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--- In Pro-97@yahoogroups.com, angola_fire@y... wrote:
\n>
\n> > 1) What color is the display? In a flyer I downloaded it looks
\nlike
\n> > black on orange.
\n>
\n> Correct, its like the 96... Keypad is lit... I think its a bit
\n> below the brightness of the 96, but very nice compared to the 95...
\n>
\n> > Is it? How is this to read?
\n>
\n> Yes, easy to read, the letters are a bit smaller in size (about
\n> 2/3's), but the clarity is definitly an improvement... Alot more
\nto
\n> look at with the larger display space... I should take my digital
\n> camera to the store to take a few pics for ya'll...
\n>
\n> > 2) How many alpha chars?
\n>
\n> Not 100% sure, but I think 15... I'll have to look... I
\nprogrammed
\n> up the store model today and didn't expect this question... Its
\njust
\n> before midnight and I don't feel like going back to the store to
\nlook
\n> tonight.. :-)
\n>
\n> > 3) Do the alpha tags work like the Pro-95? That is, name banks
\n> > (conv), name chans (conv), name control chans (trunk), and name
\nTG
\n> ID
\n> > codes (trunk)?
\n>
\n> Yes...
\n>
\n> > 4) How does the brightness and contrast compare to the 95?
\n>
\n> See answer to #1... I was really happy that the keypad has a
\nlight
\n> as well... They did a nice job on the 96 keypad and I was pleased
\nto
\n> see the solid plastic feel passed on to the 97 with a good
\n> backlight...
\n>
\n> > 5) How does the size of each char compare to the 95?
\n>
\n> They are about 2/3 or so of the 95... The neat thing is that all
\nof
\n> the functions are on the display... Meaning the priority,
\n> attenuation, lockout, ect. are all shown, but they aren't enabled
\n> until they are in caps... You can scroll through and see the
\nsmall
\n> letters and know right away that its off or on... That took me
\nquite
\n> a while to get used to...
\n>
\n> I'm planning a short trip to tune some mil air this next week...
\n> From what I see so far, its about the same sensitivity as the 95
\non
\n> the out of package bands... I'm waiting to see something out of
\nthe
\n> normal bands out of the box...