11TALK-AROUNDOccasionally, a power failure or other cause at the repeater may result in aninterruption of service. Your dealer may have provided the Talk-around functionfor use in such cases. This function allows communication directly with othertranceivers without using a repeater. However, even Talk-around may not allowyou to contact a station if the distance is too far or there are geographicobstacles in the way.To enable Talk-around function, press a key, programmed as Talk-around."TA" or "T." (depending on the configuration) will be displayed at the left side ofLCD display.Note: When you are in Talk-around mode, all the signalling data, such as QT,DQT, 2-tones are still enabled.2-TONE SIGNALLING2-tone signalling is either enabled or disabled by your dealer. 2-tone opens thesquelch only when the transceiver receives the preset two sequential tones thathave different frequencies.When the correct tones are received that were programmed by your dealer, thesquelch opens, and the caller's voice is monitored.n Select and encoding 2-tone signallingIf "2-tone encode select" is programmed by your dealer, you can select 1of 10preset 2-tone codes. Then you can sent the desired 2-tone toanother party.1 Press a key, programmed as 2-tone encode select .2 Select the desired a tone set, using Channel Up and Down key.3 Press 2-tone encode select key again to set.4 Press PTT to send the tone to another party.