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Motorola 4580, 4550 manual Accessing the Programmed Functions, Push-To-Talk PTT Button

Models: 4550 4580

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Identifying Radio Controls

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Accessing the Programmed Functions

You can access various radio functions through one of the following ways:

•A short or long press of the relevant programmable buttons.

OR

•Use the Menu Navigation Buttons as follows:

1To access the menu, press the S button. Press the appropriate Menu Scroll button (Por Q) to access the menu functions.

2To select a function or enter a sub-menu, press the N button.

3To go back one menu level, or to return to the previous screen, press the R button. Long press the R button to return to the Home screen.

The Menu Navigation Buttons are also available on a keypad microphone (see Using the Keypad on page 64).

NOTE: Your radio automatically exits the menu after a period of inactivity and returns to your Home screen.

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button

The PTT button on the side of the microphone serves two basic purposes:

• While a call is in progress,

PTT Button

the PTT button allows the

radio to transmit to other

 

radios in the call.

 

Press and hold down PTT

 

button to talk. Release the

 

PTT button to listen.

 

The microphone is activated when the PTT button is pressed.

•While a call is not in progress, the PTT button is used to make a new call (see Making a Radio Call on page 16).

If the Talk Permit Tone (see Turning the Talk Permit Tone On

or Off on page 61) or the PTT Sidetone is enabled, wait until the short alert tone ends before talking.

During a call, if the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled on your radio (programmed by your dealer), you will hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio (the radio that is receiving your call) releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to respond.

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4550, 4580 specifications

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