To Hold on a Department. (USDS100 and SDS100)
When in DEPT HOLD mode the Scanner will only monitor the DEPARTMENT within the current system
For example – let’s say you have 4 departments and each one contains different TGID’s for each service.
Fire – Ambulance – SES – Police, but you only want to listen to the Ambulance dept.
You have two options to select the Dept you wish to HOLD
Your first option is to wait until the department you wish to monitor has voice activity and then simply push the DEPT key and then release it.
The selected Department will be highlighted and stay in HOLD mode until such time you push the DEPT key again to release it.
The Scanner will then hold on that department monitoring all TGID activity within it.
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REMEMBER - It’s only monitoring that Department - No other Favorites can be monitored while in HOLD mode.
To release DEPT HOLD, simply push the DEPT key again.
Your second option is to manually select the Department by pushing the DEPT button once while Scanning. Scanner will stop on the current Department.
It should be highlighted.
If it has not stopped on the one you wish to monitor, Push the DEPT button once again and then using the volume dial or PUSH FUNC Dial - scroll through the Departments until you find the one you wish to HOLD.
Release the volume dial and the selected Department will be in hold mode.
(The background is generally highlighted to remind you it’s in hold mode)
To release the Department from HOLD, push the Dept key again to put all Departments within the system back into Scan mode.
To Hold on a Department. UBCD436PT/HP & UBCD536PT/HP
You have two options to HOLD the Department of interest.
You can wait until your preferred Department is active and then simply push the DEPT/Site Key.
This will then HOLD on the selected Department and only monitor voice traffic relevant to the Department selected.
Once the conversation has finished and you wish to resume Scanning, simply push the DEPT/Site key again to release the Department from HOLD and resume scanning all departments within the system again.
Your second option is to push the DEPT/Site key. The current Department being monitored will be put into HOLD mode. The current Department name will be displayed on the screen and HOLD text will appear in the centre left of the screen.
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Now to find the correct Department, push the DEPT/Site key again and while the centre section of the screen is highlighted, scroll the volume dial left or right until you find the correct Department you wish to monitor. Once found - simply release the dial.
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The Scanner will now only monitor the TGIDs within that selected Department.
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Once the conversation has finished and you wish to resume Scanning, simply push the DEPT/Site key again to release the Department from HOLD.
Avoiding a Department
UBCD436PT/HP UBCD536PT/HP and USDS100 and SDS100 (SDS200)
If you have several Departments in the System you’re trying to monitor you may wish to avoid some of those Departments that are of no interest to you.
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First thing you have to do is select the Favorite that is of relevance to the location your trying to monitor.
A Department can contain Talk Group IDS or conventional analogue or digital frequencies, depending on the 'Flavour' of the System it is inside.
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To avoid a Department.
Push Menu.
Scroll down to ‘Manage Favorites’.
Once highlighted - Push the E.Yes button.
Select the Favorite that contains the Department you wish to avoid or delete.
Once you have highlighted the chosen Favorite - Push the E.Yes button.
Review/Edit System will be highlighted – Push the E.Yes button.
Select the System that contains the Department that is to be modified.
Once highlighted – Push E.Yes.
Scroll down the screen and highlight ‘Edit Department’ – Push the E.Yes button.
Now you will see a list of all the Departments available to modify.
Select the Department you wish to avoid – highlight it and Push the E.Yes button.
Scroll down the screen and select ‘Set Avoid’ – Push the E.Yes button.
Make your selection from the three options.
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Stop avoiding (Only valid if the Department is already avoided).
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Temporary Avoid (Will shut the selected Department down until the Scanner is turned off and back on again)
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Permanent Avoid (Will shut the Department down until such time you choose to release it from permanent avoid using the 'Stop avoiding' option).
Select Permanent Avoid if your confident the Department is something your not interested in monitoring.
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Once you have made your selection – Push the E.Yes button to confirm.
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Your choice has now been confirmed and the Department should be avoided.
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The previous menu will appear on the screen, push the SYSTEM button to resume scanning.
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The department you have avoided inside the selected Favorite has now been avoided.
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To enable that Department again – repeat the process – but select, ‘Stop Avoiding’ from the three options.