Motorola P Series Selling Manual page 32

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If activity is discovered on the Priority Channel while the radio has landed on a non-priority channel,
the non-priority transmission is dropped and the radio switches to the Priority Channel. This priority
override capability ensures that your customer's workforce always hears the most important
communications.
If activity is discovered during Active Scan Mode, and the radio lands on the Priority Channel, it can
be programmed to sound the "Priority Scan Alert". This alerts the radio user that the current
conversation is likely to be important.
If, during scanning, the radio repeatedly lands on a channel that is of no interest to the radio user,
the radio can be conÞgured to allow the user to temporarily remove that channel from the scan list.
This feature is called "Nuisance Delete" and can be activated by simply pressing one of the
programmable side buttons.
Nuisance Delete increases the productivity of your customer's workforce by preventing staff from
being unnecessarily distracted from their tasks.
If Nuisance Delete has been activated and one of the channels has been removed from the scan
list, the nuisance channel can be re-instated by simply stopping and restarting scan.
Another useful scan-related feature is the "Scanned Channel Discovery Alert". If this feature has
been enabled (using the CPS) the radio will sound an audible alert when the radio user selects
(using the rotary channel knob) the channel that last unmuted during scanning.
This feature informs the radio user which channel was last active during scanning and allows him to
continue communicating with the same group of people.
Scanned Channel Discovery Alert is particularly useful on the P040 radio where no visual channel
indication is provided when the radio lands during scanning.
Scanning can be made more efÞcient and convenient for the radio user by enabling "PL Scan
Lockout". This clever feature enhances Scan performance by temporarily removing a channel from
the Scan List when activity is discovered with the wrong PL code. The channel is reinstated after a
predetermined number of scan cycles or when activity has ceased. To understand the beneÞt of this
feature, consider the following scenario:
During Scanning, the radio discovers activity on channel 5. However, the radio user is not part
of the PL Group currently talking on channel Þve.
PL Scan Lockout effectively causes the radio to temporarily ignore channel 5 and focus
attention on other the other channels in the Scan List, where more relevant conversations
may take place
PL Scan Lockout is particularly useful when the radio has landed on a non-priority channel but
continues to monitor the Priority Channel for activity. If there is activity with the wrong PL on the
priority channel, the intermittent check on the Priority Channel is temporarily suspended. This
means that the short breaks in the non-priority channel audio (caused when the radio moves off to
check the priority channel) temporarily cease.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS