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