# Standby Channel Recieve Dissable

The radio can disable one of the channels. To disable a channel, ensure the channel that you want to disable is not the active channel. **You can change the active channel by pressing the B Button to toggle between them.**

[![Dual-Left.jpg](https://books.speedtech.co.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/dual-left.jpg)](https://books.speedtech.co.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/dual-left.jpg)

Once you have the channel that you DON'T want to disable as the active channel, press the RED button on the front keypad. [![LCD2.jpg](https://books.speedtech.co.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/qB7lcd2.jpg)](https://books.speedtech.co.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/qB7lcd2.jpg)

Press the RED to disable the Receive on the standby channel.

[![RX Dissabled.jpg](https://books.speedtech.co.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/rx-dissabled.jpg)](https://books.speedtech.co.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/rx-dissabled.jpg)

If you get a message saying the "Keypad is locked", you have 2 options to unlock it.

[![keypad locaked.jpg](https://books.speedtech.co.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/keypad-locaked.jpg)](https://books.speedtech.co.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/keypad-locaked.jpg)

1. Turn the radio off, then on again - the keypad will be unlocked for 15 seconds on radio startup,
2. Use the Keypad to unlock the Keypad. This is done by pressing the Green button, then the \* button. Once done, you should see a message on the screen saying "Keypad Unlocked"

[![unlock_Buttonpress.jpg](https://books.speedtech.co.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/unlock-buttonpress.jpg)](https://books.speedtech.co.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/unlock-buttonpress.jpg)

Once unlocked, you can now press the RED button to disable the standby channel.

To enable - Press the red button again. The disabled marker should disappear.