Advanced Features
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Locking and Unlocking a Site
This feature allows your radio to lock onto a specific site and not
roam among wide-area talkgroup sites. This feature should be
used with caution, since it inhibits roaming to another site in a
wide-area system.
Procedure:
Use the preprogrammed Site Lock/Unlock button to toggle the
lock state between locked and unlocked.
OR
Follow the procedure below.
1 < or > to SITE.
2 Press the Menu Select button directly below SITE.
3 Press the Menu Select button directly below LOCK to lock
the site. The display shows SITE LOCKED.
OR
Press the Menu Select button directly below UNLK to unlock
the site. The display shows SITE UNLOCKED.
4 The radio saves the new site lock state and returns to the
Home screen.
Viewing and Changing a Site
This feature allows you to view the number of the current site or
force your radio to change to a new one.
Viewing the Current Site
Procedure:
1 Press the preprogrammed Site Search button.
2 The display momentarily shows the name of the current site
and its corresponding received signal strength indicator
(RSSI).
Changing the Current Site
Procedure:
1 Press and hold down the preprogrammed Site Search
button.
2 A tone sounds and the display momentarily shows
SCANNING SITE.
When the radio finds a new site, it returns to the Home screen.
Trunked Announcement
The announcement capability allows you to make
announcements to the entire user group, as well as monitor
talkgroup calls and other announcements.
Announcement calls are handled in two different ways,
depending on the trunked central controller configuration. The
two types are called ruthless and non-ruthless preemption.