User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- TP9300 User’s Guide
- Contents
- For your safety
- Menu maps
- 1 About this guide
- 2 Before using your radio
- 3 Getting started
- 4 Basic operation
- 5 Operating in trunked mode
- Checking that your network is available
- Making a preset call
- About trunked zones and workgroups
- About emergency operation
- Dialing a PABX number
- Dialing a PSTN number
- Receiving a call
- Re-establishing a call
- Checking missed calls
- About status messages
- About trunked text messages
- Placing the radio in do-not-disturb mode
- Calls to conventional channels or conventional groups
- 6 Dialing calls in trunked mode
- 7 Operating in conventional mode
- Selecting a zone
- Selecting a channel
- Selecting a group
- Checking that a channel is clear
- Making a call
- Making a call using the address book
- Making a local call
- Connecting to a telephone network
- Making an emergency call
- Sending a status message
- Transmitting at low power
- Ending active calls
- Activating the repeater before a call
- Communicating directly with other radios
- Receiving a call
- Receiving a text message
- Hearing faint and noisy signals
- Using the radio in different repeater areas
- Scanning a group of channels
- 8 Customizing radio settings
- 9 Charging and caring for batteries
- 10 Troubleshooting
- Directive 1999/5/CE Declaration of Conformity
- Tait Software Licence Agreement
32 Getting started
Understanding the radio display
The messages and icons you see on your radio display
depend on the mode in which your radio is operating and
the way it is programmed.
Radio display icons
These are some of the icons you may see on your radio
display:
Icon Meaning
Battery indicator: shows how much charge is available in
the battery
Scanning: your radio is monitoring a group of channels or
workgroups for activity
Silent operation: your radio’s audible tones have been
turned off
Low-power transmit: your radio is set to transmit on low
power
Transmit: your radio is transmitting
Headset connected: there is a wireless headset connected
to your radio
Flashing: your radio is attempting to connect to a headset,
or the headset connection has been lost
Scrambler: the voice-inversion scrambler is turned on
(analog channels only)
Signal strength indicator: the more bars, the stronger the
signal being received by the radio
Scrolling: you can use or
to move through a
list, or access a Quick Reference menu
Trunked mode icons
Scanning: scanning has been turned off