TX3600 SERIES
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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an ‘A’ when displayed in the radio. When this group code
is received, it substitutes for any other number in the last
digit positions. As long as the first digits of the Selcall you
are sending match those of the radios you are calling, their
Selcall alarms will be activated as if their full 5 digit Selcall
Idents had been received.
To achieve this, the radios you are calling must be
programmed with sequentially numbered Selcall Idents.
e.g. For groups of 10 radios, the Selcall Idents might be:
12030, 12031, 12032, 12033
. . --> ,
12039.
Transmitting the Selcall Ident
12031
will only activate the
alarm in the radio with the Selcall Ident of
12031.
• however, transmitting
1203A
will activate the alarms in
all radios with Idents
12030
through
12039
(a total of
10 radios).
Similarly, if there were 1000 radios in the group, simply
insert
A
into the last THREE digit positions of the Selcall
code you are sending. This will substitute for any numbers in
the last THREE digit positions.
i.e. Transmitting
12AAA
would activate all radios with
Selcall Idents of
12000
thru
12999.
If the radios in your fleet do not have sequentially numbered
Selcall Idents and you want to make use of this function, you
can arrange for your retailer to re-program your radios.
Programming and Sending Group Calls
If your radio is fitted with group calling, you can make group
calls as follows:
1. Briefly press the
CaLL
key. 'Call To' will appear on
the display, along with the Selcall Ident for memory
location 1.
2. If the radio is in Alpha mode, briefly press the
Volume
knob to select the Numeric mode. 'NUMEr' will appear
briefly in the selcall display area to indicate the
selected mode.
MC522BC-
If the radio is in Alpha mode, briefly press
the
B
key to select the Numeric mode. 'NUMEr' will
appear briefly in the selcall display area to indicate the
selected mode.
3. Press and
hold
the
Channel Selector
knob until a beep
is heard. 'EDIT' will appear briefly in the selcall display
area and the right hand selcall digit will begin flashing.
MC522BC-
Press and
hold
the
B
key until a beep is
heard. 'EDIT' will appear briefly in the selcall display area
and the right hand selcall digit will begin flashing.
4. Rotate the
Channel Selector
knob to alter the
right hand flashing digit. Set this digit to ‘
A
’. Now briefly
press the
Channel Selector
knob to move to the next
digit. If you are calling groups of up to 1000 radios, set
this third digit to ‘
A
’ too, otherwise select the required
digit. Continue the process until the required Selcall
Ident is displayed.
MC522BC-
Press the and
keys to alter the right
hand flashing digit. Set this digit to ‘
A
’. Now briefly press
the
A
key to move to the next digit. If you are calling
groups of up to 1000 radios, set this third digit to ‘
A
’ too,
otherwise select the required digit. Continue the process
until the required Selcall Ident is displayed.
MC522BC OPTION
To Send the Selcall Ident:
With the required Selcall Ident displayed in the ‘CALL To’
mode, press and
hold
the
CaLL
key to transmit the Selcall
code. The
'
TX' indicator will appear on the display as the
Selcall code is sent.
Note:
you must send the Selcall code within 20 seconds
of the last key press otherwise the Call To mode will be
cancelled and the code will be lost.
Call acknowledge in Group Mode:
There is no call acknowledge when sending group calls.
This is to prevent all the radios in your group from trying
to respond to your Selcall transmission at the same time.
Storing group Call Idents:
Group Call Idents can be stored in memory in the same was
as a standard Selcall Ident.
Simply follow the instructions for storing Selcall Idents in
memory as described earlier in this manual.
receiving Group Calls:
Receiving a Group call is Identical to receiving a normal
Selcall except that the alarm sound is a Low tone beep
instead of the normal High tone beep. The Callers Ident or
Name appears on the display in the usual way.
Calling up to 1000 radios
Calling up to 1000 radios
