User's Manual

GENERAL OPERATION
10
Revised August 2002
Part No. 001-5300-007CD-NR
3.4 SETTING VOLUME LEVEL
The relative volume setting can be determined by
noting the position of the index on the On-Off/Volume
knob. Otherwise, enable a reference tone for use in
setting the volume as follows:
• If the key press tones are enabled (see Section 3.12
on page 12), a short tone sounds when an option
switch is pressed or the Select switch is pressed or
rotated.
• If a conventional channel is selected, take the micro-
phone off-hook and if someone is talking, voice may
be heard. If the
MON (Monitor) option switch is
programmed (see Section 4.3 on page 19), pressing
it unsquelches the transceiver and either voice or
background noise is heard. If a SMARTNET/Smart-
Zone or P25 trunked channel is selected, the trans-
ceiver cannot be manually unsquelched.
3.5 ZONE/CHANNEL DISPLAY
The selected zone and channel numbers are
displayed by the zone and channel displays shown in
Figure 2-3 on page 8. In addition, the programmed
zone or channel identification (alias) is displayed in
the alphanumeric display area. The zone alias is
displayed when the zone select mode is enabled, and
the channel alias is displayed when the channel select
mode is enabled (see next section). With conventional
channels, the channel frequency may be displayed
instead of the alias (see Section 4.9).
A zone can include any mix of up to 16 channels,
and up to 16 zones can be programmed. Therefore, up
to 256 channels can be selected. Zones may be used
for operation in different geographical areas or radio
systems.
3.6 ZONE/CHANNEL SELECT
The front panel Select switch is used to change
the zone and channel. Pressing this switch toggles
between the zone and channel select modes, and
rotating it changes the zone or channel.
The current mode is indicated by the bar over the
zone or channel display. For example, when the bar is
over the zone display (see following illustration), the
zone select mode is enabled.
Rotating the Select switch clockwise increases
the zone or channel and rotating it counterclockwise
decreases the zone or channel number. After the
highest zone or channel is displayed, wrap-around to
the lowest zone or channel occurs and vice versa. If an
unprogrammed channel is selected,
“UNPROGRAMD” is displayed and a tone sounds.
The transceiver may also be programmed so that only
programmed channels are selected.
The transceiver can be programmed so that the
bar defaults to either the zone or channel display when
power is turned on and after a change is made. The
delay that occurs before it returns is programmed for
1-15 seconds. It can also be programmed to remain in
the last selected mode.
3.7 SETTING SQUELCH CONTROL
This transceiver does not have a squelch control.
The squelch level is preset and usually does not
require readjustment. However, if the squelch level
needs to be changed on a conventional analog channel,
it can be changed using keypad programming if avail-
able (see Section 4.14 on page 25).
3.8 OPTION SWITCHES
The six option switches on the front panel (one is
located to the left of the display) can be programmed
by the PCConfigure programmer to control a different
set of functions for each of the three operating modes.
Therefore, up to 18 different functions can be
controlled by these switches (six each for conven-
tional, SMARTNET/SmartZone, and P25 Trunking).
The available functions in each mode and the section
in which each is described are shown in Table 3-1
which follows.
Zone
No.
Chnl
No.
Zone Select Indicator
Channel Select Indicator