Motorola ASTRO APX 6000XE Series - Receiving and Responding to Radio Calls

Identifying Status Indicators
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Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button
The PTT button on the side
of the radio serves two basic
purposes:
• While a call is in progress,
the PTT button allows the
radio to transmit to other
radios in the call.
Press and hold down PTT
button to talk. Release the
PTT button to listen.
The microphone is
activated when the PTT
button is pressed.
• While a call is not in
progress, the PTT button
is used to make a new
call. See Making a Radio
Call on page 42 for more
information.
Identifying Status Indicators
Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:
Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 20
Text Messaging Service (TMS) Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 24
Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 24
TMS Menu Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 25
Call Type Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 26
LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 27
Intelligent Lighting Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 28
Alert Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 29
Phone Call Display and Alert Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 33
PTT
Button