Selecting A Radio Channel; Selecting A Channel By Using Channel Search Button - Motorola APX 7000 User Manual

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General Radio Operation
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Selecting a Radio Channel

When and where to use: A channel is a group of radio characteristics, such as transmit/receive
frequency pairs. Do one of the following to select a radio channel. You can use the options
interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.
Procedure:
• Select a channel using the preprogrammed 16–Position Select Knob to the desired channel.
a. Rotate the preprogrammed 16–Position Select Knob to the desired channel.
b. Press the PTT button to transmit on the displayed zone channel.
• Select a channel using the radio menu Chan :
a. or to Chan.
b. Press the Menu Select button directly below Chan .
c. or to the required channel or use the keypad to enter the channel number.
If the channel number entered is unprogrammed, the display shows Invalid entry.
Repeat this step.
d. Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to confirm the selected channel.
e. Press the PTT button to transmit on the displayed zone channel.
• Select a channel using the radio menu Channel Up or Channel Down:
a. or to ChUp or ChDn.
b. Press the Menu Select button directly below ChUp or ChDn.
Positions of ChUp and ChDn on the display may differ each time you release the Menu
Select button. Read carefully before you press.
c. Press the PTT button to transmit on the displayed zone and channel.
1.3

Selecting a Channel by using Channel Search Button

When and where to use: This feature allows you to do a quick search for a specific channel in your
radio by keying in the alias of the channel. Your radio prompts the first found channel if a match is
found.
Procedure:
1 Perform one of the following actions.
• Press the preprogrammed Channel Search button.
• or to CSrh and press the Menu Select button directly below CSrh.
A blinking cursor appears on the Channel Search screen.
2 Use the keypad to type or edit your channel name.
3 To initiate searching, press the Menu Select button directly below CSrh once the entry is done.
To exit this procedure, press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl .
One of the following scenarios occurs:
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