User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Features
- Controls and Display
- General Operation
- Radio-wide Features
- 4.1 Viewing Radio Information
- 4.2 Option Keys / Buttons
- 4.3 Feature Enable / Disable
- 4.4 Menu Mode
- 4.5 Function Recall
- 4.6 Time-Out Timer
- 4.7 Home Channel Select
- 4.8 Power Output Select
- 4.9 Alert Tone Select
- 4.10 Surveillance Mode
- 4.11 Scanning
- 4.12 Global Positioning System (GPS)
- 4.13 Radio Service
- 4.14 RSSI
- 4.15 Fire Ground Mode
- Conventional Mode Features
- 5.1 Monitoring Before Transmitting
- 5.2 Monitor Mode
- 5.3 Busy Channel Lockout
- 5.4 Call Guard Squelch
- 5.5 Penalty Timer
- 5.6 Conversation Timer
- 5.7 Repeater Talkaround
- 5.8 Displaying Transmit / Receive Frequency
- 5.9 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 5.10 Conventional Mode Scanning
- 5.11 Standard Conventional Calls
- 5.12 ANI Signaling Options
- 5.13 Project 25 Mode Features
- 5.13.1 Digital Unit ID
- 5.13.2 Talkgroup ID
- 5.13.3 Network Access Code
- 5.13.4 Out of Range (EFJohnson Conventional) Indication
- 5.13.5 Automatic (EFJohnson Conventional) Registration
- 5.13.6 P25 Group Calls
- 5.13.7 Talkgroup Scan
- 5.13.8 P25 Unit Calls
- 5.13.9 P25 Conventional Telephone Calls
- 5.13.10 Call Alert
- 5.13.11 Call History
- 5.13.12 Messaging
- 5.13.13 Status Messaging
- 5.13.14 P25 Packet Data
- 5.14 Keypad Programming
- 5.15 Text Messaging
- 5.16 Fire Ground Mode
- SmartNet / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Features
- 6.1 Analog and Digital Operation
- 6.2 Standard Group Calls
- 6.3 Unit Calls
- 6.4 Telephone Calls
- 6.5 Call Alert
- 6.6 Messaging
- 6.7 Sending Status Conditions
- 6.8 Emergency Alarm and Call
- 6.9 Failsoft Operation
- 6.10 SmartNet / SmartZone / P25 Trunked Scanning Features
- 6.11 Dynamic Regrouping
- 6.12 SmartZone and P25 Trunking Unique Features
- 6.13 Zone Password
- Messages
- Secure Communication (Encryption)
- Data Features
- Service Information
4-2 Viking™ VP600 Portable Radio Operating Manual
Radio-wide Features
4.2 Option Keys / Buttons
Most of the keys/buttons on this radio are programmable (see Table 4.1) as follows:
• On the side panel, the three buttons above the PTT switch (see Figure 2.3).
• On the front panel, buttons and , if soft buttons are disabled, and all DTMF
buttons (see Figure 2.1).
• On the top panel, the rotary three-position switch and the red button (see Figure 2.2).
The functions that can be controlled by option buttons are shown in Table 4.1. Each option
button can be programmed to control a different function in each of the three operating
modes. For example, (Clear) can control one function when a conventional channel is
selected, another when a SmartNet/SmartZone channel is selected, and still another when
a Project 25 trunking channel is selected.
Table 4.1 Programmable Option Button and Menu Mode Functions
Function
X = Available in Mode:
Menu Display
Defaults
Soft Button
Alias
Conventio
nal
Project 25
Trunking
SMART
NET
Smart
Zone
Alert tones On-Off XXXXTones TONES
Auto Site Search X X Auto Site SITE
Backlight On-Off (portable)XXXXBacklightBKLHT
Call Alert Select (Paging) X X X X Call Alert ALERT
Call Response Select X X X Call Resp RESP
Cancel Dynamic Regroup XXXCancel DRCANDR
Change Keyset (OTAR) XXXXChg KeysetKYSET
Channel Select XXXXChan Selct CHAN
Clear/Secure Encryption
Select
XXXXSecuritySECR
Clock X X X X ClockXXXXClockCLOCK
Contrast (portable only)XXXXContrastCONTR
Disable Call Guard X Disable CG DISCG
Display GPS XXXXGPS GPS
Display Information Select
(frequency or channel display)
X Display DISP
Emergency Mode Select X X X X Emergency EMER
Emergency Clear X X Emerg Clr EMCLR
Erase Keys, OTAR
(menu only)
X X X X Erase Keys KYCLR
Fire Commander 1 XXXX CDR 1
Fire Commander 2 XXXX CDR 2
Fire Commander 3 XXXX CDR 3
Shaded features support the secondary press and hold function.on the portable radios