User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- WELCOME
- INTRODUCTION
- Optional Accessories
- External Speaker/Microphone
- External VOX Headset
- Battery Packs
- FCC REQUIREMENTS
- SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
- Dealer Programmable Options
- Before Using Your Radio
- Battery Installation and Removal
- Antenna Installation and Removal
- Radio Views
- Aurora Radio Controls
- Front View
- Display
- Backlight
- Keypad
- Speaker
- Top View
- Status Indicator
- On/Off Volume Knob
- Squelch Knob
- Programmable Three-Position Switch
- Emergency Button
- Channel Selector Knob
- Side Views
- PTT Switch
- Programmable Softkey Buttons
- Options Connector
- Basic Operation 23
- TRANSMIT
- Code Guard Operation
- Code Guard Receive
- Code Guard Transmit
- Scan Operation
- Talkback Scan
- Scan All Groups
- Change the Scan List
- Scanning Options
- Scan Delay
- Talk Around
- Scan in Tone Mode
- Scan in Monitor Mode
- Transmit on Priority Channel
- Channel Scan Delete/Add
- Priority Scan
- Priority Scan with Code Guard
- Priority Modes
- Priority Delay
- Priority Receiving
- Priority During Scan-All-Groups Scanning
- Receive Mode
- Groups
- Display Modes
- Tuning Range
- Frequency Display Mode
- Alpha Display Mode
- Channel Display Mode
- Selective Calling
- Receiving a Call
- Sending a Call
- Radio Check
- DTMF Dialing
- Originating a Call
- Frequently Called Numbers and Call Paging
- Radio Paging
- Flex Mode
- Keypad and Channel Selector Lock
- Busy Channel Lockout
- Battery Power
- Battery Saver
- Radio Power-Up
- Error Messages
- Stun
- Aurora Programmed Switch Settings
- Troubleshooting Guide
- Service
- _
- Specifications
- Definitions and Acronyms
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Aurora User’s Manual
BASIC OPERATION
RECEIVE
1. Turn power on. Turn the volume knob
clockwise. The radio is operational when
you hear the beep. The display, if
installed, shows the current channel,
frequency, or alpha characters depending
on the position of the three-position
switch on top of the radio. See Table 5.
Table 5. Factory Default for
Three-position Switch
Position Display
1
Channel frequency
2
Channel label
3
Group number, channel number,
and bandwidth mode
2. Select a channel. Turn the channel
selector knob. Each time you select
another channel you will hear a beep.
3. Adjust squelch and volume.
a. Turn the squelch knob clockwise
until you hear noise.
b. Adjust the volume knob until the
noise level is comfortable.
c. Then turn the squelch knob
counterclockwise until the noise
stops. This is called the threshold
squelch setting.
On/Off
Volume
Squelch
Channel
Selector
Three-
Position
Switch