User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Front cover
- Directive 1999/5/EC Declaration of Conformity
- For your safety
- Safety warnings used in this guide
- Radio frequency exposure information
- Controlling your exposure to RFenergy
- Compliance with RF energy exposure standards
- Radio frequency emissions limits in theUSA
- Unapproved modifications or changes toradio
- Health, safety and electromagnetic compatibility inEurope
- Electromagnetic compatibility in European vehicles
- Interference with electronic devices
- Frequency band reserved for distressbeacons
- Safe radio operation
- Navigating your radio’s menus
- Contents
- Before using your radio
- Getting started
- Basic operation
- Making and receiving different typesofcalls
- Making an individual or group call
- Resending calls automatically
- Receiving an individual orgroupcall
- Responding to missed calls
- Informing other radio users of your status
- Calling a telephone or a remotedevice
- Making an emergency call
- Activating the automated emergency call feature
- Sending and receiving text messages
- Changing your radio’s settings
- Charging and caring for batteries
- Troubleshooting
- Function key options
- Tait general software licence agreement
- Rear cover
24 Getting started
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.
Note: The way these indicators behave may be affected by
the way your radio is programmed.
Status LED indicator
Colour Flash rate Meaning
red Steady Transmitting.
red slow Battery low. Radio will also emit low-
pitched beeps. Recharge or replace as
soon as possible.
red medium Low power transmit mode active
red fast Radio is stunned. Radio also emits high-
pitched beeps. Contact your dispatcher.
red two fast
flashes
The power-up sequence is complete.
Radio also emits two medium-pitched
beeps.
green steady Channel busy
green slow Economy mode is active
green medium Monitor or squelch override is active
amber steady Radio is scanning or voting a group of
channels for activity or greatest signal
strength
amber slow Repeater talkaround is active
amber medium Activity detected on one of a group of
channels being scanned.
amber fast A Selcall call has been received
red/green fast Radio programmed incorrectly or faulty.
Contact your radio provider.