4. While the radio is scanning, the scan icon will display and the radio will scroll through
the channels.
5. When activity is detected on a channel, the radio will stop scanning and you will hear
whatever transmissions are detected. The radio’s display will show the channel and
CTCSS code on which activity was detected.
6. If you want to respond to the transmission, press within 5 seconds and you can
respond.
7. The radio will resume scanning after 5 seconds of inactivity on the channel.
8. To stop scanning, briefly press and release .
Scan advance
If scan stops on a channel that you don’t want to listen to, briefly press
or to resume scanning for the next active channel.
Nuisance delete
If scan continuously stops on an undesired channel, press and hold or for at
least 3 seconds, then release. This will temporarily remove the undesired channel from
the scan list.
To restore the channel to the scan list, turn the radio off and then on. You cannot remove
your home channel from the scan list (your home channel is the channel your radio was
set to when you activated scan).
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Keypad lock
Press and hold the button for three seconds to lock or unlock the keypad. When
the radio is locked, the icon will show in the display.
The keypad lock disables the , and buttons. It also disables the scan
function, but allows you to use the button to monitor the channel.
Call tone
A call tone alerts others in your group that you want to talk. Your radio has 10 call tones
to choose from. Set the call tone to 0 to disable the function.
Selecting a call tone
1. With the radio on, press repeatedly, until appears in the display.
2. The current call tone setting will begin to flash.
3. Press or to change and hear call tones while the setting number is flashing.
4. Press to set the new call tone.
Note:
1. The Australian UHF CB Radio Standard restricts tone calling to 3 seconds.
This unit will only transmit for a maximum 3 seconds in any 60 seconds.
2. The radio does not support the call tone feature on channels 5 or 35.
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