Kenwood TM-251A Instruction Manual

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TONE ALERTTone Alert provides an audible alarm to indicate whensomeone is transmitting on the frequency you aremonitoring.Tone Alert is an effective partner with CTCSS, Page, orDTSS. When the correct signaling comes through, yourtransceiver beeps to alert you of an incoming call from aspecific station.ACTIVATING TONE ALERT1 Tune to the prearranged frequency.2 Activate CTCSS, Page, or DTSS if you want to usethese together with Tone Alert.3 Press [F], [SHIFT].e A "Bell" icon appears.e Each time this key combination is pressed, ToneAlert toggles ON and OFF.4 When the correct signal is received, the transceiverrings 3 times, the "bell" icon begins blinking, and theCall Number increments.86eTheDisplayshowsthenumberofminutes andsecondselapsedafterthelastsignalwasreceived.After59minutes59secondspass, theDisplaychangesto01.00and continuescounting.After59hours 59 minutespass,countingstops.Whenthenextsignalisreceived,thetimeresetsto00.00 andcountingcontinues.Eachtimeanewsignalisreceived,thetimeresetsto00.00.¢TheCallNumberrecordsthenumberof callsreceivedtoamaximumof 99.e The alarm tone can be changed if you prefer{page 87}.5Whenthe"bell"iconisblinking,exitToneAlertbypressing [PTT].Note:>APOturnsOFFthepowerifnokeyentryismadefor24hoursevenifToneAlertisON.>/fToneAlertisON,thereisnospeakeroutputexceptthealarmtonewhenasignalisreceived.> For ToneAlerttofunction correctlywithCTCSS,theincomingsignalmust be presentforapproximately1second.> ToneAlertcannot be used simultaneouslywithMessagePlaybackControlviaDTSS {page77}.Althoughboth functionscan be turnedONat thesametime,MessagePlaybackControlwillnot function.