Instruction manual

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Using the handheld unit for telephone
operations
Answering a phone call
1. Press and hold the PTT button and press *.
2. Answer the call as you would with a normal telephone, speaking into the
microphone. Press and hold the PTT at all times when you are talking.
3. Release the PTT button in order to listen to the person on the other end of
the line.
The radio will emit a “cutover” beep when you release the PTT button. Be
sure to tell the person at the other end of the line to wait for the beep before
he or she begins to talk.
The length of a telephone call is limited to five minutes. The Freedom
System will emit two short warning beeps 20 seconds before the five minutes
expire.
Hanging up
1. Press and hold the PTT button.
2. Enter #* even though the other party has hung up.
3. If you fail to hang up, you will hear a dial tone after 10 seconds and hear a
high/low warble beep to indicate that you need to hang up.
Making a telephone call
To make a telephone call from the handheld radio unit:
1. Press and hold the PTT button.
2. Press * to get a dial tone.
3. Enter the telephone number just as you would on a normal telephone.
Remember that you must press and hold the PTT button as you enter the
number.
4. Release the PTT button, wait for the call to go through, and the other party
to answer.
5. During the phone conversation you must press and hold the PTT button on
the handheld radio unit at all times when you are talking.
6. Release the PTT button to listen to the other person when he or she is
talking.
7. The Freedom System provides a “cutover” beep when you release the PTT
button. Tell the person at the other end of the line to wait for the beep
before he or she begins to talk.