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Turning the keytone beep on and off – Radio Shack HTX-242 User Manual

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Limiting Transmit Duration

When you communicate on the 2-meter band, you should keep
your transmissions as brief as possible. Most repeaters have built-
in timers that limit single transmissions to 3 minutes or less.

You can set the transceiver to stop transmitting and sound a beep
if a single transmission exceeds the selected time (none, 1, 2, 3, 5,
7, 10, or 15 minutes). Follow these steps to select the transmission
time-out setting.

1.

Press

VFO

.

2.

Hold

F

for at least 1 second.

FUNC

flashes.

3.

Press

MR

.

4.

Repeatedly press

until the HTX-242 displays

to

and

either the selected time (if the option is on) or

oFF

(if the

option is off).

5.

Rotate

TUNE

, or press

UP

or

DOWN

on the microphone, to

select the desired time-out time (to turn on the time out
option) or

oFF

(to turn off the option).

6.

Press

MR

or PTT to save the settings.

Turning the Keytone Beep On and Off

Your HTX-242 sounds a beep each time you press a button. Follow
these steps to turn off this keytone beep.

1.

Press

VFO

.

2.

Hold

F

for at least 1 second.

FUNC

flashes.

3.

Press

MR

.

4.

Repeatedly press

until the HTX-242 displays

bp

and

either

on

(if the beep option is on) or

oFF

(if the option is off).

5.

Rotate

TUNE

, or press

UP

or

DOWN

on the microphone, to

select

on

(to turn on the beep option) or

oFF

(to turn off the

option).

6.

Press

MR

or PTT to save the settings.

Note: This does not affect the tone-alert beep, alarm scan beep, or the
transmit limit beep.

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