Advanced Features
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Sending an Emergency Alarm
This feature allows you to send a data transmission, which
identifies the radio sending the emergency, to the dispatcher.
Procedure:
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button. A tone
sounds and the display alternates EMERGENCY and the
home display.
2 A dispatcher acknowledgment ACK RECEIVED display
follows.
AND, Trunking Only:
A high-pitched tone indicates that the alarm has been
received by the trunked system’s central controller.
3 Press and hold the emergency button or the PTT button to
return to normal operation.
Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking Only)
Procedure:
1 Press preprogrammed Emergency button.
2 A tone sounds and the display alternates EMERGENCY and
the home display.
OR
A short low-pitched tone sounds when the selected channel
does not support emergency.
3 Hold the microphone vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.0 to 2.5 cm)
from your mouth.
4 Press and hold the PTT button. Speak clearly into the
microphone.
5 Release the PTT to end the transmission.
6 Press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button until
a tone sounds to exit Emergency mode.
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