Identifying Status Indicators
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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.
You Hear Tone Name Heard
Short,
Low-Pitched
Tone
Radio Self Test Fail When radio fails its power-up self test.
Reject When an unauthorized request is made.
Time-Out Timer Warning Four seconds before time out.
No ACK Received When radio fails to receive an acknowledgment.
Individual Call
Warning Tone
When radio is in an individual call for greater than 6 seconds without any activity.
Long,
Low-Pitched
Tone
Time-Out Timer
Timed Out
When the Time-Out Timer has expired.
Talk Prohibit/PTT Inhibit (When PTT button is pressed) transmissions are not allowed.
Out of Range (When PTT button is pressed) the radio is out of range of the system.
Invalid Mode When radio is on an unpreprogrammed channel.
A Group of
Low-Pitched
Tones
Busy When system is busy.
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