Kenwood TK-3160 instruction manual Background Operations

BACKGROUND OPERATIONS

Your dealer can activate a variety of transceiver functions to perform without any additional operation on your part.

TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT)

The Time-out Timer is used to prevent any caller from using a channel for an extended period of time.

If you continuously transmit for a period of time that exceeds the programmed time (default = 60 seconds), the transceiver will stop transmitting and an alert tone will sound. To stop the tone, release the PTT switch.

If programmed by your dealer, a pre-alert tone will sound before the timer expires. Also, if programmed by your dealer, you may have to wait for a short duration before you can continue to transmit. If you press the PTT switch before the timer has been reset, an alert tone will sound and the transceiver will not enter transmit mode.

BATTERY SAVE

The Battery Save function decreases the amount of power used when a signal is not being received and no operations are being performed (no keys are being pressed and no switches are being turned).

While the channel is not busy and no operation is performed for 10 seconds, Battery Save activates. When a signal is received or an operation is performed, Battery Save is disabled.

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