Scan Operation

-From FRS standby mode, press the VOX button; Vo appears steady and VOX icon and sensitivity level (if VOX is enabled) flashes on the display.

-Press the Up or Down button to select the desired VOX sensitivity level (1 is the most sensitive, 5 is the least sensitive, oF represents off).

-Momentarily press the Power On/Off button to confirm the VOX se- lection.

-The VOX icon will appear steady on the LCD display whenever the VOX feature is in use.

VOX can be turned off by selecting oF as the setting.

NOTE: When the unit is transmitting in the VOX mode, no functions on the unit will operate. To regain control of the functions, it may be necessary to reduce ambient noises.

This feature allows you to monitor all channels and tone codes (CTCSS) automatically for valid signals. While scanning, you can transmit and re- ceive. During reception, the scan function is interrupted and will return to the scan mode after 5 seconds.

To enable the channel scan mode,

-Momentarily press the SCAN Button; (SCAN) will appear on the LCD display.

-The radio will display each channel (1-14) in order as the scan mode operates to find an active main channel.

-When unit doesn’t find any signals and you want to transmit, press the PTT switch to return to home channel operation. The transceiver will automatically resume scanning approximately 5 seconds after the transmission is completed.

-If there is no activity and you want to leave the scan mode, press the SCAN button momentarily and the unit will return to normal operation;

(SCAN) icon will disappear from the LCD display.