User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- For your safety
- Menu maps
- 1 About this guide
- 2 Getting started
- 3 Basic operation
- 4 Using the address book
- 5 Operating in conventional mode
- 6 Operating in trunked mode
- 7 Dialing calls in trunked mode
- 8 Location services
- 9 Loneworker monitoring
- 10 Encryption
- 11 Customizing radio settings
- 12 Troubleshooting
- Simplified Declaration of Conformity
- Tait Software Licence Agreement
Operating in conventional mode 83
Scanning a group of channels
The scan function is used to monitor a programmed
group of channels, looking for activity. While the radio
is scanning for activity, the orange LED glows and the
scanning icon appears on the display. When
activity is detected on a channel in the scan group, the
radio stops on that channel. The orange LED begins
flashing, the radio unmutes and you can hear the call.
Scanning resumes once the channel is no longer
busy.
The section "Selecting a scan or voting group" on
page 52 explains how to activate scanning.
Standard and background scanning
The two types of scanning that may be available on
your radio are standard scanning, and background
scanning. Background scan can only be activated by
using a function key programmed for background
scan. It differs from standard scanning in that the
channel that was selected when background scan
was activated is also included as a
scan-group member.
Making a call while scanning
If you wish to make a call while your radio is scanning:
1 Lift the microphone off the microphone clip.
2 Press the PTT key to transmit. If the orange LED is
flashing, or background scan is active, your radio
will now call the currently selected channel.
3 If standard scan is active and there has been no
recent activity on the channel (the orange LED is
glowing rather than flashing), then the channel that
is called depends on the way your radio has been
programmed. The possible options are:
■ your radio calls a predetermined channel e.g.
your
dispatcher,