User's Manual

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SPECIAL FEATURES
Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm
Canceling an Emergency Alarm
The alarm can also be canceled (without sounding the
emergency-exit tone) by:
¥ pressing the PTT switch (see following note),
¥ turning the radio off, or
¥ receiving an acknowledge from the dispatcher.
Note: Pressing the PTT switch while the radio is in
emergency alarm operation will place the radio
in emergency call operation if emergency call is
enabled.
Sending an Emergency Call
Note: The mode you use during an emergency is
controlled by whether your radio is programmed
for tactical or non-tactical operation. If tactical,
you will be talking to the mode you selected
before entering emergency call; if non-tactical,
you will talk to a preprogrammed emergency
mode.
1. In radios with the silent emergency alarm
option enabled, pressing the emergency but-
ton sends an emergency signal to the dis-
patcher.
2. During the emergency alarm procedure: the
LED will not light, tones will not sound, and the
display will not change.
3. The audio is muted (turned off), and will
remain so until you exit the emergency state.
1. Press the emergency button for more than
1
1
/
2
seconds (programmable by the CPS).
2. A medium-pitched emergency-exit tone
sounds until the button is released and the
radio returns to normal operation.
1. Press the emergency
button.
Alternates between
and
2. A short, medium-pitched emergency tone
sounds.
3. Press the PTT switch requesting a priority
mode assignment in the trunked system.
4. While the radio is in emergency call
operation, it operates in the usual dispatch
manner.
EMERGENCY
PLANT POLICE
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