General Radio Operation

Alert Tones

An alert tone is a sound or group of sounds. Your radio uses alert tones to inform you of your radio’s conditions. The following table lists these tones and when they occur.

Table 7: Alert Tones

You Hear

Tone Name

Heard

 

Invalid

when wrong key is pressed

 

Key-Press

 

 

 

 

Short,

Radio Self-Test

when radio fails its power-up self

Fail

test

Low-Pitched

 

 

Reject

when unauthorized request is

Tone

 

made

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time-Out Timer

four seconds before time out

 

Warning

 

 

 

 

 

No ACK

when radio fails to receive an

 

Received

acknowledgment

 

 

 

 

Time-Out Timer

after time out

 

Timed Out

 

 

 

 

 

Talk Prohibit/

(when PTT button is pressed)

Long, Low-

PTT Inhibit

transmissions are not allowed

Out-of-Range

(when PTT button is pressed) the

Pitched Tone

 

 

radio is out of range of the system

 

Invalid Mode

when radio is on an unprogrammed

 

 

channel

 

 

 

 

Individual Call

when radio is in an individual call

 

Warning Tone

for greater than 6 seconds without

 

 

any activity

 

 

 

A Group of

Busy

when system is busy

Low-Pitched

 

 

Tones

 

 

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Nikon XTS-5000 manual Alert Tones, You Hear Tone Name Heard