User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Declaration of Conformity
- Important Safety Information
- Software Version
- Informations importantes sur la sécurité
- Version du logiciel
- Computer Software Copyrights
- Documentation Copyrights
- Disclaimer
- Getting Started
- Preparing Your Radio for Use
- Identifying Radio Controls
- Identifying Status Indicators
- General Radio Operation
- Advanced Features
- Advanced Call Features
- Contacts
- Scan Lists
- Scan
- Call Alert Paging
- Emergency Operation
- Man Down
- Automatic Registration Service (ARS)
- Text Messaging Service (TMS)
- Accessing the TMS Features
- Composing and Sending a New Text Message
- Sending a Quick Text Message
- Using the Priority Status and Request Reply Features
- Appending a Priority Status to a Text Message
- Removing a Priority Status from a Text Message
- Appending a Request Reply to a Text Message
- Removing a Request Reply from a Text Message
- Appending a Priority Status and a Reply Request to a Text Message
- Removing a Priority Status and a Reply Request from a Text Message
- Managing Text Messages
- Managing Sent Text Messages
- ASTRO 25 Advanced Messaging Solution
- Secure Operations
- Security
- The Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Understanding the GPS Feature
- Enhancing GPS Performance
- The Outdoor Location Feature (Using GPS)
- Accessing the Outdoor Location Feature
- Saving a Waypoint
- Viewing a Saved Waypoint
- Editing the Alias of a Waypoint
- Editing the Coordinates of a Waypoint
- Deleting a Single Saved Waypoint
- Deleting All Saved Waypoints
- Measuring the Distance and Bearing from a Saved Waypoint
- Using the Location Feature While in Emergency Mode
- Trunking System Controls
- Mission Critical Wireless - Bluetooth® -
- Turning the Bluetooth On
- Turning the Bluetooth Off
- Re-Pair Timer
- Bluetooth Drop Timer
- Pairing Bluetooth Device with the Radio
- Indicating Bluetooth Connection is Lost
- Turning On the Bluetooth Audio (Routing the Audio from the Radio to the Headset)
- Turning Off the Bluetooth Audio (Routing the Audio from the Headset to the Radio)
- Adjusting the Volume of the Radio from Bluetooth Audio Device
- Viewing and Clearing the Bluetooth Device Information
- Clearing All Bluetooth Devices Information
- Editing the Bluetooth Friendly Name
- Programming Over Project 25 (POP 25) (ASTRO 25 and ASTRO Conventional)
- Utilities
- Viewing the Recent Calls
- Selecting the Power Level
- Selecting a Radio Profile
- Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias
- Selecting the Audio Speaker
- Controlling the Display Backlight
- Locking and Unlocking the Keypad and Controls
- Turning Keypad Tones On or Off
- Turning Voice Mute On or Off
- Using the Time-Out Timer
- Setting the Time and Date
- Using the Conventional Squelch Operation Features
- Using the PL Defeat Feature
- Using the Digital PTT ID Feature
- Using the Smart PTT Feature (Conventional Only)
- IMPRES™ Battery Annunciator
- Accessing the General Radio Information
- Voice Announcement
- Helpful Tips
- Accessories
- Appendix: Maritime Radio Use in the VHF Frequency Range
- Glossary
- Commercial Warranty
Advanced Features
English
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Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking Only)
This feature gives your radio priority access on a channel.
Note: The radio operates in the normal dispatch manner
while in Emergency Call, except, if enabled, it returns
to one of the following:
• Tactical/Non-Revert – You talk on the channel you
selected before you entered the emergency state.
• Non-Tactical/Revert – You talk on a
preprogrammed emergency channel. The
emergency alarm is sent on this same channel.
Procedure:
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
2 The display shows Emergency and the current zone or
channel. You hear a short, medium-pitched tone and the
LED blinks red momentarily.
OR
The display shows No emergency, if the selected channel
does not support emergency.
3 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from
your mouth.
4 Press and hold the PTT button. Speak clearly into the
microphone.
5 Release the PTT button to end the transmission and wait for
a response from the dispatcher.
6 Press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for
about a second to exit the Emergency Call mode.
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Emergency
Call
Procedure:
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
2 The display shows Emergency and the current zone or
channel. You hear a short, medium-pitched tone and the
LED blinks red momentarily.
OR
The display shows No emergency, if the selected channel
does not support emergency.
3 The radio enters the Emergency Call state when:
You receive the dispatcher’s acknowledgment. The display
shows Ack received.
OR
You receive no acknowledgement. The display shows
No acknowledge.
OR
You press the PTT button while in the Emergency Alarm
mode.
4 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from
your mouth.