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Note:
Only one of the Emergency Alarms above can
be assigned to the programmed Emergency
button.
In addition, each alarm has the following types:
• Regular – Radio transmits an alarm signal and
shows audio and/or visual indicators.
• Silent – Radio transmits an alarm signal without
any audio or visual indicators. Radio receives calls
without any sound through the radio’s speaker,
until you press the PTT button to initiate the call.
• Silent with Voice – Radio transmits an alarm
signal without any audio or visual indicators, but
allow incoming calls to sound through the radio’s
speaker.
Sending an Emergency Alarm
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm,
a non-voice signal, which triggers an alert indication
on a group of radios.
If your radio is set to Silent, it does not display any
audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode.
Press the programmed Emergency On
button.
The LED lights up solid green.
When an Emergency Alarm acknowledgement is
received, the Emergency tone sounds and the
LED blinks green.
If your radio does not receive an Emergency
Alarm acknowledgement, and after all retries have
been exhausted, a low-pitched tone sounds.
Radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode.
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm
to a group of radios. Upon acknowledgement by a
radio within the group, the group of radios can
communicate over a programmed Emergency
channel.
If your radio is set to Silent, it does not display any
audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode, or
allow any received calls to sound through the speaker
of the radio, until you press the PTT button to initiate
the call.
If your radio is set to Silent with Voice, it does not
display any audio or visual indicators during
Emergency mode, but allow incoming calls to sound
through the speaker of the radio. The indicators only
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