Option Button Functions - Motorola GM950 User Manual

Option Button Functions

Option Button Functions
The following functions may be applicable to your
radio, activated by one of the function/option
buttons.
Call Buttons - When a Call button (Base Call /
Variable Call) is pressed, a specified sequence
of tones is transmitted to set up your call.
Repeater Talkaround
the transmit frequency on a channel to be
switched to the same as the channel's receive
frequency. This will allow a radio to
communicate directly with another without the
need to use a repeater.
Call Forward - This feature allows you to
pass on calls automatically to another radio,
which may be your portable radio when you are
away from your vehicle.
Monitor - One option button (usually 5) may be
programmed as Monitor. This feature allows the
user to switch between different receiver settings
programmed as Receive, Monitor 1 and Monitor 2.
Scan - The scan feature will cause the radio
to search through predefined lists of channels
looking for a condition that will cause the radio to
unmute. While searching for unmute conditions,
the radio is in 'active scan' (green LED flashing
and Scan icon on - display models only); having
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- This feature enables
found the required conditions, the radio will 'land'
on the channel ( display models - green LED off,
Scan icon stays on ; non-display models - green
channel LED on ).
Nuisance Channel Delete - When in scan, if the
radio repeatedly 'lands' (stops) on a channel that
is currently of no interest, press this option button
when listening to the 'nuisance channel', to
temporarily remove the channel from the scan
list (until the radio is turned off then on again).
External Alarm enable/disable
external alarm signal, generated by selective
call decode, on/off.
Memory Channel (display models only) - Up to
two option buttons may be programmed as
Memory Channels. To select the channel, press
the option button for a period of less than one
second. Optionally, pressing the button for longer
than one second selects the current channel as
that button's memory channel.
Voice Scrambler - When the radio is fitted
with an optional speech scrambler module, two
further features may be programmed onto the
option buttons.
– Coded/Clear speech - the scrambler module
may be switched on and off to suit operational
requirements.
- Turns the