User's Manual

Understanding the radio indicators 13
About your radio
Understanding the radio
indicators
The status LED indicators and the radio’s audible
tones—together with the radio display—all combine to
give you information about the state of your radio.
The status LED indicator and the radio’s audible tones—
together with the radio display—all combine to give you
information about the state of your radio.
The most common operation of the indicators are
described in the following sections.
Alert tones
Note: If quiet or silent mode has been turned on, you
will not hear any alert tones.
Tone Meaning
Two short
beeps
Radio turned on: the radio is powered on
and ready to use
One short
beep
Radio turned off: the radio is powered
off, or
Valid keypress: the action you have
attempted is permitted
One long,
low-
pitched
beep
Invalid keypress: 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