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4. Select
3:TALK GROUP
and ID location number by
rotating the
VFO
and pressing
E
.
5. Select
2:ALPHA TAG
by rotating the
VFO
and pressing
E
.
6. The cursor appears on the display. Rotate the
VFO
to
change letters, and press
▲
/HOLD
or
LIMIT/
▼
to move right or left. Both capital and
lower case letters are available, as well as numbers and punctuation marks.
7. After entering the desired text, press
E
.
☞
Remember! To clear a mistake while entering the letters, press
▲
/HOLD
,
LIMIT/
▼
or
(decimal key) repeatedly until the display is cleared.
Setting the Squelch
For trunked reception, a good setting for the
SQUELCH
control is in the center of the range with the color marker
pointing up. See the illustration.
If it is set too high (CCW) in some cases it could prevent
your scanner from locking to the Control Channel reliably. If
it is set too low (CW) it will slightly delay finding the Control Channel. The best setting is the
same as for conventional reception, and is not critical.
Receiving Trunked Systems
When you have properly programmed all the frequencies for a trunked system, you can
receive the system in several different ways. You will find that Search, Hold, Lockout, Scan
and Delay are all similar to conventional scanning.
❖
ID SCAN lets you receive those talkgroups that you store in Scan Lists.
❖
ID SCAN HOLD lets you selectively listen to a talkgroup in your Scan Lists.
❖
TRUNKED SEARCH lets you hear all system talkgroup activity (unit-to-unit I-Calls
may be received as well). This is the best way to get started.
❖
ID SEARCH HOLD works with Search mode to let you quickly freeze reception on an
interesting transmission. Or you can manually specify a talkgroup with DIRECT
ENTRY in ID HOLD.
❖
ID LOCKOUT works with Search and Scan to exclude talkgroups that you don't want
to hear.
❖
ID DELAY works with each talkgroup to be delayed when the communication ends.
The setting periods can be changed (See page 32).
When receiving EDACS systems, remember that Uniden's AFS talkgroups give you powerful
flexibility. In a few key presses, you can specify a single talkgroup, a fleet, or an entire
agency in all the above modes. Read the section "EDACS Reception" to understand how
this works.
Hint
:
If the scanner is not in the Trunking mode, you can enter the Trunk Programming
mode by pressing
TRUNK
. Pressing
TRUNK
in the Trunking mode will move to the
Scan Hold mode.
.
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