About emergency calls 47
Safeguarding you and your radio
Q Press the function key to turn the priority call fea-
ture on. The priority call feature remains on until
you press the function key again.
Understanding emergency mode
When you press the emergency key your radio enters
‘emergency mode’, if your radio is programmed in this
way.
When the radio enters emergency mode, it will
automatically send alerts together with your radio unit
ID to the dispatcher. These alerts are usually sent on a
designated emergency channel.
Note: The way your radio behaves in emergency mode
depends on how your radio is programmed.
For further information on what your radio may do in
emergency mode, see “What happens during an
emergency call?” on page 48.
Stealth and non-stealth emergency modes
Depending on what your work involves, your radio is
programmed to operate in one of these ways:
Q Stealth: you often work in situations where you do
not want an assailant to know that you have acti-
vated emergency mode. For this reason, the radio is
silent and the display remains unchanged—there is
no indication that the radio has entered
emergency mode.
Q Non-stealth: you often work in situations where
you want audible and visual confirmation that you
have activated emergency mode (for example, at an
accident scene).
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