7.10.2
Testing Fall Alert
Prerequisites:
Ensure that Fall Alert feature is configured in your radio.
Procedure:
1
Turn on the radio, and place it in a vertical position for at least 5 seconds.
2
Lay the radio down in a horizontal position.
The radio plays an alert tone and the display shows
MAN-DOWN
.
Postrequisites:
If Fall Alert is configured but the condition does not trigger the activation of the
feature, send the radio to a qualified technician.
7.10.3
Exiting Fall Alert
Procedure:
To exit Fall Alert mode, press the preprogrammed
Fall Alert Clear
button.
7.10.4
Re-Initiating Fall Alert
Procedure:
To reinitiate Fall Alert after exiting Emergency Operation, perform one of the following actions:
• Return the radio to a vertical position.
• If motion sensitivity is enabled, shake the radio.
7.11
Secure Operations
Secure radio operation provides the highest commercially available level of voice security on both
trunked and conventional channels.
By default, the radio automatically enters the encrypted environment without having to manually select
or clear the secure transmission.
7.11.1
Selecting Secure Transmissions†‡
Procedure:
Press the preprogrammed
Secure/Clear
button to toggle to clear mode.
• If the selected channel is preprogrammed for clear-only operation, when you press the
PTT
button, you hear an invalid mode tone and the display shows
CLR TX
.
• The radio does not transmit until you toggle the
Secure/Clear
button to the clear mode.
• If the “Ignore
Secure/Clear
Switch when Strapped” programming option is enabled, the radio
transmits without displaying any messages in the strapped mode of operation, regardless of
the
Secure/Clear
switch setting. This option must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio
technician.
• The
Secure/Clear
switch only applies when the radio is transmitting.
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