Common Radio Features
Send an Emergency Alarm
An Emergency Alarm will send a data transmission to the dispatcher, identifying the radio sending the emergency.
1With your radio turned on, press the Emergency button. The red LED lights, and you hear a short,
•Red LED
•Short tone
Note: To exit emergency at any time, press and hold the Emergency button for about a second.
2When you receive the dispatcher’s acknowledgment, you hear four tones, the alarm ends, and the radio exits the emergency mode.
If no acknowledgement is received, the alarm ends after the number of retries is performed, and the radio exits the emergency mode.
•Four tones
•Alarm ends
•Radio exits emergency
•Alarm ends
•Radio exits emergency
Note: For Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call: The radio enters the Emergency Call state either after it receives the dispatcher’s acknowledgment, or if you press the PTT button while in Emergency Alarm. Go to step 2 of “Send an Emergency Call” on page 25.
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