User's Manual

CONVENTIONAL MODE FEATURES
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In addition, the phone mode is indicated by the
icon.
3. If required, press the Up/Down switch to display the
desired number. The alias and telephone number are
alternately displayed.
4. Briefly press the PTT switch to send the access
code. A dial tone sound should then be heard.
Briefly press the PTT switch again to send the digits.
Proceed to step 5.
Direct Entry Using DTMF Keypad
1. Select the conventional channel that is programmed
to select the desired access and de-access codes.
2. Press and hold the Phone option key until a tone
sounds (approximately 1 second) or select the
Phone > Enter Num menu parameter. The alias of
the last called telephone number is displayed if it is
in the phone number list. Otherwise, only the last
eight digits are displayed. In addition, the phone
mode is indicated by the icon.
3. Enter the telephone number using the 0-9,
*, and #
keys. To enter a pause (indicated by “P”), press
* #.
The number scrolls to the left in the display so that
the eight right-most digits are always displayed.
Numbers up to sixteen digits (including pauses) can
be entered.
4. Briefly press the PTT switch to send the access
code. A dial tone sound then be heard. Briefly press
the PTT switch again to send the digits.
5. Press the PTT switch to talk and release it to listen.
Since the radio operates half duplex, it is not
possible to talk and listen at the same time.
6. When the telephone call is finished or if it could not
be completed for some reason, end it by pressing the
Phone option key or F1 key. This sends the de-
access code which tells the system that the call is
finished and that the repeater can be released.
Answering a Telephone Call
1. When a telephone call is received, “ringing” similar
to a standard telephone is heard and “PHONE” is
displayed.
2. To answer the call, press the Phone option switch or
select that menu parameter and press the PTT switch
to talk and release it to listen.
3. When the call is finished, end it as in the preceding
step 6.
5.17.7 CALL ALERT
General
The Call Alert™ feature allows pages to be sent
and received on P25 conventional channels. Opera-
tion is similar to SMARTNET/SmartZone and P25
Trunked channels.
Answering a Page
1. When a page is received, five beeps sound and
“PAGE” is displayed. The ID of the radio paging
you is stored as the last ID received.
2. To clear or ignore the page, press any option switch.
If the PTT switch is pressed, a group call is placed
on the selected channel.
3. To answer the page as a unit call (see Section
5.17.5), press the Unit Call option switch or select
that menu parameter and the alias of the radio
paging you is displayed. Press the PTT switch and
respond. One of the following conditions then
occur:
• If the radio being called is on the air, ringing is
heard until the called party answers or for 20
seconds, whichever occurs first. If no answer
occurs within 20 seconds, a continuous tone
sounds and “NO ANS” is displayed.
• If the radio being called is not on the air, a contin-
uous tone is heard instead of ringing and “NO
ACK” is displayed.
4. When the call is finished or if it could not be
completed for some reason, end it by pressing the
Unit Call option switch or the F1 (Exit) key.
Initiating a Page
1. With a P25 conventional channel selected, momen-
tarily press the Call Alert option switch or select that