User's Guide

Advanced Features
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Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to a group
of radios. Upon acknowledgement by a radio within the group,
the group of radios can communicate over a programmed
Emergency channel.
Procedure:
1 Press the programmed Emergency On button.
2 The display shows Sending Alarm, which alternates with
your radio ID. The LED lights up solid green and the
Emergency icon appears on the Home screen display.
3 When an Emergency Alarm acknowledgment is received,
the Emergency tone sounds and the LED blinks green. The
display shows Emergency Alarm Successful.
4 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from
your mouth.
5 Press PTT button to make the call. The LED lights up solid
green and the group icon appears on the display.
6 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak
clearly into the microphone.
OR
Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and
speak clearly into the microphone.
7 Release the PTT button to listen.
8 When the channel is free for you to respond, a short alert
tone sounds ( if the Channel Free Indication feature is
enabled). Press the PTT button to respond.
OR
Once your call ends, press Emergency Off button to exit
the Emergency mode.
9 The radio returns to the Home screen.
If your radio is set to Silent, it will not display any audio or visual
indicators during Emergency mode, or allow any received calls
to sound through the radio’s speaker, until you press the PTT
button to initiate the call.
If your radio is set to Silent with Voice, it will not display any
audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode, but allow
incoming calls to sound through the radio’s speaker. The
indicators will only appear once you press the PTT button to
initiate, or respond to, the call.
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