Motorola XTSTM 1500 manual Zones and Channels, Select a Zone, Select a Channel

General Radio Operation

Zones and Channels

A zone is a grouping of channels. A channel is a group of radio char- acteristics, such as transmit/receive frequency pairs.

Before you use your radio to receive or send messages, you should select the zone.

Select a Zone

1 If a control on your radio has
been preprogrammed as the
Zone switch, move the Zone
switch to the position for the
zone you want.
2 If the zone you selected is	• Long, medium-pitched tone
unprogrammed, you hear a
long, medium-pitched tone
until you select a
programmed zone.

Select a Channel

1 After you selected the zone you want, turn the preprogrammed Channel Selector switch to the desired channel.

2 If the channel you selected is • Long, medium-pitched tone unprogrammed, you hear a

long, medium-pitched tone until you select a programmed channel.

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