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Monitoring

Turn the radio on, momentarily press side button 3

(default setting from factory), and listen for channel activity.

To place the radio in the permanent, forced-monitor mode,

press and hold side button 3 for approximately five seconds

side

(time programmable via Radio Service Software). The radio

button 2

emits a brief high-pitched tone as it enters the forced-

side

button 3

monitor mode. To return the radio to its original squelch

state, one of the following can be done: press side button 3

again (silent-monitor mode on carrier squelch channels),

press the PTT, change channels, or turn the radio off and

on.

PTT

Turn the radio on and set the channel selector to the

desired channel position.

Listen for a transmission and adjust the volume control

to a comfortable listening level. If no transmission is

heard, press the monitor button to unsquelch the

r a d i o , a n d a d j u s t t h e b a c k g r o u n d n o i s e t o a

comfortable listening level.

Note: The squelch level is a per-channel setting that

can be reprogrammed using the keypad. Refer to Radio

O p e r a t i o n w i t h F e a t u r e s s e c t i o n , F r o n t P a n e l

Programming, Adjust Squelch for details.

Your radio is now set to receive transmissions on the

selected frequency.

Refer to Radio Operation with Features section, Coded

Squelch Operation paragraph for Tone Private-Line

(PL) and Digital Private-Line™ (DPL) operation.

Notes:

•

If the channel selector control is placed on an

unprogrammed channel (blank channel), an error

tone is emitted until the channel selector control is

rotated to a programmed (valid) channel.

•

The LED will blink red in the receive mode to

indicate that the channel is busy.

Basic Radio Operation (cont.)