Scanning; Transmitting - PRESIDENT PM -1000 WP Owner's Manual

Scanning

1. To begin scanning the programmed
channels, press the SCAN button.
SCAN and TRIPLE appear on the dis-
play.
2. To stop scanning, press the SCAN button once more. SCAN
and TRIPLE disappear from the display.
• Scanning starts from the lowest to highest channel and stops
when it finds an active channel. It remains on that channel
until the transmission ends, then resumes scanning after a
2 second delay period.
• When in the scan mode, the unit automatically activates
the Triple Watch feature. To deactivate Triple Watch from
the scanning mode, press TRI button. TRIPLE disappears
from the display.

Transmitting

1. Transmission power can be set to
either 5W or 1W.
Press the 1/5W button to make the
change, then the 5W or the 1W indi-
cator on the display changes accordingly.
2. To transmit, press and hold the PTT (push-to-talk) key. TX
appears on the display.
3. To return to receive, release the PTT key. TX disappears
from the display.
• If the PTT key is pressed for more than 5 minutes, TX starts
blinking and the transmission ends. The TX time out tone
will sound until the PTT key is released.
• If the battery indicator drops to the blinking 1-mark level on
the display and the PTT key is pressed, the radio will not
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