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Operation
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Mode Functions
Operation
Privacy Code Scan
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Your microTALK
®
radio can automatically scan the Privacy
Codes
(either CTCSS 01 through 38 or DCS 01 through 83)
within one channel.
To scan privacy codes:
1. While in Standby mode, press the
Channel Up or Channel Down button
to choose the channel on which you
wish to scan privacy codes.
2. Press the Lock/Mode button until either the
CTCSS or the DCS icon appears on the display
and the
Scan icon and the privacy code
numbers flash on the display.
3. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down
button to begin scanning privacy codes
within the channel you selected.
The
Scan icon will continue to be displayed
when privacy code scan is
on. Your radio will
continue to scan privacy codes and stop as an
incoming transmission is detected. Your radio
will remain on that channel/privacy code for
10 seconds.
While setting privacy code scan, if you do not press any buttons
for 15 seconds, your radio will automatically return to
Standby
mode on the channel/privacy code that was displayed before
you entered mode functions.
During privacy code scan (while receiving an incoming
transmission), you can choose from the following:
a.
Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on
that channel/privacy code. Your radio will remain on
that channel/privacy code and return to
Standby mode.
b. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button to
resume scanning privacy codes.
If you press the
Talk button while scanning, but more than
10 seconds after receiving a transmission, you will transmit
on the channel/privacy code on which you last received a
transmission. This will then return the radio to
Standby mode.
Channel Buttons
Lock/Mode Button
Select Channel
Scan Privacy Codes
During channel scan (while receiving an incoming transmission),
you can choose from the following:
a.
Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on
that channel. Your radio will remain on that channel
and return to
Standby mode.
b. Press the Channel Up or Channel Down button to
resume scanning channels.
If you press the
Talk button while scanning, but more than
10 seconds after receiving a transmission, you will transmit
on the channel on which you last received a transmission.
This will return the radio to
Standby mode.
If you do not press any button within 10 seconds after
receiving a scanned transmission, your radio will automatically
resume scanning channels.
During channel scan (while not receiving a transmission),
you can choose from the following:
a.
Press and hold the Talk button to communicate on the
channel or channel/privacy code that was displayed before
you entered mode functions or the channel on which, during
scanning, you last received a transmission. This will then
return the radio to
Standby mode.
b. Press the Lock/Mode button to proceed to set privacy
code scan on the channel that was either displayed before
you entered mode functions or on which, during channel
scanning, you last received a transmission (see below for
further details).
c. Press the Hi•Low/Enter button to return to Standby mode
on the channel/privacy code that was displayed before you
entered mode functions or the channel on which, during
scanning, you last received a transmission.