Viewing The Current Site; Forcing A Site Change; Locking And Unlocking A Site; Preferred Site Selection - Motorola GP540 User Manual

Viewing the Current Site

1. Press the search button.
a. If the radio is presently locked on a site, the
display shows either the name of the current
site or the site number.
b. If the radio is scanning
for a new site, the
display shows
until it locks onto a new site. This is a timed
display which disappears after a few seconds.
c. If the radio has not
received a site ID, the
radio displays
until either the display times out or the radio
receives the site ID.

Forcing a Site Change

1. Press and hold down the search button to
force the change to a new site.
2. You will hear a tone and
the display shows
while the radio scans for a new site.
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3. When a new site is found, the new site's name

Locking and Unlocking a Site

As in an AMSS radio, you can force the radio to stay
SCANNING SITE
locked onto a site, regardless of whether the signal
level of an adjacent site is higher or not. Of course,
locking a radio onto a particular site defeats the
automatic site switching mechanisms of the radio.
However, you can still force the radio to scan to
another site while site locked. The radio automatically
SITE XX
becomes site locked to the next site it finds. Refer to
Locking and Unlocking a Site on page 32 to change
the radio's locked state.

Preferred Site Selection

SmartZone radios can have up to eight sites that are
individually set as either always preferred, most
preferred, or least preferred. The default value is no
preference. This feature is programmed via the CPS.
SCANNING SITE
will be momentarily displayed if it is known,
otherwise
SITE XX