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EF Johnson 5100  Using EF Johnson 5100 for Wildland Fire
 

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General References
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EFJ 5100 Operating Manual (.pdf 712 KB)      
  EFJ 5100 Portable Training Sheet (1 pg .ppt, 233 KB)      


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Common Problems
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8/20/2008  -  Incident Medivac Plans and Emergency Communications
 Incident Medivac Plans and Emergency Communications within an incident  DISCUSSION: Redu   ...More
10/24/2005  -  My radio isn't communicating
Press F3 to see if you are on HIGH Power or LOW Power.   You may need to go to HIGH Power to   ...More
10/24/2005  -  The keypad doesn't work
The Keypad disable may be activated, press the * key for app 2 -3 seconds.  If problem persist   ...More
10/24/2005  -  I can't turn my radio off
With the ON/OFF/Volume knob turned off, press and hold in the top side button.   The feature   ...More
10/24/2005  -  My radio won't stay in scan edit
Currently the EFJ will kick you out of the scan edit when you change channels from the knob instead   ...More
10/24/2005  -  I can't program my radio
Currently Home Units are locking down their own frequency information and not allowing changes to th   ...More
10/24/2005  -  My radio doesn't receive traffic and other radios are receiving traffic
Take radio out of scan to see if this fixes the problem (currently EF Johnson is trying get this i   ...More
10/24/2005  -  Which scan list should I use?
Currently we use 2 scan lists: ยท         Priority scan &nbs   ...More
10/24/2005  -  My radio is unsquelched
Push monitor button in to squelch.    Problem could occur when you have digital and ana   ...More
10/24/2005  -  How do I change zones?
Press the rocker switch to scroll to a zone.