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Auto Squelch/Maximum Range
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Your microTALK
®
radio is equipped with
Auto Squelch
,
which automatically shuts
off
weak transmissions and
unwanted noise due to terrain, conditions or if you’ve
reached your
Maximum Range
limit.
You can temporarily turn
off
auto squelch or turn
on
maximum range extender, allowing all signals to be
received and extending the maximum range of your radio.
To temporarily turn off auto squelch:
–
Press the
Light/Max Range
button for
less than five seconds.
If you hear two beeps, you have turned
the maximum range extender
on
(see below).
To turn maximum range extender on:
–
Press and hold the
Light/Max Range
button
for at least five seconds until you hear
two beeps which indicates the maximum
range extender is
on
.
To turn maximum range extender off:
–
Press and release the
Light/Max Range
button or change channels.
Lock Function
••
The
Lock
function locks the
Channel Up
,
Channel Down
and
Mode
buttons to prevent accidental operation.
To turn the lock on or off:
–
Press and hold the
Lock
button for
two seconds.
A double beep sound is used to confirm your
lock
on
or
off
request. When in
Lock
mode,
the
Lock
icon will be displayed.
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During scanning (while receiving an incoming transmission),
you can choose from the following:
a.
Press and hold the
Talk
button to communicate on
that channel. Your radio will remain on that channel
and return to
Standby
mode.
b.
Press the
Channel Up
or
Channel Down
button to
resume scanning channels.
If you press the
Talk
button while scanning and not within
10 seconds of receiving a transmission, you will transmit
on the channel on which you last received a transmission.
This will return the radio to
Standby
mode.
If you do not press any button within 10 seconds,
your radio will automatically resume scanning channels.
During scanning (while not receiving a transmission),
you can choose from the following:
a.
Press and hold the
Talk
button to communicate on the
channel or channel/privacy code that was displayed before
you entered mode functions or the channel on which,
during scanning, you last received a transmission.
This will return the radio to
Standby
mode.
b.
Press the
Mode/Power
button to proceed to set privacy
code scan on the channel that was either displayed before
you entered mode functions or on which, during channel
scanning, you last received a transmission (see page 11
for further details).
c.
Press the
Lock
button to return to
Standby
mode on the
channel/privacy code that was displayed before you entered
mode functions or the channel on which, during scanning,
you last transmitted or received.
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Summary of Contents for PR 255 VP
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