General Radio Operation

Status Symbols

The top two rows in the display contain symbols indicating the radio’s status.

Table 2: Status Symbols

Symbol

Indication

Page

 

 

 

 

Call Received. Blinks when a Private Call is

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m

received.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

View Mode. View a list.

31

sReceived Signal Strength Indication (RSSI).

The received signal strength for the current site.

39

Trunked only. The more stripes in the symbol,

 

the stronger the received signal.

 

bBattery.

Conventional = Blinks when the battery is low.

Smart = The number of bars (0-3) shown

indicates the charge remaining in your

10

battery. Blinks when battery level

 

reaches 10% or less.

 

Note: Smart battery will be available at a future

 

date.

 

rTalkaround.

On = Talking directly to another radio,

not through a repeater. Conventional

36

operation only.

 

• Off = Talking through a repeater.

 

CMonitor (Carrier Squelch). The selected

 

channel is being monitored. Conventional

22

 

operation only.

 

 

 

 

T

Scan. The radio is scanning a scan list.

31

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Motorola MT 1500 manual Status Symbols