Controls And Indicators; Controls And Connections - Standard Horizon HX460S Owner's Manual

3. CONTROLS AND INDICATORS

This section defines each control of the transceiver. For detailed oper-
ating instructions, refer to section 4 of this manual. Refer to Figure 1 for
the location of the following controls, indicators, and connections.

3.1 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS

POWER SWITCH/VOLUME CONTROL
Turns the transceiver on and off, and adjusts the volume.
SQUELCH ( SQL ) CONTROL
Sets the point at which random noise on the channel does not activate
the audio circuits but a received signal does. This point is called the
Squelch threshold. Further adjustment of the squelch control will de-
grade the reception of wanted transmissions.
MIC/SP JACK
Accepts the optional CMP460 Speaker/Microphone or VC-24 VOX Head-
set. When this jack is used, the internal speaker is disabled.
Antenna Connector
Connect the supplied CAT460 flexible antenna here.
PUSH-TO-TALK ( PTT ) SWITCH
Activates transmission.
LAMP KEY
Turns the lamp (for LCD and Keypad back-lighting) on and off.
Hold down this key to lock the displayed channel functions (except the
H/L, PTT, and LAMP keys) so that they are not accidentally changed.
The key lock symbol "
locked. Hold down until the key lock symbol "
the radio.
UP ( p ) KEY
Selects the desired channel. Each press increases the channel number.
When held down, the channels increase continuously.
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NOTE
" will appear, to indicate that the functions are
" disappears to unlock
HX460S