Site Search; Locking And Unlocking A Site; Viewing The Current Site; Changing The Current Site - Motorola APX 6000 User Manual

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Chapter 7 : Advanced Features
The display shows the currently selected zone or channel, and the site trunking message.
7.25.6

Site Search

When searching for a site, your radio is inoperable. In the site search mode, your radio scans for
trunked control channels but has yet to connect to the trunking system or reach other trunking states.
Other trunking states are such as Out of Range and Imbalanced Coverage.
The Searching site indicator alerts you that your radio is attempting to search for a valid trunked
control channel.
7.25.7

Locking and Unlocking a Site

When and where to use: This feature allows your radio to lock onto a specific site and not roam
among wide-area talkgroup sites. This feature should be used with caution, since it inhibits roaming to
another site in a wide-area system.
You can toggle the lock state between locked and unlocked by pressing the preprogrammed Site
Lock/Unlock button.
Follow the procedure to lock and unlock a site using the radio menu.
Procedure:
1 or to Site.
2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Site.
3 Perform one of the following actions:
• To lock the site, press the Menu Select button directly below Lock. The display shows Site
locked.
• To unlock the site, press the Menu Select button directly below Unlk. The display shows
Site unlocked.
The radio saves the new site lock state and returns to the Home screen.
7.25.8

Viewing the Current Site

Procedure:
1 Perform one of the following actions:
• Press the preprogrammed Site Displ/Srch button.
• or to RSSI and press the Menu Select button directly below RSSI.
2 Press the programmed Site Displ/Srch button.
The display shows momentarily the name of the current site and its corresponding received RSSI.
7.25.9

Changing the Current Site

Procedure:
Perform one of the following actions:
• Press and hold down the preprogrammed Site Displ/Srch button.
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