20 Getting started
Understanding the radio display
The messages and icons you see on your radio
display depend on the mode in which your radio is
operating and the way it is programmed.
Radio display icons
These are some of the icons you may see on your
radio display:
Icon Meaning
Signal strength indicator (RSSI). The more bars,
the stronger the signal being received by your
radio
Your radio is transmitting.
Your radio is registered on a trunk network.
Flashing: Your radio is attempting to register on
a trunk network
The voice-inversion scrambler is turned on
(analog channels only).
Queuing is turned on.
There are calls, messages or status messages
in the queue.
External alert is turned on.
You can use
or to scroll through a list
or the channels (on the home screen).
MPT mode
Trunk operation: your radio has established a
call and you are now able to speak to the other
party