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MS01-MS05. You don't program those in CPS, you set them on the radio by long-pressing while on the channel you want. Think car radio presets. Once set you want to make sure to read the radio back and save that codeplug so they're remembered, otherwise writing to the radio will reset them all.
Well, this is some weird timing...APX CPS/FW R31 just released, and look at what they just added. Nice touch, now you can preset them all and they won't get wiped out if you forget to read the radio before programming.
Almost like they are watching the forums. Hmm...
PS - No ability to rename the displayed name for the MS## soft keys, and when you choose a channel from the list it's only displaying the channel number (1, 2, 3, etc.) instead of the name assigned in the zone. Derp. 🤦♂️
Little off topic but the O9 head did support quick select and had the names of the channel vs MS01. The 5 buttons above the display you would change to mode and set zone/channel. I am going to miss that myself on my next work truck. Was great as a Chief/Officer as I could just tap away vs stitching zones back and forth.
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