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 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 42 for more
information.
Identifying Status Indicators
Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:
Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21
Text Messaging Service (TMS) Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24
Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24
TMS Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25
Call Type Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26
Top Lightbar and LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27
LED Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27
Top Lightbar Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27
Intelligent Lighting Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28
Alert Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 29
Phone Call Display and Alert Prompts. . . . . . . . . . . . . page 33
PTT
Button
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