Tait t2020 User Manual

Also see for t2020: Service manual Operator's manual Application note

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Basic Operation 15your radio only unmutes if the call carries the sub-audible tone or code specific to your fleet or group.Selective Call Mute2-tone decoding and 5-tone signaling use audibletones to isolate your calls, so that your radio onlyunmutes if the call carries the tones specific to yourfleet or group.RF SquelchThe radio’s RF squelch allows reception of a signalonly when it is above a factory-set threshold, so thatonly intelligible signals are made audible. Your radiocan be programmed to override RF squelch usingthe monitor key ( ), allowing all activity on achannel to be heard, including noise.Activating squelch override allows you to hear weakbut intelligible transmissions.MonitorThe monitor key ( ) can be programmed tooverride one or more of the muting controls. In themost common configuration, monitor operates inthe following way:1. Press the monitor key briefly (less than onesecond) to override CTCSS/DCS or selectivecall mute, or both. Press the monitor key againto reactivate CTCSS/DCS or selective call mute.Note: If hookswitch monitoring is pro-grammed, lifting the microphone off themicrophone clip has the same effect.2. Press and hold the monitor key for longer thanone second to activate RF squelch override.