
Identifying S
tatus Indicators
English
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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
your 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 37 for more
information.
Identifying Status Indicators
Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:
Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17
Text Messaging Service (TMS) Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19
Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19
TMS Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21
Call Type Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21
Top Lightbar and LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22
LED Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 23
Top Lightbar Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 23
Intelligent Lighting Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24
Alert Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25
Phone Call Display and Alert Prompts. . . . . . . . . . . . . page 29
PTT
Button
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