RCA RPX6500 Series User Manual

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USER MANUAL

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PREFACE

Any performance ﬁgures quoted are subject to normal manufacturing and service tolerances. The right is reserved to alter the equipment described in this manual in the light of future technical development.

Changes or modiﬁcations not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

NOTE

The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by unauthorized modiﬁcations to this equipment. Such modiﬁcations could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

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DISCLAIMER

There are no warranties extended or granted by this document. RCA accepts no responsibility for damage arising from use of the information contained in the document or of the equipment and software it describes. It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that use of such information, equipment and software complies with the laws, rules and regulations of the applicable jurisdictions.

EQUIPMENT AND MANUAL UPDATES

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ERRORS AND OMISSIONS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................9

1.1. OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 9

1.2. CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................ 9

1.3. MODES OF P25 RPX6500 OPERATION ................................................................. 9

2. CONTROLS .....................................................................................10

3. MAIN SCREEN ................................................................................12

3.1. LAYOUT ............................................................................................................ 12

4. MENU SYSTEM ...............................................................................16

4.1. MENU NAVIGATION .......................................................................................... 16

5. MENU SCREENS .............................................................................18

5.1. CHANNEL SCREEN ............................................................................................ 18

5.2. ZONE MENU ..................................................................................................... 19

5.3. SQUELCH MENU ............................................................................................... 20

5.4. MUTE ADJUST MENU ....................................................................................... 21

5.5. PHONEBOOK MENU ......................................................................................... 22

5.6. PHONEBOOK EDIT MENU ................................................................................. 23

5.7. SETUP MENU .................................................................................................... 28

5.8. USER OPTIONS MENU ....................................................................................... 29

5.9. CONTRAST MENU ............................................................................................ 30

5.10. ALERT VOLUME MENU ................................................................................... 30

5.11. RADIO INFO MENU ......................................................................................... 31

5.12. MODE MENU .................................................................................................. 33

5.13. RSSI MENU ..................................................................................................... 33

5.14. CRYPTO KEY MENU ........................................................................................ 34

5.15. STORED CALLS MENU .................................................................................... 35

5.16. MESSAGES MENU .......................................................................................... 37

5.17. SCAN EDIT MENU ........................................................................................... 44

5.18. NO MENU ....................................................................................................... 47

6. COMMON FUNCTIONS AND FACILITIES ..........................................47

6.1. SWITCH ON/SWITCH OFF ................................................................................. 47

6.2. DEFAULT SCREEN TRUNKED MODE ................................................................... 47

6.3. VOLUME ADJUSTMENT .................................................................................... 48

6.4. RECEIVING (SINGLE CHANNEL SCREEN) ............................................................ 48

6.5. TRANSMITTING ................................................................................................. 49

6.6. SCAN/VOTE FUNCTIONS ................................................................................... 50

6.7. KEYPAD LOCK .................................................................................................. 51

6.8. ENCRYPTION .................................................................................................... 51

6.9. EMERGENCY ALARM ........................................................................................ 51

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7. SPECIAL FUNCTION KEYS ...............................................................52

7.1. ALARM ............................................................................................................. 52

7.2. ANNOUNCE ...................................................................................................... 52

7.3. CHANNEL UP AND DOWN ................................................................................ 52

7.4. CRYPTO ............................................................................................................ 53

7.5. DTMF SEND 1 AND 2 (ANALOG) ....................................................................... 53

7.6. LOW POWER .................................................................................................... 53

7.7. MENU ............................................................................................................... 53

7.8. MODE .............................................................................................................. 53

7.9. MUTE ............................................................................................................... 53

7.10. REPEATER DEFEAT (P25 CONVENTIONAL) ........................................................ 53

7.11. RESET ............................................................................................................. 54

7.12. SCAN ............................................................................................................. 54

7.13. SCAN EDIT ...................................................................................................... 54

7.14. SCRAMBLER (ANALOG) .................................................................................. 54

7.15. SKIP ................................................................................................................ 54

