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Other Important Features

Lock

To avoid accidentally changing radio operation, the Lock feature locks the Menu, Volume Control, Weather, and Scan functions, meaning that you can only turn the two-way radio on and off, transmit, and monitor.

You can make sure your menu settings won’t be changed

Lock On

accidentally. Just turn on lock by pressing \ for three seconds.

 

Now you’ll see the f icon.

 

To turn Lock off, press \ again for three seconds.

 

Note: If your radio is in two-way mode and Weather Alert is

 

enabled, an emergency broadcast on the selected channel

 

will switch the radio to that weather channel.

 

Scanning

By using Scanning h, you can monitor channels and codes for transmissions and lock in on the one that interests you. More importantly, you can find someone in your group who has accidentally changed channels and is talking during your scan. You don’t have to set a new channel or code, the radio just resets itself temporarily to that channel and code and you can start talking.

To start scanning, briefly press ) (Scan/Monitor). Your channel/code screen displays h and begins to scroll through channels. When the radio detects channel activity, it stops on that channel and displays its channel and code. You

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Motorola T6250 manual Other Important Features, Lock On, Scanning