User Manual

Making a Group, Private or All Call with the
Programmable Number Key
The Programmable Number Key feature allows you to
make a Group, Private or All Call to a predefined alias
or ID easily. This feature can be assigned to all the
available number keys on a keypad.
You can ONLY have one alias or ID assigned to a
number key, but you can have more than one number
key associated to an alias or ID.
1 Long press the programmed number key, when
you are on the Home screen, to make a Group,
Private or All Call to the predefined alias or ID.
If the number key is not associated to an entry, a
negative indicator tone sounds.
2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0
cm) from your mouth.
3 Press the PTT button to make the call.
The LED lights up solid green. The Group/Private
Call icon appears in the top right corner. The first
text line shows the caller alias. The second text
line displays either the call status for a Private Call
or All Call for All Call.
4 Wait for one of the following tones to finish (if
enabled), and speak clearly into the microphone.
• The Talk Permit Tone
•
the PTT Sidetone (Group Call only)
5 Release the PTT button to listen.
When the target radio responds, the LED blinks
green.
6
If the Channel Free Indication feature is
enabled, you hear a short alert tone the moment
the transmitting radio releases the PTT button,
indicating the channel is free for you to respond.
Press the PTT button to respond.
If there is no voice activity for a predetermined
period of time, the call ends. Radio returns to the
screen you were on prior to initiating the call.
For a Private Call, you hear a short tone when the
call ends.
See Assigning an Entry to a Programmable
Number Key on page 90
for details on assigning
an entry to a number key on the keypad.
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