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Navigating the Menus
Press the key MENU key while in Control to place the unit into Menu Mode. Upon entry to Menu Mode, you will be
in the Main Menu. The top line of the display indicates this. The bottom line displays an item available for
selection. When MENU is first selected the first available selection is for the CALL command.
The FREQ and INTER keys become scroll keys. The scroll right symbol on the right side of the display indicates
that additional items are available. Press the INTER (SCROLL >) key to view the next available item. The scroll
left symbol will then appear, indicating that the FREQ (SCROLL <) key may be used to go back to the previous
item.
To select the displayed item, press the SEND key (the SEND key is the ENTER key in menu mode). Upon
selection, the name of the item will appear on the top line of the display. The bottom line will present additional
items for selection. Press the CLR key to return to the previous selection.
When in menu mode, the number keys become menu shortcut keys which allow you to quickly jump to certain
menus without scrolling. For example, pressing MENU followed by a <5> jumps directly to the Console Setup
menu. One exception to this is the 0 key, which jumps directly to the call mode without having to press MENU.
The other shortcut keys require the MENU key be pressed first if not already in Menu Mode.
Numeric VS. Alphanumeric Data
There are two different data entry modes available on the TRC. Numeric entry is the default mode when calling a
unit. As numbers are entered, they appear on the bottom-left of the display. Pressing the MENU key while in
numeric entry mode changes the mode to Alphanumeric. In alphanumeric mode, you may type in letters and
numbers as shown in the table below. This allows you to type the name of a user in the database without having
to scroll through the names. Alphanumeric data appears on the bottom line of the display as it is entered. You
may make alphanumeric call entry the default mode by changing the Data Entry Mode setting in the CONSOLE
SETUP menu.
Entering Alphanumeric Data
Before you can add names to the database, you must learn the scheme for entering alphabetic characters using
the numeric keypad. All of the letters of the alphabet appear above the numbers on the keypad. For example, the
letters ‘A’ ‘B’ and ‘C’ appear on the <2> key.
Alphabetic characters are entered by pressing 2 digits. The first digit is the key with the desired letter appearing
on it. The 2
nd
digit is the position of the letter on that key. For example, the code for the letter ‘C’ is 23 since it is
the 3
rd
letter on the <2> key. The letter ‘T’ is the 1
st
letter on the <8> key, so its code is 81.
To enter numeric characters in alphanumeric data entry mode, press the <0> key followed by the desired digit.
Punctuation characters such as comma <,> and <-> do not appear on the keypad. Special codes have been
assigned to allow entry of those characters. Please refer to the following chart.
Note:
Alphanumeric mode cannot be used to enter user ID's (ANI's). In alphanumeric mode, numbers are treated
the same as letters
.
A=21 I=43 Q=72 Y=93 7=07 -
=15
B=22 J=51 R=73 Z=94 8=08 =
=16
C=23 K=52 S=74 1=01 9=09 *
=17
D=31 L=53 T=81 2=02 0=00 /
=18
E=32 M=61 U=82 3=03 ,
=11 #
=19
F=33 N=62 V=83 4=04 .
=12 space=10
G=41 O=63 W=91 5=05 _=13
H=42 P=71 X=92 6=06 +=14
