User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- User’s Guide
- Contents
- For your safety
- Menu maps
- 1 About this guide
- 2 Getting started
- 3 Basic operation
- 4 Using the address book
- 5 Operating in conventional mode
- 6 Operating in trunked mode
- 7 Dialing calls in trunked mode
- 8 Location services
- 9 Loneworker monitoring
- 10 Encryption
- 11 Customizing radio settings
- 12 Troubleshooting
- Simplified Declaration of Conformity
- Tait Software Licence Agreement
56 Operating in conventional mode
To make a call:
1 Select the required channel or scan group.
You may need to select the zone you want first,
then select the channel or group from that zone.
2 On channels programmed for DMR or analog calls
between radios (without a radio network): Check
that the channel is clear. If the green LED is
glowing, the channel is busy and you may not be
able to transmit.
3 Lift the microphone off the microphone clip.
4 Hold the microphone about 2 inches (5 cm) from
your mouth.
5 Press and hold the PTT key to transmit.
6 On a DMR channel: Wait for the go-ahead double-
beep (if programmed).
7 Speak clearly into the microphone and release the
PTT key when you have finished talking.
While you are transmitting, the red LED glows and
the transmit icon appears on the display.
You cannot change channels while
transmitting.
Limiting call time
Your radio may limit the amount of time you can talk
(transmit) continuously. This is known as the ‘transmit
timer’ or ‘time-out timer’ and allows other radio users
to make calls on that channel.
The radio warns you before the transmit timer expires
by beeping three times. The red status LED flashes
and the message Transmit timeout imminent
appears in the display.
If the transmit timer has timed out, you must release
the PTT before you can transmit again.
Your radio may be unable to transmit for a short
time after the transmit timer has expired.