User's Manual

RADIO OVERVIEW
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¥ Valid (Good) Key Press Ð A short, medium-
pitched tone when a keypad key is pressed indi-
cates that the key press was accepted.
¥ Invalid (Bad) Key Press Ð A short, low-pitched
tone when a keypad key is pressed indicates
that the key press was rejected.
¥ Emergency Alarm Entry Ð A short, medium-
pitched tone when the emergency button is
pressed indicates that the radio has entered the
emergency mode.
¥ Emergency Alarm/Call Exit Ð A continuous,
medium-pitched tone when the radio is in the
emergency mode indicates that the radio has
exited the emergency mode.
¥ Failsoft (Trunked Systems Only) Ð A faint Òbeep-
ingÓ tone every ten seconds indicates that the
radio is operating in the failsoft mode.
¥ Time-Out Timer Warning Ð Your radioÕs time-out
timer limits the length of your transmission time.
When you are pressing the PTT switch (transmit-
ting), a short, low-pitched warning tone will
sound four seconds before the allotted time will
expire.
¥ Time-Out Timer Timed-Out Ð If you hold down
the PTT switch longer than the time-out timerÕs
allotted time, a continuous, low-pitched tone will
sound, indicating that your transmission has
been cut off. This tone will continue until the PTT
switch is released.
¥ Phone Busy Ð A Òbah-bah-bah-bahÓ tone when
telephone interconnect is accessed indicates
that all available modes are busy and the radio is
in queue for the next available phone line.
¥ Call Alertª (Page) Received Ð A group of four
medium-pitched tones every Þve seconds indi-
cates that your radio has received a Call Alert
page.
¥ Call Alertª (Page) Sent Ð A single medium-
pitched tone (central acknowledge), followed by
a group of four medium-pitched tones indicates
that a Call Alert page sent by your radio has
been received by the target radio.
¥ Private Conversationª Call Received Ð A group
of two medium-pitched tones indicates that your
radio has received a Private Conversation call.
This sequence is repeated every Þve seconds
for approximately 20 seconds for enhanced Pri-
vate Conversation.
¥ Trunked System Busy (Trunked Systems Only) Ð
A Òbah-bah-bah-bahÓ tone when a trunked sys-
tem is accessed indicates that all available chan-
nels are busy and the radio is in queue for the
next available channel.
¥ Call Back (Trunked Systems Only) Ð A group of
three medium-pitched tones (di-di-dit) indicates
that a talkgroup is now available for your previ-
ously requested transmission.
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