Vertex Standard VX-2200 Description of Operating Functions

Description of Operating Functions

Press the assigned programmable key to cancel CTCSS- and DCS-controlled squelch;

the TX/BUSY indicator will glow green. Press and hold in this button for 1.5 sec-

onds to hear background noise (unmute the audio); the TX/BUSY indicator will

blink green.

You can manually adjust the squelch level using this function:

Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key. A tone will sound, and

the current squelch will level appears on the display.

Press the []/[] button to select the desired squelch level.

Press this key again. A tone will sound, and the display will revert to the normal

channel indication.

DIMMER

Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to select the brightness

level of the display and key backlight. Available selections are four levels.

CHANNEL UP/DOWN

Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key (generally the []/[]

button) to select a different channel within the current group.

GROUP UP/DOWN

Press (or press and hold) the assigned programmable key to select a different group

of channels. Once the desired Group is reached, press (or press and hold) the Chan-

nel Up/Down key (generally the []/[] button) to select the desired channel within

the selected Group.

You may wish to have the Scanner pass through more than one Group during the

scanning process (normally, scanning is performed within the current group only). To

include the current Group in the scanning loop, press and hold the assigned pro-

grammable key for one second. To remove a Group from Group Scan, press and

hold the assigned programmable key for one second again.

Multi-Group Scanning is only possible if you are using the “User Scan” list. To edit

the User Scan list, press and hold the assigned programmable key to delete the cur-

rent Memory Group from the Scanning. Alternatively, press and hold the assigned

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