Advanced Features
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acknowledgement, and after all retries have been exhausted, a
4Radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode.
If your radio is set to Silent, it does not display any audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode.
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to a group of radios. Upon acknowledgement by a radio within the group, the group of radios can communicate over a programmed Emergency channel.
Procedure:
1Press the programmed Emergency On button.
2The LED lights up solid green.
3When an Emergency Alarm acknowledgment is received, the Emergency tone sounds. The LED blinks green.
4Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from your mouth.
5Press the PTT button to make the call. The LED lights up solid green.
6Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone.
OR
Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone.
7Release the PTT button to listen.
8When the channel is free for you to respond, a short alert
tone sounds ( if the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled). Press the PTT button to respond.
OR
Once your call ends, press Emergency Off button to exit the Emergency mode.
If your radio is set to Silent, it does not display any audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode, or allow any received calls to sound through the radio’s speaker, until you press the PTT button to initiate the call.
If your radio is set to Silent with Voice, it does not display any audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode, but allow incoming calls to sound through the radio’s speaker. The indicators only appear once you press the PTT button to initiate, or respond to, the call.
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Voice to Follow
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to a group of radios. Your radio’s microphone is automatically activated,
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