SDS100E Customising the Display

Summary: How to choose the information shown on the SDS100E’s display and the colours used for each field.

What You Can Customise

The SDS100E lets you choose which items appear in each field of the display and the text and background colour of each. Go to Menu, Display Options, Customize and choose the display to edit:

• Set Simple Conventional
• Set Simple Trunk
• Set Detail Conventional
• Set Detail Trunk
• Set Search/CC Mode
• Set Weather Mode
• Set Tone Out Mode

Notes:

• While scanning, hold on a channel and press Func then DISP (9) to switch between Simple and Detail display modes.
• Some display modes or fields only let you change the colours.
• Trunking and conventional modes share the same field colours, but each can show different data items.
• Not every possible item fits every field.
• Search/Close Call, Weather and Tone-Out modes each have their own colours but share the same general layout; display items can only be set for Search mode.

How to Edit a Field

After you choose the display, the scanner shows a sample. Rotate the scroll control to highlight the area you want to change, then press a soft key:

• Item – change what the field shows.
• T-Color – change the text colour.
• B-Color – change the background colour.

Pick an option and press E to return to the sample display. In the manual’s field diagrams, the darker-shaded areas only allow a colour change.

Available Items

Depending on the field size (Huge 22, Large 16/14 or Short 5-character), the items include:

• Favorites List name, site name, unit ID name
• Frequency, TGID, RSSI (signal voltage)
• System type, system/network ID, site ID, unit ID, LCN
• Number tag (FF-SS-CC)
• Volume/squelch (VOL=15 SQL=15, or separate V and S)
• Battery voltage
• Digital error count
• ATT / G-ATT, P25 status (such as P25-2), date, time, modulation

The icon area can show: PRI (priority scan), CC (Close Call), WX PRI, REC, GPS, SCR (broadcast screen), REF (Repeater Find), V+x (volume offset), modulation and P-Ch (a priority channel).

Useful Tricks

• Assign a display area to show the Quick Key status (FQK/SQK/DQK) so you can see what’s enabled.
• Show the battery voltage in a small field.
• Show the digital error count and RSSI in a Detail display when tuning antennas or troubleshooting.