Motorola i690 manual Joining a Talkgroup, Making Group Calls, Receiving Group Calls

Joining a Talkgroup

Your sales representative or your service provider establishes Talkgroups for you and assigns each Talkgroup a Talkgroup number. You can choose a name for each of your Talkgroups when you create entries for them in Contacts.

To receive group calls made to any of these Talkgroups, you must join the Talkgroup.

1Press A under Contcs. -or-

From the main menu, scroll to Contacts and press O.

2Scroll to the Talkgroup you want to join.

3Press A under Join.

Note: You can only monitor one Talkgroup at a time.

Making Group Calls

1Press #. Then enter the Talkgroup number using the keypad. -or-

Choose the Talkgroup name from Contacts or recent calls list.

2Proceed as if making a Private call.

Group Calls

Receiving Group Calls

To answer a group call:

Proceed as if answering a Private call. Only one person at a time may speak on a group call.

The Private ID or name of the person who is speaking will appear on the display below the Talkgroup number.

Turning off Group Calls

To set your phone to prevent you from hearing group calls to your Talkgroup:

1From the main menu, select Settings > 2-Way Radio > Tkgrp Silent.

2Set this option On.

To set your phone to let you hear group calls to your Talkgroup:

Set Tkgrp Silent to Off in step 2.

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