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2. Press to Utilities and press [OK] to select.

3. Press to Radio Settings and press [OK] to select.

4. Press to VOX and press [OK] to select.

5. The display shows VOX On. Press [OK] to enable VOX and display

shows VOX On. OR the display shows VOX Off. Press [OK] to disable

VOX and display shows VOX Off.

Controlling the Display Backlight

You can enable or disable the radio’s display backlight as needed.

The setting also affects the Menu Navigation Buttons and keypad

backlighting accordingly.

Procedure:

1. Press [MENU] to access the menu.

2. Press to Utilities and press [OK] to select.

3. Press to Radio Settings and press [OK] to select.

4. Press to Backlight and press [OK] button.

5. The display shows Auto On. Press [OK] to enable the display

backlight. The display shows Backlight Auto On. OR the display

shows Turn Off. Press [OK] to disable the display backlight. The

display shows Backlight Turn Off.

The display backlight and keypad backlight are automatically turned

off if the LED indicator is disabled.

Talkaround

You can continue to communicate when your repeater is not operating,

or when your radio is out of the repeater’s range but within talking

range of other radios. This is called “talkaround”.

Press the programmed Repeater/Talkaround button to toggle between

talkaround and repeater modes.

Procedure:

1. Press [MENU] to access the menu.

2. Press to Utilities and press [OK] to select.

3. Press to Radio Settings and press [OK] to select.

4. Press to Talkaround and press [OK] to select.

5. You see Turn On if the radio is currently in Repeater mode. OR you

see Turn Off if the radio is currently in Talkaround mode.

6. Press [OK] to select.

7. The display shows Talkaround On. Or the display shows Talkaround

Off.

8. The screen automatically returns to the previous menu.

Turning the Radio Tones/Alert On or Off

You can enable and disable all radio tones and alerts (except for the

incoming Emergency alert tone) if needed.