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7 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
7.1 FRONT PANEL
(Power)
key
Press and hold to toggle the radio on or off. When the power is turned on,
the transceiver is set to the last selected channel.
BUSY Indicator Lamp
This indicator glows green when the squelch opens.
▲
&
▼ key
These keys are used to change the operating channel. The Up/Down keys
on the microphone can also be used to change the operating channel.
Press the key momentarily, the channel increases/decreases one step.
Holding the key, the channel increases/decreases continuously.
S
econdary
uSe
While the MENU screen is displayed, press the key to slide the on-screen
MENU upward/downward.
VOL knob
(Volume control)
Adjusts the audio volume level.
Clockwise rotation of this knob increases the internal and speaker micro-
phone volume.
SQL knob
(Squelch control)
Adjusting this control clockwise, sets the point at which random noise on
the channel does not activate the audio circuits but a received signal does.
This point is called the squelch threshold. Further adjustment of the squelch
control will degrade reception of wanted transmissions.