User's Manual

6-20 Viking VM600 Mobile Radio Operating Manual
Conventional Features
7 If using the front panel controls, enter the telephone number by rotating and pressing
the Select switch. The 0-9,
*, #, and P (pause) characters can be entered (# is displayed
as a “+”). Numbers up to sixteen digits (including pauses) can be entered, and the
number scrolls to the left in the display so that the eight right-most digits are always
displayed. With the HHC, enter the number using the DTMF keypad (a pause indicated
by “P” is entered by
* #).
8 Briefly press the PTT switch to send the access code. A dial tone sound then be heard.
Briefly press the PTT switch again to send the digits.
9 Press the PTT switch to talk and release it to listen. Since the radio operates half duplex,
it is not possible to talk and listen at the same time.
10 When the telephone call is finished or if it could not be completed for some reason, end
it by pressing the PHONE option switch again and placing the microphone back on-
hook. This sends the de-access code which tells the system that the call is finished and
that the repeater can be released.
6.13.8.3 Answering a Telephone Call
To answer a telephone call:
1 When a telephone call is received, “ringing” similar to a standard telephone is heard
and “PHONE” is displayed.
2 To answer the call, press the Phone option switch and press the PTT switch to talk and
release it to listen.
3 When the call is finished, end it as in the preceding Step 6.
6.13.9 Call Alert
The Call Alert™ feature allows pages to be sent and received on P25 conventional
channels. The Call Alert Encode and Decode options must be enabled to send or receive
an alert. Operation is similar to SMARTNET/SmartZone and P25 Trunked channels.
To answer a page:
1 When a page is received, five beeps sound and “PAGE RCVD” is displayed. The ID of
the radio paging you is stored as the last ID received.
2 To clear or ignore the page, press any option switch. If the PTT switch is pressed, a
group call is placed on the selected channel.
3 To answer the page as a unit call (see Section 6.13.7), press the CALL (Private/Unit)
option switch (or select the option from the menu). The alias of the radio paging you is
Draft 4/29/2014