Making and Receiving Calls

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Making and Receiving Calls

Once you understand how your MOTOTRBO Portable is configured, you are ready to use your radio.

Use this navigation guide to familiarize yourself with the basic Call features:

Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22

Selecting a Radio Channel, Subscriber ID,

or Group ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24 Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call. . . . . . . . . page 24 Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27 Stopping a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 31 Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32 Monitoring Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 33

Selecting a Zone

A zone is a group of channels. Your radio supports up to 1000 channels and 250 zones, with a maximum of 160 channels per zone.

Use the following procedure to select a zone.

Procedure:

Press the programmed Zone button and proceed to Step 3.

OR

Follow the procedure below.

1cto access the menu.

2^ or vto Zone and press cto select.

3The current zone is displayed and indicated by a 9.

4^ or vto the required zone and proceed to Step 7.

OR

Key in the first character of the required zone.

5A blinking cursor appears.

Use the keypad to type the required zone. Press <to move one space to the left. Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the *DEL key to delete any unwanted characters.

6The first line of the display shows the characters you keyed in. The next lines of the display show the shortlisted search

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Motorola XPR 7550 manual Making and Receiving Calls, Selecting a Zone

XPR 7550 specifications

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