3From the Phonebook screen, press S to scroll to the Phonebook entry for the person you want to alert.
4Press B under ALERT. The Ready to Alert screen appears.
5Press and hold the PTT button until Alert Successful displays. The the alert sounds intermittently until the user of the phone answers, queues, or clears the alert.
Ready to Alert Screen
Ready to Alert is used to confirm your request for the alert and to prompt you to push the PTT button:
•If you press the PTT button, the call alert is sent, and the phone displays the Recent Calls screen.
•For call alerts placed from the keypad, pressing A under CANCEL causes the phone to return to the dialing screen with the previously entered number displayed.
•For call alerts placed from the Phonebook, pressing A under CANCEL causes the phone to return to the Phonebook screen.
•If you do nothing, the phone will revert to the idle screen.
Receiving Call Alerts
When you receive a call alert, your phone emits a chirp and displays the name or Private ID of the caller. You can answer, queue, or clear the call alert:
•To answer a call alert, press the PTT button and begin talking after the phone emits a chirping sound.
•To queue a call alert, press B under QUEUE.
•To clear the call alert, press A under CLEAR.
NOTE: Until you answer, queue or clear the call alert, you will not receive any additional phone, private or Talkgroup calls.
Call Alert Queue
Call alert queuing enables you to save up to eight call alerts in a list, or queue. To store a call alert in the call alert queue, press B under QUEUE when you have received an incoming call alert.
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