GENERAL FEATURES
Home System/Group Select
To select the preprogrammed Home system/group, simply press the FCN HOME. The Home system/group programmed for the current bank is then displayed and it becomes the selected system/group. If no home system/group has been programmed, this function is not available.
Proceed (Clear-To-Talk) Tone
This is a short tone that sounds shortly after the PTT switch is pressed to indicate that the radio system has been accessed and speaking can begin. This tone can be programmed to be a single or distinctive (3- beep) tone. With encrypted calls, a special double beep sounds.
This tone always sounds with
On
If the proceed tone is enabled on conventional systems and the Transmit Disable On Busy feature is used to automatically perform moni- toring (see page 50), the proceed tone does not sound if the channel is busy. Otherwise, it sounds even if the channel is busy.
Receive-Only Groups
Any group can be programmed for monitoring only (transmitting disabled). If the PTT switch is pressed with one of these groups selected, the intercept tone sounds and “TX DISBL” is displayed.
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