7.16. SQUELCH (P25 CONVENTIONAL) .................................................................... 54

7.17. TALKAROUND ................................................................................................ 55

7.18. ZONE .............................................................................................................. 55

7.19. UNDEFINED .................................................................................................... 55

8. ACCESSORIES ................................................................................55

8.1. CONTROL HEAD/MICROPHONE REPLACEMENT (CTR6500 PKG) ....................... 55

8.2. CONTROLLER MICROPHONE REPLACEMENT (MM6500) ................................... 55

8.3. KEYPAD DISPLAY HANDSET (KDH6500) ............................................................ 55

8.4. CONTROLLER MICROPHONE (MM6500MCD) ................................................... 55

8.5. CONTROLLER MICROPHONE (MM65020CM) .................................................... 55

8.6. EXTERNAL SPEAKER (EXSPK6500) ..................................................................... 55

8.7. MICROPHONE BRACKET MOUNT REPLACEMENT (MM6500-BM) ...................... 55

9. TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................56

10. SPECIFICATIONS ..........................................................................57

11. WARRANTY .................................................................................58

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PERSONAL SAFETY

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

These Safety Precautions, Warnings and Cautions advise personnel of speciﬁc hazards which may be encountered during the procedures contained in this document and that control measures are required to prevent injury to personnel, and damage to equipment and/or the environment.

Before using this equipment, personnel are to acquaint themselves with all risk assessments relevant to the work site and the task. They must then comply with the control measures detailed in those risk assessments.

References covering safety regulations, health hazards and hazardous substances are detailed under the WARNINGS section below. These are referred to in this user manual when they are encountered.

GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Do NOT operate your mobile radio while driving a vehicle without a hands-free kit. (Subject to local law.)

Do NOT operate your radio in an explosive atmosphere – unless the radio’s level of IECEx is approved for use in that environment.

Obey the ‘Turn Off Two-way Radios’ signs where they are posted, e.g. on a fueling station.

Do NOT touch the antenna while the radio is transmitting.

Do NOT operate the radio if the antenna has become disconnected or damaged.

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

Before using any hazardous substance or material, the user must become acquainted with the safety precautions and ﬁrst aid instructions:

• On the label of the container in which it was supplied.

• On the Material Safety Data Sheet.

• In any local Safety Orders and Regulations.

WARNINGS

Radio Frequency Radiation

WARNING

RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION. A RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) RADIATION

HAZARD EXISTS WHEN USING THIS EQUIPMENT. TO AVOID RF INJURY,

DO NOT TOUCH THE ANTENNA WHEN THE TRANSMITTER IS IN USE AND

DO NOT OPERATE THE TRANSMITTER WITH ANTENNA DISCONNECTED.

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Dangerous Voltages

Dangerous voltages exist in this equipment. For the appropriate safety precautions, refer to the relevant Electrical Safety Regulations appropriate to the country of operation.

WARNING

DANGEROUS VOLTAGES. DANGEROUS VOLTAGES EXIST IN THIS

EQUIPMENT. FOR THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS REFER

TO THE RELEVANT ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATIONS APPROPRIATE

TO THE COUNTRY OF OPERATION.

HINTS FOR USING THE RADIO

When transmitting, hold the microphone a few inches from your mouth and speak across it, rather than into it.

Keep the length of your conversation to a minimum and replace the microphone on its holder after use.

When it is possible to move location, avoid making calls from known poor signal-strength areas such as the radio systems fringe areas (limit of range) or from screened or shadowed areas, e.g. an underground car park or underpass.

To avoid unnecessary drain on the vehicle battery, keep the engine running when using the radio for extensive periods of time.

GENERAL NOTES

CONVENTIONS

Where the word “generally” or “may” is used to describe a facility, this operation is an option that may be enabled with your Programming Software (PS).

In some cases, key functions will be determined by the customer conﬁguration. When a key function is referred to in these instructions, it is possible the function may be assigned to another location than designated in this manual.

