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Selecting the CTCSS or DCS
Choosing which tone to use will probably be dependent on the other radios you talk to. If you talk to
others outside your group who already use CTCSS or DCS tones you will need to select the tone that
matches theirs.
The ML801 includes most of the commonly used tone sets.
If the users you talk to don’t currently use CTCSS or DCS, choose your own tones.
There is no difference in performance between the two tone sets.
The CTCSS and DCS tones are stored in your radio in a sequential table. The first table location is
OFF. The next 50 locations are CTCSS tones followed by 104 DCS tones.
OFF -> CTCSS 01 to CTCSS 50 OFF-> DCS01 to DCS 104
To select CTCSS tone
1. Switch the menu to F1. Press menu again to enter F1 settings.
Then press or in the menu to enter your choice. (see appendix p.14)
2. Press menu to confirm selection. “S” and the number displayed shows the currently selected tone.
If OF is displayed, the tones are set to OFF.
To select DCS tone
1. Switch the MENU to F2. Press menu again to enter F2 settings.
Then press or in the menu to enter choices. (see appendix p.15)
2. Press menu to confirm selection. “ ” and the number displayed shows the currently selected
tone. If OF is displayed the tones are set to OFF.
3. Press MENU again to quit or automatically quit after 3 seconds.
Note: Since the display does not have enough digits to show DCS tones 100-104, these tones are
displayed as A0-A4.
