Operating in conventional mode 33Note: Your radio may be programmed to activate monitorwhenever the microphone is off the microphone clip.To activate monitor you may be able to either:■ remove the microphone from the microphone clip, or■ use a programmed function key.Activating monitor by using a function key1 Press the monitor function key to activate monitor andhear any traffic on the channel.While monitor is on, the green LED flashes slowly.2 Press the monitor function key again to turn monitor off,or wait for monitor to turn off automatically, after aprogrammed delay.When monitor turns off, the green LED stops flashing.Note: Your radio may be programmed so that monitor turnsoff automatically after a short time.Communicating directly with other radiosYou can bypass the radio repeater and communicate directlywith another radio. This feature is known as repeater talka-round. You can do this, for example, when you are out ofrange of the repeater, or if the repeater is busy or stops work-ing for whatever reason.While repeater talkaround is active, all transmissions aremade on the receive frequency of the channel you are on.To activate repeater talkaround:1 Change to the required channel.2 Press the programmed function key to turn repeater talk-around on.3 Proceed with your call.4 To turn repeater talkaround off, either:■ change the channel, or■ press the function key again.