--- title: See your radio’s network mode in an instant description: How to instantly see if you are in Network Mode or Direct Mode. image: http://www.securelandcommunications.com/hubfs/See_your_radios_network_mode.jpg --- - follow us - - [![keytouch-logo-1.png](http://www.securelandcommunications.com/hubfs/Keytouch_2017/keytouch-logo-1.png "keytouch-logo-1.png")](https://www.keytouch.online/) - [Topics](https://www.keytouch.online/stories) - [Archive](https://www.keytouch.online/magazine) - [About us](https://www.keytouch.online/about-us) - [Contact](https://securelandcommunications.hubspotpagebuilder.com/contact-us) - [Home](https://www.keytouch.online) - Topics [Tips and best practices](https://www.keytouch.online/stories/topic/tips-and-best-practices) # See your radio’s network mode in an instant When you are in the thick of the action, you don’t have time to read your radio’s display; you just want to take a peek to instantly see if you are in Network Mode or Direct Mode. ### Share [mailto:?&subject=See%20your%20radio’s%20network%20mode%20in%20an%20instant&body=https://www.keytouch.online/stories/see-your-radios-network-mode-in-an-instant](mailto:?&subject=See%20your%20radio’s%20network%20mode%20in%20an%20instant&body=https://www.keytouch.online/stories/see-your-radios-network-mode-in-an-instant) ![See_your_radios_network_mode.jpg](http://www.securelandcommunications.com/hubfs/See_your_radios_network_mode.jpg)This is why the radio display looks different in Network Mode (TMO) and Direct Mode (DMO). 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