User's Manual

Selecting Scan Mode Priority Sending an Emergency Alarm or Call
Sending a Status Transmission Sending a Direct-Entry Keyboard Status Transmission
Sending a Direct-Entry Enhanced Private Conversation Call Initiating a Call Alert Page
1 Press the Sel button as indicated in the table above
to designate up to two modes as priorities.
2 Press HOME or Scan to end scan list selection.
Press the emergency actuator (Emer button,
footswitch, hidden pushbutton) to begin an emergency transmission. For conventional modes, a silent or non-silent emergency alarm data transmission is sent. For trunked modes, emergency call (priority access to a voice channel), silent or non-silent emergency alarm, or emergency alarm and call is entered. Depending on your radio’s programming, one of the emergency sequences described in the table below occur.
Alarm Type Indications/Actions
Non-Silent A tone sounds and the display flashes
EMERGNCY. When acknowledged, four
more tones sound and the display shows
ACK RCVD, then the radio
returns to normal operation.
Silent The audio is muted and no display
changes take place during the alarm. Press the PTT button, or press and hold the emergency button to stop the emergency condition and unmute the radio.
Call (Trunked Modes only)
A tone sounds and the display flashes
EMERGNCY.
Press the PTT button and talk. After completing the call, press and hold the emergency actuator until a tone sounds to return to normal operation.
Alarm and Call After the display shows
ACK RCVD (see
Non-Silent Alarm above), the radio has priority voice-channel access. Press the PTT button and talk. After completing the call, press and hold the emergency actuator until a tone sounds to return to normal operation.
1 Press Sts. The display shows the last acknowledged
status or first status name.
2 Press the Mode rocker switch to select other
statuses.
3 Press Sel to send the transmission. The display
flashes the selected status name until the dispatcher acknowledges, at which time alert tones sound and the display shows
ACK RCVD. The radio then returns
to normal operation.
Press the appropriate Sts # button that you wish to
send. The associated indicator blinks until an acknowledgment is received, then it lights steadily.
Alarm Type Indications/Actions
1 Press Sel or the PTT button. A single tone sounds
and the display changes to
PLS WAIT, followed by
telephone-type ringing if the receiving unit is in service.
2 If the receiving unit answers, press the PTT button to
identify yourself and proceed with your call. OR If the called unit does not respond, press Sel or the
PTT button again to leave a Call Alert page message and your ID. A single tone followed by four tones sounds if the called unit acknowledges the page.
1 Press the Page button. 2 Follow the instructions for initiating a Private
Conversation to select a unit ID.
3 Press Sel or the PTT button to send a Call Alert page
to the displayed ID,
OR To send a Call Alert page following an Enhanced Private Conversation attempt, follow the instructions for sending a direct-entry Enhanced Private Conversation call.