GME TX685 - Scanning Features; Ctcss;Dcs Silent Mode

TX6150/TX685 INSTRUCTIONMANUAL PAGE11
Toexitthescanmode,brieypresstheSCANkeyagain.Theradiowillreturntonormaloperation.
NOTE:
Theremustbeatleast2channelsstoredinthescanmemoryotherwisetheradiowillnotscan.
Scanning Features
• Ifasignalisreceived,thescanispausedallowingyoutotransmitandreceiveonthatchannel.
Duringthistimethe
iconwillcontinuetoashtoshowthatthescanisstillactive.Oncethe
channelhasbeeninactivefor5secondsthescanwillautomaticallyresume.
• PressingthePTTswitchwhiletheradioisscanningwilljumptotheworkingchannelallowing
youtotransmitandreceiveonthatchannel(theworkingchannelisthechanneltheradiowason
atthetimethescanwasactivated).Duringthistimethe
iconwillcontinuetoashtoshow
thatthescanisstillactive.Oncetheworkingchannelhasbeeninactivefor5secondsthescan
willautomaticallyresume.
• Ifthescanispausedonabusychannelthatyoudon’twishtolistento,pressthe
or keys
to‘skip’overthechannelandcontinuescanning.
TIP: TheScanmodewillreducetheoverallbatterylifebecausetheStandby(batterysaver)
featureisoverridden.Youshouldavoidscanningifthebatteryisrunninglowandyouneed
toconservepower.
CTCSS, dCS ANd SIlENT MOdE
CTCSS(ContinuousToneCodedSquelchSystem)andDCS(DigitalCodedSquelch)aresimilar
squelchquietingsystemsthatallowgroupsofuserstosharethesamechannelwithoutdisturbing
eachother.TheCTCSSsystemuses1of50lowfrequencytonestoopenandclosethesquelchon
theradio.TheDCSsystemissimilartoCTCSSbutuses1of104digitalcodestocontrolthesquelch.
WhenCTCSSorDCSisenabledonyourradio,onlysignalsthatareusingthesamecodeasyour
radiowillbeheardinthespeakerandthesquelchwillremainclosedtoallothersignals.
NotethatCTCSSandDCScodesdonotpreventothersfromhearingyourtransmission.
CTCSS/DCStonesareswitchedoffbydefault.TouseCTCSS/DCSyoumustrstenableasuitable
CTCSS/DCScodeusingtheMENU(seeMenuoptionsformoredetails).YourchoiceofCTCSSorDCS
willlargelydependonwhichiscurrentlybeingusedbyotherradiosinyourgroup.Ifneithersystem
iscurrentlyinuse,youcanmakeyourownchoice.Thereisnodifferenceinperformancebetween
thetwosystems.OnceaCTCSSorDCScodehasbeenenabled,thedisplaywillshow
(forCTCSS)
or (forDCS).Youcannowmakeselectedchannels‘quiet’byenablingSILENTmodeonthose
channels.
To Activate or Deactivate Silent Mode on a Channel
1. Selecttherequiredchannel.
2. PressandholdtheSQLkey.TheselectedCTCSSorDCScodewillbedisplayedonthatchannel.
ChannelsthathaveSilentmodeenabledwillnowremainquietunlessasignalcontainingyour
chosen code is received.
NOTE: SilentmodecannotbeactivatedunlessaCTCSSorDCScodehasbeenselectedviatheMenu
key(SeeMenuoptionsformoredetails).IfCTCSS/DCStonesaresetto‘Off’,anyattempttoactivate
theSilentmodewillbeignored.WhencommunicatingwithotherradiosusingCTCSSorDCS,all
radiosmustbeswitchedtothesamechannelandhavethesameCTCSSorDCScodeselected.To
receivesignalsfromradiosthatarenotusingCTCSSorDCSyouwillneedtodisableSilentmodeon
thatchannel.