User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Legal and Support
- Radio Care
- Radio Overview
- Getting Started
- Home Screen Overview
- General Radio Operation
- 5.1 Selecting Zones
- 5.2 Selecting Channels
- 5.3 Mode Select Feature
- 5.4 Selecting the Power Level
- 5.5 Selecting a Radio Profile
- 5.6 Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias
- 5.7 Adjusting the Display Backlight
- 5.8 Editing the Time and Date
- 5.9 Locking and Unlocking the Controls
- 5.10 Setting the Tones for Controls and Buttons
- 5.11 Setting the Voice Mute
- 5.12 Using the Time-Out Timer
- 5.13 Adjusting the Squelch Level
- 5.14 Conventional Squelch Operation
- 5.15 Using the PL Disable Feature
- 5.16 Digital PTT ID Support
- 5.17 General Radio Information
- Trunking System Controls
- Types of Radio Calls
- Emergency Operation
- Fireground
- Tactical Public Safety (Conventional Only)
- Man Down (Fall Alert)
- Secure Operations
- Scan
- Scan Lists
- Connectivity
- Location
- Mission Critical Geofence (ASTRO 25 Trunking)
- Contacts
- Recent Calls
- Sending Status
- Call Alert Paging
- Automatic Registration Service
- User Login Feature
- Text Messaging Service
- Monitor Feature
- Remote Monitor
- Transmit Inhibit
- Dynamic Regrouping (Trunking Only)
- Dynamic Zone Programming
- Zone-to-Zone Cloning
- Radio Kill
- Radio Inhibit
- Voice Announcement
- Site Selectable Alerts
- Additional Performance Enhancement
Chapter 7
Types of Radio Calls
Your radio can make a Talkgroup, Private, Selective, Status, and Telephone call in conventional and/or
trunking mode.
Call Type Conventional
Mode
Trunking
Mode
SmartConnect
Talkgroup Call
This feature is a point-to-multipoint call
operation. Your radio must be config-
ured as a member of the talkgroup
for you to communicate within the talk-
group.
Private Call
This feature is a call from one individu-
al radio to another.
Selective Call
This feature is a call from an individual
radio to another individual radio with
privacy.
Telephone Call
This feature allows you to receive calls
similar to standard phone calls from a
landline phone.
7.1
Making Calls
Procedure:
1 Make calls by using the following options.
Option Actions
Talkgroup Call
a To transmit, press and hold the PTT button.
b Perform one of the following actions:
• Trunking – Wait for the Talk Permit tone, then speak
into the microphone.
• Conventional – Speak into the microphone.
c To listen, release the PTT button.
NOTE: You cannot transmit longer than the preset
Time-Out Timer setting. If you attempt to do so,
the radio automatically stops your transmission,
and you hear a tone.
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