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
8.2
Sending Emergency Alarms
Procedure:
Press the programmed Top (Orange) button.
Your radio shows the following indications:
• A positive indicator tone sounds.
• The red LED blinks.
• The display shows Emergency, and the current zone or channel.
When you receive acknowledgement from the dispatcher, your radio shows the following indications:
• Four tone sounds.
• The alarm stops.
• The display shows Ack received.
• Your radio exits Emergency Alarm mode.
8.3
Sending Emergency Alarms with Emergency Calls
Procedure:
1 Press the programmed Top (Orange) button.
If successful, your radio shows the following indications:
• A positive indicator tone sounds.
• The red LED blinks momentarily.
• The display shows Emergency, and the current zone or channel.
When the radio exits Emergency Alarm and enters the Emergency Call state, your radio shows
one of the following indications:
• You receive the dispatcher acknowledgment. The display shows Ack received.
• You receive no acknowledgment. The display shows No acknowledge.
If unsuccessful, a negative indicator tone sounds and your radio rejects to launch emergency
mode.
2 To call, press and hold the PTT button.
3 To listen, release the PTT button.
8.4
Exiting Emergency Operation
Procedure:
• To exit the emergency operation, press and hold the programmed Top (Orange) button.
• To exit the emergency operation as supervisor (Trunking only), perform one of the following
actions:
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Chapter 8 : Emergency Operation
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