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T6M SERIES MOBILE SERVICE MANUAL – SM/16/1.0
Next, decide if you want to store a descriptive text for any of the frequencies you wish
to use. If you do, make sure the
Use channel strings
option, on the
General
page
is checked. If you do not need descriptive text, or you want to program more than
400 frequencies, then uncheck this option. With the option checked you may
program up to 400 frequencies; when unchecked you may program up to 760
frequencies. You should always set the
Use channel strings
options before you
start to enter frequencies onto the
Frequencies
page.
You may enter new values for the other options on the
General
page now, or after
you have entered details of the frequencies you wish to use.
Your mobile has an optional power saving feature,
Display blanking
. This works by
hiding the frequency display when you are not using the mobile. To enable this
option, check
Display blanking
. You should also enter a
Display blanking time
.
Any number between 10 and 300 seconds is allowed. If you do not use your mobile
for this period of time then the display will blank. Note that the display is never
blanked whilst your mobile is scanning.
You may program your mobile to produce warning sounds by checking the
Warning
beeps
option. You will then hear warning sounds if a mobile fault occurs or if you
attempt to transmit on an inhibited frequency. Transmit inhibit options are described
in more detail later.
The
Hold in scan mode
option alters the way in which your mobile scans for busy
frequencies. If
Hold in scan mode
is not checked then your mobile with pause on
busy frequencies for six seconds, then start scanning again. If
Hold in scan mode
is checked then your mobile will stay on a busy frequency until the
CH
é
button is
pressed to restart scanning.
The
Busy on time
option also alters the way in which your mobile scans for busy
frequencies. In scan mode, your mobile will pause or hold on a frequency only if it
appears to be busy for at least the
Busy on time
. Set
Busy on time
to lower values
for faster scanning. Set it to higher values to make scanning less sensitive to
unwanted noise. You may find that your mobile tends to scan to noisy channels that
are not really busy. If this problem cannot be cured by increasing the squelch
threshold then increase the
Busy on time
.
Check the
Key beeps
option if you want your mobile to beep whenever a key is
pressed.
Warning beep volume
controls the volume of warning sounds and key beeps. It
does not affect the volume of received signals. If warning sounds and key beeps are
disabled then this option has no effect.
If you check the
Offset channels
option then your mobile will automatically lock to
the strongest signal if it detects two or more transmitters operating on the same
frequency.
Use the
Max transmit time
option to limit the maximum continuous transmit time. If
you set this option to 0 then you may transmit indefinitely. If you set it to any other
value then your mobile will stop transmitting after the specified time. If you limit
transmit time and enable warning beeps then you will hear warning sounds 10
seconds before the mobile stops transmitting and again when transmitting stops.
