42 3. Making and Answering Calls

Joining a Talkgroup
To participate in a Talkgroup, the account administrator
must first add you to the membership and then you
must “join” the Talkgroup.
1. Touch Contacts and touch a Talkgroup to
open it.
2. Touch Join.
You can now receive communications from other
members of this Talkgroup.
You will hear all active Talkgroup conversations on your
phone. To silence them, touch > Settings >
Call settings > Direct Connect settings > Silence
Talkgroups.
Adding More Talkgroups
You can be included in additional Talkgroups by doing
one of the following:
䢇Using Talkgroup Management at www.nextel.com. You
must be an account administrator to use Talkgroup
Management.
䢇Contacting your Nextel Sales Representative at the
time of activation.
Making Talkgroup Calls
1. Touch Dialer, touch +, and then enter the
Talkgroup number.
– or –
Select the Talkgroup from Contacts or the Call log
list.
2. Press the DC button and continue as if making a
Direct Connect call.
Setup Dynamically,
via your phone
Predefined, via Nextel
administrator using
Talkgroup
Management
Group Connect Talkgroup