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L/OUT
By default, the
key activates temporary lockout when
L/OUT
pressed. If desired, you can change the function of the
PGM
key in the GLOB radio wide settings by pressing
, then the
GLOB softkey. Scroll to the TLO=FUNC L/O setting and press the
L/OUT
key to toggle the setting to YES to have the
key
function as a permanent lockout instead of temporary lockout.
L/OUT
To apply temporary lockout to an object, press the
key
while the scanner is stopped on that object during scan
operation, or navigate to an object using the 5-way pushbutton
L/OUT
pad while in Manual Mode or PGM mode and press the
key. The lowercase "l" in the display flashes to indicate that
temporary lockout is applied to the object:
If you wish to remove temporary lockout from a single object,
navigate to the object using the 5-way pushbutton pad while in
L/OUT
Manual Mode or PGM mode and press the
key again.
Temporary lockout is a very useful feature. For example, when a
major incident occurs while you are scanning, you may wish to
focus your scanning on that major incident, and exclude
unrelated talkgroups so that radio traffic associated with the
major incident is not interrupted.
PAUSE
MAN
You could press the
or
keys to listen to a single
object, if communications for the major incident are only being
conducted on single channel or talkgroup. More often, several
talkgroups are used to provide communications for major
incidents, so if you park on a single object, you may miss
communications on other objects that are related to the incident
of interest.
By using Temporary Lockout, it is possible to "zoom in" on the
objects that are carrying communications related to the incident
L/OUT
of interest by pressing
every time an unrelated object
becomes active. Eventually you will narrow down your monitoring
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