Advanced Calling Features
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.
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.
Choose the Talkgroup name from Contacts or recent calls list.
2Proceed as if making a Private call.
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 >
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.
Call Timers
Call timers measure the duration of your phone calls, Private or group calls, and circuit data use, as well as the number of Kilobytes sent and received by your phone:
•Last Call — displays the duration of your most recent phone call.
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