SDS100E Controls, Keys & Indicators

Summary: What each key and knob on the SDS100E does, including the soft keys and the Func second functions.

LEDs

Two LEDs sit above the display: the right LED shows charge status (red while charging, green when charged) and the left LED shows channel alerts.

Main Keys

• Power/Light – press and hold to turn on or off. Tap to turn the display backlight on and off (with the backlight off nothing is visible on the display).
• Avoid – press once to temporarily avoid the current channel or frequency (in direct tune mode), and twice to permanently avoid it. During scan or scan hold, press the left soft key (System) then tap Avoid once (temporary) or twice (permanent) to avoid the current system; press the middle soft key (Department) and then Avoid to avoid the current department.
• Zip/Services – press to enter your country and zip/postal code. Func then Zip selects service types.
• Soft keys – three keys whose function changes with the mode; labels appear at the bottom of the display. In scan modes they are System (left), Dept (middle) and Channel (right).
• Menu – opens the menu (the button on the scanner’s left side); back one level. Func then Menu opens the Search menu in Search mode and the Close Call menu in Close Call mode.
• Replay/Record – press to Replay; Func then Replay starts or stops recording; press and hold to review recordings.
• Scroll control – tap to show volume; Func then tap shows squelch. Turn it to change scan/search direction, scroll, choose characters and so on.
• Func – gives the next key its second function.

Number Keys

• Select Favorites Lists in Scan mode; direct entry in Hold mode; toggle custom search bands in Custom Search; keys 0-6 toggle Close Call bands in Close Call.
• 1 / SRCH1, 2 / SRCH2, 3 / SRCH3 – in channel hold, Func then 1, 2 or 3 toggles the search assigned to that key.
• 4 / ATT – in channel hold, Func then 4 toggles attenuation for the channel; Func then hold 4 for 3 seconds toggles global attenuation. In Search, holding on a frequency, Func then 4 toggles attenuation for it.
• 5 / DIM – Func then 5 sets the display brightness.
• 6 / WX – Func then 6 toggles weather priority; Func then hold 6 for 3 seconds goes to weather channel monitoring.
• 7 / IFX – Func then 7 toggles IF exchange for the current conventional channel (or the frequency being held in Search).
• 8 / REV – Func then 8 monitors the repeater input frequency.
• 9 / DISP – Func then 9 toggles between simple and detailed display modes.
• 0 / LVL – Func then repeatedly 0 sets the volume offset for the channel.
• ./no/PRI – decimal point; selects No; Func then ./no toggles conventional priority scan.
• E/yes / Q.SRCH – selects or saves; in channel hold stores a blinking CTCSS/DCS/NAC tone; Func then E/yes starts a Quick Search, or toggles ID Search on and off in Scan mode (trunked system in a Favorites List only).

Quick Tuning

• Quick frequency tuning: hold on any channel, key in a frequency and press CHAN (soft key 3). This enters Quick Search mode.
• Quick talk group tuning: while scanning a trunked system, hold on any channel, key in the talk group ID and press CHAN.