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7.10 ALERT TONES
The P7200 radio also provides audible Alert Tones or “beeps” to indicate the various operating conditions
(see Table 7-3).
Table 7-3: Alert Tones
NAME TONE DESCRIPTION
Call Queued one low tone/two high tones Call queued for processing
Call Denied three short Radio is out of coverage area or requested talk group is
active.
Grant (or Go-Ahead) single short beep
Sounded when resources become available for a call
request placed in the queue (if enabled) upon channel
access.
If the radio roams to another site while transmitting, then
it will auto rekey and begin transmitting on that tower. It
gives a second grant tone to let the user know they have
roamed.
Call Removed single long low-pitched tone Notifies the user access to the channel has been lost
(out of coverage area or pre-empted by higher-priority
call)
Low Battery one low-pitched/one short
mid-pitched Low battery
Selective Alert
Received four short tones Only played once to indicate a selective alert has been
receive
Emergency Alert
Tone three (3) short beeps Sounds when an emergency alert is declared
Emergency Cleared
Tone one long low-pitched tone Sounds when an emergency is cleared
Selective Call Ring
Tone a ringing tone similar to a
telephone
Ringing is repeated every four (4) seconds until the call
is accepted or rejected by the radio being called or until
the network drops the call if unanswered after one (1)
minute
Roam Tone Two short tones, one high-
pitched and one low-pitched Sounds when the radio transitions from one radio base
station site to another.