114 Operating in trunked modeAbout trunked text messagesYour radio may be programmed so that you can sendtext messages. The three options for creating textmessages are selecting a preset text message,editing a draft text message, or creating a new textmessage.To either edit or enter a text message, yourradio must have alphanumeric keys.Using the alphanumeric keys to enter textWhen the alphanumeric keys are used to enter a textmessage, they have special functions.■ Use the # key to select the type of text entry:upper and lower case characters (ABC, abc), ini-tial capitals (Abc), or numbers (123).■ Use the left selection key (Clear) to delete a char-acter from the display.■ Use the scroll keys to move through a message.Repeated presses of these keys will give you thecharacters shown in the following table.In the example below, a preset text message hasbeen selected, and is being edited.Key Characters Key Characters. , ? ! - / 1 P Q R S 7A B C 2 T U V 8D E F 3 W X Y Z 9G H I 4 space 0J K L 5M N O 6OptionsContact base now|Clearabc 16/100currentlyselected textentry option(lower case)number of charactersused/total number ofcharacters allowedcursor: shows current point of text entry
