Selecting the setting “LO” reduces the squelch threshold, selecting the set- ting “HI” increases the squelch threshold. Adjust the squelch threshold – with the transmitter switched off – to the lowest possible setting that sup- presses hissing noise.
| Important notes: |
| If the squelch threshold is adjusted too high, the transmission range |
| will be reduced. Therefore, always adjust the squelch threshold to the |
| lowest possible setting. |
| When in the setting mode of the “SQELCH” menu, pressing the |
| button (DOWN) for more than three seconds will switch off the |
| squelch. “SQ.OFF” appears on the display. If no RF signal is being recei- |
| ved, hissing noise will occur. This setting is for test purposes only. |
| Releasing channels for the user |
ACCESS | Transmitter and receiver have nine channel banks with up to 20 switchable |
| channels each. Via the “ACCESS” menu, you can restrict access to the chan- |
| nels by only releasing the channels to be available to the user. |
| Note: |
| The units are |
| user. |
| In order to rule out the possibility that channels are released which should |
| not be available to the user, we recommend that you first lock all channels |
| and then release individual channels one after the other. |
| For |
| nels in one channel bank. Only use the channel banks “1” to “8” since these |
| accommodate fixed preset frequencies which are |
| To lock all channels, select “ERASE” from the “ACCESS” menu. |
| Press the SET button to confirm your selection. |
| All channels are now locked. |
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