GME TX3345 - Manual (Page 16)

To select the ALPHA display mode
Briefly press the MENU
F
key followed by the SQL
ALPHA
key.
‘ALPHA’ or ‘NUMER’ will be displayed for 2 seconds on the
lower left of the display to indicate the selected mode.
TIP: The normal channel display may give no indication of
which display mode is selected. The selected more will only
become obvious when displaying SelCall Idents.
Entering and storing a SelCall Label
NOTE: You must first store the required Ident in memory (as
described above) before you can add an ALPHA label to it.
1. Briefly press the CALL button. will be displayed
along with the last sent or received SelCall Ident.
2. Press the or keys to select the required Ident
memory in locations ‘C0’ to ‘C9’.
3. Briefly press MENU
F
then SQL
ALPHA
to select the ALPHA mode.
ALPHA will be displayed briefly.
4. If the selected memory’s ALPHA label is empty, ‘- - - - -’
will be displayed, otherwise it will display the last ALPHA
label that was programmed into that memory.
5. Press and hold the LVL
PRI
key until the radio beeps. The
left-hand position of the Alpha label will flash.
6. Press the or keys to select the required
character in the flashing position then briefly press the
LVL
PRI
key again to select the next position.
The following characters are available:
A B C D E F G H I J K
L M N O P Q R S T U V
W X Y Z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SPACE * -
7. Repeat step 6 to enter up to 5 characters as required.
8. Now press and hold the LVL
PRI
key. The entire Alpha
label will flash for a few seconds then the radio will beep
as the label is stored.
Repeat the steps above to add ALPHA labels to other
SelCall Idents currently stored in memory.
To exit the mode, briefly press the CALL button (or
simply wait 10 seconds and the Call function will time out).
The radio will return to normal operation.
To display the Alpha labels of incoming SelCalls, the radio
should be left in Alpha mode. Any incoming SelCall that
does not match those in the memory will display -NEW-. To
display the SelCall Ident of that caller, briefly press
MENU
F
then SQL
ALPHA
to return to the Numeric Mode.
RECEIVING SELCALLS
When your radio receives its SelCall Ident, an alarm will
sound to alert you to the call and the
symbol will be
displayed along with the SelCall Ident or ALPHA label of
the caller. Initially the alarm will beep urgently at 2 beeps
per second, then, if the call is not answered, it will slow
to around 1 beep every 3 seconds. It will then continue to
beep indefinitely until you cancel it.
To return the call
Press and hold the CALL button for a few seconds until
the radio beeps. The callers SelCall will be sent back to the
caller.
To cancel the alarm
Briefly press the PTT switch. The alarm will be cancelled
and the channel will be open for normal communication.
You can now talk on the channel in the usual way.
QUIET MODE
The Quiet Mode mutes the receiver to prevent incoming
signals from being heard in the speaker until your SelCall
Ident is received. This allows you to monitor a busy channel
for personal calls without being disturbed by unwanted
signals. Once your SelCall Ident is received, the Quiet
Mode is cancelled and all incoming signals are heard in the
speaker.
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