a. Press the
MEN
U button 4 times, “
VOX
” will be displayed
and “OF” flashes on the LCD Screen.
b. Press the
UP
button to set the VOX sensitivity level (the
maximum level is“
3
”.) To deactivate the VOX function,
press the
DOWN
button until “OF” appears on the LCD
Screen.
c. Press the
PTT
button to confirm your setting. “
VOX
” will
steadily appear on the LCD Screen as along as the VOX
feature is activated.
VOX operation is not recommended if the FX-117 will be used in a
noisy or windy environment.
3.6 Vibrator and Call alert
Your FX-117 can alert you to incoming signal by emitting an audible
call tone and vibration signal.
3.6.1 Call-Ring tone
You can send a Call-ring tone to other PMR users to give an
alert that you want to communicate with them.
Press the CALL button
Yu will hear a ring tone for about two seconds; “
TX
” appears
on the LCD Screen. Any other units within the transmitting
range and turned to the same channel and sub-channel (if
applicable) will hear the Call-ring tone.
3.6.2 Selecting a Call- Ring tone
The FX-117 is equipped with 5 different types of Call-Ring tones.
a. Press the
MENU
button 8 times, the LCD Screen will
display the
CA
while is blinking.
b. Press the
UP
or
DOWN
button to select the desired
Call-ring tone. A respective Call- Ring tone sound will be
played when changing from one tone to another.
c. Press the
PTT
button to confirm your setting.
3.6.3 Activating the Vibrator mode
a. Press the
MENU
button 9 times; “I” flashes on the LCD
Screen.
b. Press the
UP OR DOWN
button to activate the vibrator
function. Or
3.7 Setting the Roger Beep
The Roger Beep is a tone which is automatically transmitted
whenever the PTT button is released. This alerts the receiving party
to inform that you have intentionally ended the transmission, and you
are now in receive mode.
a. Press the
MENU
button 10 times, “ON” flashes on the
LCD Screen.
b. Press the
UP
or
DOWN
button (“ON” will be displayed on
the LCD screen) or deactivate (“OFF” will be displayed
on the LCD screen) the key Tone feature.
c. Press the
PTT
button to confirm your setting.
3.8 Setting the Key Tone ON or OFF
This feature allows the FX-117 to emit a confirmation tone after
pressing each button.
a. Press the
MENU
button 11 times, “ON” flashes on the
LCD Screen.
b. Press the
UP
or
DOWN
button (“ON” will be displayed on
the LCD screen) or deactivate (“OFF” will be displayed
on the LCD screen) the key Tone feature.
c. Press the
PTT
button to confirm your setting.
3.9 Setting the Dual Watch Mode
Your FX-117 is capable of monitoring two channels, the current and
another (dual watch) channel. If the unit detects a signal on either
channel, it will stop and receive the signal.
a. Press the
MENU
button 12 times, “
DCM
” will be
displayed while “
OF
” flashes on the LCD Screen.
b. Press the
UP
or
DOWN
button to select the Dual Watch
channel (1-8, except the current channel).
c. Press the MENU button to change the CTCSS code.
d. Press the
UP
or
DOWN
button to select the desired
CTCSS code (1-38)
e. Press the MENU button to change the DCS code.
f. Press the
PTT
button to confirm your setting.
3.10
Activating the auto Channel Scan
Channel scan perform searches for active signals in an endless loop
for all 8 channels, 38 CTCSS codes and all 83 DCS codes.
a. Press the
MENU
button 5 times
b. Press the UP or DOWN button to begin scanning
channels when an active signal is detected, channel
scan pauses on the active channel.
c. Press the MENU button again, CTCSS flashes on the
LCD screen press the
UP
or
DOWN
button to begin
scanning the CTCSS from 1-38.
d. Press the
MENU
button again, DCS flashes on the
LCD screen. Press the UP or DOWN button to begin
scanning DCS code 1-83.
e. Press the PTT button to confirm your setting.
4. Auxiliary Features
4.1 Key Lock
The Key Lock feature allows user to disable the
UP
,
DOWN
and
MENU
buttons so that the FX-117 settings
could not be changed accidentally.
a. To activate the Key Lock feature, press and hold the
MENU
button until
Ā
ā
appears on the LCD
Screen.
b. To deactivate the key Lock feature, press and hold the
MENU
button until
Ā
ā
disappears on the LCD
Screen.
The
PTT,
and
POWER
buttons will remain functional even
if the Key Lock feature is activated.
4.2 LCD Screen Back Light
Every time a button is pressed (except PTT and CALL
button), the LCD Screen back light will illuminate for 4
seconds.
4.3 Microphone/Earphone/Charge Jack
The FX-117 is equipped with an auxiliary microphone,
earphone, and charge jack located at the opposite side of
the PTT button.
The VOX setting does not work with the headset.
