Customise Your Radio; Adjust The Volume; Select The Tx Power; Adjust The Backlighting - NorthStar NS100 Reference Manual

Customise your radio

You can customize the radio to suit your
individual preferences. You can set some
preferences directly, using the handset buttons
as explained in this section.

Adjust the volume

Use the VOL buttons on the right hand side of
the handset to adjust the volume. There are
ten volume levels available.
Press ^VOL once to increase the volume by
one level. Press VOLv once to decrease the

Select the TX power

You can set the transmission power to either
Some channels allow
high (25W output) or low (1W output).
only low power
transmissions. Error
If LO is shown in the LCD screen, low
beeps will sound if
transmission power is selected; if the LCD
the power setting is
screen does not show LO, high transmission
incorrect.
power is selected.

Adjust the backlighting

You can adjust the backlighting of the LCD
screen and keypad simultaneously. (To adjust
the contrast, see Reference Section 1 - Set the
contrast.)
There are four backlight settings;
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• OFF (no backlighting)
• LO (low)
• MID (medium)
• HI (maximum)
Other preferences can be set up only through
the menus and these are explained in the
Reference Sections.
volume by one level. The current level is
shown as a percentage on the LCD screen, e.g.
VOLUME 30%.
Hold down either of the buttons to change the
volume levels automatically until the limit is
reached.
To change from one selection to the other,
press FUNC then press 7. Press FUNC then 7
again to change back.
A special antenna RF reverse current
monitoring circuit will automatically reduce the
transmission power to 1W if a failed or open
antenna is detected.
To adjust the backlighting, press FUNC then 3
to enter the backlight mode. The current setting
is shown on the LCD screen, e.g DIMMER LO.
Use ^CH/SEL and CH/SELv to select your
desired setting. If you select OFF, the LO setting
will operate for 5 seconds whenever you make
a keypad entry so you can check your entry is
correct.
If you have the NS100 DS radio, you can adjust the
backlighting for each handset independently.
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