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations are used throughout this document. Wherever practicable, whenever the abbreviation is ﬁrst used, the full meaning is given with the abbreviation in parenthesis, after that only the abbreviation will be used.

ABBREVIATION MEANING

ANSI

ACPO

BER

CTCSS

DCS

DMR

DSP

DTMF

FCC

ICNIRP

IEC

IEEE

KID LCD LED

LMR NAC PMR

PSTN

PTT

RSSI

TGID

UHF

VHF

WACN

WEEE

American National Standards Institute

Association of Public safety Communications Ocials

Bit Error Rate

Continuous Tone-Controlled Selective Squelch

Digital Coded Squelch

Digital Mobile Radio

Digital Signals Processor

Dual Tone Multi-Frequency

Federal Communications Commission

Frequency Modulation

International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection

IDentication

International Electrotechnical Commission

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Internet Protocol

crypto Key IDentication

Liquid Crystal Display

Light Emitting Diode

Land Mobile Radio

Network Access Code

Private Mobile Radio

Programming Software

Public Switched Telephone Network

Press (Push) To Talk

Radio Frequency

Received Signal Strength Indication

Receiver/Receiver

Talk Group Identication

Transmit/Transmitter

Ultra High Frequency

United States

Very High Frequency

Wide Area Coverage Network

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

A summary of common radio terms and some other terms used in this document, and their meanings, are given below.

BANK SEE ZONE.

A logical combination of: Network Access Code (NAC); Radio Frequency; De-

Channel

fault Talk Group Identity (TGID); Encryption Key Index (KID); and other channel associated parameters (CTCSS, Scan etc.).

DTMF

Monitor

MPT1327

Muted

NAC

Normal Mute

P25

P25 Channel

P25 Conventional

PTT

Radio Unit ID

Selective

Unmuted

Dual Tone Multi-Frequency signaling. Used to dial into telephone networks using tone dialing.

Mode of Radio Receive – Any P25 signal regardless of NAC or TGID will be heard

A signaling standard for Trunked Private Land Mobile Radio Systems.

Audio cannot be heard from the loudspeaker.

Network Access Code – Used as a lter where multiple networks may share a common RF frequency.

Mode of Radio Receive – Only signals with matching NAC will be heard.

PMR mode using analog FM used in as a “fallback” mode with P25. (Interoperability requirement).

Denition consisting of Tx and Rx RF frequencies, NAC and TGID.

Non-trunked digital, like digital Private Mobile Radio (PMR).

Programming Software. Used to congure the radio options and parameters.

Press To Talk. This is the term given to the operator’s key normally used to commence transmitting a message.

Unique identier allocated to each radio (0-16,000,000).

Mode of radio receive – Only signals with matching NAC and TGID or Unit ID will be heard.

Audio can be heard from the loudspeaker.

Zone

A collection of channels (usually organized by functional group of users).

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. OVERVIEW

The RCA RPX6500 Radio is a versatile Digital Signal Processor (DSP) controlled, software deﬁned two-way mobile radio.

This User Manual describes the operation of the Association of Public safety Communications Ofﬁcials (APCO) P25 Standard compliant Mobile Radio, which consists of:

Product Quantity

RPX6500 – Transceiver 1 MM6500 - Mobile Microphone 1 CTRH6500 - Control Head 1 CTRH6500MB - Mounting Bracket (w/2 screws) 1 MM6500-BM - Microphone Bracket Mount (w/2 screws) 1 PC6500 - Power Cable 1 EC6500 – 3 foot Unit Extension Cable 1

1.2. CONFIGURATION

Before using your RPX6500 P25 Radio, it must be conﬁgured using the P25 PS. The conﬁguration process deﬁnes and loads the radio channels, signaling and user options/settings so the radio will operate with your system. Your RCA representative can help program your radios to meet your present and future requirements.

1.3. MODES OF P25 RPX6500 OPERATION

The RPX6500 P25 Radio operates in Analog Frequency Modulation (FM), P25 Conventional and P25 Trunked modes.

