User's Guide

• Radio Accy No-Dot Button (Purple) and accessory Orange button.
• Accessory 1-Dot Button and radio Emergency button.
• Accessory 1-Dot Button and accessory Orange button.
6.9.5
Sending an Emergency Alarm
When and where to use: This feature allows you to send a data transmission, which identifies the
radio sending the emergency, to the dispatcher.
Procedure:
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
A tone sounds and the display alternates Emergency and the home display. A dispatcher
acknowledgment Ack received display follows. For trunking system, the radio also sounds a
high-pitched tone that indicates the alarm has been received by the trunked system’s central
controller.
2 Press and hold the Emergency button or the PTT button to return to normal operation.
6.9.6
Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking Only)
When and where to use: This feature gives your radio priority access to a talkgroup.
Procedure:
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
One of the following scenarios occurs:
• A tone sounds and the display alternates Emergency and the home display.
• You hear a short low-pitched tone to indicate that the selected channel does not support
emergency and rejects to launch emergency mode.
2 Hold the microphone vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.0 to 2.5 cm) from your mouth.
3 Press and hold the PTT button. Speak clearly into the microphone.
4 Release the PTT button to end the transmission and wait for a response from the dispatcher.
5 To exit Emergency Call, press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for about a
second.
6.9.7
Sending An Emergency Call With Hot Mic (Trunking Only)
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Call with hot mic to a group of radios.
When and where to use:
Your radio must be programmed for this type of operation.
Your radio microphone is automatically activated, allowing you to communicate with the group of radios
without pressing the PTT button. This activated microphone state is also known as hot mic. The hot
mic applies to the first voice transmission from your radio during the Emergency call. For subsequent
transmissions in the same Emergency call, you must press the PTT button.
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