Advanced Features
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Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to a group of radios. Upon acknowledgement by a radio within the group, the group of radios can communicate over a programmed Emergency channel.
Procedure:
1Press the programmed Emergency On button.
2The display shows Tx Alarm and the destination alias. The LED lights up solid green and the Emergency icon appears.
3When an Emergency Alarm acknowledgement is received, the Emergency tone sounds and the LED blinks green. The display shows Alarm Sent.
4Your radio enters the emergency call mode when the display shows Emergency and the destination group alias.
5Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from your mouth.
6Press PTT button to make the call. The LED lights up solid green and the group icon appears on the display.
7Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone.
8Release the PTT button to listen.
When you receive a group call, the display shows the caller
alias and group alias, the radio unmutes and the group call sounds through the radio's speaker.
9When the channel is free for you to respond, a short alert tone sounds (if the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled). Press the PTT button to respond.
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Once your call ends, press Emergency Off button to exit the Emergency mode.
10The radio returns to the Home screen.
If your radio is set to Silent, it will not display any audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode, or allow any received calls to sound through the radio’s speaker, until you press the PTT button to initiate the call.
If your radio is set to Silent with Voice, it will not display any audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode, but allow incoming calls to sound through the radio’s speaker. The indicators will only appear once you press the PTT button to initiate, or respond to, the call.
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Voice to Follow
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to a group of radios. Your radio’s microphone is automatically activated, allowing you to communicate with the group of radios without pressing the PTT button.
This activated microphone state is also known as "hot mic".
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