Radio channels are organized in groups of up to 250 per zone. Up to 40 zones may be deﬁned. Generally, zones can be programmed with channels belonging to common function groups.

A radio channel can be deﬁned as analog, Conventional P25 channel or Trunked P25 network. A Zone may contain a mix of Analog or Conventional P25 Channels.

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2. CONTROLS

The RPX6500 Control Head has the following features:

• 11 programmable direct Function Buttons.

• 10 additional indirect Function Buttons (keys 0 - 9).

• 1,500 Channels.

• 40 Zones.

• 250 Channels per zone.

• Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) 1 ¾” (44.5mm) x 2 3/8” (60.3mm) graphic display. Eight lines of 14 characters (small type). Three type sizes, small medium and large. Context based soft menu labels.

• Light Emitting Diode (LED) indicator.

The controls on the RPX6500 Control Head are shown below in Figure 1.

Indicator

LED

Alarm

(F5)

Figure 1. RPX6500 Control Head.

On-O

Volume

(F3)

Down

(F2)

(F4)

(F1)

(F9) (F12)

Call (F7)

Reset

(F8)

(F10) (F11)

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Each control function is detailed in Table 1.

Table 1. Control Functions

RPX6200 KEY LABEL FUNCTION

To turn the radio on, press and hold the volume knob for about 1

Power On/O

second. To turn the radio o, press and hold the volume knob until the long tone sounds.

PTT

Volume

Function Key F1 Programmable Function key. Default – Menu Select.

Function Key F2 Programmable Function key. Default – Channel Down.

Function Key F3 Programmable Function key. Default – Channel Up.

Function Key F4 Programmable Function key. Default – OK.

Function Key F5 Programmable Function key. Default – Emergency Alarm.

Function Key F6 Programmable Function key. Located on Microphone.

Function Key F7 Programmable Function key. Default – Call.

Function Key F8 Programmable Function key. Default – Reset/Cancel.

Function Key F9 Programmable Function key.

Push-To-Talk. Hold the microphone about 4 inches from your mouth. Press and hold the PTT switch and speak.

Turn the volume knob clockwise to increase volume and counter-clockwise to reduce volume.

Function Key F10 Programmable Function key.

Function Key F11 Programmable Function key.

Function Key F12 Programmable Function key.

Keypad

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 * 0 #

Keypad can be used to select a Channel or Special Function. E.g. 12# will select channel 12.

INDICATOR LED FUNCTION

A Green LED when receiving a signal.

A Red LED when the radio is transmitting.

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3. MAIN SCREEN

3.1. LAYOUT

Figure 3 (below) shows an example of the main or default screen when the radio is on.

Channel Name

Zone Name

RSSI Bars

Icon Area

Figure 2. Main/Default screen

The screen has three main areas: the Icon Area; the Text Panel; and the Soft Labels area.

3.1.1. SOFT LABELS

The right-hand side of the screen is used to display the Soft Labels associated with the function buttons.

The soft label text is deﬁned in the PS and can be assigned to the F1 to F4 function buttons. Each soft label can be up to ﬁve characters.

3.1.2. TEXT PANEL

The main area of the default screen is the Text Panel, which displays textual information. This information contains both Persistent and Non-persistent text information as follows:

• Persistent Text, e.g. Channel name, Zone name. * The Channel Name shows the text associated with the currently selected radio channel. * The Zone Name shows the text associated with the currently selected radio zone.

• Non-persistent Text messages, e.g. keypad dial string entries, received status/data

messages, error messages, etc.

3.1.3. ICONS

The lower part of the display is reserved for Standard and Special Icons.

There are only six positions for icons to be displayed (see Figure 4), however, the number of icons that can be displayed exceeds this. Therefore, some icons will share the same location (see Table

2).

RSSI Bars is a special Icon and it is displayed on the left of the default screen when a signal is being received. They indicate the signal strength of the current channel. The stronger the Rx signal, the more bars will be displayed.

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Figure 3. Icon Locations.

