Manual

ADVANCED OPERATIONS

TALK AROUND

You may occasionally experience an interruption in service (due to a power

failure, etc.). During such an occurence, you can continue communication by

using the Talk Around feature if it has been programmed by your dealer.

Talk Around allows you to communicate directly with other transceivers without

the use of a repeater. However, if the station you want to contact is too far away,

or there are geographical obstacles in the way, you may not be able to contact

the station.

Press the key programmed as Talk Around to activate the Talk Around function.

• The icon appears on the display while the Talk Around function is ON.

• When using Talk Around, the receive frequency is used for both transmission and

reception, and the decode signaling is used for both encoding and decoding.

Press the Talk Around key again to deactivate the Talk Around function.

KEY LOCK

Press the key programmed as Key Lock to lock the keys of the transceiver.

Locking the transceiver keys prevents you from accidentally changing the

channel and channel settings.

While Key Lock is active, you can still use the microphone PTT switch, the (power)

switch, and the Emergency, Monitor, and Squelch Off keys. If set up by your

dealer, you can also use the Volume Up and Volume Down keys.

•“ ” (TK-7160/ TK-8160) or “ ” (TK-7162/ TK-8162) momentarily appears on the

display when the Key Lock function is activated or when a key is pressed while the

Key Lock function is ON.

Press the Key Lock key again to turn this function OFF.

AUXILIARY PORT

Press the key programmed as AUX to activate the auxiliary port. The auxiliary

port is used with optional boards.

• The (TK-7160/ TK-8160) or (TK-7162/ TK-8162) icon appears on the

display when the auxiliary port is activated.

HORN ALERT

Press the key programmed as Horn Alert to activate the Horn Alert function.

The Horn Alert function can only be used with an optional board.

• The (TK-7160/ TK-8160) or (TK-7162/ TK-8162) icon appears on the display

when the Horn Alert function is activated.