Select A Zone; Select A Channel; Receiving And Responding To A Radio Call - Alinco DJ-MD5X Operation Manual

5.7 Select a Zone

A Zone is a group of channels grouped together. The radio has 250 zones, each zone
can have the maximum of 160 analog and/or digital channels.
Select the zone only valid in memory channel mode, be noted that there are more than
2 zones in zone list.
Operation 1: Press
zone number or zone name.
Operation 2: Press
desired Zone.
Edit Zone Name: Press to select Edit Name, input zone name, then press confirm,
select save to save edited zone name.

5.8 Select a Channel

Press assigned key to switch radio to memory channel mode. . ( memory channels
must be pre-programmed)
Operation 1: Turn the channel knob to select a channel.
Operation 2: Input the channel numbers by the keyboard. For example, if you want
switch to channel 99, input 0 0 9 9 a total of 4 digits, and it will switch to channel 99.

5.9 Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call

When the radio is in the digital mode, it can receive and respond to a call with the
same frequency/color code/ slot.
1. If radio is programed with callers radio ID number in digital contact list, when
receiving a call, depend of the setting radio will ring.
2. LED lights green up (Analog channel mode), or LED lights cyan up (Digital
channel mode).
3. Left top corner of LCD shows RSSI icon, radio also displays DMR ID/ name/
city/ state/ country /call type and incoming icon base on setting.
4. When a call ends, radio displays "Call end" message.
Making a Call
In Analog:
Create memory channels or directly dial the channel knob to choose the VFO channel
then press PTT to make a call. Make sure that if the option signals like CTCSS/DCS/
/ directly to switch zones, LCD will display the selected
( MENU) key then select zone, move the cursor to select the
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