User's Guide

Getting started 37
Audible tones
Warning Your radio may be programmed to be silent,
which means you may not hear any alerts.
The radio uses audible tones to alert you to its status:
■ Radio controls and keypress tones—the tones
and beeps you hear when you press your radio’s
keys or use the controls.
■ Incoming call tone—when the radio is receiving
a call.
■ Warning tones—when there is an error, or the bat-
tery is low, for example.
Voice annunciation
Your radio may be programmed to play a pre-
recorded message
■ for start-up channel
■ when changing the channel
■ for the battery condition