User guide

Identifying Status Indicators

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Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button

The PTT button on the side

of the radio serves two basic

purposes:

• While a call is in progress,

the PTT button allows the

radio to transmit to other

radios in the call.

Press and hold down PTT

button to talk. Release the

PTT button to listen.

The microphone is

activated when the PTT

button is pressed.

• While a call is not in

progress, the PTT button

is used to make a new

call. See Making a Radio

Call on page 26 for more

information.

Identifying Status Indicators

Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:

Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 13

LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 16

Intelligent Lighting Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 17

Alert Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 18

Status Icons

The 112 x 32 pixel top monochrome display screen of your radio

shows the radio status and operating conditions.

PTT

Button

Receiving

Radio is receiving a call or data.

Transmitting

Radio is transmitting a call or data.

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