Vertex Standard VX-410 Follow-Me Scan, Dual Watch, Talk Around, Add/Del, Speed Dial, TX Save Off

Operating Manual Reprint

Description of Operating Functions

Follow-Me Scan

“Follow-Me” Scan feature checks a User-assigned Priority Channel regularly as you scan the other channels. Thus, if only Channels 1, 3, and 5 (of the 8 available channels) are designated for “Scanning,” the user may nonetheless assign Channel as the “User-assigned” Priority Channel via the “Follow- Me” feature.

Press the assigned Soft key to activate “Follow- Me” scanning, then turn the CH selector knob to the channel which you want to designate as the “User- Assigned Priority Channel”. When the scanner stops on an “active” channel, the User-assigned Priority Channel will automatically be checked every few

seconds.

Dual Watch

The Dual Watch feature is similar to the Scan fea- ture, except that only two channels are monitored: the current operating channel, and the “Priority” channel.

To activate Dual Watch:

Press (or Press and hold) the assigned Soft key.

The scanner will search the two channels; it will pause each time it finds a channel on which someone is speak- ing.

To stop Dual Watch:

Press (or Press and hold) the assigned Soft key. Operation will revert to the channel to which the CH knob is set.

Talk Around

Press (or Press and hold) the assigned Soft key to activate the Talk Around feature when you are op- erating on duplex channel systems (separate receive and transmit frequencies, utilizing a “repeater” sta- tion). The Talk Around feature allows you to bypass the repeater station and talk directly to a station that is nearby. This feature has no effect when you are operating on “Simplex” channels, where the receive and transmit frequencies are already the same.

When the “TA” function is activated, the “” icon will be indcated on the display.

Note that your dealer may have made provision for “Talk Around” channels by programming “re- peater” and “Talk Around” frequencies on two ad- jacent channels. If so, the key may be used for one of

the other Pre-Programmed Functions.

Add/Del

The Add/Del feature allows the user to arrange a custom Scan.

Press (or Press and hold) the assigned Soft key to delete/restore the current channel to/from your scan- ning list.

When you delete a current channel, “-SKIP-” will appear on the LCD for one second after pressing the Soft key. When you restore a current channel, “-STOP-

”will appear on the LCD for one second after press- ing the Soft key.

Speed Dial

Your Dealer may have pre-programmed Auto- Dial telephone number memories into your radio.

To dial a number, just press (or Press and hold) the Dealer-assigned Soft key for Speed Dialing. The DTMF tones sent during the dialing sequence will

be heard in the speaker.

TX Save Off

Press (or Press and hold) the assigned Soft key to disable the Transmit Battery Saver, if you are oper- ating in a location where high power is almost al- ways needed.

The Transmit Battery Saver helps extend battery life by reducing transmit power when a very strong signal from an apparently nearby station is being received. Under some circumstances, though, your hand-held radio may not be heard well at the other end of the communication path, and high power may

be necessary at all times.

Call 1, 2, 3/Reset

When the 2-tone or 5-Tone selective calling unit is installed, press (or Press and hold) the assigned Soft key to silence the receiver and reset for another

call, when a communication is finished.

Code Select

Press (or Press and hold) the assigned Soft key to enable the changing the 5-Tone Paging code which

is recalled by the “Call 1” key.

Code Up, Down

Press (or Press and hold) the assigned Soft key to switch to a higher (or lower) paging code number

for the 5-Tone Paging System.

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