pressing PTT or the button configured for
“Emergency Off”.
Emergency voice calls and Emergency Alerts are not
supported when operating in Connect Plus Auto
Fallback mode. For more information see the Auto
Fallback on page 183.
An Emergency Alert is used to indicate a critical
situation. You can initiate an Emergency at any time
on any screen display, even when there is activity on
the current channel. Pressing the Emergency button
initiates the programmed Emergency mode. The
programmed Emergency mode may also be initiated
by triggering the optional Man Down feature. The
Emergency feature may be disabled in your radio.
Your dealer can set the duration of a button press for
the programmed Emergency button, except for long
press, which is similar with all other buttons:
Short press Between 0.05 seconds and 0.75
seconds.
Long press Between 1.00 second and 3.75
seconds.
The Emergency button is assigned with the
Emergency On/Off feature. Check with your dealer for
the assigned operation of the Emergency button.
• If the short press for the Emergency button is
assigned to turn on the Emergency mode, then the
long press for the Emergency button is assigned
to exit the Emergency mode.
• If the long press for the Emergency button is
assigned to turn on the Emergency mode, then the
short press for the Emergency button is assigned
to exit the Emergency mode.
When your radio is selected to a Connect Plus zone,
it supports three Emergency modes:
• Emergency Call – You must press the PTT button
to talk on the assigned emergency time slot.
• Emergency Call with Voice to Follow – For the
first transmission on the assigned emergency time
slot, the microphone is automatically unmuted and
you may talk without pressing the PTT button. The
microphone stays “hot” in this fashion for a time
period programmed into the radio. For subsequent
transmissions in the same Emergency call, you
must press the PTT button.
• Emergency Alert – An Emergency Alert is not a
voice call. It is an emergency notification that is
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