User's Manual

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RADIO OVERVIEW
• Failsoft (Trunked Systems Only) – A faint
“beeping” tone every ten seconds indicates
that the radio is operating in the failsoft
mode.
• Time-Out Timer Warning – Your radio’s
time-out timer limits the length of your
transmission time. When you are pressing
the PTT button (transmitting), a short, low-
pitched warning tone will sound four sec-
onds before the allotted time will expire.
• Time-Out Timer Timed-Out – If you hold
down the PTT button longer than the time-
out timer’s allotted time, a continuous, low-
pitched tone will sound, indicating that your
transmission has been cut off. This tone will
continue until the PTT button is released.
• Phone Busy – A “bah-bah-bah-bah” tone
when telephone interconnect is accessed
indicates that all available modes are busy
and the radio is in queue for the next avail-
able phone line.
• Call Alert (Page) Received – A group of
four medium-pitched tones every five sec-
onds indicates that your radio has received
a Call Alert page.
• Private Conversation™ Call Received –
A group of two medium-pitched tones indi-
cates that your radio has received a Private
Conversation call. This sequence is
repeated every five seconds for approxi-
mately 20 seconds for enhanced Private
Conversation.
• Trunked System Busy (Trunked Systems
Only) – A “bah-bah-bah-bah” tone when a
trunked system is accessed indicates that
all available channels are busy and the
radio is in queue for the next available
channel.
• Call Back (Trunked Systems Only) – A
group of three medium-pitched tones (di-di-
dit) indicates that a talkgroup is now avail-
able for your previously requested trans-
mission.