Button/Switch assignments

[Stretchman]

My top button on the 6550 is scan on/off.

Blue button short press is zone. Long press is nuisance delete.

2nd button is tx power

Third button short press is tones, and long press is backlight.

p1 is af suppress, and long press is tight/normal squelch. p2 locks and unlocks the keyboard.

 

[Lakes_Region_Comms]

Top/Orange Button: Emergency
Top/Purple button: Scan
1 Dot button: Light
2 Dot button: Nuisance Delete
A/B/C switch: Zones A/B/C
Concentric Switch: Secure TX/RX

 

[mikegilbert]

For personal radios, I always set up the orange/emergency button as nuisance delete.

 

[SilentMarker]

Top/Orange Button: Light/Flip Screen
Top/Purple button: Scan
1 Dot button: Nuisance Delete
2 Dot button: Site Search
A/B/C switch: Zones 1/2/3
Concentric Switch: Keypad Lock/Unlock

 

[DeoVindice]

Personal 2500
Emergency Button: Keypad Lock
Purple Button: Backlight
Middle Button: Scan On/Off
Bottom Button: Talkaround
A/B/C: Zone Select

 

[ElroyJetson]

Harris P7300: Left side up/down buttons control system. (Department) Very convenient. Since the radio is used only as a scanner,
pretty much everything else is left at default. Auto light on any keypress.

XTS5000 personal radio: 2 position rotary is set to scan on/off. Purple button is monitor/unsquelch for conventional. Middle button is talkaround. Bottom button is backlight. A/B/C is set to no function.

 

[wa8pyr]

I keep all my personal Motorola radios as close to the standard I use at work as possible.

Trunking: Orange button - emergency; Top side button - backlight; middle side button - call alert or private call where allowed; bottom side button - nuisance delete. Concentric switch - keypad lock/unlock; Toggle switch A=scan off, B=scan on, C=scan list edit. Only variation is for the orange button, which on my personal radios is used for site display.

Conventional: Orange button - emergency; Top side button - backlight; middle side button - talkaround; bottom side button - nuisance delete. Concentric switch - keypad lock/unlock; Toggle switch A=scan off, B=scan on, C=scan list edit. On my personal radios the orange button is used for volume set.

Harris radios are a different kettle of fish; since the button/switch layout (and available options) varies wildly depending on the radio, it's hard to stay too consistent, although I try.