User's Guide

You Hear Tone Name When
Sound simi-
lar to a tele-
phone busy
signal
System Busy When the PTT button is pressed, indicates transmission
fail because all system radio channels are in use. Re-
lease the PTT button and wait for callback.
A series of
two short,
high-pitch-
ed tones
Automatic Call Back When a channel is now available for your previously re-
quested transmission.
Talk Permit (Optional) When the PTT button is pressed, this tone indicates
that the system is accepting your transmission.
A series of
low-pitched
tones fol-
lowed by a
series of
high-pitch-
ed tones
Scan Alert On When Scan feature is activated through the preprog-
rammed button.
A series of
high-pitch-
ed tones
followed by
a series of
low-pitched
tones
Scan Alert Off When Scan feature is deactivated through the preprog-
rammed button.
Continu-
ous, low-
pitched
tone
Talk-Prohibit When the PTT button is pressed, this tone indicates
that the the system is out of service.
Smart PTT Inhibit When the PTT button is pressed, this tone indicates
that the channel is busy with the Smart PTT feature en-
abled.
Out-of-Range When the PTT button is pressed, this tone indicates
that the radio is not in the range of the trunked radio
system. Illegal Mode When you have entered
Illegal Mode When you have entered a mode where normal system
traffic will be missed, or you are attempting something
which is not permitted. Examples include: forgetting to
exit the telephone interconnect mode after a call ends
(fleet and subfleet calls cannot be received), attempting
to transmit on a receive-only conventional mode, at-
tempting to select a dynamic mode where no dynamic
ID assignment has been made.
Auto Power Off Powers off the radio when no user actions occur during
a preprogrammed length of time.
Single,
high-pitch-
ed tone ev-
ery nine
seconds
Failsoft When a trunked system central controller failure in an
unmuted receive condition. The radio reverts from
trunked operation to a system similar to conventional
radio repeater operation. Other system users can be
heard sharing the channel.
Brief low-
pitched
tone
Time-Out Timer Warn-
ing or Menu Inactive
Exit
When your present transmission will soon be disabled.
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