The radio displays the new channel and a message is
received to indicate the changes.
Trunking System Controls
This chapters explains the trunking system control features
in your radio.
Operating in Failsoft System
The failsoft system ensures continuous radio
communication during a trunked system failure. If a
trunking system fails completely, the radio goes into failsoft
operation and automatically switches to its failsoft channel.
During failsoft operation, your radio transmits and receives
in conventional operation on a predetermined frequency.
You hear a medium-pitched tone and the display shows
Failsoft
.
When the trunking system returns to normal operation, your
radio automatically leaves failsoft operation and returns to
trunked operation.
To continue in Failsoft and to communicate with other
talkgroups, refer to the following procedure.
1
Rotate the
Mode Knob
to change to a different
repeater frequency.
2
Press the
PTT
button to talk, and release the button
to listen.
Out-of-Range Radio
When your radio goes out of the range of the system, it can
no longer lock onto a control channel.
You hear a low-pitched tone and/or the display shows the
currently selected zone/channel combination and
Out of
range
. Your radio remains in this out-of-range condition
until it locks onto a control channel, it locks onto a failsoft
channel, or it is turned off.
Site Trunking Feature
If the zone controller loses communication with any site,
that site reverts to site trunking.
The display shows the currently selected zone/channel
combination and
Site trunking
.
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