56 Operating in conventional mode
Hearing faint and noisy signals
Note: This feature is only applicable to analog channels.
Usually the radio’s squelch mute (known as ‘squelch’)
prevents you from hearing faint or noisy calls on a
channel. Without squelch, the radio’s speaker would
‘chatter’ in low signal strength areas.
On occasions when you want to hear everything that is
being said on a channel, even if it is hard to understand,
you can use the squelch override feature to force the
mute open.
Turning squelch override on and off
1 Press Menu and select Radio settings > Functions
>
Squelch override.
(Depending on how your radio is programmed, you
may be able to press a function key to turn squelch
override on and off.)
2 Scroll to On (or Off) and press Select.
The message Squelch override activated
(or
deactivated) appears in the display.
Squelch
override
activated