Albrecht Tectalk Worker 2, Manual

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6. Transmission
For transmitting, hold the PTT button pressed and speak with normal voice level and a distance
of approx. 5cm into the microphone. The status LED is illuminated red while transmitting. If your
message is finished, release the PTT button again.
6.1. Reception
When the radio set is switched on, it is ready-to-receive as long as you are not transmitting. If a
signal is received on your selected channel, the status LED lights up green.
7. Optional functions by programming software
The following options can be changed by the programming software (not included in basic delivery).
The default settings for the radios are:
Squelch level: 3
Scan: off
VOX: off
Monitor: on
Battery saving: on
Busy Channel Lockout: off
Voice announcement: on
7.1. Squelch
The squelch level can be adjusted in 9 different steps.
The purpose of squelch is to mute the speaker when no signals are present. With the squelch level
correctly set, you will hear sound only while actually receiving signals.
Selecting a level too low will result in constant noise, choosing a level too high will suppress weaker
transmissions.
7.2. Scan
The scan function can be activated on channel 16.
To use the scan function, turn the channel selector to channel 16. The radio will then automatically
scan the channels CH1 to CH15 (each channel can be set by programming software to be included
or not during the full scan).
When a signal is found during the scanning process, the radio will automatically stop on that channel.
When there are no more signals on that channels for 5 seconds, the scanning process will continue.
By default the scan function will not scan any channels. This can be changed with the programming
software
7.3. VOX (Voice Operated Transmission)
VOX eliminates the necessity of pressing the PTT each time you want to transmit. The Tectalk
Worker 2 automatically switches to Transmission Mode when the VOX function senses that you
have started to speak into the microphone.
• Select channels CH1 ~ CH5, press and hold the PTT and MONI, then switch on the radio to
turn the VOX function ON/OFF. The VOX function can now be used on all channels.
• The VOX gain level can adjust from1 to 5 levels.
• Level 1 means that VOX is activated even at very low sounds. Level 5 means that you have to
speak very loudly into the microphone to activate the VOX.
• When a signal is received, VOX will not activate a transmission
7.4. Monitor
The Monitor function is very helpful when you want to adjust the volume level or receive very weak
signals which would normally be blocked by the squelch. Pressing the Monitor button will deactivate