SETTING PRIVACY CODES
Your LXT480 Series has 121 Privacy Codes available to use in channels 1~22. The selected Privacy Code may be different for each channel. To select a Privacy Code for the current channel press the MENU button twice, and then the s\t buttons to select one of the 38 CTCSS Privacy Code. Press again the MENU button and the s\t button to select one of the 83 DCS Privacy Code. The Privacy Code icon on the display will indicate whether you set your Privacy Code in CTCSS or DCS mode. To confirm the selection, press the PTT button or press MENU button again to move to the next feature setting.
!Note : If you select any CTCSS Privacy Code, any
Selecting a Privacy Code of "oF" will disable the Privacy feature. To communicate between two LXT480 Series radios, all radios in your group must be set to the same channel and/or Privacy Code selections. The Privacy Code can only be set in channels
1~22.
TRANSMIT (TX) POWER LEVEL SELECTION
Your LXT480 has 2 power level settings. To select the power level on channels 1~7 and 15~36, press the MENU button until a “Pr” icon will appear blinking on the display. Then press the s\t buttons to select TRANSMIT POWER LEVEL icon (H: Hi/L: Lo). To confirm, press the PTT button or press MENU button again to move to the next feature setting. When the PTT button is pressed during Low Battery
Level condition, the TX Power will automatically switch from Hi(H) to Lo(L) level.
!Note : You cannot adjust the power setting on the FRS channels (8~14). They are set to Low power per FCC regulations.
VOX
Your LXT480 Series has 3 VOX level settings: (oF/1/2/3).
To set VOX, press the MENU button until the display shows “VOX” blinking while on the right of the CHANNEL NUMBER display, an “oF” icon appears. Select “1”,“2” or “3” by pressing the s\t buttons and push the PTT key, or press MENU button again to move to the next feature setting.