User's Guide

• Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to end and speak
clearly into the microphone if enabled.
• Wait for the PTT
Sidetone to end and speak
clearly into the microphone if enabled.
3 Release the PTT button to listen.
The call ends when there is no voice activity for a
predetermined period.
Open Voice Channel Mode (OVCM)
An Open Voice Channel Mode (OVCM) allows a radio that
is not preconfigured to work in a particular system to both
receive and transmit during a group or individual call.
The OVCM group call also supports broadcast calls.
Program your radio to use this feature. Check with your
dealer or system administrator for more information.
Making OVCM Calls
Your radio must be programmed for you to make an OVCM
Call. Follow the procedure to make OVCM Calls on your
radio.
1 Select a channel with the active group alias or ID.
2 Do one of the following:
• Select a channel with the active group alias or ID.
•
Press the programmed One Touch Access
button.
3 Press the PTT button to make the call.
The green LED lights up.
The text line shows the call type icon, OVCM and
alias. indicating that the radio has entered OVCM
State.
4 Do one of the following:
• Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to end and speak
clearly into the microphone if enabled.
• Wait for the PTT Sidetone to end and speak
clearly into the microphone if enabled.
Responding to OVCM Calls
When you receive an OVCM Call:
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