User's Manual

Getting started 19
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 most common way the indicators work is described
in the following sections.
Notice The way these indicators behave may be
affected by the way your radio is programmed.
Status indicators
red
green
orange
status
LEDs
Color Meaning
Red
(transmit)
Glowing: your radio is transmitting
Flashing: your transmit timer is about to
expire
Green
(receive)
Glowing: the current channel is busy
Flashing: you have received a call or monitor
is active
orange
(scanning)
Glowing: your radio is scanning a group of
channels for activity
Flashing: your radio has detected activity on
a channel, and has halted on this channel