16
Scanning
1. To begin scanning
the programmed
channels, press the
SCAN
button.
SCAN
and
TRIPLE
appear
on the display.
2. To stop scanning, press the
SCAN
button
once more.
SCAN
and
TRIPLE
disappear
from the display.
+
Scanning starts from the lowest to highest
channel and stops when it finds an active
channel. It remains on that channel until
the transmission ends, then resumes
scanning after a 3 second delay period.
+
When in the scan mode, the unit
automatically activates the Triple Watch
feature. To deactivate Triple Watch from
the scanning mode, press and hold the
16/9/TRI
button for 2 seconds.
TRIPLE
disappears from the display.
Transmitting
1. Transmission power
can be set to either 5W
or 1W.
Press the
1W/5W
button to make the
change, then the
5W
or the
1W
indicator
on the display
changes accordingly.
2. To transmit, press and hold the
PTT
key.
TX
appears on the display.
3. To return to receive, release the
PTT
key.
TX
disappears from the display.
+
If the
PTT
key is pressed for more than 5
seconds,
TX
starts blinking and the
transmission ends. The TX time out tone
will sound until the
PTT
key is released.
+
If the battery indicator drops to the 1-mark
level on the display, when the
PTT
key is
pressed, the radio will not transmit and the
TX
icon starts blinking.
(Refer to the description of the Battery
Indicator on the next page.)
