12
General Radio Operation
Selecting a Zone and Channel
A
zone
is a grouping of channels. A
channel
is a group of radio characteristics
such as transmit/receive frequency pairs. After you turn your radio on, select
the desired zone and channel.
• Zone Selection
1a. Press
>
until the
ZZ
ZZ
OO
OO
NN
NN
EE
EE
softkey
appears on the display. (The
exact location of softkeys will
vary based upon individual
radio programming.)
2. Press
M
directly below
ZZ
ZZ
OO
OO
NN
NN
EE
EE
.
3. The display changes to
show the current zone
name (flashing) and the
channel name (on
steady). In the example
shown, “
PP
PP
OO
OO
LL
LL
” = Zone;
“
DD
DD
II
II
SS
SS
PP
PP
NN
NN
WW
WW
” = Channel.
AA
AA
DD
DD
MM
MM
II
II
NN
NN
SS
SS
UU
UU
PP
PP
VV
VV
RR
RR
MM
MM
UU
UU
TT
TT
EE
EE
ZZ
ZZ
OO
OO
NN
NN
EE
EE
CC
CC
AA
AA
LL
LL
LL
LL
AA
AA
DD
DD
MM
MM
II
II
NN
NN
SS
SS
UU
UU
PP
PP
VV
VV
RR
RR
MM
MM
UU
UU
TT
TT
EE
EE
ZZ
ZZ
OO
OO
NN
NN
EE
EE
CC
CC
AA
AA
LL
LL
LL
LL
1b. Place the
Zone Switch
(if
programmed, see page 2) to
the desired position. Then go
to step 5a or 5b.
See page 2
for your
radio’s
feature-
control
programming.
A
B
C
Zone = Flashing
Channel = On Steady
OR
PP
PP
OO
OO
LL
LL
DD
DD
II
II
SS
SS
PP
PP
NN
NN
WW
WW