Customise your radio
Adjust the volume
Select the TX power
Some channels
allow only low power
transmissions. Error
beeps will sound if
the power setting is
incorrect.
Adjust the backlighting
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You can customize the radio to suit your
individual preferences. You can set some
preferences directly, using the handset buttons
as explained in this section.
Use the VOL buttons on the right hand side of
the handset to adjust the volume. There are
ten volume levels available.
Press ^VOL once to increase the volume
by one level. Press VOLv once to decrease
the volume by one level. The current level is
You can set the transmission power to either
high (25W output) or low (1W output).
If LO is shown in the LCD screen, low
transmission power is selected; if the LCD
screen does not show LO, high transmission
power is selected.
You can adjust the backlighting of the LCD
screen and keypad simultaneously. (To adjust
the contrast, see Reference Section 1 - Set the
contrast.)
There are four backlight settings;
• OFF (no backlighting)
• LO (low)
• MID (medium)
• HI (maximum)
To adjust the backlighting, press FUNC then 3
Other preferences can be set up only through
the menus and these are explained in the
Reference Sections.
shown as a percentage on the LCD screen, e.g.
VOLUME 30%.
Hold down either of the buttons to change the
volume levels automatically until the limit is
reached.
To change from one selection to the other, press
FUNC then press 7. Press FUNC then 7 again to
change back.
to enter the backlight mode. The current setting
is shown on the LCD screen, e.g DIMMER LO.
Use ^CH/SEL and CH/SELv to select your
desired setting. If you select OFF, the LO setting
will operate for 5 seconds whenever you make
a keypad entry so you can check your entry is
correct.
If you have the NS100 DS radio, you can adjust
the backlighting for each handset independently.