FTM-350AR/AE O
PERATING
M
ANUAL
15
CTCSS/DCS/EPCS O
PERATION
EPCS O
PERATION
The EPCS (Enhanced Paging & Code Squelch) feature allows addressing calls to a specific
station (Paging), and choosing to receive only the calls directed to your station (Code
Squelch).
The EPCS feature uses two pairs of (alternately switched) CTCSS tones, which are stored
in the pager memories. The receiver remains silent until it receives the CTCSS tone pair
that matches those stored in the receiving pager memory.
1. Store the CTCSS tone pairs using Set Mode item “
J04 PAGER CODE
” in the “
SIG-
NALING
” group. The Sub menus “
1: RX
” and “
2: RX
” set the receiving tone codes,
and Sub menus “
3: TX
” and “
4:TX
” set the transmit tone codes.
2. Press and hold in the [
F
] key for two seconds to change the [
SMART FUNCTION
]
key category to the “
SQL
” functions.
3. Press the [
TYPE
] key repeatedly, until the “
PAGER
” notation appears; this activates
the EPCS feature.
4. To end the EPCS operation, press the [
TYPE
] key repeatedly, until the “
OFF
” notation
appears.
You may customize the EPCS operation so that a ringing “bell” sound alerts you when a
EPCS call is received. Use Set Mode item “
J01 BELL RINGER
” in the “
SIGNALING
”
group. See page 45 for details.