Icon Area

2 3

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Table 2. Icon Details.

POSITION ICONS

ჸ

Message

Talk Around

M N S

Monitor Normal Selective

Other Signal

C !

Connecting Connect Fail

Signal

P25 Digital Encrypted Scrambler

Trunking

Scanning

Locked Keypad Individual Call

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Details of the Icons in the Icon Area are contained in Table 3.

Table 3 Icon Details

ICON INDICATION

A lled speaker icon indicates that a signal is present and the audio can be heard from the speaker (unmuted).

The outline speaker icon indicates that a signal is present and the radio is muted. This could be another user group, for instance.

Scan/Search Indicator. When radio is on a scan channel and scanning, the arrow will rotate.

ჸ

Transmit indicator.

Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI). A stronger signal will display more bars above the antenna icon.

Encryption Indicator. This icon is shown when the selected channel is programmed for encryption. If an unencrypted signal is received, the icon will not be displayed.

25 = Digital Mode Indicator.

Selective Mute. Only radio signals specically directed to the user or the channel’s dened talk group will be heard on the speaker.

Normal Mute. Only radio signals from the users own network will be heard on the speaker.

Monitor. All P25 digital radio signals on the channel will be heard.

Key-lock indicator. All keys except PTT, or any function assigned as Alarm, will be disabled. Press the OK key for 2 seconds to unlock all keys.

Talk Around enabled indicator. When shown, Talk Around is active.

Scrambler indicator (analog only).

Emergency mode. Blinking icon indicates that the emergency key has been pressed.

Individual Addressing Mode. When shown, the radio will transmit to an individual address instead of a talk group.

The Envelope icon. A steady icon indicates there is one or more stored messages. A ashing icon indicates an unread message(s) is stored.

Trunking mode. Icon is displayed when a trunking system has been selected.

Connecting icon. Displayed when a text message is being sent and the connection is in progress.

Connection Fail icon. Displayed when a text message transmission has failed.

The asterisk symbol indicates whether the radio has stopped on a scan channel.

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4. MENU SYSTEM

This section details the operation of the menu system.

The RPX6500 series has a menu system that is conﬁgurable by the PS. The PS has a number of menu entries that can be applied as desired in the order desired. In simple conﬁgurations, no menu can be programmed, if desired. See Figure 5 for example menu.

Pressing the ‘F1’ key from the top-level channel screen enters the menu system. By default this key has a soft menu label alongside it titled ‘MENU’. When in the menu system, the soft key ‘F4’ is generally the ‘OK’ key.

The possible menus are:

• Zone (usually the ﬁrst menu as it is often accessed) • Radio Info

• Squelch • Mode

• Mute Adjust (FM)/Monitor (DMR) • RSSI

• Phonebook • Crypto

• Phonebook Edit • Stored Calls

• User Options • Messages

• Setup • Scan Edit

• Contrast • No Menu

• Alert Volume

The presence and order of the above menu selections is determined by the PS conﬁguration.

The Setup menu is special. Setup is a subgroup that can have any of the list of menu selections assigned to it. This means that the lesser used selections can be partly hidden away under the Setup subgroup but still remain accessible if desired.

The order and presence of the Setup subgroup selections is determined by the PS. For instance

Info, RSSI and Contrast could be placed under Setup.

The User Options menu group is also a menu subgroup. This subgroup usually contains on/off functions, such as Key Beeps or Backlight.

4.1. MENU NAVIGATION

Pressing the ‘F1’ key selects Menu mode from the main Channel Screen. Once in menu mode, the and keys cycle through the menus.

To exit Menu mode, press the ‘F1’ key again or the Menu timeout will exit automatically. Generally, pressing ‘F1’ key while in a menu backs up to the next highest level of menu and the ‘F4’ (OK) key selects the menu screen.

The and keys are used to navigate through a list of options such as channels, or to increase/ decrease a value.

When the ‘F1’ (menu) key is ﬁrst pressed, the numeric keys become short cut keys to functions. Numeric keys can be programmed (using PS) with functions, e.g. Scan.

