Patriot SST-144D, Owner'S Manual

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RADIO PROGRAMMING
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WEATHER CHANNEL:
HOW TO TURN ON/ OFF
1. Follow the instructions in FIG-7 to place the radio in
the Program/ Readout Mode.
2. The radio will display the Radio Identification code,
then emit a triple beep indicating that the radio is in
program mode.
3. Using the PTT (push-to-talk) button and the LED
display, enter a single digit code "3" to turn weather
channel on, or code "4" to turn weather channel off.
4. Pause—the display will change and show a hyphen,
you will also hear a short low tone.
5. Press and release the On/ Volume Up to SAVE your
programming entry. The radio will sound a triple beep
to indicate that programming was successful.
6. Turn the radio
OFF
and then
ON
again—the radio is
now ready to use.
WEATHER ALERT:
HOW TO TURN ON/ OFF
1. Follow the instructions in FIG-7 to place the radio in
the Program/ Readout Mode.
2. The radio will display the Radio Identification code,
then emit a triple beep indicating that the radio is in
program mode.
3. Using the PTT (push-to-talk) button and the LED
display, enter a single digit code "5" to turn weather
alert on, or code "6" to turn weather alert off.
4. Pause—the display will change and show a hyphen,
you will also hear a short low tone.
5. Press and release the On/ Volume Up to SAVE your
programming entry. The radio will sound a triple beep
to indicate that programming was successful.
6. Turn the radio
OFF
and then
ON
again—the radio is
now ready to use.
PC PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES
The SST "D-Series" handheld radio has many features
available through PC programming. See your Ritron
dealer or contact Ritron directly for PC programming of
these option.
Receive and Transmit Frequency on any channel
can be programmed to any valid frequency within
it's designated band. (See "SST D-Series Model
Numbers" for frequency bands)
QC or DQC Selective Signaling on any channel can
decode and encode any of 51 available QC privacy
codes or 83 available DQC digital privacy codes.
Squelch Tightener on any channel can adjust
carrier squelch UP to block distant signals or DOWN
to hear more distant signals.
Wide or Narrow Band Transmit on any channel.
Transmit Power
(SST-144D and SST-444D Only)
can be set on any channel to high or low power.
Monitor Lock Out can be set on any channel to
prevent monitoring of the channel, only broadcasts
with the correct QC or DQC code can be heard.
Transmit Inhibit on Busy Channel can be set on
any channel to prevent transmitting when a
broadcast is present on the receiver that does not
carry the correct code. This feature is usually used
in conjunction with Monitor Lock Out.
Courtesy Beep sounds a short tone at the end of
each received transmission to indicate that the
channel is clear and you may transmit.
Transmit Clear To Talk Beep Any channel can be
set to sound a short tone after the PTT has been
pressed to indicate that the radio is ready for you to
begin talking.
Transmit Time Out time can be changed.
Power Saver "sleep" time can be set, or power saver
can be disabled.
Disable Field Programming allows PC programming
only.
4-Hour Inactivity Turn-Off can be set to turn the
radio off automatically if not used for over 4 hours.
Scan Channel can be programmed or edited to
include any of the radio channels, even channels
that are not selected with the Channel Selector
button. Other programmable scan features include
scan resume delay time, busy channel blocking,
last active channel beeps, and priority scanning
options.
2-Tone Paging Decode can be set on any channel
within a frequency range of 300-1500 Hz.
Programmable options include the setting of the
2-tone frequencies and duration, all call, group call,
call transpond, automatic setting of 2-tone decode
when the channel is selected, automatic reset of
the 2-tone decode if a call is not answered within
15 seconds, and automatically set the radio to
carrier squelch mode after a 2-tone page is
received.
2-Tone Paging Encode can be set on any channel
within a frequency range of 300-1500 Hz.
Programmable options include the setting of the
2-tone frequencies and duration, and a start delay
time.