Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide
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Tips & Tricks
Home Screen
To quickly get back to the Home Screen, press and hold (2 seconds) the
Cancel/Home key.
Keypad lock/unlock
To quickly lock/unlock the keypad, press and hold (2 seconds) the * (star)
key.
Change talkgroup
From the Home screen, press the Groups context key. Use the navigation
keys to change the folder, then rotate the Navi-knob to select the
talkgroup. Press Select to attach to the talkgroup.
Send status message
From the Home screen, press Shortcut to open the Shortcut Bar. Scroll to
the Quick Status shortcut and press Select. Use the navigation keys to
scroll through the messages. Press Send then choose a destination for the
message. See Send a message on page43
Writing text
To change character sets: press the Star (*) key during text entry.
To delete a character to the left of cursor: select Delete.
To add punctuation (full stop, comma, or semi-colon): press zero (0).
To insert a space: press 1 (on the keypad).
To insert symbols: press the hash(#) key repeatedly until the symbol is
highlighted in the Character Selection Box, then press Select (or wait for
the character to be auto-inserted).
Select and cancel functions
To select and cancel functions within the sub-menus, you can press the
Select/Send key to select a function and the Cancel/Home key to cancel a