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Select

Zone

Back

ENTRY POINT = Default Screen

Normal

Channel

Screen

Channel

Back

Menu #1

Zone Select

Note:

Example menus only shown.

Other Menus may be configured with the CPS.

Submenu

Key Beeps

ON/OFF

Backlight

ON/OFF

(Other User

Menu items)

Mode

Alert

Volume

Crypto Key

Radio Info

Contrast

User

Options

Menu #2

Setup Menu

Menu #3

(Optional)

Menu #x

(Optional)

Menu #x

Menu #3

Back

OK OK Key

Back Key Up Key Down Key

Submenu Selections

RSSI

Mute

Adjust

Back

Submenu

Squelch

Back

To access the menus, press the ‘F1’ or menu key from the channel screen and then the numeric key assigned to that function.

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Figure 4. Menu Navigation

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5. MENU SCREENS

The menu structure on the RPX6500 series is conﬁgurable using the PS. Your system administrator can tailor the order and presence of the menu options to your speciﬁc requirements.

This section describes all the menus that are currently available. It also describes the Channel Screen, which is the main default screen that is displayed after the radio is switched on.

Menus are normally divided into two lists - The Main Menu and Setup Menu list.

In the default conﬁguration, the Main Menu contains the Channel, Zone and Setup menus. This allows access to the second ‘Setup’ menu level.

The Main Menu can be accessed from the default screen by selecting the ‘Menu’ (F1) button.

To access any of the menu options from the Main, Setup or User Options Menus, use the and

keys to scroll through the lists until the required menu option is selected with the pointer ( )

and then press the ‘OK’ button.

Pressing the ‘Back’ key at any point will go back to the previous screen.

5.1. CHANNEL SCREEN

The Channel Screen shows the current channel and allows channel selection.

Figure 5. Channel Screen.

Pressing the “Menu” key enters the Menu mode.

Radio channels may be conﬁgured with the PS as speciﬁc frequencies or as auto scan types. When an auto scan channel is selected, it will immediately go into scan mode. Selecting another non-auto scan channel will stop the scan.

If a radio channel is deﬁned as a P25 Conventional Digital Channel, it will only receive P25 digital signals.

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If a radio channel is deﬁned as an Analog FM channel, it will receive both P25 Digital and Analog FM signals.

A radio channel deﬁned as a P25 Trunked network will automatically start searching for the preprogrammed network, and only receive signals from that network once it has service.

Note. When an analog FM channel is selected and in Monitor mode, all unencrypted digital P25 trafﬁc will be heard regardless of NAC or Talk Group.

5.2. ZONE MENU

The Zone Screen is used for changing Zones. A Zone is normally deﬁned as a group of radio channels with a common operational role.

When the ‘Zone’ menu option is displayed, press the OK button to enter the ‘Zone’ select screen.

Once the Zone menu appears, press the and keys to choose the required zone. Press the OK key to select the required zone. The radio will return to the channel screen and select the ﬁrst channel in the new zone.

Direct access to the Zone menu from other screens can also be programmed to one of the function buttons with the PS.

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5.3. SQUELCH MENU

The Squelch menu allows the channel’s default squelch mode to be modiﬁed.

If the selected channel is changed or the radio is switched off, the channel’s default squelch setting will be restored.

From the main channel screen, press the ‘Menu’ key to enter Menu Mode. Use the / keys to scroll through menu options. With the Setup menu option displayed, press the OK key to access the Setup sub-menus.

Use the / keys to scroll through sub-menu options and, with the Squelch menu option displayed, press the OK key to access the Squelch screen.

For a P25 digital channel, the / keys can be used to select either Monitor, Normal or Selective squelch mode.

For an analog channel, the / keys can be used to select either Monitor or Normal squelch mode.

For each channel type, after selecting the required squelch mode, press the OK key to conﬁrm the selection and return to the default channel screen.

Press the Back or Menu key to return to the next highest menu level.

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