By default, the
L/OUT
key activates temporary lockout when
pressed. If desired, you can change the function of the
L/OUT
key in the
GLOB
radio wide settings by pressing
PGM
, then the
GLOB
softkey. Scroll to the
TLO=FUNC L/O
setting and press the
key to toggle the setting to
YES
to have the
L/OUT
key
function as a permanent lockout instead of temporary lockout.
To apply temporary lockout to an object, press the
L/OUT
key
while the scanner is stopped on that object during scan
operation, or navigate to an object using the 5-way pushbutton
pad while in Manual Mode or PGM mode and press the
L/OUT
key. The lowercase “l” in the display flashes to indicate that
temporary lockout is applied to the object:
If you wish to remove temporary lockout from a single object,
navigate to the object using the 5-way pushbutton pad while in
Manual Mode or PGM mode and press the
L/OUT
key again.
Temporary lockout is a very useful feature. For example, when a
major incident occurs while you are scanning, you may wish to
focus your scanning on that major incident, and exclude
unrelated talkgroups so that radio traffic associated with the
major incident is not interrupted.
You could press the
PSE
or
MAN
keys to listen to a single object,
if communications for the major incident are only being
conducted on single channel or talkgroup. More often, several
talkgroups are used to provide communications for major
incidents, so if you park on a single object, you may miss
communications on other objects that are related to the incident
of interest.
By using Temporary Lockout, it is possible to “zoom in” on the
objects that are carrying communications related to the incident
of interest by pressing
L/OUT
every time an unrelated object
becomes active. Eventually you will narrow down your monitoring
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