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3 The microphone remains active for the “hot mic”
time specified in your radio's codeplug
programming.
During this time, the LED lights up green.
4 Press and hold the PTT button to talk longer than
the programmed duration.
Initiating an Emergency Alert
Note:
If your radio is programmed for “Silent” or
“Silent with Voice”, it will not provide any audio
or visual indications that it is sending an
Emergency Alert. If programmed for “Silent”,
the silent operation continues indefinitely until
you press PTT or the button configured for
“Emergency Off”. If programmed for “Silent
with Voice”, the radio automatically cancels
silent operation when the site controller
broadcasts the Emergency Alert.
Press the orange Emergency button.
Once the Emergency Alert is successfully sent and is
being broadcast for other radios to hear, a positive
indicator tone is played.
Exiting Emergency Mode
Note:
If the Emergency call ends due to the
expiration of the Emergency Hang Time, but
the emergency condition is not over, press the
Emergency button again to restart the
process.
If you initiate an Emergency Alert by pressing the
programmed Emergency
button, your radio
automatically exits Emergency mode after receiving a
response from the Connect Plus system.
If you initiate an Emergency call by pressing the
programmed Emergency button, your radio will be
assigned a channel automatically when one becomes
available. Once your radio has transmitted a
message indicating the emergency, you cannot
cancel your Emergency call. However, if you pressed
the button by accident or the emergency no longer
exists, you may wish to say this over the assigned
channel. When you release the PTT button, the
Emergency call is discontinued after the Emergency
Call Hang Time expires.
If your radio was configured for Emergency with Voice
to Follow, use the “hot mic” period to explain your
error, then press and release the PTT button to
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