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current channel.
a. Press and hold the
MENU
and
DOWN
buttons at the
same time. “
RX
” icon will be displayed on the LCD
screen. Your FX-318 will pick up signals on the current
channel, including background noise.
b. Press the
MENU
button to stop the channel
monitoring.
3.5 Setting the VOX (Voice Activated) Sensitivity
In VOX mode, the FX-318 will transmit a signal only when it is
activated by your voice or other sounds around you. The unit will
transmit further for 2 seconds even if you stop talking.
The level of VOX sensitivity is shown by a number on the LCD
screen. At the highest level, the units will pickup softer noise
(including background noise); at the lowest level, it will pick up only
quite loud noise.
a. Press the
MENU
button 4 times, “
VOX
” icon will be
displayed and “OF” flashes on the LCD Screen.
b. Press the
UP
button to set the VOX sensitivity into
maximum level (the maximum level is“
3
”.) To
deactivate the VOX function, press the
DOWN
button
until “OF” appears on the LCD screen.
c. Press the
PTT
button to confirm your setting. “
VOX
” will
steady appear on the LCD Screen as along as the VOX
feature is activated.
VOX operation is not recommended if the FX-318 will be used in a
noisy or windy environment.
3.6
Activating the auto Channel Scan
Channel scan perform searches for active signals in an endless loop
for all 8 channels, 38 CTCSS codes and all 83 DCS codes.
a. Press the
MENU
button 5 times,
“SC”
icon will
display on LCD screen.
b. Press the
UP
or
DOWN
button to begin scanning
channels when an active signal is detected, channel
scan pauses on the active channel.
c. Press the
MENU
button six times, CTCSS flashes on
the LCD screen press the
UP
or
DOWN
button to
begin scanning the CTCSS from 1-38.
d. Press the
MENU
button seven times, DCS flashes on
the LCD screen. Press the
UP
or
DOWN
button to
begin scanning DCS code 1-83.
e. Press the
PTT
button to confirm your setting.
3.7 Call-Ring tone
You can send a Call-ring tone to other PMR users to give an
alert that you want to communicate with them.
Press the CALL button
You will hear a ring tone for about two seconds; “
TX
” icon
appears on the LCD screen. Any other units within the
transmitting range and tuned to the same channel and
sub-channel (if applicable) will hear the Call-ring tone.
3.8 Selecting a Call- Ring tone
The FX-318 is equipped with15 different types of Call-Ring tones.
a. Press the
MENU
button 8 times, the “CA” icon will display and “01” is
blinking on the LCD screen.
b. Press the
UP
or
DOWN
button to select the desired
Call-ring tone. A respective Call- Ring tone sound will
be played when changing from one tone to another.
c. Press the
PTT
button to confirm your setting.
