Motorola APX 6000 User Manual page 138

Term
LCD Liquid crystal display.
LED Light-emitting diode.
MCHB Millennium Control Head Board
MDC Motorola Data Communication
A software-activated feature shown at the
bottom of the display – selection of these
Menu Entry
features is controlled by the
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Check channel activity by pressing the
Monitor button. If the channel is clear, you
hear static. If the channel is in use, you
Monitor hear conversation. It also serves as a way
to check the volume level of the radio,
since the radio "opens the squelch" when
the monitor button is pressed.
Multi-System
A scan list that can include both talkgroups
Talkgroup Scan
(trunked) and channels (conventional).
List
Network Access Code (NAC) operates on
Network Access digital channels to reduce voice channel
Code interference between adjacent systems
and sites.
NiCd Nickel-cadmium
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Definition
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buttons.
Term
NiMH
Non-Tactical/
Revert
OTAR
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Personality
PIN
Preprogrammed
Private
(Conversation)
Call
Private Line
(PL)
Programmable
PTT
Definition
Nickel-metal-hydride.
The user talks on a preprogrammed
emergency channel. The emergency alarm
is sent out on this same channel.
Over-the-air rekeying.
A one-way alert, with audio and/or display
messages.
A set of unique features specific to a radio.
Personal Identification Number
Refers to a software feature that has been
activated by a qualified radio technician.
A feature that lets you have a private
conversation with another radio user in the
talkgroup.
A sub-audible tone that is transmitted such
that only receivers decoding the tone
receives it.
Refers to a radio control that can have a
radio feature assigned to it.
Push-To-Talk – the PTT button engages
the transmitter and puts the radio in
transmit (send) operation when pressed.