Receiving and Making Calls
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Making a Group or Private Call with the One Touch Call Button 
The One Touch Call feature allows you to make a Group or Private Call to a predefined ID easily. This feature can be assigned to a short or long programmable button press.
You can ONLY have one ID assigned to a One Touch Call button. Your radio can have multiple One Touch Call buttons programmed.
Procedure:
1Press the programmed One Touch Call button to make a Group or Private Call to the predefined ID.
2Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from your mouth.
3Press the PTT button to make the call. The LED lights up solid green.
4Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone.
5Release the PTT button to listen. When the target radio responds, the LED blinks green.
6If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you will hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to respond. Press the PTT button to respond.
OR
If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of time, the call ends.
For a Private Call, you hear a short tone when the call ends.
Talkaround
You can continue to communicate when your repeater is not operating, or when your radio is out of the repeater’s range but within talking range of other radios. This is called “talkaround”.
Procedure:
1Press the programmed Repeater/Talkaround button.
2You hear a positive indicator tone, indicating the radio is in Talkaround mode.
OR
You hear a negative indicator tone, indicating the radio is in Repeater mode.
The Talkaround setting is retained even after powering down.
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