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7.23 INTERCOM MODE
The optional intercom mode gives users at multiple control heads connected to the same radio the ability
to communicate with each other without transmitting over-the-air. Turn intercom mode on and off using
the “INTERCOM” menu as follows:
1. Use to cycle through the available menu items until “INTERCOM” appears in the display.
2. Use to toggle between “On” and “Off.”
When intercom mode is turned on:
• Incoming voice calls will override intercom communications for the duration of the voice call. The
radio and associated control heads will remain in intercom mode and intercom communications will
resume when the voice call ends.
• “TG: INTERCOM” appears in the control head’s display when talking on the intercom. This indicates
microphone audio is not sent out on the selected talk group; rather, it remains localized between the
radio control positions (i.e., the control heads connected to the mobile radio).
• If a call exists on the currently selected talk group when a PTT button is pressed at one of the control
heads, “TG: in use” appears in the display to indicate intercom mic audio cannot preempt the call on
the talk group.
CAUTION
A user at a radio with only one control head/front panel can turn intercom mode on. In
this case, pressing the microphone’s PTT button will not send microphone audio
anywhere.
7.24 TALK GROUP LOCK OUT
There are two ways of focusing voice communications by suppressing calls from talk groups in the
currently active profile:
1. No Scan. By turning scan off (selecting “No Scan” via the “ScnModeMenu”), only the selected talk
group is audible.
2. Lock Out. By locking out selected talk groups, the “chatter” of the locked-out talk groups cannot be
heard. This focuses the user’s scanning resources to calls only on desired talk groups.
Talk group lock out is a scan-related feature. With lock out, one or more talk groups in the active profile
can be temporarily disabled from being scanned. Calls are not received on locked-out talk groups. Lock
out settings are not retained between profile changes or when the radio is power cycled.
Lock out is a listening (receive) function and only blocks received calls on locked out
talk groups. Lock out does not affect transmit capability. The above methods do not
apply to recent emergency lock outs.
Only talk groups in the active profile can be locked out, since they are the only talk groups whose voice
calls can be heard on the radio.
P1 and P2 talk groups cannot be locked out.