User Manual

Making a Selective Call
Just like a Private Call, while you can receive and/or
respond to a Selective Call initiated by an authorized
individual radio, your radio must be programmed for
you to initiate a Selective Call.
1 Select the channel with the active subscriber alias
or ID. See Selecting a Channel on page 24
.
2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0
cm) from your mouth.
3 Press the PTT button to make the call.
The LED lights up solid
green.
4 Wait for one of the following tones to finish (if
enabled), and speak clearly into the microphone.
•
The Talk Permit Tone.
•
The PTT Sidetone.
5 Release the PTT button to listen.
When the target radio responds, the LED blinks
green.
If the Channel Free Indication feature is
enabled, you hear a short alert tone the moment
the transmitting radio releases the PTT button,
indicating the channel is free for you to respond.
Press the PTT button to respond.
If there is no voice activity for a predetermined
period of time, the call ends.
Talkaround
You can continue to communicate when your
repeater is not operating, or when your radio is out of
the repeater’s range but within talking range of other
radios.
This is called “talkaround”.
The Talkaround setting is retained even after
powering down.
Press the programmed Repeater/Talkaround
button.
You hear ... Indicating ...
Positive Indicator
Tone
Radio is in Talkaround mode.
Negative
Indicator Tone
Radio is in Repeater mode.
Making and Receiving Calls
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