Motorola 4580, 4550 manual Calls, Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call

To receive a call from a group of users, your radio must be configured as part of that group.

Procedure:

When you receive a Group Call (while on the Home screen):

1 The green LED blinks.

2 The first line of the display shows the caller alias or ID, and the RSSI icon. The second line displays the group alias or ID, and the Group Call icon (in Digital mode only).

3 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you will hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to respond.

Press the PTT button to respond to the call.

OR

If the Voice Interrupt feature is enabled, press the PTT button to stop the current call from the transmitting radio and free the channel for you to talk/respond.

4 The green LED lights up.

5 Wait 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.

Receiving and Responding to a Group Call



Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call

Calls

Once the channel, subscriber alias or ID, or group alias or ID is displayed, you can proceed to receive and respond to

calls.

The green LED lights up while the radio is transmitting and blinks when the radio is receiving.

Green	P1
LED

Receiving and Making

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NOTE: The green LED lights up while the radio is transmitting and blinks rapidly when the radio is receiving a privacy- enabled call.

To unscramble a privacy-enabled call, your radio must have the same Privacy Key, or the same Key Value and Key ID (programmed by your dealer) as the transmitting radio (the radio you are receiving the call from).

See Privacy on page 50 for more information.

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