access the menus.
Other Buttons
There are two smaller buttons on the side, one above and one below the orange
PTT
. They have
different functions for short press – half second or less, or long press – 1 second or longer.
Lower side button
– a short press toggles between low and high power – look for an H or L in a box
on the top of the screen. A long press enables 'talkaround' mode, essentially you are transmitting on
the repeater output, useful for making simplex contact when out of range of the repeater.
Upper side button
- short press toggles channel scanning on or off while a long press toggles
between normal and tight squelch:
When scanning you will see a symbol with an arrow head inside a circle in the centre of the
upper row of the display
Tight squelch helps in noisy environments
Display
The upper line has a signal strength indicator on the left hand side, TX power and scan symbols and a
strange red/blue shield and a battery level indicator on the right hand side. The shield indicates that
the currently selected channel isa DMR mode channel as opposed to an analog channel.
The first line in the light blue region shows the talk group or analog channel name. The talk group has
a 'two persons' graphic symbol in front of it, while an analog channel has a speaker symbol graphic.
The purpose of the graphics appears to be to waste screen space.
The lower line of the light blue region displays the zone that is currently selected and the channel
number. Again there is a meaningless graphic symbol to waste screen space.
When the receiver is un-muted either the name and call sign of the active station is displayed on the
upper line, or their ID code is displayed. The radio contains a table of known IDs and names/calls but
there is not space in the table for all known IDs – there are over 17 000 registered IDs. The radios do
have all known ZL and VK IDs as of the date when the code plug was created, but the table needs to
be periodically updated to add newly registered users. If an ID is not in the table then the ID number
is displayed instead of the name and call sign.
Charging
Charge in the supplied charger stand using the supplied adapter. The standard charger base is quite
slow to charge and if the hand held is left turned on, the charge cycle may never complete. The
recommendation is to switch the radio off while charging, even then a charge cycle may take five or
six hours.
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