User's Manual

Getting started 19
LED indicators
Audible tones
Note: If quiet or silent mode has been turned on, you will
not hear any audible tones.
For a description of other tones you may hear, see “Describ-
ing the radio’s audible tones” on page 38.
LED Meaning
red
(transmit)
glowing: your radio is transmitting
flashing: your transmit timer is about to expire, or
your radio is stunned, or
your call time is about to expire (MPT trunked mode)
green
(receive)
glowing: you are receiving
flashing: you have received a call
amber
(scanning or
network)
glowing: your radio is scanning a group of
channels for activity (conventional mode) or
network service is available (MPT trunked mode)
flashing: your radio has detected activity on a
channel, and has halted on this channel
(conventional mode)
flashing fast: there is no network service
available
(MPT trunked mode)
Tone type Meaning
one short
beep
valid key press: the action you have attempted
is permitted, or
function activated: a function key has been
pressed and that function has been activated
one long,
low-pitched
beep
invalid key press: the action you have
attempted is not permitted, or
transmission inhibited: you have attempted to
transmit but for some reason transmission is
not permitted at this time
one short,
low-pitched
beep
function deactivated: a function key has been
pressed and the corresponding function has
been turned off