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11.2  MESSAGES During radio operation, various messages are displayed on either line 1 or line 2. Typical messages
include control channel status information, such as system busy or call denied, or messages associated
with the radio's operation, (i.e. volume adjust). These messages are described as follows:
Table 11-2: Display Messages
MESSAGE  NAME  DESCRIPTION 
TALKARND  Talk-around  Indicates the radio is operating on conventional channels in talk-around mode (no 
repeater). 
VOL=31  Volume Level  Indicates the current volume level. The volume level display ranges from OFF (silent) 
to 31 (loudest). 
UNKNOWN  Caller's ID Not 
Received  Indicates that an individual call is being received, but the caller's ID was not received. 
T99 ON  Type 99 Decode ON  Indicates the Type 99 Decode feature is enabled. 
T99 OFF  Type 99 Decode OFF  Indicates the Type 99 Decode feature is disabled. 
PA ON  Public Address ON  Indicates that the public address function of the radio is enabled. 
PA OFF  Public Address OFF  Momentary  (2 seconds) - indicates that public address function of the radio w as 
disabled. 
ALRM ON  External Alarm 
Enabled  Indicates that the external alarm function of the radio is enabled. 
ALRM OFF  External Alarm 
Disabled  Momentary (2 seconds) - indicates that the external alarm function of the radio was 
disabled. 
PVT DIS  Private Mode 
Disabled  Indicates that private mode is disabled or no  encryption ke y has  b een pr ogramm ed  for 
the selected group/channel or special call. 
FRCD PVT  Forced Private 
Operation  Indicates that forced private operation has been pre-programmed into the radio. 
NO KEY #  Encryption Key 
Missing  Flashing indicator indicates that no encryption key or an incorrect encryption key is 
programmed into the radio. 
BCKL=1-6  Backlight  Indicates the display intensity and keypad backlight level. 
GR  Group ID  Indicates that the call is a group call and is followed by the GID of the caller. 
WHC=1  Who Has Called  This display indicates the number from the Who Has Called list. Individual calls 
received but not responded to are stored in a Who Has Called list. This list is 
accessible by pressing the # key and then the INDV key after the Individual call has 
timed out or the Clear button is pressed. This display is on line 2 and the LID of the 
caller is displayed on the top line. Currently the list is not implemented and the display 
will always be WHC=1. 
PHONE  Phone Call  Displayed when a phone call is received from the site. It is displayed in line 1 of the 
display. Line 2 of the display will contain the display *INDV* when line 1 contains this 
message. The radio interprets a received phone call as an individual call. 
MENU    Displayed when the menu key is pressed and remains displayed in line 1 until a menu 
item is selected. 
SYS=1-64  System = 1 - 64  The system number for the current base station o f the system displayed in line 1. It is 
displayed in line 2 of the display. Press the system key to obtain this display. 
INDV=1-99  Individual = 1 - 99  Indicates which item in the individual call list is being displayed. It is displayed in line 2 
of the display. The name or ID of the item in the list is displayed in line 1 of the 
display. 
PHN=1-99  Phone = 1 - 99  Indicates which item in the phone list is being displayed. It is displayed in line 2 of the 
display. Line 1 of the display will be the last 3 characters of the list item contents. 
SEL PHN  Select Phone  After pressing the PHN key, selecting an entry from the phone list by typing the entry 
number will display this message on line 1. 
Ggg-v.vv  Code Group and  
Revision Number  This is the code  group and revision number that is displayed in line 2 when the me nu 
item “REVISION” is selected. The ‘gg’ is the group number of the software. The first ‘v’ 
is the hardware version and ‘vv’ is the revision of the software.