User's Guide

You Hear Tone Name When
five sec-
onds
Single,
high-pitch-
ed tone
Central Acknowledge When the central controller of the system receives the
Call Alert, emergency alarm, reprogram request, or sta-
tus/message transmission.
Four high-
pitched
tones
Mobile Unit Acknowl-
edge
When a Call Alert page is received by the intended unit,
or the emergency alarm, reprogram request, or status/
message transmission is acknowledged by the intended
dispatcher.
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.
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